Unbelievable Jeff

He's not going to be first choice by the end of this week. For the last 2 years he's been playing for shocking teams, and at the moment is playing in a very inept back 4/5, with Targett and Yoshida. He didn't look bad midweek mind.

No natural width from the full backs, so we have no support from the wide areas.

Data, reporting and front end. Everything apart from the database. So let's try this again shall we. As far as you are concerned, every Oracle, Sap, AS400 system in the world is non-bespoke, that's what you're saying? It's all the same.

No Tadic, no Mane, no Clasie, no overlapping fullbacks, only one decent CB. Pretty simple that we are reliant on these lot to actually play to our system.

Considering we haven't won away since Feb, and we struggled away at Burnley, QPR and Leicester last year I'm not surprised we're struggling today.

Which is why I am saying it's bespoke and you wouldn't be able to buy Saints system off the shelf. The data is provided by our scouting network and the software front end is configured to what we want.

Yes, but you don't just buy SQL and it create a full front end system? That is where it will differ. Oh, and the data of course.

Well yes, it will be bespoke. You can't buy it off the shelf.

Plus it doesn't mean we have to sell at release clause value, it just means if it's met we have to ( although Pool didn't with Suarez). Juanmi had a £30m release clause and it didn't help Malaga.

What difference does a release clause make?

Jesus H Christ, what a wally.

I think in the current Prem era Long is worth £12m. I think he's pretty good tbh.

I agree, I loved football in the 1930's too, but it's never going to happen.

Where's Trousers with his Groundhog Day picture.

It's a shame none of you, Billy or Monk have any good news to tide us over.

We didn't have first option, as Atletico reneged on that agreement and paid us £2m to do that. It was only first option if we were buying him for £6.7m. Surely you understand that?

And he would always likely choose Spurs above us. Still flabbergasted that people can blame Saints for messing that one up.

Not with FFP we can't. We will be stuck in a perpetual loop. The game is bent to work for the big clubs - especially when the press will happily print **** they know isn't true.

What makes you think that people think that?

Sigh. Probably not 100% true, but wouldn't be surprised. Me, I think I'm just about done with modern football.

West Ham could do with a bit of bite in midfield, someone like Joey Barton would do them well.

Well from the reaction of people on this site, yes I think we do.

If it's stock fairplay, only way to get cars like this imo.

That is actually a good article, right on the money in my opinion.

http://www.sambafoot.com/en/news/75329_southampton_enter_the_race_for_real_madrid_midfielder_lucas_silva.html