Sergei Gotsmanov

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But what was he trying to achieve by getting a batsman out who thinks it is the over. You would have expected Cummins to just say just a warning!

I personally would have been embarrassed if we had done that. I would have disowned myself from the team.

I disagree. Bairstow understandably assumed that even the Aussies would not stoop that low and as for the umpires one was unpinning the bowlers hat and the other was walking to the other end - they were certainly acting as if it the over was over.

I am not sure that a Putin win is assured. I cannot see the regular army opposing Wagner. They must hate the high command as much as Wagner.

The pilots I guess could be persuaded to tow the line because they are the elite but I would think the regular Russian soldier will not be impressed with this. I hope we do not end up having to deal with this madman. He makes Blofeld look like Eamon Holmes.

It must be unlikely that Regular Russian forces will fire on Wagner. They both consider themselves to be on the same side and the grievances raised by Prigozhin are probably in line with what many of them subscribe to anyway. Putin will have to concede surely?

No the majority of people think that he is a very good footballer who would normally have engineered a move to a bigger club but are grateful that he has stayed loyal.

Good luck to him. Nice guy dropped into an impossible situation. He is eloquent and intelligent.

I still do and hope he continues to make them. This forum should not be an echo chamber.

I think that he is sometimes at the more radical end of the argument and I don't think it was helpful to discourage people from having the vaccine when it was obviously the only way out of the mess. I think though that he is right to not just be spoon fed information without a healthy dose of skepticism. I also think that he has demonstrated in the way he treats people that he is down to earth and a good bloke.

I would argue that JWP has been more loyal than most and has not appeared to manipulate a move. I will of course concede that he would be at Liverpool if they had wanted him but he would have conducted himself better whilst doing it.

What I have tried to stay albeit probably not very articulately is that JWP's contribution to our club stretch well beyond the field. He sets standards and his loyalty and stature has provided stability in turbulent times. Your new midfielder is unlikely to make such an all round contribution. You may be happy that we are cashing in on him but I am just saying you have not factored in his true value to our club.

We are Southampton and players of his ability are normally long gone. I celebrate his loyalty, his free kicks and his engine on the field and will always be grateful to him. Players like him make me want to support our club, not the likes of Lallana, Van Dyke, Lovgron, Vestegarde Bertrand etc

I think you think we are Real Madrid Nemi. What should we do? Go and sign another money grabbing mercenary with no loyalty to our club?

Really! not a great loss! - who will fly the Saints flag in the dressing room now?

Bizarrely, I think that was one of the games that Grobbelaar was reputed to have fixed!

Thank you Baz. My son asked me why I wanted Coventry to win so much today and I told him that your supporters have been through so much misery over the last two decades that I was rooting for you lot. One of my earliest memories was that extraordinary game in the eighties.

But what about all of the other attributes he brings to the party. We are at best a mid table premier league team, we don't have world class players they just leave. He is as good a player that we can have who is prepared to stay.

He is one of the players I would want to have a pint with. Intelligent and articulate he would always have something sensible to say behind the scenes; people would look up to him around the club. I doubt he spends much time in the hair salon, and he doesn't weighs himself down with gold jewelry or hang out in the VIP lounge of night clubs or on twitter. He could have left us but opted to be loyal. He is our top scorer as a midfield player. He sets the standards around the club. The fight back starts with players like him (if he can be persuaded to stay). He will be an enormous pull for any manager of any caliber who wants to join us if he is still with us.

I had to change my mind on Jack Grealish! One of the good guys.

It is players like JWP that make me want to support the club and fans like you that make me want to stop following the club.

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How you treat people is who you are Dusic. Stop despising digital personas.