Duppy Conqueror

as I side note..i kinda had a mini stroke when the ball fell to Cesc and he couldn`t get his feet into position to put it away.

I enjoyed going to the Calderon .wasn`t so happy coming out usually.new stadium is a great one though and well..epic performance from the team..fully deserved the win even if we had to wait till the last kick to win it. everybody played well..nobody I would say below an 8 but Kante,Morata,Yoko,Alonso deserve a 10 and Hazard a spinal tap 11.

Klopp is the best manager Scumpool has had since Paisley but really he`s not enough with the board/owner to get them a league title unless their youth set up can produce their version of Man U`s class of `92. which is extremely unlikely. it`s his choice when two clubs can agree a price with his club but really it`s hard to understand personally why chose a position on the field over more silverwear and top experiences in football. he was playing his best football of his career at Wing back..if he was playing a position where he was being humiliated at (not counting his last game for Arsenal where he obviously didn`t have his head and heart in it) then it would be understandable. I can`t hate scumpool any more than I always have but really,adds a little spice to seeing them play now. be nice if Drinkwater lines up against him in Midfield and humiliates him.

it didn`t effect the top 2 teams in the league in where they finished but that is crossing percentage so when they did need to/chose to cross they were the worst 2.so there`s room for improvement there..if it was the fewest crosses attempted then it would be more meaningless as they didn`t need to cross but when it`s a percentage of the crosses they attempted that is a failing of doing what they attempted. it would certainly have helped Tottenham with big kane up front and us now with Morata if we can improve there. though I expect if we had Morata last year our crossing percentage may have atleast been abit better.

he`s our wild card signing of the summer..flew completely under the radar but could quite possibly end up being our best RB/RWB since SDP

he`s ignoring the club..so if I was Roman,being filthy rich I would be tempted to not sell him until next summer. take him out of football for a full season now and scupper his WC selection chances.and continue to not pay his wages until he reported back where I would then have him clean the boots of youth players to earn his salary..Roman paid what £70million for a dogshit ugly painting? he could fuck over Costa for less.

could piss them off by having 2 of their 4 best players in recent memory on our bench,beating them without even needing them would pour some vinegar on their wounds..#rememberApril1989

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I would have at the start of the window but then I didn`t think at that time we were going to let so much go. we also sort of added Christiansen Charley..(I just got off 14 hour flight and my brain is too frazzled to remember how to spell his surname. and you forgot our supersub for penalties GK Willy C

most of his salary will go towards protection for his home when Scumpool are playing away. it`s quite sad if a player prefers what part of the pitch he covers over league titles and other major honours.i would have liked to have him but if that`s true about him then we better off without that type in the long run. our board are well below par for a club of our stature..wish Roman would pull the plug on them the way he has on many of our coaches who have been far better at what they do than our board.

we should have worked on a deal for him when we loaned them Tammy..something like 10m and Tammy for 2 year free ( they pay salary only ) loan. in those 2 years we can build our team around a frontline that has an aerial threat and then in 2 years we have Tammy matured and the team built to help his transition into 1st team matchday squad member. as it is by signing Llorente we would help Tammy anyway..more minutes for him.

the VVD situation hasn`t really encouraged him to say he wants to leave. I think like most players at Southampton and similar level clubs.he would be delighted if Chelsea made an offer Southampton accepted.just doesn`t want to risk spending time in the doghouse.

I enjoyed many moments watching him play for us..Man City away was possibly his Chelsea career highlight but I want players who are fully committed to us..i`d sell better players than him if they weren`t fully committed..seems the unwanted drama is coming to an end at last.

I think Man City are trying to emulate the Ossie Ardiles coached Tottenham that played with 5 attackers. Ardiles got sacked before the end of the season with them near the bottom of the league,his legacy tarnished..i`d like to see Pep go down the same route..but let him blow their fortune first.

nice addition for Tottenham..sold their back up RB/RWB for 50million and replaced him with twice the player at less than half the price. they now have about 14 good players.

if they want Remy they can have him and a bit of cash.both Morata and Llorente good to great in the air so work on our crossing in particular from the right side and the goals will flow. he would be a great guy to have on the bench to read the game like a true veteran and make an impact. also wouldn`t block Tammy`s path to the first team but help our team prepare for him by improving how we play with a big target man.

