Lallana's Left Peg

Liverpool love briefing the press and the local rag up there are running a story that a new bid for Clyne is forthcoming, that Clyne wants to join, and Saints are privately resigned to him leaving.

Yeah could well be. Very different sort of player though from what I can tell.

Not the sort of player I thought we'd target. Be interesting to see how / where he fits in.

Except what team would he be an automatic starter for and would pay him more money?

We don't know exactly what they have been charged for yet other than breaking regulations. It could be a simple administration matter, or using an unauthorised agent in the deal etc. rather than their conduct towards Saints and views on 'tapping up'.

But you'd understand why some people would prefer us to wear yellow and blue away? It's just a personal preference based on what they'd like to associate Saints with.

What, you mean the kit we wore when we won our only major trophy has sentimental value to the fans? The worlds gone mad.

Dark green would be better than light green but I worry the navy blue means the green aspect will be quite bright and that would be horrible.

Yep. Wonder if they gave him the same deal they did Gomis? £8m signing on fee paid over 4 years! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/swansea-city/11356258/Swansea-City-have-to-pay-Bafetimbi-Gomis-8m-signing-on-fee-to-leave.html

Although irritating, I wasn't bothered from his unfamiliarity with football terminology. I was raging when he said no-one would be sold until we got a new Manager and then a few days later we sold Rickie Lambert when we didn't have a new Manager. That didn't inspire confidence!

Be interested in a double for Scheniderlin and Clyne to stay at Saints. The odds would be worth a nibble. Can see the odds of both being lined up by clubs as third or fourth choice and moves not forthcoming being longer than the chances of that happening.

Sunderland is a complete dump. Newcastle is miles better.

No-one joins Newcastle to achieve something in the team. You join because you get a great Premier League wage and they have a history of not standing in the way of players who wish to leave. And the North-East is a great place to live too. Newcastle would be a good move for Charlie Austin on the presumption he sees it as a stepping stone to better things, not a final destination.

Do you have a copy of In That Number? It's a great book and will have all the information you need to pull something together. Failing that the Authors of said book, or at least some of them / people involved with them, are on this forum so you can get in touch that way.

I think he's a good player but not sure where he fits in now Jay Rod is staying.

From what I have seen Grealish is more creative and has more of a goal threat but JWP is better at everything else.

I reckon we've got a better chance of winning the Europa League than qualifying for the Champions League via our league position. Not that either are likely.

I wouldn't be so sure. 3 loan players have gone (two on the fringes of the team, and one very important) - they will need to be replaced for us just to stand still, and we have a keeper to bring in to replace Forster as well. Europa League doesn't have much money in it, so I would expect us to play more kids next season, which I'm fine with.

Not too much different, but Champions League clubs will likely only have to do that three times before Christmas, and if we make the group stage then we'd have had to do it around eight times. We'll get longer to prepare for an easier game on the Thursday than we will the harder game on the Sunday too.

Don't think we have any chance whatsoever of maintaining our current league position along with a Europa League campaign but would love to be pleasantly surprised.

Bayern Munich will be monitoring hundreds of players around Europe. It's what most half decent clubs do, including ourselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players

According to his Twitter:

I don't know anything about him. I was convinced we'd buy English for Clyne's replacement (if he left) - Byram or Trippier. EDIT: