Now Ronald Koeman has his feet under the table Saints need to get Jack Cork's signature on a new contract.

Jack Cork is the un sung hero of the Saints side, in 2012/13 he was second only to Morgan Schneiderlin in the player of the year vote, last season he was strangely frozen out by Mauricio Pochettino whose rigid team selections and tactics did not seem to let him think he could play both Cork and Schneiderlin in the same side, Cork was frozen out playing barely ten minutes of football in the opening four months of the season.

Injuries to Wanyama let him into the side and he never looked back despite the fact that Pochettino seemed determined to drop him whenever Wanyama approached fitness, by the latter stages of the season Cork was in great form again meaning that even Pochettino and his rigid ways could not leave him out and this was reflected in the player of the year voting with Cork again being in the top 3 and his replacement Wanyama nowhere.

The arrival of Ronald Koeman could be good for Cork, the Dutchman plays a much more flexible game and this could allow all three of Cork, Wanyama and Schneiderlin in the same side, rumours of course are saying that the Frenchman will leave for a not insubstancial fee, if he does then in Cork we already have his replacement at the club with the plethora of central midfielders we already have, that being the case I don't fear the loss of Schneiderlin, in fact perversely almost would welcome it, I feel we already have the quality in the centre of the park at the club and although yes you don't really want to lose arguably the best of that bunch, a big fee for Schneiderlin could help us really rebuild the squad, not just in first choice players but in getting in some good quality for the rest of the squad, something lacking under Pochettino.

So a major problem in my opinion that needs sorting is getting Jack Cork a new contract, get that done and that is almost as important as bringing in new men, the rebuilding is under way and it is looking that aside from a rebuild we will be much stronger as a squad overall, but let's not forget that we have to deal with issues at home as well.

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ThereIn76 added 11:20 - Jul 13 Absolutely right. If he gets the game time he should, Corkie will be playing for England before the end of the season. He's way more comfortable on the ball than most of the squad that went to the World Cup. Can see where you're coming from re Spider but I think we'd miss him. If he goes it has to be for megabucks.
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Toussaint added 11:35 - Jul 13 Agreed I would of paired Corky with the boy Shelvy from Swansea in England`s midfield as for Spider no way should we let him go,I think he genuinely loves the club and should be made Captain..we dont have enough time to find a suitable replacement for him.
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michaeljoycetf added 11:49 - Jul 13 Just so that I understand where you are coming from, Do you want Morgan to go or stay?
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stalbansaint added 12:01 - Jul 13 I agree that Cork should be offered new contract and that he should be in first 11, however, I do not agree about Morgan being sold. We have lost some good players in Luke, Adam and SRL, but losing Morgan would be one too many. He has been our most consistent performer for a few seasons for me.
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LostBoys added 12:04 - Jul 13 Morgan needs to stay irrespective of the fee available for him but I agree Jack Cork should have a new contract as well as Fonte .
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aceofthebase added 18:39 - Jul 13 Cork should have gone to Brazil and played instead of that slug Gerrard.
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A1079 added 22:53 - Jul 13 It would be madness not to retain Cork and provide a new contract. Him and Steve Davis have been unsung diamonds in the team and Cork definitely deserves a place in the national side - mind you, if that happens Liverpool will probably try and wrestle him away.
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IanRC added 09:38 - Jul 14 Agree with most of this except your comments about Spider. Cork is exceptional but so is Morgan, would be very sorry to see him leave. As for that Liverpool trash, Rodgers, hands off Jay
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Zambucco added 10:36 - Jul 14 I think all of our squad should start getting used to warming the bench as I can see a much bigger squad rotation under RoKo. In my mind this will be the best thing to happen to us. That is why I have so much respect for Cork, Davis, ward Prowse, they never think they should be playing, they just get on with whatever they are asked to do without complaint and do a brilliant job. I'm not a massive fan of Cork as I think he has limitations, but we would be massively foolish to lose him as he's the perfect squad player. My hope is that somehow Ramirez takes a chance to shine, give him a run, if he's not done the business in 6 months then time to get some money back.

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SaintNick added 12:29 - Jul 14 To qualify my point, of course i would prefer Schneiderlin to stay, but I thought at the end of last season, if we could afford to lose one player for big money given that we already had replacements at the club then for me it was schneiderlin who was the most expendable. This doesnt mean I dont rate him etc it just means that I think we have strength in depth in his position

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