Baird of the land

It's ok. I loved last seasons black strip so nothing was likely to match that IMO.

Some good news. Looking forward to seeing how he adapts to premiership. Wonder if he'll get the number 7 shirt.

Slightly disappointed he's not going to get first team opportunities with us this season. Swindon seem to be team that plays right way so decent option in loan.

1) up and coming deputy such as McCarthy for me all day long.

No most teams have an out an out first choice keeper and a back up. Liverpool didn't keep reina not because he wasn't better than Jones etc but because he wouldn't have been happy sitting on the bench all season. If people believe Boruc would be happy as a reserve, that's their opinion. Personally i don't believe for a minute he would be. That's not to say we shouldn't bring in a replacement for Gazzanigga who is more capable, but more the case that we shouldn't be shopping for individuals who would expect to be first choice.

If we are planning to ship Boruc out and money is no object then Forster is good. Not overly a fan of Marshall, very highly priced and overperformed last season imo. As i've said repeatedly i've been highly impressed by Alex Mccarthy of reading everytime i've seen him & think he'd be very good value for money and a decent age to boot.

I agree Personally i'd prefer to keep Boruc(who looked good last season), not buy Marshall(who seems way over priced to me too) & instead go after someone slightly younger like Alex Mccarthy who might be happier spending a season as understudy to Boruc.

Hardly, if Saints sign a keeper for 8-12m, that keeper will be first choice. Just as Liverpool signed Mignolet and shipped out Reina. Just as Chelsea have loaned out Courtois repeatedly because they had Cech.

Agree think there's zero chance of Boruc accepting playing deputy to a big money purchase keeper.

Really don't think Marshall offers any value for money. Plus unless its because Boruc is off we'd never be able to keep both happy. I'd prefer someone like Mccarthy who i think is talented but might be amenable to playing 2nd fiddle temporarily to Boruc.

He's the keeper I'd like us to go for.

Well if you lose top quality players, will top quality replacement players want to join? I'm not jumping around saying its a certainty but if Hernandez rejects us out of hand it seems a reasonable to raise the issue.

Not particularly disappointed about Hernandez thing as i feel he's a player who has gone backwards badly. It does highlight a worrying trend about trying to bring in players of sufficient quality given the exodus that is occurring and the effect on attraction of saints imo.

I'm not suggesting its smart, just an understandable reaction. Equally don't think he(apparently) should be insulting Saints via papers.

Agree he's a fantastic player, even if his comments are not those of a decent person imo. Last centre back who looked that good for us was Killer imo.

Hmm pretty understandable social media reaction to what are apparently direct quotes. I'm assuming he hasn't rushed to deny the comments via twittter.

If new comments are in any way true, i'd keep hold of him just to make a statement that such behaviour is completely unacceptable.

Well we bought him as a proven league 1 goalscorer & then didn't have to spend millions on him upon promotion to the prem as a 30 yr old.

I definitely have worries about going for 29 year old with no prem experience. At the end of the day guess have to trust Koeman that isn't going to be flop.

Not a fan. If they were going to go back to stripes they should have gone for rank xerox design.

If true hopefully that will get rectified quickly now then.

Seems a rather mediocre kit imo, but then i wasn't someone who was madly upset about not kit not being stripes last season. I'm far more worried about the players that will be playing in it.

A we were able to get big fees due to long contracts B Keeping happy and rewarding those who gave done well would be nice, rather than making them have to consider somewhere where they are wanted.

Agree completely. With all the departures you'd think tying down two important players from last season would be a priority.

I'd be very worried if we start season with only one left back, and that being an unproven(if potentially talented) academy prospect. Don't view playing right backs at left back as a sensible plan.