CB Fry

I have a foolproof system that tells me whether a link contains utter bollocks. If you posted it up, I know it will.

The twitter activity on Weston McKennie is all over the shop - he's going, he's definitely not going, big money move to Spurs to being offered on loan to Burnley. Mad.

Newcastle have signed a mexican kid called Santiago Munoz which is the same name as the character from the Goal! movies (about a mexican kid who signs for Newcastle). Bit mental but I like it. Its like Jedi FC signing Luke Skywalker or something.

Absolute quintessential SaintsWeb post. Bravo.

Certainly was on the "why o why o why o why didn't we sign him" list for a couple of years on here.

Certainly remember Koeman saying "we are not signing a central defender" days before we signed Toby. Who did we buy in Ralph's first summer? I think there was a surprise but I forget.

I think the point is we should have prioritised replacing our front line, clear number 1 choice CB with a first choice CB - like when we signed Van Dijk (£13m) or Lovren (£8m). What we didn't need is to sign someone who has to "prove himself" to get ahead of Jack bloody Stephens.

Ings was linked with us during that summer, although granted it went quiet for a bit before the last day. Walcott did come out of nowhere (as did Toby and Mane etc). Until Blackmore says something like "no more business" I remain stupidly hopeful (for a Danso-esque back up midfielder and Obafemi to Blackburn)

Let's give him a run of games in goal.

Exactly - plus we are no longer committed to the £20m contract (£100k a week x 4 yrs) we put on the table for Ings - there is no way we are paying Armstrong anywhere near that, so there's likely £10m there straight off. Anyone that goes on about agent fees and all these "hidden costs" never consider the hidden benefits of the departure of high earners. It's interesting that in this window the "we can only spend what we bring in" has now transformed into "we can only spend half of what we bring in".

Just seen this.

Reading that report it looks like the plan will be that a standing spot will occupy the same area as a seat. So commercially not particularly attractive as you can't use standing to fit more people in, especially as your average fan is going to expect to pay less for a standing ticket. I'm sure Saints will do it but will present no great gain in revenue or attendance. Away fans will stand as they do now regardless of whether it is designated or not.

By the same point in his Saints career as Djenepo, Sadio Mane had already been sold to Liverpool for £36m. Apart from that, your post is absolute horseshit, but help yourself to a golden greatest ever super fan crown on the way out.

You mean the management of the club who packed him off to Celtic? Is that the measure of a successful signing now? £16m to give Celtic a first team squad member for not one, but two years? I'm not entirely sure we are in the "you idiots were all proved wrong" phase just yet, somehow.

Is it a load of old bollocks that twats on Facebook share around as evidence of "I've done my own research"?

Never in doubt for me.

Shite.

...aaaaand the same old story. At least we didn't have the false hope of being in front.

Maybe a good thing to not be 1-0 up: at least we have to come out still trying to score, rather than shitting ourselves and shutting up shop (badly).

Well, if we play like ths twenty minutes for the rest of the season then we will be absolutely fine.

Ronnie Rosental time.

So a conscious decision to focus on high potential youth rather than experienced players for the first team. A conscious decision, a conscious strategy, a conscious concept. Glad you agree then.

I thought this was thread about our transfer business this summer. You two don't think we have consciously prioritised high-potential young players in our business this summer, then? Fair enough, I think we have and there's been articles and plenty of comments about it. Shame you don't agree.

You're comparing a season that has happened with one that has barely started. I was at the 1-0 win at Derby that season (basically the equivalent weekend to this) and people were buzzing that that team could do well. The concept is the same - let's go with kids, for financial reasons, and let's hope its enough. Execution is slightly different as different league different budget. Anyway I have no interest whatsoever in debating anything with you being that we will be no more than two posts away from your usual routine of your "I never said that I never said that I never said that I never said that" denials whenever anyone tries to (perfectly accurately) paraphrase anything you say. I can't be bothered with your horseshit again.

Staying in the Premier League is a bit different than finishing above the likes of Barnsley/Plymouth/Doncaster/Blackpool in the Championship.