William could very well do a Willian. although it`s not as close as Willian was..

I would love to have him but we should have started the ball rolling much sooner than this. perhaps when we had midfielders to offer them in a package deal.

Kante is and probably will be for years to come,the least of our problems. I was thinking who in recent times would be his best CM partner and I`d go with Ballack.

I have never bothered to compare `Yoko and Matic..and am not going to now,all I know is `yoko alone for that DM spot bothers me if we want to play 60 plus games this season and challenge for silverwear. I`m sure he`ll be fine for the games he plays in but wouldn`t put it past our rivals to target his legs in contests between us,knowing that it will knock us out of the race if we lost him for any significant time with what we have behind. Matic may have wanted to leave but we could have held onto him until a replacement was found.or atleast held onto Pasalic. Kante and Fabregas are great at what they do best but as a combo they are about as suitable as gravy and fish.

Marchisio would be great.somebody to improve us for a few years as we integrate youngsters into the team. I think late 20`s,early 30`s is the kind of players we should be looking at.rather than signing 23-27 year olds who will block them out and to succeed elsewhere. as for Clasie..nothing against him personally,i see a little sense in it .but really think we should admit we fucked up and try to bring pretty much any of our loaned out midfielders if he`s the best option for us in this window. Pasalic or Van Ginkel in particular.

angling for a move to Barcelona I`d say after some tapping up they`ll get away with.

I think we have bought a fair amount of players..4. on a par with City and United and more than Liverpool (atleast I think so,i don`t really follow what other teams do that closely) just the other teams haven`t let so many go as us. at the end of the season we as fans thought we only really needed some more wing backs,possible upgrading at very few other spots but not so much of bad situation as we are now in..,we knew JT was leaving but we had Zouma and Ake so we had ready replacements for his spot,on the field anyway,we may never replace him for everything he gave us.let those two go but bought Rudiger and brought back AC so about even there I`d say..then the Costa shit became public knowledge,bought in Morata..so up front we even,Begovic (fair enough on his part wanted 1st team football.) Willy C not as good as Begovic but we still got one of the better deputy keepers in the prem..and if as thiings look we are hoping for at best a domestic cup win this season..he`s great at saving penalties.then Matic left and pretty much all our young candidates for a depth spot on our 1st team squad. we are running a formation that relies on Wingbacks and a solid true DM and are yet to see our only one play his first game in English competitive football. I think a lot of who we are linked to is media seeing our representatives in discussions with teams and so because we need wingbacks we are linked to theirs..kinda surprised we haven`t been linked to Leicesters FB/WB`s but really when it`s stuff like "Chelsea may be looking at so and so player" they could type that about any club.

when we were a club of around Southampton`s stature. I don`t recall us ever standing in the way of a player who wanted to leave and since we have become one of Europes giants we don`t stand in the way..it`s just not good business for a club to do so..you have a cancer inside the club both on an off the field...Southampton need to either invest a lot to become a major club or accept they are seen by the players they sign who have ambition that they are a stepping stone club or they won`t attract rising stars in the future. they have an outstanding tradition of producing good players,i wouldn`t say better than us,about the same,only they are in a position where young players have the freedom to grow there before being sold on. it`s not good for them in the long run to hold onto players who want to leave,VVD has seen the team gutted every year since he`s been there and suddenly now they don`t want to sell when his time to leave is long overdue.

I`d go in with a 90-100m bid with Southampton for VVD,Soares and Romeu. 15m seems too cheap these days for just about any starter at any club in the prem.but if it`s part of a mega deal like 100m for 3 players then we could get away with it.35m then for Ox and we sorted out all our depth and starter issues.