LordHester

Baz and Stephens instrumental in a win. Let the meltdown begin!

Jeezus, when there's over a page of speculation as to who might or might not be a club plant, you know the rumour mill has gone *very* quiet.

Yes, but it's the Scum, so it's probably muck-raking bollox.

It *is* just possible that claretandhugh.info is a load of old clickbait bolox, of course.

And this is the classic tactic in defending the indefensible: I am right because I'm believe I'm right, and no amount of reasoned, factual argument will change my mind.

Yeah, that's what I thought too. Speculation written for clicks.

Don't know about the reliability of the original source, but the fact that the one player pictured isn't a Saints player any more doesn't fill me with confidence.

Or someone who's *been* in Wetherspoons for several hours ...

Mbeumo was 19 (just) when he signed for Brentford too. I'd like to think anyone of that age scoring 15 goals in their first season would be regarded pretty well.

Definitely wouldn’t get past him in the queue for the pie van.

Can we just play Tall Paul in goal, then we'll solve two problems in one go?

Plus Hummel are still on there, so there'll be some updating to be done once contracts have ended.

Of course they count for something, but that's not the point the OP was making.

He's a 38 year old, who's been a manager for 5 years. Is he really just going to take a job now because his stock won't rise any higher? I'd be surprised if he wasn't aiming slightly higher for the rest of his managerial career.

Sounds great - buying an injured striker with Scottish connections has worked incredibly well this season.