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He seemingly has forgotten the paragraph that refers to the six year contract he signed a year ago. Funny that considering he is painting himself as good cop whilst Southampton FC are portrayed as bad cop. Hes a ****.

so either he's saying sorry Virgil old son but we don't need you anymore or Mr Cuddles is lying to his own supporters. Pathetic.

Oh, thats potentially interesting. A little softening of attitude from the Dutchman maybe ?

it does but let's not get silly

Seriously ? We have jumped from Mark Wright to Beckenbaueresque in three days ? Hope we can hold on to him until the close of the transfer window cos give him two more weeks he will be the best player the world has ever seen

lets hope this happens

It's a fair article, if we aren't in a predicament yet it certainly signposts the issues

Yes would have to be Romeu for me.

Dear oh dear, is that all they have to worry about ? Dont tell me, it will assist the Linesman

That's pretty depressing reading in all honesty.

Danny Ings, current club Liverpool. The only reason needed to make this very doubtful indeed.

It might be a pre season friendly and the result is meaningless but **** me there were some serious concerns with that midfield and defence. Reminded me of pre season a few years back when that centre half we had on loan from Reading - Bennett was it - played and we lost 4-1 at home the week before the season started. Still it's ok cos Stephens and Yoshida together will sort it out apparently.

I hope it is, no problem with that at all would love to be proved wrong.

It will be a close run thing. I realise some posters are pinning their hopes on Stephens being the next Mark Wright but the reality of the situation is Yoshida and Stephens are not a partnership that will get a club into the top 8 of the Premier League over a whole season. If people honestly believe they are its a case of being deluded in my opinion.

Bloody hell for a player who only got a regular place back in February because of injury and no cover Stephens is certainly being bigged up on here. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, I think a fair few have missed him in the past couple of months. I hope I'm wrong but to me he looks a very good Championship player and decent enough cover for a Prem team, no more or no less. He does some things well, equally there are areas of his game that don't look too hot, positional play and heading are quite important at centre back and they aren't his strengths. I agree that he could be a very good holding midfield player or the sweeper role in a three man centre back partnership. If Jack Stephens is really the answer to our centre back problems then we will struggle this season.

Absolutely this.

No point us going for any player that is better than we have if we use the logic you are employing here. "I'm sorry Gareth, we know you want to come back to Southampton but you are younger than Tadic and if we signed you it would upset him so the deal is off"

Sounds very much as if Cedric will be ready for the first match Saturday week, fitness wise at least.

the other knee is lined up for early March 2018 just in case

No you aren't alone

Nice to see two midfield players making an effort to get into the penalty area for that second goal......even better for one of them to score it !

He's a better player than some experts on here say he is.

Well there are a few players like that who need a run to get going. Rickie was a case in point as has been demonstrated even more since he left Saints. Dont know enough about this Wimmer to know if hes any good or not tbh

Actually thats very true, certainly the offended by everything bit. A non football related example - a few years back Ringo Starr was asked if he would ever consider living in Liverpool again which he answered with a firm NO ! Bloody hell did they get upset with that, took them about 3 years to get over it, and thats with one of their own