DuncanRG

I should have said they rather than he.

He honestly hasn't been that good. The best of a bad bunch in the Villa defence, but his lack of pace is exposed by their terrible organisation, more than it is for the Netherlands or would be for us. He might do well

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There were certainly stories about him around the time Koeman entered the frame if not before. The club will have been looking at players and managers at the same time. A plus point to Koeman's appointment would have been his ability to attract former players/Dutch or Eredivisie stars, so I expect we were aware of Pelle at that point.

I'm sure they were, we were reading about Pelle for weeks before he (or even Koeman) signed.

Haha bloody hell, get your V for Vendetta mask on

I'm worried that he's assembling a group of old boys that he's managed at previous clubs. That's Redknapp and Allardyce's style of transfer policy.

Has he actually said anything interesting about Southampton?

Pastor Patron's trying to get a rise, ignore

Why did he take the job they offered him?

Is that actually his dad? Doesn't look like it to me

Norwich reject Southampton and Stoke City bids for Nathan Redmond Stoke offered £3.5m, reporting we offered similar. Norwich asking for £6m

Sky Sports News just reported that there's a 'sliding scale' on his release clause meaning that he'll cost £15m for anyone outside of the top six.

True, this annoys me as well Also true. Very few genuine world stars have come to England in their prime. I reckon I could count them on two hands.

£4m is decent money but we'd be mad to sell him and I can't see why he'd go unless he's pushed. Weren't Hull in for him as well?

I'd question why you've chosen to pass on the message, it's clearly rubbish

I'm gonna be at a festival in London if it's still on the Saturday. Trying to decide whether to miss a few bands and find somewhere with wifi or record it, avoid the internet and watch when I get home...

What does that mean?

I can't imagine preseason is much fun, though. Football's the fun part but building fitness back is a grind.

I was gonna say, Pochettino improved most of our players but Schneiderlin was just as good, if not better, under Adkins in the PL.

The only problem is when our most beautiful footballer (Lovren) decides to act out.

They really, really should. Long as they stay away from Chambers, he's awful...

Good to hear. Incredible signing for Arsenal if it goes through - arguably better than Sanchez considering he's just won the Champions League and World Cup. He's the exact kind of player they've missed since Vieira left, though Alex Song filled the gap briefly. From the press it looks like Spurs are the only people after Schneiderlin. I think we'll be able to fend them off unless Morgan is desperate to reunite with Pochettino. One more season of improvement and he'll be able to go to a club with guaranteed Champions League football before France's next tournament.

'Race you to Melwood'

Fiorentina and Benfica are the best of that lot but I'm sure we could compete financially if we want him.