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Not sure what's more embarrassing for Southampton fans. Losing 9-0 to Man Utd or losing to 9 men Newcastle

Thoughts on the Bednarek decision?

Promising debut I thought

Superb. His best performance for us

You'd be fuming if you were a Southampton fan. Increidble shift by Almiron

What midfielder would you bring on?

Those odds are very poor Fair play

Never forget Not sure about that, ASM still has no end product

Think we'll get botted just like away game

Shame keepers never go up for last minute corners any more

Because he's probably their highest paid player with PEA

As if somone in this thread has said that Pardew talked the club up

Swansea manager doing a brilliant job

Grim sentence

How?

How many injury crises have we had now?

You what?

Champions League runners up not so long ago

Serie B has strict salary caps and much lower wages. The most a Serie B side can sign a player to is about 150k a year - then about the same again in bonuses. So considering his unglamorous position and being signed by Palermo from another smaller Serie B side when they were in Serie B - it is not unreasonable to imagine (without a new contract) that he was possibly only on about 1 or 2k a week when playing for Palermo in Serie A. What probably happened is we offered him a 5 year deal on 5 or 10x what he was previously earning. In doing so we gave him enough money to be completely financially secure for the rest of his life. Sometimes it's hard to know what that does to a player's motivation. Add in a year and a half of not playing and it's not hard to imagine he has stagnated completely as a player. Can only imagine he was totally unsuited to top class football. When they are getting paid that amount you would think they would have to at least train seriously as part of their contract. He played 60 games in Serie A you'd think he'd have something about him

FA have overturned Bednarek red card but not David Luiz

Such a weird transfer. Felt like a coup getting him after apparently being a solid Serie A left back. Barely plays for us and couldn't get a game in Serie B Even weirder if he gets a move to a decent club after us

x2 He's been brilliant, forgot what a good player he is when he's on form