You look at this Southampton side and while it's true they have no exceptional talents, they are still playing well below their levels due to a lack of organisation and low morale. Like with all premiership sides these days, always bargains to be had, hopefully our scouting doesn't conflate a player's level at his absolute worst mentally and in terms of the wider structure with what he can actually look like with a positive, clear team. Don't think that aspect gets emphasised enough, it's not a computer game. Someone like Romeu was very highly rated when breaking through and even now, in this disjointed team you can see flashes of his quality in making low, hard passes through the lines, when defending. No need to be spending Van Dijk level money every time to fill a slot in the team / squad.
