Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

No, just to spite Martin Allen.

Is this the international K,billy alluded to in another thread maybe?

Cracking buy. Good statement of intent from us, I feel. 3 ex-Palace defenders in the side now - is that where we start scouting if we need defenders?!!

Definitely although if Puncheon's head is right, he has actually done ok in the Prem already with Blackpool. Starts tonight too, interestingly...

I think that's a nice aspiration from us, and probably achievable in the lower leagues where less notice is taken of transfers, but once you reach the upper echelons, all hell breaks loose and secrets are rarely kept. The trouble is, into that mix, comes all the BS, wannabes and misinformation and for us fans there's no way for us to separate the wheat from the chaff!

I can't help feeling transfer deadline day has done much to increase people's expectations on how quickly deals can be done. On deadline day, there are supposedly helicopters flying all over the country dropping off players for last minute deals, giving a false indication of how quickly deals can be done, as desperate clubs try to recruit & players try to move on. During the rest of the window, that urgency isn't there meaning clubs & players are more patient & probably more choosy with targets/moves. The links to Clyne & Buttner seem to indicate we're trying to bring in new players just that, for one reason or another, its taking more time than the average impatient fan (me included) would like! I'm sure we'll see the new faces we need before the new season starts & would rather they were the right players rather than rushed buys just because someone is available.

Moi aussi.

We're re-signing Tommy Traynor?

Could this lad be the new Phil Kite (the last goalie I can remember playing for Saints and Gills)?

Arse. Again. Anything in the offing KBS?

Wow! How fast things can change!

Arse.

Sky are now reporting Reading are in talks with Gunter.

He did say Clyne was "on the cards" on the Clyne thread...

Fair point. So are you saying an announcement is imminent even if you may not know/don't want to say who it is?

That Reading beat us to the prize again? Or that their owner is throwing around more wonga than ours?

Might explain why the deal wasn't done on Friday as Alan Nixon thought. They've clearly been after a right back too having been linked with Danny Simpson and Chris Gunter as well.

To be fair to Guan, he did post something similar on the Buttner thread just before the announcement was made about Davis. I'm hoping he's right again this time too!

Seem to recall Brad Guzan as being touted as a possible to challenge KD in goal. Sky are reporting his re-signed for Villa now so that's one to cross off.

Hey, you said that just before Davis signed and he did. Using my amazing powers of deduction, I believe that Clyne, Buttner and/or A.N.Other will be announced as signing for Saints in the very near future...

Got a feeling he'll sign today. Not based on anything though other than a Paul the Octopus like instinct!

Good.

Fell for it. That gag is an instant classic.

So is Clyne at SMS this evening to watch the tournament?

I'm sure Peter White said on Twitter it would be after the weekend, IF it happens.