GGalpin

With all due respect, what exactly is this based on? Signing both centre backs from Toulouse, who stayed up via a relegation playoff, seems a bit odd...

In fairness, so does Eder. Don't agree with the statement he's an appalling footballer, he's decent enough. Whether he's better than what Clyne was at Saints is another question entirely.

That Pochettino season was the most enjoyable for me as a fairly young fan- went to nearly every game, watching great football and the starting XI was arguably our best (the Koeman squads were better but the actual teams IMO weren't as good as that one). The win against Liverpool, the away game at Fulham, the draw at Old Trafford and even the Tuesday night trip to Hull are some of the best memories I have from going every week. Compared to 95% dross with a nail-biting end with minimal quality, 13/14 season was far far better.

https://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/kvinsi-promes-u-menya-est-ambicii-vystupat-v-bolee-silnoy-lige-1411413/ Sounds like a move is likely this summer, even if not to Saints.

Some of the names on here- give me strength! You've got Leon Bailey who's linked with every top club in Europe for crazy money (why would he leave Leverkusen for Saints when he can go to pretty much every big club?) and then you've got suggestions like Dominic Solanke, Sadio Berahino and Paddy McNair Anyway, the three signings I'd make would be a dominant CB, a forward who can play any of the front three positions and a target-man as priorities. Replacements for anyone else who leaves.

Because it's not just players who use them. Think a flat % would be much better, say 5% (so a deal rising from £4.5m to £6m should have an agents fee of £225k to £300k for example).

No, but then surely he's gonna be looking for £100k+ a week if he moves; Everton can offer that, not sure Saints would.

I would imagine the wages would rule him out.

Agreed.

Been mentioned alongside Valencia with 21 year old Lyon CB Mouctar Diakhaby http://sportwitness.co.uk/southampton-presented-one-two-destinations-saints-keen-club-prepare-transfer/

And where exactly has it been reported...?

As much as I like seeing Saints signing players from the Championship (Rodriguez, Clyne etc), with how international the game has become, surely it's easier to judge how a player will adapt to the Premier League playing in say the Bundesliga, or in the Europa League if in a smaller league, than in the Championship or League One?

Considering Guan hinted the black box didn't rate Carrillo and he had played under Pellegrino at Estuadiantes, I think it's fairly obvious who was the main driver behind that particular deal.

The same ambition that saw the gritted and determined Cortese agree to sell Schneiderlin for £10m, only for wet Leslie to sell him for £25m. But of course you know that already.

Or paid their wages for about two days.

https://twitter.com/RobHarris/status/997084571345793024

Didn't say it was much sympathy The money side of it is a fair point, and it obviously comes with having to face questions in a high profile role. It was more to do with Krueger being wheeled out for every big interview when a lot of the football side of things is decided by Reed, and the new owner who's been in place coming up to a year hasn't spoken a word bar a sentence or two.

As much as Krueger is rightly getting criticised for a lot of management talk, I do feel a bit of sympathy towards him. Yes he should answer questions, it is his job and yes it is most likely a well paid one at that, but it's time to hear from Reed and it's certainly time to hear from Gao. If you're the only one who answers the questions and getting slaughtered for it, whilst others remainly deafly silent, then it must be pretty frustrating.

Very similar to what I would have, bar Chamberlain (injured which is a shame) and taking four strikers (likely to be one striker formation, so four is over kill IMO). GK: Pickford, Butland, Hart Defenders: Trippier, Walker; Young, Bertrand; Stones, Maguire, Tarkowski, Cahill. DMs: Dier, Henderson, Cork, Delph, Loftus Cheek. AMs: Alli, Sterling, Lingard, Lallana, Forwards: Kane Vardy Rashford

https://twitter.com/adamleitchsport/status/996424836191748096

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/16227303.Saints_set_to_confirm_Hughes_appointment/

Would be very surprised if he ended up as a RB- the current trend is for full backs to be practically wingers. Think as a CB in a three he's more than fine, providing he has a more aerially dominant CB alongside him.

http://sportwitness.co.uk/id-interested-southampton-forward-already-club-mind-next-season/ The quotes from his interview on SFR sport are starting to appear online. Like him and think he's very talented, but get the feeling this won't ever work out. Probably best to sell him on with a tidy sell on clause just in case he flourishes elsewhere.

No, but this journalist who reported heavily on the takeover tweeted this this morning: https://twitter.com/DreyerChina/status/995937363099508737

His plan seemed to be keeping everyone behind the ball, not because it was to play on the break but because he had no idea how to set up a team to defend otherwise. The worst manager in my lifetime considering the resources he had.