The only criticism I would have of Morgan during his tenure at St Mary's was a lack of goals. There are few players who shared the quality of his vision when it came to long distance passing. He should have excelled at Man Utd but I think he joined a poor team at the wrong time. He would have been better off reuniting with Poch at Spurs where I think a flair player of his calibre would have flourished.
I am not too surprised by rumours of lack of finance at St Marys and I would suggest that this probably appertains to about 90% of clubs at the moment. I think the Chinese investment was a poor decision and an unnecessary rocking of the boat. If we need to save money, surely now is the time to cut our losses with those players who will never return to Saints as well as cash in on fringe players like Boufal. There is the making of a decent squad amongst the current crop of players and it would be pointless to cash in on some of this talent at this point in time. That said, I strongly think that Ward-Prowse will end up being poached by one of the bigger clubs and he is the player I would fear about losing most at this point in time. No worries about Redmond or Ings leaving but have accepted that PEH will not be here for the 20/21 campaign and have a suspicion that Adams will be off-loaded too even if I can see him coming good next campaign. Obafemi has more promise, I think. I would imagine that Obafemi would be a quite physical presence and difficult for defenders to shove off the ball.
Intriguing to read the negative assessments of Valery. I don't feel that he has progressed as much as I had anticipated this season. I had visions of him become a very significant player yet the illness and failure to get in to the squad has seen his development stall. The defence remains the concerning element of the squad and I feel that money has got to be spent here even if it means not getting what we want to the likes of Forster or Moi.
