Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

If transfer silly season hadn't already arrived, it's definitely here now... 🤣

And if betting companies are no longer allowed to sponsor football teams, maybe we can cut a deal with Kleenex?

Seems to be noise from Chelsea fans he's discussing a new deal there. I think that would finally put to rest any hope of sugning him, if some still existed...

If we are letting Adams go, the plan must be to go one up top and that would come from Mara, Armstrong, Aribo (in an emergency as he did in the Europa League final) and, hopefully, our main, big money (for us) summer signing. Otherwise selling Adams is plain daft.

New coaching staff, new system, (some) new players, same manager, same comedy defending and poor overall team performance. Hmmm... Always going to be a tough ask to go to Spurs and get something but why does it always have to end in a hiding?

Sorry to hear that. Perhaps try joining the Saints Archive Facebook group. Loads of knowledgeable people on there plus older Saints pros (like Dave Puckett, Steve Moran, Malcolm Waldron and Glenn Cockerill for example) who might be able to help or even identify their own signatures! Good luck.

Gone to pot I'd heard....

On holiday and happened to meet a Bordeaux fan today. He brought up Mara and said he's very young but very talented and felt he'd be a top striker in time. He thought he'd need at least a season in the Prem before we saw the best of him. He didn't see him as an instant starter but I guess we thought that about Broja last season too, when he first signed, so who knows. He was keen to see how Mara got on though. Interestingly, he didn't really see Saints as saviours of their club but more a business decision they took when we made our bid which ultimately saved their club (arguably the same thing but I took his point as we got a player we wanted rather than benevolently offering the money and then picking which player we'd like!).

Local journo says no approach for Che...

I can't believe it's nearing the end of July and we've not had a link to Ainsley Maitland-Niles. Surely we can't go a whole window without one?

He was. Henry never played for us... 😁

OK, point taken... 🤣

I'm pretty sure I read a post on another thread saying Alex Crook said we were close to signing a striker? I guess he meant Mara then? He's on 🔥 re: Saints, comparatively speaking, given he got our lack of interest in Svanberg right and maybe other stuff too?

Ok, unless he turns out to be the perfect mix of Henry, Shearer and Papin, I shall be incredibly disappointed... 😁

Fulham want Maxwel Cornet after Everton failed to get him on loan.

Which players name have you mis-spelled if you wrote Harry Wanks?

Not fussed. We will buy him back off Chelsea for £5m when he's 19 anyway.

I wish we were Barcelona. Oh, hold on...

I reckon he'll do a season at Chelsea, won't get as much game time as he'd like and he'll be flogged off to Everton in an underwhelming move next summer. I can't see him coming back to St Mary's and I'd guess we've moved on to other targets.

Flying out to join Chelsea in the States, now, according to the Saints' Athletic reporter.

Talking of Garys, Gary Mabbutt was another one which supposedly nearly happened in the late 80s/early 90s

I remember us being linked with Gary Lineker when he wanted to return from Japan but he chose to retire instead...

Is it just me or has Fabrizio made the need for forum ITKs redundant when it comes to transfers? Welcome Joe...

Part of it is that there's some structural stuff they need to do to the roof for the new screens and they need some form of crane to lean over from the outside of the stadium to allow them to do this + install the screens. With the Euros this summer, there wasn't the time to do this but the break for the World Cup does give enough time. For once, IKT is ITK(ish)...

I think they're going to be done Nov/Dec this year whilst the World Cup is on.