Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Wouldn't it be funny if he scored the winner against England before he'd even played for Saints, when we play Wales in our Euro qualifier? Actually, perhaps not.

If the rumours about Barnard are true, then I suggest we won't be resting Rickie any time soon! If anything, we might need cover for Barney...

Excellent result. Hopefully, the momentum is starting to build and NA is getting the players to gel, into the style into which he wants us to play. Good to see Chaplow back too. If there's one slight concern from today, it's that we still need someone to share the burden up front with Lambo and Barnard. Anyone got any rumours of possible new signings, which were going round the ground today?

Are we saying that is all that's been wrong with Pulis all this time? Confidence? I thought he was just toilet. Apologies Ant.

I see Chaplow has been handed the no. 30 shirt. Would've thought he'd have been given the no.8, if there was a real prospect of him staying beyond the initial month? Or maybe I'm just reading too much into it...!

Cortese signs Messi for Saints! Cortese sells Saints to Pompey for a pound, so they can be used as their feeder club! Carlsberg doesn't do Cortese threads...

Can't Chaplow also play wide right, if need be? Could be useful, if we want to go with a more combative midfield in some games, if so.

Wow! Thanks for listening to me, NA and NC.

I think we should sign Richard Chaplow on loan.

I'm surprised Wolves didn't take a look at his attitude whilst with us. Bizarre but unsurprising turn of events. Anderlecht mugged Wolves and no mistake.

Excellent news. Just need a striker now, IMO. A winger, too, would be nice but I can't help thinking a striker is what we also really need. The "initial" bit sounds promising. NA says he needs to assess his fitness & to see how he is so I guess it's probably something we can extend easily, if he does well.

I seem to recall Chelsea having a young Italian striker called Fabio Borini, who made a few first appearances last year. Anyone know whether he played in either or both of the reserve games we've been represented at. Must be pretty decent if he's played some first team games, so maybe he's someone we're looking at and they'd like to get more first team chances somewhere?

Probably should've read your post before making mine but still so dismayed. Have to be winning these games, if we want go up, have to. How was Lambert? Glad to hear Deano is turning his game around.

So utterly dismayed with tonight's result it's untrue. It's time to front up now Cortese. If we haven't got any cash for loans, just bloody say it and at least we can rein in our expectations a bit. If we are able to bring in some loans, then f**king do it. Getting to the Prem in 50 years looks like it's more realistic from the bottom of my pint glass tonight.

Wasn't he on loan at Huddersfield last year?

If he's better than what we've got, then a good decision. I imagine that Richardson will take a while before reaching full fitness, so having some competition for Butterfield for a couple of months might be worthwhile. Richardson getting injured in pre-season means that, although he could be back in full training some time in October, it'll probably take him until at least November before he approaches match fitness.

A good win on Saturday and the clamour for new signings has died down a little. Nonetheless, I hope we're still actively looking to strengthen as, despite NA's promising start, we're still far from the finished article.

Excellent result. Would've been happy just to have scored a goal, TBH, but to win as well is great (can't believe I've just written that about us in League 1!). Hopefully this will help us build some confidence and momentum.

Or perhaps, with NA being (what's looking increasingly like) an excellent manager, he's made that call himself?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/reading/9031012.stm Antonio signed a new deal with Reading until 2013. Shame we couldn't have sorted out a permanent deal in January.

I'm sure I read a rumour someone posted about Sam Argent training with the 1st team. It all fits, Argent at RB and Butterfield up front. And Saints nil. Again.

Can't believe there's not even a sniff of a rumour about a signing. Maybe NA is going to see how we fare at the weekend before entering the loan market? Even so, if Connolly is injured, I'd be surprised if there's nothing really in the offing?

Good point, well made. How long does it take to see we have 3 strikers, all carrying injuries, and to assess players like Pulis and Wotton before deciding they're not up to the job?!

http://www.southamptonrumours.co.uk/ Hey - we must be a big team. We've got our own rumours site on Football Rumours! I can't wait for Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Jake Livermore to pull on the white and sash...

Didn't Dean Wilkins say something about they were still trying to bring in players on deadline day, even though AP had gone? I'm sure it's just a case of NA running the rule over the current crop of players and then making a decision about what we need. I think our impatience comes from the fact that we've suffered watching the team much more than him and have a distinct headstart in knowing what might be required!