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An improvement on Jones? A turd would have been an improvement! Early days but the guy is doing well, I was one person who thought it was a stupid appointment but I love the fact he is proving me wrong.

Hoping some premiership players not getting games would be interested in a loan deal to us? 50/50 on the wages is a no brainer! Newcastle will have a couple and so will Manchester City. That Mcfee bloke, he sounds like an option?

It’s great to read that RM has convinced some to stay on after he swayed them. My guess is its Alcarez and Smallbone. Long shots Stephens, Stu and Adam Armstrong. The likes of Che Adams & KWP are on too heavy wages and the club probably needs them gone. Real shame as they are good for this division but IMHO terrible in the premiership.

WRONG! I told you in May that we need to offload 21 players and I have a very, very close source. We will get close to that target when Adams, KWP, Tella, Sully, Tall Paul, Mccarthey, Simeu plus some other squad players move on. (If we get the price that is set) I also told you that we had approached Nathan Jones way, way before he was even mentioned. I never even heard of Jones myself when I told you guys. Pie in the sky?!? Yeah right! I will also add that we took an interest in Carrick as the new manager at the start of the season but he was not interested in leaving the north. Have no idea if we offered him the job.

I know many of you are going to hate this but I did tell you that any player will leave if the correct price is met. Che Adams gets 3.1M wages a year plus win and goal bonuses on top of that. If we bought Piroe he would cost £624k in wages a year. Piroe would have a good sell value from his 4 year contract and he would be hungry to reach the premiership with us. This is very much the Brighton model which we are now starting to copy. Who’s next to leave the club? Everyone basically because they all have a price. Is Russell Martin happy about this? I doubt it but this is why he was brought into the club to be part of the rebuild. Out with the overpaid and in with a mixture of cheap and youth. And that is why I said we won’t be targeting promotion this season (my own personal view)

If the right offer comes in for Che then that is that he’s off. With him able to leave on a free next season then it’s a no brainer to get a good striker in as a replacement. I’m confident to say it’s going to be Piroe. Personally I wouldn’t want Che wearing a Saints shirt in the premiership ever again as he’s fucking shit. Some of those misses from 3 yards out were embarrassing.

Remember when everyone went mad on the first female lines person. Probably a female centre referee somewhere in the men’s game. I think some of you need to stop being sexist. If a top football league club wanted to hire her then good luck with it. I certainly wouldn’t stop supporting my team if it was us.

I honestly think she could do a better job than Southgate. The men’s squad is at its strongest that I can ever remember and still we haven’t won a trophy with him.

Previous directors of football at our club would have sold Livermento for 25m, Lavia 35m tops and JWP probably 20m. Yes he’s certainly getting us top dollar and I still think it’s going to continue if and when we sell others.

Like I said Wilcox has proved to be a genius in this transfers window and I trust his judgement. Rather him than a reject Holgate. My personal choice would be Bristol City’s CB. Touches of Van Dijk about him.

If Wilcox rates him then I’m pretty sure we will get it done. What’s 18m if you can sell him for 60m+ in two years time?

Like I said a few days earlier. Every player has a price and if a bid reaches that price then the player is free to go if they choose to do so. The club are not holding anybody back even if they are bloody good.

Sell on fees? If in 2 years time Saudi come knocking on the door for the top clubs better players for sums of 200m + then I say sell on fees are good.

I see Dom Ballard got a hatrick for the academy today. This guy certainly has an eye for goal.

Mara has done it once, nobody else can do that. Haaland is a genius at it.

I know a lot about Piroe and he will be a star signing for us. Remember that goal Mara scored against Man City in the semi final, where he created his own space? That is the sort of player he is. Nobody else in our team can do that. Also he can create a yard when facing a defender by getting his shot away. Adam Armstrong is awful at this. Reminds me of Ricky Lambert and I’m hoping he is the guy coming in for Che who will clearly be off soon if a suitable offer come in.

Just praying that nobody comes in and meets the price they have put on Alvarez head. 25M is a bargain! If only we could get a keeper that can make saves like Niemi did, a decent centre back, right back plus a striker when Adams leaves.

I remember a bald headed guy celebrating a goal by jumping out of his seat and someone behind planted their front teeth straight in the back of his skull. Had blood everywhere and to make matters worse he would turn up to future games to remind the bloke behind him the scars on his head.

I joined an online Saints group called the Old codgers. If my memory is correct we arranged a meet for tea and cake at a cafe as we had Pompey and that all pubs were shut. The police turned up after a tip off as they thought we were a fighting cult meeting for a punch up. They saw the funny side when seeing us! Great days

Took my ex wife to a Saints game for the first time. Played West Ham in a night cup game and the ref kept giving them most of the decisions. The ex stood up after another decision went against us and shouted ‘Ref did you come off the oppositions coach?’ I grabbed her and pulled her down with embarrassment, everyone in the archers laughed. PS that was her last game as I never took her again.

(1) Wore a Saints shirt at the 2003 cup final with ‘RIX 15 and under’ on the back. (2) Dressed up as a Saints version of John Westwood and wore it to Fratton with a big fish on the hat. Took it off when a brick missed me by inches. PS the train station to Fratton was the best journey ever! (3) Took a replica FA cup to the DJ stand at Bristol nightclub and stood up to lift it in front of loads of Saints fans who travelled up before Cardiff. TOP NIGHT (4) On the travel coach journey coming back from a London match I stupidly put up a message to coach 2 which was directed at the secretary of the club. Rightly he threaten to twat me when we got to the dell supporters club 😕

Because Drago well overspent in trying to keep the club in the premiership. I expect he wants some of his funds back, simple as that really. This is second guessing but the likes of replacing JWP with Grimes is something like £90k in wages a WEEK! I expect the club had also come away from what Southampton FC was all about and that’s giving the youngsters a chance. Hoping personally we give the likes of Ballard and Doyle a chance as they excite me more seeing coming off the bench second half.

Not posted for a while. I was laughed at when posting on the 29th of May that every player is free to go if suitable offers come in. (I accidentally said fire sale but corrected myself straight away) They wanted a total overhaul of players as the squad was bloated plus many want out. 21 players out was the target back in May! A couple of weeks from now we will see almost every decent player moving on. The market is finally moving forward as teams seek replacements from the bigger transfers that have happened recently. Heard we have a few good players coming in but don’t expect to be challenging for promotion this season as this is a longer term plan to regroup for a better chance to stay in the premiership for the nearer future. This is why they went for Russell Martin as there was less expectations from him. I still personally think it’s a shit appointment. I always knew JWP was going only if a suitable offer came in as he was no longer interested in the championship, would of gone earlier as the agreement in his new contract he signed a few years back was that he could go if a top club made a suitable offer. (100% know this as I have a different contact that knows JWP very well as he sponsors their Portsmouth based team) The last game of last season was suppose to be his farewell but nobody other than WHU wanted him. Finally I was told just recently that Jason Wilcox is doing a fantastic job and very much has 100% control in everything. My personal fears were Ankerson would never take a step back but it seems Drago has taken more interest in what’s going on as he probably stopped trusting Ankerson with his money. Wilcox has attracted interest from a few clubs as they are watching his progress.

Good job you’re not a Spurs fan otherwise you would have torched the new stadium by now. Whet a mess that Levy is!

You have to remember he needs a holiday too. I expect he’s already on the scene doing some things but it’s better to contact players when they are not in Ibiza downing tequilla’s