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Van Dijk Not Worried About Boo Boys
at 14:44:58

"Although times have been tough since his departure, almost under the radar, results have improved since Lovren left, clearly in December the morale of the squad was affected as was shown after a dismal home defeat to Leicester City when he was dropped from the squad."

You mean Van Dijk?

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Chelsea Interest Could Mean Windfall For Saints
at 16:45:23

This situation feels very reminiscent of Lambert (but to not the same extent of course), I suspect most fans would not begrudge Pelle a final hurrah, especially if we get a decent fee. Granted, Chelsea are not his boyhood club, but continuing to work with Conte and getting a final pay day, why not?

Alas (for Pelle), if it happens, I don't think he will cut it at Chelsea. The goals he has scored for Italy have mostly been against lower-level teams (I am thinking Malta) or late goals when Italy were already ahead (although you could argue he made the games "safe"). And whilst I loved him for us, I am unsure if he will be prolific enough for Chelsea, although it will be interesting to see if his game improves further when playing in what I assume will be a much improved team compared to last season's Chelsea.

I was confused by the Korean link... then I realised you probably meant Koeman. Maybe hire a proofreader?

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Ronald Koeman Leaves Southampton
at 15:56:38

I liked hearing Koeman say he was here to stay, but never really believed it, because it always seemed to come from probing media questions trying to get a headline. What was he supposed to say? Even if he had run with the old "anything can happen in football" chestnut the headlines that "Koeman refuses to commit to Saints" would have run. And that stuff can destabalise a team. Koeman saying what he said kept everyone nicely, and to be honest I can understand it.

It is like a girlfriend or boyfriend asking if you are gonna be together forever - if you answer in any other way than affirmative, it invites additional questioning and causes problems.

I AM DISAPPOINTED that reportedly we could not get a clause inserted to block him from coming back to raid us for players. I am worried that that may well happen. But after MoPo, I am very grateful that we had Koeman for the time we did.

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