John D

All rumour and speculation. There is a chance he was on the plane but just as likely he has gone without permission just in case Saints accept a fee eventually and he can have a medical lined up

They are season ticket holders - their view was that he had potential but not ready yet. No idea myself as not watched him but they tend to know their football. If Gallagher won't be playing regularly he may benefit from more games elsewhere but equally you have to take a punt on him at some point. I guess Saints must rate him given the new contract so fingers crossed he comes good. I agree it is too much of a gamble to rely on Austin / Long hence need to get someone else in.

That assumes Gallagher is good enough for Premier League. Blackburn fans I know seemed to think he is a way off still. So perhaps a loan is better for his long term development to play consistently rather than stop start appearances and bench role here. I think we should be signing a proven player for this season and hope Gallagher can kick in for next to replace Long or Austin.

I think the biggest challenge is getting players who can consistently deliver. £15m these days seems to only get you players who perform in fits and starts. Boufal, Tadic, Redmond and Gabbiandini can look top 5 quality one week or for part of the game but absolute garbage the next. Getting players to consistently deliver in our price bracket is a struggle. And no I have no idea how to resolve it other than hope it evens out to a top 8 finish!

Given he is leaving Lazio as they won't guarantee him 1st choice, I wonder what we have said around his place in team. Of course he may say he wants first team but is more interested in the premier league money!

Looks like we have blocks 4-6. Tickets currently only available in 5 and 6. Did anyone get tickets in block 4 so is this sold out or just not released yet?

Won't be due diligence for a deal if nine months! Nine weeks maybe

Not if you know how to read them

If Palace and us end up with FdB and Pellegrino each then no matter what way round it is guaranteed some on here will claim we screwed up and got out second choice.

So in summary, no news on manager, saints fans are a bunch of drama queens and I should become an ice hockey fan instead. Knew Ralph was there for a reason.

Given your ability to criticise at the slightest opportunity I would be interested in your solutions. In particular given the facts that 1) there is no benefactor wanting to pump money into the club. FFP, if enforced, will restrict our ability to gain inward investment and we do not have sufficient reserves to fund spending from internal funds. Therefore we are restricted on both our ability to spend on transfers and on wages 2) There is, and always will be a football hierarchy with good players moving to bigger clubs. Be it Colin Clarke, Alan Shearer, Steve Williams, Mark Wright, Lukaku, Payet, Rooney, Ronaldo, Bale, Mahrez etc. If a players wants to leave history shows that in the majority of cases they will inevitably go. Letting a £50m asset rot in the reserves just doesn't happen. 3) We have been succesful in spotting talent to date so a challenge to improve on that Therefore it is incredibly difficult to do more than make up the numbers with the bonus of decent finishes from time to time and a cup run. Saints have not achieved beyond this in the 40 years I have supported them So what is the solution. Over to you

I'm sure Puel knows either way. So he is sat on a beach plotting how to entertain us next year or relaxing whilst his lawyer negotiates the pay off.

Deal off. According to a mate who has load of contacts in corporate finance circles.

Given he is only used to Dortmund's yellow wall i hope he wont be put off by the intimidating Chapel Stand!

I've got the first ever ordnance survey map with St Mary's on it. In a frame with a presented by Ordnance survey plaque on it. No idea if it is genuine but bought it on eBay just after we went into admin.

Silva failed at Hull Reputation for playing unattractive defensive football Why anyone want him as our next manager is beyond me

Don't think Saganowski was that much. Jay Rod might have beeen for a while and isn't Gabbiadini now the record?

There are a few up in the area as they are members of the Northern Saints. Not sure if they post on here though

Did it say somewhere in the document that the trust can't make a profit so PST shareholders can only vote for the £1k offer not the future profit one? Oh dear

As many have said, all 7 in our group are renewing but will wait till early May to do so.

Fantastic effort. Well done for the reminder

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There's some random comments on this thread Billionaire owner - irrelevant as said owner is not prepared to put any money into the club anymore. Puel has not been backed by her so why judge as if he has Expecting us to challenge - we've come the closest since 2003 to winning a major trophy so we are challenging for honours Expecting us to finish top 6 consistently - absolutely delusional Our failure this year was that we should have easily got out of the Europa Group. Puel has got the team playing better despite injuries to 3 key players (2 of which were impact caused on pitch so unfair to blame backroom staff). Top 10 finish is a realistic result given our resources, Would love us to do more and get 7th or higher and I expect we will occasionally but it wont be every season. I was raised on Nichol and Branfoot so this is positively great for me compared to those days!

Good move to bring Caceres in as cover but I would leave him as that. Use the opportunity to really give Yosh and Stephens as much experience as possible. Given we have little to play for other than position money it would be sensible to really see if they can make it as long term first choices

Man City are playing this Wednesday which is also a Champions League night so not sure if that rule still applies