Southampton Banter Archive March 09 2014

09 Mar 2014 14:50:37
Well done again Saints but do we need that goal poacher. Could pick up Remy, Ings or Rhodes for 7-8M or do we just splash the cash.

09 Mar 2014 10:07:49
Before people come on slagging me off as a troll I am a fan, but I here the following are very, very likely to happen:
Poch will leave end of season, and club is for sale. Shaw will go whether he wants to or not as club can't turn down the millions. Cork will go and probably Fonte as no deals are being offered due to uncertainty. Lallana will stay because all his family live in the area. There won't be any more "big" name signings.

Ok mystic Meg, why don't you sign off with a name so we can see if you're are right?

Whether or not your a troll, you clearly do not know what you're on about. Leibherr has set up with a new leadership team and they have been given longer term contracts by her than 'to the end of the season'. That is a clear sign of her intent to stay. Pochettino looks set to stay also as he has gotten his back room staff working ready for his next list of targets to claim in the summer.

Shaw is unlikely to leave in the near future. He knows Southampton is good for his development and we do not have to take the millions. We are a profit making club and have been for about 4 years. We do not need to take the money as you say.

I am not sure if any of the players you are suggesting will leave are too likely to. If you really are a fan, keep the faith and learn the facts before you become a doomsayer.

I agree with the responses. If you have noting nice to say (the truth) then don't say anything at all.

Ananymous posts could be trolls or maybe just people with information they would like to share without revealing a source. You decide, or you could wait and see if it comes true.

Since our mystery poster has opened a can of worms, perhaps we should be looking at what might happen this summer?

Could Poch leave? Well, he'll have 12 months left on his contract, and without his signing a new deal there will be this type of speculation. It could well be that big clubs will look to move for Poch - the one that potentially springs to mind is Tottenham - so the quiet months of the summer are, for me a clear indicator of the direction Southampton FC will be going.

If Poch signs a new deal, and I believe he will, (although my wife thinks he'll go) then it's a clear sign that he feels all is right at the club. We'll finally be able to put the Cortese Era behind us, and be able to look forward.

Once Poch is on board, we should see the end of uncertainty (for the short term at least). Yes some players will go. Other players will come, and Saints will produce many more kids into top quality players.

Will Shaw go? The touted £30-50m for the teenager would be very hard to turn down, but impossible if the lad himself wants to go. As for my own opinion - I believe that Luke Shaw will stay for at least one more season.

Poch is going back to Spain, to put you out of your misery

He's signing a year extension at the end of the season.

I posted he's getting a year extension at end if the season, I was guessing as the person above me was. Coincedently the telegraph reporting this evening that Poch is in advanced talks over contract, if true that really has put us out our misery and proves what a bullshi*ing scaremonger you are

11 Mar 2014 11:09:12
why only a years extension
why not five years
we need him to carry on the good work

In the papers today (Telegraph) MoPo contract negotiations are at an advanced stage and Saints officials confident that he will sign a new deal in the next few weeks.

Must be true if it's in the paper.
So that means Shaw and Lallana are off to Manchester United and Spider to Arsenal and Jrod to Liverpool according to your logic.

When did anyone say it must be true,