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I fail to understand why Roy or his assistant were at St. Mary's nearly every week yet when it came to he didn't trust Lallana, Lambert and to a lesser extent Shaw to do the job for him ! 5 minutes for Rickie and barely half an hour for Lallana whilst Wellbeck and co serve up the same old crap.

That's exactly it. If you make a final offer after you have already made a final offer you have handed the advantage to the seller. Its only mid June, they have got over 2 months to make a few more final offers

Thankyou for that, very interesting. Lallana certainly given them a problem the way he has gone about things, hope it all gets sorted quickly either way.

Especially in the beginning of the season has ended, there was some criticism Kluitenberg. So that he had found followers selection train too hard, causing Feyenoord not picked up from the first three league matches one point. Glad we cleared that one up then WTF ?

Problem seems to be that Roy thinks he has to play Rooney come what may but hasn't got a bloody clue where to fit him in the system he wants to play. He was awful last night, how he stayed on the pitch for 90 mins I just don't know. I thought we looked quite good going forward, dodgy at the back but with Johnson at right back what else would we be ?

Some poor sucker at the BBC obviously thought "That Gary Neville on Sky is good, i wish we had him.....oh wait a minute, he's got a brother....I know...." Anyone who struggled to stay up that late to watch England would not have been helped by his "you are feeling sleepy" commentary !

Sounds like you found some bitter Dutch fans Only time will tell.....

More than happy. Has a better record than Koeman, he knows the Premiership too.

Christ I hope he is better teaching a young keeper how to cover his near post than he actually was/is whilst playing then But I agree with the sentiment, he should be involved in the club for many years to come in some capacity.

Hard to name a manager who hasn't been sacked several times to be honest.

Or just telling them who the new manager will be and that he will discuss their futures with them when they return. Over to you Ronald......or whoever......

As is Hoddle

No, its the private conversations telling these guys they would be better off at a top club that worry me......and that is the only concern of any England or International manager and has been for years. Then when they don't get a regular spot in that club's starting eleven they aren't happy cos they don't play enough !

Koeman is certainly the type of appointment that can put this firesale talk back in its box. I really hope this happens. The agent quote is very encouraging.

He is one of the more reliable yes. He is a Saints fan, he wrote the Saints Cult Heroes book a few years ago.

Think he means he was openly talking about going to United at the PFA awards.

The BBC reporter who flew out to Milan to interview Cortese the other week.

Blackmore has got it from Ben Smith, direct word for word tweet almost !

You do when you get subjected to the England training camp regime and have people like Gerrard in your ear and from reading between the lines the England manager and probably coaching staff saying how much better you would be at a big club old son blah blah blah. Thats whats turned him, not some bloody faffing about from people like Reed and Ralph who he probably doesnt see from one day to the next !

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