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Not from a big club thats true, but this is different, as people have already pointed out no doubt Gerrard is in his bloody ear all the time, he hears what they earn, what life is like at a big club etc etc and for some reason now the Champions League is the be all and end all of what a player wants to play in ! Not so long ago wasn't it his dream to play for England and he has managed that, and done it whilst playing for Southampton. But now a competition on a Tuesday night which lasts a couple of months if you don't get out the group stage is the icing on the cake ! Its crap. He was quite happy to sign a four year deal with Saints, quite happy to see his salary increase with every progression the club made and now he wants his loyalty rewarded by being allowed to eff off to Liverpool. Thanks for that Adam.

Absolutely. I was prepared for MP going, I am prepared for Shaw and Lallana. But Rickie ? I mean all the best to him but the heart has just been ripped out of Southampton for me.

Will this be one of those Liverpool say 4 million, Saints say 8 million and the truth lies somewhere in between I wonder ?

I assumed, probably wrongly, that Ralph was more or less saying that players will only be sold when its right for the club. I took that to mean,unlike in years gone by, that when we have a replacement not just lined up but a deal signed and sealed we would then and only then sell Shaw, Lallana etc. Seems that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

It just gets worse

As one of if not THE most sensible regular poster on here I find it strange that you are slagging off the board barely 24 hours after Ralph's interview because of something that looks like a great hoax by someone changing their Twitter account to the name of a Liverpool Echo journalist.

Yeah i know but Sky didn't when they ran with the story !

Why are you ? A lot of Sky Sources turnu out to be local journos close to a club.

Wotte and Portaloo a few years back you mean ?

Don't hold your breath. That is a very romanticised view of the current board to be honest. Cortese doing that, yes. Ralph and Co ? Nah

I know, i was being sarcastic. You would think the prize and Sky money alone this year would have covered those two things and left room for strengthening. Very disappointed how all the big grand statements appear to be just hollow words.

In one of the owners Swiss bank accounts ?

yeah i know but even so bookies usually do their homework on stuff like this to a degree.

How the hell can they seriously have Harry Redknapp at 25-1 ? I mean thats so ridiculous on so many levels it defies belief.....i wouldnt waste a pound if they added four noughts to that !

They have obviously let the club down on a non footballing issue which was deemed to be a case of mis-conduct if this is true and I am pretty sure it is. The U18's didnt have a tournament in Europe at the end of the season by any chance did they ?

Fair point

Do you not concede that our/his style wasnt a great success against teams who like to rough it up a bit and/or not play on the ground football then ?

Whilst I agree with you the point is true that he doesn't appear to have a Plan B, if we go a goal behind we very very rarely turn it round and win the game and managers have started to catch on, Rogers changed Liverpool's formation around at St Marys and look what happened ? In his time here we have always played better against the decent teams and poorly against teams that do not suit our style - West Ham, Stoke, Villa to name but three ! If that continues at Spurs he will have a short honeymoon period, they expect to beat the poorer teams more than we do. We always write it off as "typical Saints". Not sure that attitude will hold water at Tottenham !

Chris Hughton in Southampton on a Bank Holiday Monday in the close season. More than any of the current Saints board then I bet

No players that MP wants to keep will be leaving......oh

If they make an official approach can't Southampton just say no........or is that too simplistic ?

Same......jammy bastard he is !

The thought of working for Levy alone would lead me to sign a new contract here....or anywhere to be honest. But yes you are right, second option is not a good start !

Thats what I thought, be nice to head off the panic merchants and fabricated story tellers at the pass on that one tho