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That could work. Prefer Forster, Van Djik, and Redmond myself. Guess Taider might be one too obviously. Not given up the idea of Rojo, but don't get the renewed Hernandez speculation. Twice Koeman has said we were close to getting deals done, and twice we've announced players less than 48 hours later. Here's hoping for the trifecta. I would enjoy a press conference with four new faces at the table.

Well yeah that's kind of my point.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/morgan-schneiderlin-declares-war-southampton-3932727 The ****ing Mirror. The board FINALLY says no more and this rag says other players set to join exodus because of it. Gald I don't live in the UK. As a journo I see it really is true when they describe your lot as gutter press.

Similar analysis here. http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-united-blog/68/post/1964442/southampton-exodus-simply-and-sadly-shows-submission-to-footballs-hierarchy The club/board is f***ed whichever way they go really. I'm just crossing my fingers for the best possible outcome we can get out of it all. Midtable mediocrity will do me just fine this season thanks.

Jose's latest instagram post seems pretty resolute.

Maybe it's taking longer than we thought because deals just take longer than we all think. Or maybe the club wants to sort out his replacement first, which is what everyone else seems to want to complain about. He's going obviously though, or so we assume. But why not make him wait a bit longer if we can I say. Not hurting us to keep him out of serious training for another week or so.

As others have said, nice summary.

This will take me to my 3 post / 24 hour limit but it will be worth it I think. You are a ****wit.

Listened a couple more times. Still unconvinced. But, like Fox Mulder, I WANT to believe

Don't wanna rain on anyone's parade but I suspect he just slipped and said "Margett" as a combo of Matt and Target. Love to be wrong though and learn it was a Rojo reference. Not quite at wrist slitting stage with some others but I am feeling a little glum lately. Hopefully it will pick up shortly.

Calm down and don't be fooled by all the internet clickbait rumourmongering. Even when it's potentially good news.

Diane Lane. That is all.

I too would be happy with most of that and I am usually fairly pessimistic in general. Not sure we'd get Rojo as others have said, but the rest would be realistic. Meh.

Helpful. Trying to imagine what benefit I would get from my old man publicly whinging about my employer on social media. Or what other industry you'd get away with it. I hope we sort out Cork's situation as well, but better men than I - and presumably Mr Cork Snr - are responsible for it.

We could surely get a bunch of players for that price, and I hope we will land a few. Although clearly we're operating in a tough market competing with clubs who can offer our targets more money etc. Such is life. We've now been linked with Forster, Marshall, Caulker, Vlaar, de Vrij, Guidetti and a couple others from memory. How many potential incomings might it take for the #noambition brigade to settle down I wonder. The Timothee Kolodziejczak talk has stopped for a bit after West Ham's deal fell through. Wonder what's going on there.

Seems odd to haggle over a million quid or so to me. Although it's not my money so why should I care. Pay the 9mil and let's go.

What because the Daily Mail says so? Please. Tosic never played for Pompey because of their ****ed up financial situation. Nothing to do with his ability on the field, of which I admit I am ignorant. Seems odd to me that Koeman would choose to make ANY comment on Vlaar unless he was comfortable with any negotiations as they stand. He hasn't been rushed to any decisions since coming on board so I don't see him starting now.

Going to buy some of the training gear online cause I think it looks class and I might be one of the few people near me who'd wear it. Might wait for the away kit to go on sale though, not least because it MIGHT be more flattering/slimming/conspicuous.

Six weeks ago you were saying, and I quote "we are being asset stripped and the club will be sold". 31/5/14. Curious to know what makes you more ITK now than you were than. As someone else as pointed out most everything in your post is already pretty common conjecture or standard bargaining.

Mostly this. Upgrades or not, they're at the club and the others aren't. Work with what we're got I say. Pretty confident they won't be ****, but won't know until they run out.

That is a good point. Can't see him opting to leave for anything less than obscene money myself though. Or if the club says his time is up of course. Hope they don't, especially with the other uncertainties. I would hope Jose would see the potential benefit of working under one of the best central defenders of the past 30 years.

More on the same: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cardiff-city-transfer-news-southampton-7421892 "Sources in Hampshire suggest Fonte is unhappy that he has not been offered a new deal and would not be against a move to ambitious Cardiff City." Sources.... sourced from their collective arses maybe. So he's not against leaving a Premier League club to play for one with ambition of REACHING the PL. Sounds reasonable.

Suggestion on Twitter (yes yes I know) that Gallagher will be loaned out to Charlton for the first part of the season. Anyone seen anything about this? I can see the sense in putting him out to get more game time at a lower level but couldn't he do that through the U21s? And wouldn't working under Koeman be a better option that whatever is going on at Charlton anyway?

I reckon it's class. I also reckon it shows that some of the people who'd earlier dropped supposed ITK tips about it being shocking and various other WUMMERIES are a bunch of ****** I won't name names but they'll know who they are.

Guessing this will be revealed tomorrow morning sometime, or close to Koeman's press conference. That's going by Tweets from the club and ASSUMING they will want it available at the same time as the home kit, which is on sale next weekend. Just a theory. Bit of luck there'll be another new body to put in it as well.