Nordic Saint

It needs to happen at the end of the game if we lose this one. The lazy b@stard couldn't even be bothered to try to get anyone toinight as he'd rather sit back, watch the game and enjoy the free hospitality. He can't be allowed to get away with this any more.

Hoedt reminds me of Hooiveldt. He gives the general impression of being OK but he's always good for one goal for the opposition.

I really don't think it is. It's more about not selling your best players as quickly as we seem to do. Very few top flight clubs sell so many of their best players after such a short spell at their club as we do. We're then left casting around looking for replacements, which in the last couple of years have mostly been inferior ones, and if the accounts are to be believed. spending more money than we receive, for what is ultimately an expensive downgrade.

To be fair, apart from what clubs' PR people 'leak' we have no idea what fee has been asked or offered. Even players and their agents wouldn't necessarily be privy to that information.

That certainly seems to have been the Les Reed way with Carrillo. He paid a ridiculously high price for a player Monaco were desperate to get rid of, who nobody else wanted.

I guess we'll find out which club those words apply to in 2 days' time.

It is very good news if he can return soon but I think they are probably announcing it a bit prematurely to soften the fans up for the sale of Gabbiadini.

It's brilliant when youngsters can afford to go to a game with their mates, like we used to, rather than have to sit quietly with their perents in a Family Centre. If we want good vocal home support, the club should encourage it with their ticket pricing strategy. It's what Pompey are doing. They give disounted tickets to under 22s while under 17s pay next to nothing. I realize they are in League One but it's the pricing incentives to encourage youngsters which we need to look at, even if our prices are higher than theirs. Pompey season ticket prices 2017/18: Young Person (18-22 on September 1 2017): £240 Junior (17 and under on September 1 2017): £80

A lot of fans underestimate Austin's pace. He is faster, more skilful and a more prolific goal scorer than Carrillo. They are both good headers. Austin should go straight back into the team when he's fit as he makes a massive difference. But 70 minutes is about his limit. Carrillo is an impact sub. So it will be ideal to bring Carrillo on as a sub for Austin.

A lot of fans underestimate Austin's pace. He is faster, more skilful and a more prolific goal scorer than Carrillo. They are both good headers.

I'm not sure that Pelle was all that desperate to leave. I think it was more a case of the club taking what they saw as the last chance to get a big transfer fee for a player over 30. He always seems a fairly laid back chap who'd be happy whatever. Paying him a big salary for a loan or short contract would certainly cost less than the 19 million + salary we paid for Carrillo. The Chinese Super League season runs from March to November. Getting him on loan for a couple of months until Austin is fit to play again would have been a good idea.

We do have a history of signing players who haven't been starting regularly for their club. But, if we get Quincy Promes, we really will have a player who can hit the ground running. He has been playing whole games regularly in Russia and scoring goals.

Carrillo hasn't played whole games much in the last few years so I think he will mainly be used as an impact sub., which as long as he scores and helps us win games will still be OK. Long can run around for the other 70 minutes.

He was in Ligue 1 but the Premier League is much harder. "On 9 January 2015, Boufal transferred to Lille in Ligue 1, instantly making an impression, scoring 3 goals in 14 league games. The next season, he continued to impress, scoring 12 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions and attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs around the world."

Yes, lacking pace, physicality and agility, and being useless outside the box will always make a striker ideally suited to the Premier League. To be honest, that is the most positive comment I've seen about him on any of the Monaco fans' messageboards. Most just think he lacks the skill required at the top level and that he's worth less than 5m euros.

Nick Holmes - Sam McQueen? Guido Carrrillo - Gordon Watson? In style of play if not appearance.

I always read the selling club's fan messageboards when we buy a player to see how they react. When we bought van Dijk, Celtic fans were gutted; when we bought Hooiveldt, they were over the moon. Not one Monaco fan is unhappy to see Carrillo go. The general consensus is that they'd have been happy to even get 5 million euros for Carrillo. '5M de livres pour Carrillo . Ça va faire des heureux' 'Carrillo 20M, je ne m'en remettrai pas de celle la !' 'Carrillo , il a fait quoi ?'

Leave shance alone. His post has been the highlight of our transfer window so far.

He was right. He really is an ITKer, This was announced just after 3pm: https://www.bigissue.com/news/big-issue-vendors-seal-transfer-southampton-fc/

They are our big new signings! Now, all we need to know is what colour paint they've chosen for the big stadium improvement and that's our January window nearly sorted. But, hang on..... right now, Les and Ralph are working very hard on recruiting an obese barman so they can announce a really big signing.The news of Gabbiadini's sale on deadline day will pale into insignificance after all that big news. Breaking news now: https://www.bigissue.com/news/big-issue-vendors-seal-transfer-southampton-fc/

Shane Long reminds me of John Sydenham. He is fast, runs in a straight line and scores a goal about every 10 games. Long would probably have made a decent left winger back in the 60s and 70s but playing him as a central striker is a bit like playing Sydenham as an old-style centre-forward would have been. Fraser Forster reminds me of Campbell Forsyth, a big, imposing looking goalkeeper but not especially quick or agile.

That is the problem. He needs a fullback to cover for him, whereas in the modern game a wing-back is expected to both defend and attack..

A lot of players can't cope with the modern role of the wing-back. Targett is a younger version of Danny Fox. He's OK at the attacking part of the role but a bit of a defensive liability as he can't tackle and is easily beaten by a fast forward.

Good performance. Feeling much more optimistic after that. It was interesting to see the players' reactions to Pellegrino's instructions in the 2nd half. Basically, they ignored them and one or two of them made a point of ignoring them. I don't know how that's going to pan out for the remainder of the season but it certainly worked today. We still need a goal scoring striker and a tall, dominant central defender.

Off the top of my head, Blackburn, Bolton, Fulham for a start and Leicester won it. Now off you pop. The small-minded, defeatist fans like you who play the "we're just ever so 'umble little Southampton, we can't hope to compete with other clubs and should be grateful for any crumbs that are dropped down to us" card are pathetic.