Lallana's Left Peg

Given our commercial revenue is so pitiful then any increase in that gives us a lot of flexibility to increase the wage bill so we should be ok?

There is a reason we spend a lot of money on Sports Science and that table reflects it to be fair.

Not sure if you've been keeping up with the news mate but they have one player nominated in each category - Adam Lallana and Luke Shaw.

I agree but rules are rules.

Luke Shaw nominated for Young Player of the Year as well. A fantastic achievement from them both.

The Manager wants to push on though.

I wouldn't mind betting he and the club already know what they'd like to spend and have a list of targets already. Pochettino is very guarded in the media over things like this and often stays away from the truth regarding things he has no interest letting the media about.

He's 18 years old. He's going to be world class.

Interesting that Schneiderlin likes to play deep and collect the ball. When Wanyama plays he can't do that as much.

I bet Big Vic is absolutely ****ting himself over pre-season

Says the right things, some may say strategic timing with the season ticket renewals. But I feel like there is no way the culture at the club is what would convince Pochettino to sign a new contract. He'll want investment and backing after what he has achieved this year. He worked hard at Espanyol every year after having to sell players and he has already increased his profile enough at Saints to feel like he shouldn't have to do that again before a better opportunity comes along.

As an aside, what would people think if this was our team on the opening day of the season? Boruc Clyne Fonte Lovren Shaw Wanyama Schneiderlin JWP Lallana Davis Lambert

I don't want to believe it

Fair enough. I do not believe we are in a poor financial position and need to sell players. I think if anyone leaves it will be because they want to or the club thinks it is a great deal. The concern is that if Pochettino wants further investment and we can't oblige then he may leave and there could be a domino effect with players.

Why do we need to pay off £30m of debt? Unless someone can show me that our operating costs touch £100m that debt just gets paid off by TV money each year?

Looking at it another way, if the club feel they can justify the prices then hopefully we're in for a reassuring summer personnel wise?

Hmm, I can see both perspectives on this. I reckon fans will moan and then renew. But if the club sells players in the summer...

You mean from this tweet which was made 2mins before your post!?!

Probably a bit misguided to try and attribute values to players as what they have contributed to Saints will count for very little, and it is far more important what they have done for us while they were a Saints player. On that basis Boruc, Clyne, Lovren, Yoshida, Davis, and Rodriguez have all been great. Wanyama only has half a season of work, Ramirez hasn't really worked out, and Osvaldo, Forren, and Mayuka have been bad buys.

Was going to post that I think he just got annoyed by the bedwetters on here but I see it's been covered already.

Winning relegation at the moment, fair play to them.

Really feel for him, but I know the club will rally around him and he will come back strong.

Toure is an absolute liability defensively. He's hard to get around when he sits deep but that is because of his size. The rest of the time he ambles about, looks unfit, and doesn't track runners. Poor Fernandinho is absolutely crocked having to cover for him.

Nothing about the way we play has changed other than the team having to do more things than others as the season has gone one due to our opponents paying us more respect. At home we've made several adjustments as we've often been gifted possession and teams have sat back. Away from home it is the usual story. But the foundation of how we play hasn't changed at all - we're one of a select few in the league that do that.

Matt Hale is listed as Academy Manager in this article: http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/03032014-josh-sims-signs-professional-contract-1466016.aspx Existing role or did he join new?