Baird of the land

Forster, clyne, fonte, yoshida, Bertrand, wanyama, cork, Davis, Ramirez, tadic, pelle

My money is on Mackay, given his mate moody is already there in charge of transfers.

Well he signed on to a set up where others had control of transfer policy not him. If he wanted to grab complete control as some articles suggest then I have no sympathy. If board broke promises that might be a different issue.

My view is fair play to the board for sticking to their guns. It's a dangerous but ballsy move.

Wow, didn't see pulis leaving. Guess he wanted to take apart structure they had established to give himself more control and they baulked at it. Hopefully that puts to bed any notion of cork leaving for there.

If i remember correctly didn't Redknapp give it to that awful player that was Tommy Hajto.

Yes he was at league 1 level.

Hmmm, well I suppose someone was going to be given that shirt. I'd hoped when Lambert left there would be someone special coming in to take it but whatever. Let's hope it inspires him.

Disappointing that he's injured. Leaves us rather weak at centre back for opening weeks of season.

Weaker IMO. Obviously there's an element of unknown in how new signings will perform but I'd plump for considerably weaker as my current estimate. That's before you even factor in Jrod absence and worry about further departures.

Big shoes to fill at centre back as Lovren replacement. Don't know much about him but hope to quote him alongside Killer as stellar Saints Centre back in future years.

Personally don't want Taider starting. Would be much happier with Cork in there.

Poor signing imo. Will have to score a lot of goals to justify that massive fee.

Please please be true

Not convinced about the new approach. Time will tell how bad or good signings turn out to be but have very high standard to live up to compared to previous 2 seasons imo.

Interesting to see Jos' duties now revolve round being Morgan's minder.

See Bruce has confirmed the silly massiveness of the bid.

That's how i see it too, the Morgan situation just makes it a multitude of times worse. Wanyama is a great defensive shield in certain games but would hate to go into season without as accomplished a performer as Cork.

I'd take 2-0 if our performance is good. If its as i fear we'll look like a a hastily arranged mediocre mess losing comfortablly 2-0 to a misfiring Liverpool side then no.

At least they didn't predict 7-1.

If Wellbeck does go to Hull(which i still think unlikely) it'll make our comical overspend on mediocre long even worse.

Good to see club legend shares high opinion of Cork. Just wish Saints board pull their heads out of whatever hole they've stuck them in before we lose another very good player and this time for a pittance.

Then get rid of spiderman who's never going to stay long anyhow and keep Cork as a long-term fixture.

Find it comical that Taider, a makeweight loan signing who hasn't even played a competitive game for us is going described as an upgrade on one of better and consistent performers. Haven't seen anything in his brief cameo so far to even suggest such. No doubt Bertrand is an improvement on shaw too.

So relegation zone all year, manager change and last gasp escape to look forward too. hmmmmmmmm