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Good point. We've signed a keeper and signed a striker. Lack Of quality in attacking positions is always an issue for us.

Ah, that's a shame and explains why we haven't sign him then.

do you mean out of the say 40+ odd senior left backs in the league, he'd be in the bottom five or 6? I genuinely don't know as not really followed his career. That would be an interesting assessment of the squad. How many make it into the top half (or even top two thirds) of each positional list.

If we have done the work to sign them, then the people involved in signing players at SFC haven't been sat on their hands all summer. So they haven't been `sluggish so far' as was described. They have been pretty damn busy. Totally agree that half of them won't help us at all though.

was going to say the same thing except I think we have signed more than seven: Downes, THB, Brereton-Diaz, Sugawara, Wood, Edwards, Taylor, Welington, Lallana, Juan, Takoaka, Matsuki...and a new deal for McCarthy. Might not be the players we need to keep us up, especially if they are playing their football in Turkey, but some work has taken place by someone this summer.

Maybe not conclusive, but when they thrashed us in the relegation season, he looked absolutely fucking terrible. Every set piece we had he flapped and gave us genuine hope. I'm therefore a massive 'no thanks'.

I don't really know how good he is on the ball, but that bite is just what we lack.

O'Riley, Rak-sakyi and Fraser all seem like they are 'live'. Ramsdale will remain a fantasy signing until the window closes. Alternatively we turn to Banza, Asprilla and Sara. Job done.

I wonder how much we'd be willing to spend on a loan for a player of his ability?

Is that not RMs and the fully qualified and experienced coaching team's job? I thought we brought nivea boy here to play?

I know we have been over this already, but why exactly did we sign him? Where and when is he going to be selected? I don't really understand the signing. We already had a passer in Smallbone. Have we bought his understudy?

And they have just signed Sarr.

Linked with Everton yesterday.

A £25m McCant. Just imagine.

Can anyone confirm if he is better than Stuart Armstrong? If we'd broken the transfer record on him rather than spend £8m or whatever it was, I wonder how he would have been regarded by Saints fans.

Carvalho on loan works for me. Maybe with some sort of buy deal if it works out would be excellent.

It's been a long time coming, but finally my 2019 scouting report pays off. I really hope he is a success. The last one to actually come was Aribo and he's been a mixed bag. We really need him to be an immediate success. A lot of signings in the Prem seem to take a while to find their feet. We need a few goals early on to get some points and confidence. When I look at transfermarkt, he played up front as a two-man strike force with Archer for the Blades, while most often as a left winger for Blackburn the season before. Ideal for us if we switch between formations.

So you are confident The Sun have got it right about Shea Charles then?

he also says "Southampton want to sign another striker once he (Diaz) is done."

That's a lot of goals from midfield. Yaser Asprilla has yet to sign for Al-Ittahad.

Sara would be the right move there, funds permitting.

Not sure if Liverpool are interested or not, clubs like them are linked with hundreds of players, but if they are, his relationship with RM won't help. You don't turn Liverpool down for Saints.

Unlike Adams, he has two feet and has scored some pretty decent goals with his swinger. Also watched him play for Forest a fair bit. There he played with his back to goal a lot. I went to Stamford Bridge to see a cup game and he land looked extremely tidy on the ball and at home in that company. I think he was only 18 or 19 then. I think his game has changed a fair bit since then. He seems to run on to things more.

No.

It says Arsenal want £50m for Ramsdale. The loan fee could well be massive.