Sour Mash

Les Reed seemed to suggest things finished reasonably amicably with Atletico and we weren't going to pursue legal action. Maybe this was bubbling away in the background.

Would the club even be employing anyone at this level? I'd imagine cleaning, catering etc is all contracted out.

Still doesn't tell us much apart from livening up all the speculation for at least another week!

We're not playing Feyenoord on Saturday.

He said "righ-sided CM". That won't be Townsend,

Good price that.

Makes sense to be honest, was thinking that as the week drifts on, we'll be flying out there in a couple of days.

At £15 a pop and good kids prices we'll sell loads, don't worry.

No idea how many we've sold, but I reckon more season tickets than last year. Can anyone see how many tickets we've sold today for the Everton game?

He's gone to Man City I think.

I wouldn't be surprised if Clasie has already signed for us, they're just giving it a day or so for the Schneiderlin fuss and coverage to pass over before its done as its own fresh stand alone announcement.

Exactly. There was some Saints fan commenting on Schneiderlin's twitter post, saying he was "in bits"

THe comments below that sum up a large section of Man Utd's support though.

Where has this thread come from?

But he had Boruc in goal and Lovren or Yoshida CB as options.

But the point is there was loads of speculation on how we could replace Lovren, Shaw etc and we did. It'd be interesting to see stats from last season on which players had the best points per game ratio versus when they were absent? I'm going to go with a complete guess of Mane.

We'll know the date and time by the time the tickets go on sale though.

I think you can buy your Espanyol ticket after buying your Europa ticket, and pick anywhere (available) in the ground).

Hope so, but a Thursday night against a team that no-one has ever heard of might knock a few off the crowd.

Great ticket deal announced for our first home game/the Espanyol match.

What would be an alternative/better business model for us? What could happen re Soares or Juanmi in a couple of years time?

Yeah, I don't think a player has ever prattled on more in public about his desire to leave. Overall he's managed his departure alright, no need to go overboard in that regard though. Great player, will be a loss for us. Joining a squad of Galacticos at Man Utd that'll ultimately be aiming to win the CL, so he'll get the opportunity to match his ambitions.

If we buy Clasie, we'd also be after another CM? As with Wanyama out injured or suspended, that leaves us very lightweight in midfield.

Cedric as right back, with Martina as cover. I personally wouldn't want him back and can't see the club being particularly keen.

Two of our key areas missing players, centre mid and full back. Most of our squad have been back from holiday less than a week.