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I am desperate for him to succeed so we can see t least some return on our massive investment!

I thought he was already injury prone and not what we needed?

Odd question! How would I know but I'm sure a club somewhere would have got close enough to be shot of him. I think he needs to show the sort of attitude that Schniederlin did last year, he said sorry knuckled down and most importantly played as well as ever. Victor needs to clear the air, I don't care if he says sorry but he needs to state publicly tha he is committed to the saints and will give his all, humility is required and then when he gets the chance he needs to play as well as he ever has done!

Seems pretty reasonable for all but Cech to me, the algorithm clearly doesn't work for keepers who can play top flight so much longer, we got great Money for Schniederlin given his lack of European and International experience.

It's fair because the ref played advantage as he thought the Hungarians were better off not receiving the free kick essentially meaning Baird got away with the foul.

LOL he's an idiot that we should have flogged to any forign club that would pay the asking price, no place at this club for big time charlies!

Great player for us in the Championship and would have been an integral part of our rise had we been able to keep him, I don't think he is anywhere near a starter for us but would still be a decent enough squad player filling in numerous roles. Would have been interesting to see how his career had panned out if it wasn't for the ill times injuries and some moves that didn't work out.

The torpedo! wasn't he the next Keleber Chala,or was it the other way round? I'm sure he was a Redknapp brown paper bag job, showed up on loan for 6 months never set foot on the pitch and the quietly disappeared I bet Rosie was counting the cash onthat little number! Back on topic interesting to see Gaston included in the premier league squad maybe the door is still fractionally ajar to him? I won't hold my breath waiting for him to kick it down but you never do know!

They all count, pretty much sums up a lot of fans on this site that a striker they all think is our weakest link is starting for Italy, oh for the days when we had such power houses up front as Bret Ormerod David 'No Knees' Hirst or Uwe Rosler!

How much do saints want in a fee/wages? Did he decline to leave? Was he injured so couldn't leave oh you don't know so it must be because he is totally crap? He clearly isn't messi but neither is he Tommy fourpast, what is it with people these days that means everything has to be black and white with nothing in between?

Scored 12 goals in 54 appearances for a mediocre team in Italy and has played 34 times for one of the best international sides yes he's total crap, lol. I love football fans,

Hi success in Italy and decent international record would suggest that somewhere in there is a half decent footballer, not Messi but he clearly knows his way around the pitch we have sadly only had a glimpse or two here maybe he isn't suited to the english game he wouldn't be the first Juan Veron was clearly quality but didn't do it here.

Flog him abroad sick of the site of the idiot!

I'm seriously considering a cheeky tenner on him not making Christmas, the team is a shambles at the moment, the selection and tactics are both really odd and a total departure from last season. His body language is all wrong and hardly speaks of a man relishing the challenge and looking forward with optimism! For me it has nothing to do with the business in the transfer market on the pitch we are a passionless shambles, RK isn't getting anything like the best out of the squad and last nights hoof ball was a Fat Sam at Bolton homage that was embarrassing to see!

Massively disappointed I can only remember two occasions we've been in Europe and both have been disappointingly short! It could be another decade before we qualify again so I'd like to have seen us give it a real shot and there as some big clubs in the group stage so we could have had a couple of really big games to enjoy. If it was a club decision to bottle it that would at least explain the shambles last night as we were an utter shower, the tactics, team and lack of passion were all frightening if that is the real game plan for this season.

glad that was the first response! We are clearly going through a sticky patch and haven't replaced the players we lost in the summer but I'm much more worried by RK's performance so far this season wrong formations, wrong selections and no passion/commitment on the pitch at all. If things don't improve sharpish I can see him being the first manager to go this season we just look rudderless and he isn't exactly looking or sounding like he's going to fix it!

Hope he is ok at his best when he first joined he was outstanding!

Seems a perfectly reasonable article to me, Mane will almost certainly got for between 25-30 million to one of the top 4 in a season or so's time we and 99% of the clubs in this country are selling clubs simply because we can't match the wages on offer from the big boys. Since joining the prem we have stepped up to the point where it seems our best players will only go to the big 4 plus Liverpool which means we will hold onto other players we would have previously lost but we will never break into the very top echelon of clubs as we will never have the money.

Is there a way to replace the posts of everyone on my block list with this picture? Would make seeing the same dull names much more enjoyable!

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Numbers seem totally pointless to me as they haven't attempted any estimate of the kit contracts where they are undisclosed making the whole thing a sham! It does however highlight how cheap it was for Veho to get there name on our shirt! Hopefully the next deal will be for a little more!

exactly this is a question for January at least Cedric needs to adapt and grow into the role and I'm sure he will be fine

Love that they have safe's in their lockers you obviously can't trust the millionaires around you not to punch a fiver from your wallet and call Australia on your mobile! Looks a decent signing for me, look forward to seeing how he gets on sensible business as usual.

Only way the club would say yes is for crazy money surely and villa haven't got any money let alone the crazy sort!

This! It's obvious that we have invested a massive amount of cash at Staplewood (significantly more than the original budget) and we have also had to fund the transfer fee's and contracts of some failures at the top end of the market. Hopefully with Osvaldo gone and Ramirez to follow at the end of his contract and the training ground nearing completion we will see some more investment in the playing staff. I can't say I'm that disappointed with this summers dealings so far: Clyne --> Sores (Yes he might take time to settle but he is an international defender who on paper looks the perfect replacement only time will tell) Schniderlin --> Classie (Impossible to replace like for like those sort of players just are not available to us, hopefully Classie will grow into the roll as Morgan did) Alderwiereld --> Caulker (On paper probably the worse swap, I suspect we will get another DC but two years ago Caulker was being raved about he obviously has potential and we haven't ambled any money so fingers crossed he finds his feet again) The transfer window has a couple of weeks to run so lets wait and see before we judge the results I'm confident we will have another DC onboard and I expect another midfielder and possibly a striker.