Baird of the land

Struggle to think of any case of a manager moving between prem clubs and taking vast swathes of his former squad. Think he might go after Morgan personally.

Spurs game at st Mary's next season will be fun!

Only positive is that it has happened relatively early & that it is a World Cup year. Get replacement sorted in next couple of weeks and give him a little time to get his feet under the table and be ready for when business really kicks off post wc.

Really would like a crystal ball to see if in an alternate world where cortèse was still running the kingdom whether he'd have gone. If there's ambition in Krueger and co hopefully they'll land a highly rated young manager who shares much of potchettino philosophy and commitment to young players to stop an exodus. Of the more budget contenders I assume they'll be perusing Sherwood would get my vote.

Moyes would be an poor choice and not because he's disgraced but because he in no way fits with the notion of continuity in terms of approach, style, youth focus etc. It would be akin to chucking everything out the window. He'll no doubt do ok if he chooses a club that matches his approach. I'd expect to see him pop up at Newcastle/Sunderland eventually or Celtic if he wants glory.

Mclaren's a decent coach, wouldn't trust him with input transfer wise though. Equally I'd be concerned if he's happy to jump ship after derby gave him a lifeline back in to management so recently.

Struggle to see any circumstance where saints board could present guy who failed as Norwich manager as replacement to potchettino if he goes.

Now it would make me laugh for a few moments if he gave Dodd and Williams sackings as reason behind him jumping ship.

The guy who completely ignored liverpool's youth system. Personally I'm hopeful there's zero chance he'd come to us.

Such a shame bielsa moved to marseille. Wonder if anyone abroad such as current chile manager will be considered or will they restrict focus to domestic ones this time round.

Signing a guy with a serious injury would really set him on a course for a quick sacking.

Please not McKay or Moyes, truly awful fits for saints as is Benitez but he'd never come anyhow. If they go domestic Sherwood, Lennon, di Matteo or Adkins would be the ones that think best suit style/youth emphasis.

Think Adkins was well on course to keep us up last season. Doubt we'd have reached the heights so quickly but if the current don't have same ambitions as cortèse the stability of keeping Adkins might have suited them better.

Go for Sherwood and then finish above spurs. Wouldn't be quite the level of smugness of watching ball and city go down after he'd jumped ship but would be close enough.

I'd certainly much prefer him over moyes and lots of other unemployed candidates.

Agree completely, Moyes would be an awful fit with Saints approach. Newcastle/Sunderland are where i'd expect his style to fit in.

His pace is an asset and if we're not going to be investing heavily, bringing him back into fold as a squad player seems a reasonable option.

Loans for gazzaniga and Hooiveld is what I'd expect. Can't see anyone paying fees for them. Osvaldo I'd mark down to 4m and gaston to 7m. No way we're going to get top dollar for underperforming players.

Really don't want moyes. I like the way we play currently and moyes would have us playing much more direct and don't think it would suit our players either. Moyes I'd expect to get newcastle or Sunderland job at some point.

Osvaldo and gaston(sadly he hasn't fitted in to how we play and I don't see that changing especially whilst Adam is here.) Don't want to sell any of first 11. Right back and centre mid are the areas that we have depth to cope with it if it happens.

So what exactly has Wilshere done to earn the number 7 shirt? Really that's not an indication of Roy's thinking because i think Wilshere was fortunate to make the squad and would be crazy if promoted into first 11 over others who have actually had good seasons.

If he had to go to Liverpool getting agger(who seems much less in favour there) as part of the deal might make it more palatable to me. All the rumours though are making my default position reject.

Definitely not Bertrand he's been rubbish. Hope the him to Liverpool story is true.

It is over double the amount we paid for him. However I would be very worried about the ability to replace him with someone of the same quality. I'd hope we'd resist selling him.

Really hope we tell Liverpool to shove off.