John D

I think the whole new contract is irrelevant. Koeman could have signed in Feb and all this would have happened anyway. So I fail to see how Board could have behaved differently. When it comes to ambition, we have to live within our means. Clearly saints have ambition but also have financial constraints on how to achieve it. We simply can't offer what Everton are without jeopardising clubs security. I fully agree with this. Let's face it, Koeman has had his head turned by massive money both salary and transfer budget. Neither of which Saints could match. I think the club believed Koeman would honour his words about seeing out his contract but have been caught out by his change of mind. So I am not holding board to blame on this one. Les should keep his mouth shut until ink is dry on contract though.

Well VVD is confident Koeman will stay. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/virgil-van-dijk-thinks-ronald-koemans-tough-love-is-making-him-a-better-player-34710494.html

Unless the rules have changed for this season 8th place will NOT qualify if Liverpool win Europa League. Section 3.06 of the Europa League rules for the 2015/2016 season state: The UEFA Europa League titleholder is admitted to the UEFA Champions League, at the entry stage determined by Article 3 of the Regulations of the UEFA Champions League. If the UEFA Europa League titleholder qualifies for the UEFA Europa League through one of its domestic competitions, the number of places to which its association is entitled in the UEFA Europa League is decreased by one.The created vacancy is rebalanced accordingly and priority for the UEFA Europa League is given to the domestic cup winners (in accordance with the entry stage as per the access list). http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/Regulations/uefaorg/Regulations/02/23/69/59/2236959_DOWNLOAD.pdf

Agree - In addition to mucking around saints and city fans, I wonder how many Arsenal / Norwich fans could be impacted and probably don't have a clue their game could be moved. Utterly clueless decision

I'm new to this too. A mate recommended Goopi. Is this a box make, Op system, program or something completely different. Been on Amazon and seems to be hundreds of choices! Any help appreciated.

Club answered my tweet in a few minutes. Game won't move.

Anyone know if this will be moved if Everton v Bournemouth need a replay in the cup. Having forked out on flight and hotel I will be mightily ****ed off if it does.

You're right - if we really have champions league aspirations, we need strength in depth in all areas

I tried to change mine but were not allowed to. When I complained they blamed it on Liverpool saying they were not allowed to sell block 123 until others sold out. In my view club could have taken a small hit to reserve the restricted view ones and then only sold them if rest sold out.

Agreed - I have seen a hell of a lot worse performance by Saints in the last 35 years than the Man Utd game last week!!

I can't find it anywhere either!

Now back on sale again but not many left.

Now showing as sold out

I've heard we are due to sign Simunovic. Deal should go through by 31/08/17.

Sporting Options day return from Bournemouth should work for you?

That is why the club has regional supporters clubs for fans who live around the country. Each club gets an allocation for away games.

I've booked up for this trip. Not the cheapest but I have to be back in England by Friday so needs must. Bit of a trek to get to airport for me too!

Because clearly that would be sensible and considerate for fans who travel to games! As it is 12 kick off I suspect it will be on the TV

I have 3 s/t eligible now but the 4th not till tomorrow. Was going to wait to get all 4 together tomorrow but you have panicked me into getting 3 now tonight to be safe!!

You are right, just read again the article I got my info from. It reckons 2017/2018 if premier league clubs are outperformed by Italians next season.

Will be even harder if the English allocation of champ league places goes down to three next season. Highly likely given form of Italian teams this year

Bertrand on permanent deal I guess

http://www.after38.com now has us finishing 5th level with Arsenal. Not sure how it works out results though.

Thanks for the help. Looks like a PS3 then.

My daughter wants a PS3 for Christmas so she can play minecraft and Fifa etc. She wants to play online with friends so wants a PS3 as they have them. With the PS4 now available my questions are: Can you play online Minecraft \ Fifa on a PS4 with people who are on a PS3? How long will games etc be about on the 3? I can get a PS3 on eBay for about £100 but am wondering whether should go straight to a 4 as will end up having to upgrade in a year anyway Any thoughts? Cheers John