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Not just him but where the hell is Hammond ?

Tease

Yep there is no way Rickie will be dropped, he will play deeper or as a partner for Osvaldo (if he comes). The ones under threat would be Jay Rod, Lallana and Gaston. To be honest it wouldnt surprise me in the slightest if they let Gaston go if he signs. I dont dislike him but I just dont see him as an MP type player !

I think you are being a bit harsh on old Woy. He always talks in these semi riddles. I think Rickie will be in the next squad......probably wont play but he will be included even if its just to keep the media off Hodgson's back !

He needs to score tomorrow. Anything less and he is out once the old faithfulls are back fit.

I agree and it wasn't only WBA who exposed Fox. Think back to Match of the Day last season when Hansen drew those bloody huge great squares exposing the space Fox left on his side of the pitch. From what I saw yesterday, positionally, he hasn't learnt at all about positional play when defending. Still he is a great dead ball crosser so that makes it alright for some ! Sorry but I dont't subscribe to this "he isn't as bad as some people say" mantra. He was exposed in the Championship for goodness sake. He has not got any better.

Despite your high level of sarcasm the truth is Shaw does seem to get injured quite a lot and we need a decent left back as cover. We have all known it since Christmas at least !!!

Always has been, he aint gonna change now :-)

I agree about the Captain bit. He isn't a natural leader by the look of it and the added responsibility may well be hampering him. He isn't one of the players left in the squad who you just know is not Premiership quality - if I mention a couple I'm sure I will be accused of picking scapegoats - he just needs a return to the form he is capable of. Everyone has dips in form, and when you are getting used to a step up in quality and you have had an injury or two its going to take a while. Lets see what he is like by Christmas....but I do wonder, as Sour Mash has suggested, wether he will be in the starting eleven from the first match ?

Think the problem is a lot of people thought he would be a top Premiership player for us and in the two thirds of his first season in the league he did not live up to people's expectations. How dare he take longer than 20 odd games to adjust to the next level up

What a top Baroness this lady is :-)

I thought that was quite a fair price to be honest, esp as its the only home friendly we have.

Would be great.....but don't hold your breath waiting.

Think Mayuka, Gazzaniga and Gaston might be a bit harsh, jury out I would say, lets see what pre season does for them. Otherwise the bad transfer list is spot on for me !

You appear to have missed out Guly If only to see what Chelsea player he would be compared with ?

Agree top and bottom 3, think we will finish 13th however.

Seems strange they haven't announced it yet. i fully expected a 9.00 announcement this morning. Its not like his birthday has taken anyone by surprise is it ?

Wont be a press conference, just an announcement on the OS, the customary "watch" picture and a brief interview on Saints player :-)

Danny Fox has a lot of tattoos and he doesnt look like a Prem player either :-D

I hope this is true, Cork is a fantastic player for us, hope he doesnt get forced into a bit part role with the arrival of Wanyama.

Thats a hell of a thing. As someone has said more thought went into that than into the home shirt

I take Hatson's point about Celtic, although some have you cannot really argue about the size of the club compared to us. And yes he is writing for a Scottish audience. But he has fallen into the trap that so many have with Saints over the last two to three years. He's thinking of us as the same club we were when he was playing and that aint nothing like anymore. Didnt Bally try to sign him from Arsenal before we got Shipperely ? Glad he didnt now - bloody idiot

totally agree with that - he was bloody fantastic for a few weeks before that injury and never really got that form back. Really hard worker, always liked him and I hope this move comes off for him and wish him and his family well, especially in light of the personal tragedy they suffered a couple of months ago.

It will be extremely harsh if either of them get dropped and I wouldn't want to pick cos both have been fantastic for us. Look how much we miss either when they are out.

The soundbite that came with my season ticket was talking about "The Southampton Way - we lead and others follow our example" etc etc I'm having trouble linking that with the new kit. We have a shirt that you can buy unbranded for £15-20 online, a shirt that is identical to Bristol City's, a League One club and yet we take the lead whilst others follow ? Really ? If I was Mr Cortese I would be asking Adidas serious questions as to why the club have been conned into launching a kit that most certainly does not "lead the way" !! SFC, Cortese or whoever approved this kit have had the wool well and truly pulled over their eyes. Say what you will about last season's pin stripe effort from Umbro but at least it was unique to Southampton.