Lighthouse

There was a thread on an airline crew forum a few years ago where cabin crew were discussing their best and worst celebrities. A lot of the time the managers and agents are worse than the celebrity, thinking they are somehow running the world. The worst celebs by a mile is apparently Cilla Black. An absolute nightmare to talk to, you can't even offer her a cup of tea without some form of rude response. The typical divas are, as you'd expect, pretty bad. The likes of J Lo and Beyonce.

Probably the worst player I've seen at St Mary's since we came back into the Premier League, couldn't have given less of a f**k when we beat them 2 years ago.

It's all about the boat show and West Quay.

I think we need someone new on the right of the 'attacking midfield' if we're going to play that way. Mane plays best centrally, J Rod and Tadic both looked better on the left. Long might be able to play on the right when we're at home to the team bottom of the League but for the other 37 games we need someone else.

I think Russia would put their own self preservation ahead of Blatter. No doubt it would harm their chances of actually hosting 2018 if they were harbouring a man accused of corruption in the bidding process. Especially if he was convicted of wrong doings in his absence.

£15m would be a lot for a player who hasn't really proven anything yet and could quite easily be the next Luke Chadwick or Chris Eagles. I'd expect a loan if he did come here as I doubt we would pay what Utd might accept.

I wouldn't, we need some fresh ideas up front. There is nobody we can rely upon to score goals in the squad and nobody creating clear cut chances. Not to mention the goalkeeper. You'd honestly go a full season with Kelvin and Gazza?

I don't rate him. He doesn't score enough, he doesn't create enough and what the heck does 'honest' mean? He doesn't sell crack to the fans behind the dugout when he's waiting to come on? I think most people just mean he tries his best, which I'd say about almost all of our players. People question Pelle's commitment at times but he does take a lot of punishment from defenders and doesn't have the pace and agility to be all over a defence. How many times last season were we left ruing missed chances or even a failure to carve out an opening? Long is one of the guilty parties in that respect. I don't think Long was the answer to Hull's problems either. Hull finished 16th and 4 points above the drop zone last year, they weren't a noticeably better team with Long in it.

If our wages bill is maxed out finishing top 7, filling a 32,000 seater stadium with the 5th lowest wage bill in the League then I look forward to winning the League next year, as every other club will be in administration. There is room on the wage bill if we don't keep filling it up with 'squad' players like Djuricic or Ellia. I'd give Gaston and Osvaldo away for free at this point to get them off the books. I personally was baffled when we gave Kelvin a new 3 year deal, which was widely received as "well done Kelvin, that's his reward for being a great servant". No, the reward for being a good servant was being paid my annual every 3 weeks for the whole time he was here. Giving unproven players like Gazza and Mayuka such long contracts was daft too. 5 years for someone who cost £3m and has never played at this level? Players like that should get a 3 year deal and an extension if they impress after their first season. It's hardly like we were fighting big clubs for their signatures, we should be dictating these terms. Mayuka is Cortese's very own Tommy Forecast, he must have the best agent in football. We can't even give him away because of his wages.

Rudi Skacel - July 8th

Bompey getting all their business done early in the window, that'll make them a force to be reckoned with like Norwich a couple of years ago.

I highly doubt that. I think he knows the score he just doesn't care. After all he was born in the early Triassic period and sleeps with 21 year old super models. I doubt he cares about the hows and the whys.

The part about English teams and youngsters doesn't surprise me. Who was the last academy player to hold down a first team place for Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool or Man City. The big clubs just don't have the patience to blood young talent, the Premier League is one of the worst in the world in that regard. With hundreds of millions riding on Champions League football or avoiding relegation, teams just wont risk inexperienced players when they can bring in the finished article from abroad. In the last 5 years AOC, Chambers and Shaw have made their Saints debut and played for England. We aren't being hyped, that's an excellent return for an academy.

No you shouldn't it's irrelevant.

I never got why Spurs sold him. I always thought him and Bale were the reasons Spurs were in the Champions League, as opposed to the official media version of 'Arry being triffic.

Surely 'Tuesday night' Jos deserves an appreciation thread. He was widely criticised on here for his Premier League performances but I don't think he did that bad personally. Obviously we have better now but Jos was part of a pretty weak team, playing between Gazza, Fox and JWP in his debut season. Let's remember the good times though. Two absolutely crucial goals against West Ham, amongst others and that 'now we're going up' moment when he scored against Coventry. Good luck Jos!

We have enough 'squad players' we don't need to fill the squad up with mediocrity. That's what we did in the summer of 2004 with Nilsson, Jackobsson, JVD, Yahia and the like. Long, Tadic, JWP, Davis, JRod and Mane already have the attacking midfielder, supporting striker role covered. We don't need more depth, we need one or two better options to complement them; Ellia and Djuricic aren't the answer. They were just cheap loans who have failed to impress at their previous clubs.

I don't think Juve have forgiven them.

You could probably smoke 2 or 3 cigarettes on weekends for your whole life and suffer no adverse health effects. If people chose to smoke excessively, that's their problem. It's the same with alcohol, you could take a tour of French vineyards shouting, "f**king murdered, thousands of people die from liver disease and drink driving accidents every year!" He's just making money out of other people's stupidity.

Goalkeepers Forster-8 Davis-6 Gazzaniga-5 Defenders Clyne-7 Fonte-9 Toby-9 Yoshida-7 Gardos-6 Bertrand-9 Targett-6 Midfielders Davis-5 Wanyama-8 Reed-6 JWP-6 Morgan-8 Tadic-6 Djuricic-4 Attackers Pelle-7 Mane-7 Long-4 Ellia-4 Going by 5 as being average I think some of you are being very kind to a few of our players. Long for instance, 5 goals and all at home to very poor opposition. I don't care if Long runs around or Djuricic looks good on the ball, they have both failed to deliver.

If someone hangs themself, you don't blame B&Q for selling them some rope.

I would say, aside from replacements for Toby, Morgan and Clyne (depending on who leaves) a decent attacking midfielder would be our #1 priority this summer. I'm sure we can find someone and as such I see no need to keep Gaston. To me him and Djuricic personify our problems this season. Comfortable on the ball and with good technique but fail to deliver any actual impact. You don't get any more points for that than you do hoofing it BFS style up the pitch.

We'll see who's laughing if Kane and Lloris want out and they replace them with another truck load of gash. It's only the failings of Saints, Liverpool and Everton this season who've made them look good, they are no better than last years team. Last summer we were all very selfish for not wanting Lallana and Lovren to leave for Champions League football. This photo proves they definitely aren't massive hypocrites.

A very good season and above my pre-season expectations (about midtable, maybe 8th-12th) but I can't help but thinking 'what might have been'. Before Fraser's injury we had the best defence in the League and I don't think anyone has ever had that honour and missed out on the top four. Perhaps our amazing defence is pushing up my expectations too much but I can't help but feel more from Long, Tadic, Davis, JWP, Ellia and Djuricic would have seen us do it. Finishing below really poor Liverpool and Spurs sides is disappointing and Man Utd have been nothing special over 38 games. Overall though, a great season. We won every League game I went to (7 to be precise) and that 8-0 was once in a lifetime stuff.

He's had enough chances now, can anyone name a time when he actually put in a decent run of performances? I just remember scattered periods of occasional talent, nowhere near enough to warrant a place in our squad. I'd take pretty much any offer to get him off the wage bill. He is only to leave on a free next summer anyway, might as well do it now and free up some wages. Surely someone in Italy will take him.