Ex Lion Tamer

I find it surprising that a supposed historian is so unable to judge the validity of evidence that they are willing to take every half-arsed transfer rumour as fact. Let's see where we are at the end of the window

If Berge and Sorloth both have the same agent and we've been linked to both, I'd suggest it could be agent talk

You've never heard of a club having an owner who can't put in their own money so it has to be self-sustaining? 🤷 In fact you could argue we have spent above our means because we've taken out that loan to get us through covid. Your thing about Gao not being engaged is a red herring. He just doesn't speak to the public. It's in his interest as much as ours that the club doesn't get relegated, there's no way he's just ignoring us. What he has done is delegated a lot of decision making to people he trusts

Leadership is also about resisting the urge to panic and make dangerous decisions

If we run ourselves well then we can compete in mid table in the Premier League. If we don't then we'll get relegated. Twas ever thus really

No one has had an offer accepted and if they do, I'm sure Armstrong's agent will let Saints know about it so we can match it. There's really no rush when can try to get the price down

Examples?

I do the think the speed with which the transfer happened will have blindsided the comms team a bit. They'll have had a choice of working extra hours to get a dedicated story out, or just work something up quickly from Ralph's interview. No brainer really.

It's not necessarily a bad thing to push a falling out if we knew he wouldn't sign a deal and we wanted him to go

I have a bridge to sell and I see many potential buyers on this forum

I obviously have no idea about the terms of the add-ons but I imagine they rarely get paid in full

I think the transfer happened very quickly because Villa wanted to get it done before Grealish goes. There was talk of it being done in 24 hours. The fee may have been conditional on getting it done quickly. No time to prepare social media activity. Saints will have said to him we've had a good bid from Villa and we want you to take it please seeing as you're not signing a new contract. Danny could have dug his heels in but evidently decided he was up for the villa project, and also perhaps felt it would help the club if he could leave for a good fee

If £5m of the £30m is in add-ons then presumably Liverpool will get even less?

He flung down his shirt and seemed to mouth something like "What the fuck is going on? I'm done with this rabble!"

They got it from here. Don't know if reliable

I just don't think it's realistic to think we can bring in someone as good as Ings. He's top class, apart from his injury record. But it doesn't mean we'll get relegated with his replacement

If we want a direct comparison, Ings scored 20 goals in 40 games in his last Championship season, for a promoted club. Armstrong has 28 in 40 for a club that struggled, albeit at 2 years older

You'll have to take that up with him. I'm just explaining why you misunderstood

Yes you can, because he is more confident that Edouard will make the step up based on his physical attributes

What he said does actually make sense. He's evaluated both players based on their attributes, and given doubts over Armstrong's attributes, it is particularly relevant that he is unproven in the Premier League.

People need to stop taking everything Ralph says as gospel. He's just reeled off a few players to give them encouragement

If the Ings transfer tells us anything it's that we'll hold out for a good price. There's no way we'll go as low as £40m for JWP

Every player has a price

The extra problem is Blackburn don't think Oba is worth £6m

You would hope, but we still need Blackburn to come down to a sensible asking price, or we're being ripped off. Which means playing a waiting game