Danbert

WTF?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/aug/17/gareth-southgate-england-alex-mccarthy-southampton

https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer/shane-long-very-much-part-13095146

Apparently we lost out on this bloke though https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wolves-beat-rivals-signing-midfielder-15040341

Troy Deeney....

Not serious, apparently http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/16414078.southampton-manager-mark-hughes-on-stuart-armstrong/?ref=rss

Way better than last season in the second half. I'll take that. Lemina, Ings, and McCarthy were excellent; Redmond actually looked like a decent footballer; and Bertrand and Armstrong were class.

4-4-2 ?

This, unfortunately. Given that he's hardly played for many years, I don't see what basis the club have to even make an assessment of his ability.

They have a middling playing budget for a League 1 team, and this is their level. Whatever their entitled supporters think, even reaching the League 1 playoffs is an ambitious target for them.

A current England striker isn't good enough for Saints? Seriously? Your expectations are certainly high...

No, but he was when he won the Euro

Bet365 will be showing it, though not in the UK, I think. In any case, there should be some streams.

Length of contract also has a part to play

I can understand that, it's sad but I'd suggest you keep them to yourself. You seem to get a lot of grief on here generally, perhaps you should just stop posting? Hardly seems worth the hassle.

Well, if Les can extort £15m for him, then I think he's a genius.

In what possible universe is Matt Targett worth 15m quid? The world's gone mad.

Like both those teams, and I don't get the doom and gloom on here. I'm expecting us to do better than last season.

If Everton can get 12 million for their discards, I don't get how we sell some of our best players for less and are unable to get 3p for Fraser Forster

I hope he stays, personally

Neil Allen thinks it was the booze what won it (the Div 2 title) https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/pompey/the-boozy-pompey-pre-season-tour-which-made-champions-1-8571651

http://sportwitness.co.uk/pl-signing-turn-lead-southampton-player-moving-well/

Harrison Reed played successfully at right back for Norwich for much of last season. I can't see him breaking into Saints midfield, so if he's not going out on loan again, I would guess that this is his "path to the first team" as they say.

I bet the Dildo Brothers do

Especially when it's a club owned by the Dildo brothers and you just know it's all going to go tits up somehow or other.