OldNick

so the stance we took with MS could not be replicated ?

it seems to me the owner is downsizing, had she not changed the clubs direction, it could have been different of course. we are her plaything and so have to put up with it as it is her inheritance.

Ok thanks, I will need that one, on many occasions in the future

Could we not have done so to Lovren as well?

Ok , but Ralf did say we would spend all the transfer money in. Lol I expect he would be bought for 5-8 m now What does IIRC mean?

You forgot NC in that list.

pelle needs to be given time. Too many expect him to score straight away.Has he had a clear chance yet? As for Wanyama, I have seen how good he is all along, and praised him

but he is right, the team bond cannot be bought. As Rickie said 'it could have been so different'

I don't see why nobody has snapped him up

What about Callum McManaman ?

the problem is that is it a vicious circle, the more they jeer the more the player feels down and the performance gets worse. We are all losers then. It strikes me this is like the Fuller situation, where he joined and fans didn't rate him and made things worse.He went off and did well elsewhere. Crouch had the same s### . Pits not the players fault, you should be looking up to the directors box, that's where our dreams faltered

only if one of our players nuts the ref

im not happy with the way things have gone this summer, but to get on the back of the players is not the way forward.

Good post Bearsy, I doubt many will boo long, but if before the Long deal was done and we had paid the ridiculous price and seen Wellbeck for just 3m more, i suspect most would choose to go for him

stats are not always the best thing to base an opinion. If Hull get Wellbeck for what we paid for Long +3m they have had the best deal by a long way. Wellbeck playing up front in a central position or alongside Pelle would be superb IMO

would be very good for us, his pace and strength is an asset. Also he still will get better

A troubled genius.He was always odd in a funny kind of way, but that masked his mental problems.Very sad to see anyone like it, but somebody you have seen go from a fun youngster to this is very sad. Whether he deserves more help is another question

You could also ask which games Lovren and Wanyama were playing in of all those. They made a massive difference to our solidity

Artur would have had a lot of sympathy from the bulk of the fan base, and he could easily have come back in if FF got injured or lost form.His pathetic strop has lost any sympathy he would have and should be ashamed how unprofessional he is, good riddance to him

we worry about 10m for Townsend and then Man U are thinking of paying a package of 100m for him!!!!!!

a tad unfair, he has a decent shot on him

decent player, so would be good if true although another defensive midfielder may mean we might lose one!

what about Jason McCarthy, he's a Liverpool fan...gulp

in seems we were blatantly after Long and Vardy!!! Money in, and a little out, and the rest swept away. It would be nye impossible for us to really find what has been taken in and what has gone out, especially as the transfer fees are now being undisclosed

it is ridiculous not to think Southampton has the same s### in its society. Sadly there is a big pool of idiots in both cities. To think Southampton is any better as a city is a nonsense. As for football, I think you will challenge this season but after last season 2 wins and draw makes you believe you are mid Championship!! i dont get the infrastructure bit, where is that??? Whatmough was with us if I recall correctly and we let him go, it will be a bit of a nuisance if he helps you along lol.