Pamplemousse

I can claim to be the first one to have acknowledged that Tom was correct. It still doesn't hurt to be sceptical though And given that Tom had been completely wrong on this very topic only a few weeks ago, people had every right to be sceptical.

Maybe he was just upset that Puel was sacked...

VVD's stance is very strange. We know for a fact that Saints haven't rejected any bids for him... because nobody has made any bids for him. If he only had two or even one year on his contract, then he'd be in a position of strength. But the club holds all the cards here.

I still don't think he'll go this summer. Schneiderlin and Wanyama settled down after playing up, and the club have previous for standing firm when they say a player is not for sale. Next summer for sure though.

https://audioboom.com/posts/6128853-mauricio-pellegrino-gives-chapter-and-verse-on-latest-virgil-van-dijk-situation-at-saintsfc Adam Blackmore interview here

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/15427076.Van_Dijk_training_alone_after__telling_Saints_he_wants_to_go_/ Looks like Tom28 was correct. Egg on face time for me and everyone else

Pellegrino said he was only taking part in 80% of the training sessions, so there was no way he was going to play this weekend. I reckon the first we'll see of him will be one of the home friendly matches.

Imagine the hilarity if he came back into the picture.

He's getting pelters because he was wrong before. He said he was going to Chelsea, then said 100% Liverpool weren't interested. Wrong on both counts. Also, calling people "mugs" comes from someone who is on the wind-up, not because he has genuine information to share.

Do we have a sell-on fee?

It's as if he's making it all up as he goes along...

It makes little sense for VVD to go on strike. No club has bid for him, and Liverpool publicly have said they have no interest in the player. What is there to strike about? Besides, if he was on strike, with a view to engineering a move away... the agent would have briefed the media. No player has gone on strike and been silent about it. Tom28 hasn't thought this through at all. If you're going to pretend to be ITK, at least make it slightly credible.

Update: Tom28 continues to tell porkies - anything he says can be easily proven by images taken as pre-season training progesses. He is now trolling on his own. He has told SaintsWeb he wants to join RAWK. If you're going to try and pretend to be ITK, at least put some effort in. 0.4/10.

Would you be happy to retract your many criticisms of Les Reed if VVD does indeed stay?

Touché

Saints U18s played Pompey No idea what the score was though.

He was playing most of the season with an injury, is that correct? Hopefully he'll be back to his best this season, because he was below par for much of last season.

#meltdown

We will be nearer the top 4 than the bottom 3.

McBendy is one hundred percent correct - they need to go read some history books. We could spend spend spend and end up like the skates. Some of those to whom he is referring aren't "half-witted" but just like to provoke a reaction from people. Twitter I think contains more of our idiot fans.

Gardos Targett Davis (only because of his age) Long

Austin is Pellè's replacement

It's surprising, they've always been so prudent with their finances.

The bin dippers will still grasp onto that article as "proof" that he is theirs

I could perfectly accept him playing for another team outside of England, as long as it was for £60M minimum.