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If he's better than what we have then it's an obvious and cheap way to improve the squad, we don't have to make money out of every deal we do.

Not sure how happy he is competing with, Mirallas, Bolasie, Lennon, Morgan, McCarthy, Lookman, Gueye, McGeady, Davies, Barry and Besic over 4/5 spaces in their team.

Really hate when people say that. The two are completely exclusive, nobody has ever compared a dying child to the problems of a football club. RIP Bradley and all the others lost too soon.

You've got to hand it to alpine, people are still taking his posts seriously.

His comedy numbers aren't worth discussing TBH. He has also left out Shaw for £31m (a world record for a teenager at the time) and Chambers for £16m. We'd probably have got at least £60m for the pair adjusted for the new TV deal inflation.

Nonsense, we both get good prices for our players. Everton are open for business, same as any other 'selling club'. Fellaini, Rooney, Lescott, Peinaar, Arteta, Stones. They've sold the lot and RL and RB will be next to go. Stones went for £50m because he is young and English, same as Sterling and Shaw. We got £16m for our reserve RB a few years ago and £14m for a striker who's done nothing for 3 years.

Which is basically the point I'm making. Players don't go to clubs because they are 'bigger.'

And yet if we'd offered more money to any one of their signings, they'd have come here instead.

They have a larger stadium and a richer owner. Other than that they've won nothing for about 25 years and have generally competed with clubs the size of Saints, West Ham etc. in the middle of the Premier League. If we're talking about league titles won over 30 years ago, yes they are bigger. As are Forest, Preston, Huddersfield and Wolves.

Bigger is such a nonsense word. Everton are a richer club. That's it.

Not really, they're just a lower budget Man City or Chelsea. It's a long way from a guarantee that Pickford, Keane, Klaassen and Sandro are any better than Forster, Stephens, Tadic and Juanmi. They all look good on paper but they've got to replace the likes of Lukaku, Barkley and Jagielka. Looking good in relegated teams is one thing but they will have to step up big time to justify their prices. To me it just looks like they're splashing the Lukaku/Barkley money on finishing 7th again next season.

If referees were half consistent, Fonte would have given away a penalty in every game for his continuous shirt pulling. He was good enough for a top 6 finish, Yoshi is certainly good enough for a top half team. I certainly don't remember a dire mistake in every game during the second half of last season.

Fratton park. I'd level it and build a massive statue of Steve De Ridder. Not sure about the other £39.5m.

Always liked Vignal and Ostlund when we were in the Championship. Found it very irritating when Wright and Skacel played ahead of them. TBH I found 90% of Burley's team selections infuriating in his final season.

Always liked Vignal and Ostlund when we were in the Championship. Found it very irritating when Wright and Skacel played ahead of them. TBH I found 90% of Burley's team selections infuriating in his final season.

TBF, I have seen much more ludicrous statements made without a hint of irony.

TBF, I have seen much more ludicrous statements made without a hint of irony.

Have you been drinking paint?

Have you been drinking paint?

Not sure personally, think Long and Davis lack a physical presence.

I'm unsure whether this is a joke but Hernandez is probably the least Saintsy signing I can think of.

Personally I'm very relieved we haven't given a player that old a contract that long. I reckon it will look like a decent enough deal for them in the first year and a waste of money in the second 2.

We had Austin, Long, J Rod, Boufal, Redmond and Tadic. 6 players after 3 positions, not to mention Sims, Hesketh and a couple of other young players trying to make an impact. We had the right number of players, they were just all crap. If Long, J Rod and Boufal hadn't all been useless we'd never have signed Gabbi.

I would guess not, I reckon Gabbi and Gallagher are the replacements. That said I wouldn't be upset to see Long and/or Austin leave if we could get someone better/fitter in.

Just so long as he doesn't start a naked fight in the dressing room, like another of our ex-strikers allegedly did. Good luck Jay. He was been 'back' from his knee injury for 2 years now and still not got going, whatever he does from now on, you can't say we didn't give him time. This is a good decision for both parties, I hope a fresh start at WBA does him some good.