Patches O Houlihan

Saints complete Cornet signing - notification on the app 😁

and Sulemana... imagine if we were able to achieve some sort of coaching breakthrough and we see in a game what we see glimpses of in training videos I guess I chose the wrong night to quit sniffing glue 😕

I had TalkSport on in the background earlier, and there were coherent fans for both Leicester and Wolves who seemed pretty dispirited, underwhelmed and predicting relegation. Everton have got to be in the relegation conversation and I heard pundits describing Ipswich's window as reminiscent of Forest and the Loadsamoney Fulham failure window. ~ "They've signed 8 players who will expect to be starters, but they are surely still favourites to go down"

Aside from Ramsdale I'm going to stick my neck out and say I think Mateus Fernandes is going to be a massive signing for us. Even if we get relegated I think we'll sell him for big money.

The irony of Edozie not being able to make up his mind what to do before he runs out of time/space is not lost on me...

Has he been in a fight with Wolverine?

When I looked earlier our squad size seemed to be legal even with Edozie & Sulemana included

SSN 22:05 Southampton submit deal sheet for Cornet Latest from Sky Sports News' Dharmesh Sheth: Southampton have submitted a deal sheet in order to gain extra time to complete their move for West Ham's Maxwel Cornet. If submitted between 9pm and 11pm, a completed deal sheet provides clubs with an extra two hours to conclude proposed moves. Southampton have agreed a loan deal to sign Cornet from the Hammers and the versatile left-sided player has undergone a medical.

I thought we had submitted a deal sheet so had until 1am to complete the paperwork Is he asking for the moon on a stick? 🤔

Hold on the transfer window isn't over until the fat bird blows her Cornet 🤞 Calling @trousers to the Transfer Thread 😁

46 goals in 100 appearances for us - He might have behaved like a bit of a twat at the end, but he was definitely a good buy.

I was really pleased to see Big Willy arrive - but of course he was always a bit of an Old Father Time signing

Ings - but of course with the nagging concern of his injury recovery. Ramsdale is largely worry free as he won't have any time all season to switch off during games

KWP is a quietly astute player - I'm wondering if he has watched what has happened to JWP over the last 13 months and whether that makes us more likely to get him to sign a new contract. Bednarek has also previously moved and like Ings discovered that the grass isn't always greener (but perhaps more lucrative)

Would he be first choice?

Victor Hugo went on loan with option to buy to Goztepe. But Yuri Alberto is a no

Cheers - I've corrected it

With thanks to @Midfield_General under 21 (pre 1/1/2003 DOB) in italics GK: Ramsdale, Macca, Lumley LB: KWP, Taylor, Larios, Manning RB: Sugawara, Bree CB: THB, Bednarek, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, ABK MF: Fernandes, Dibling, Lallana, Downes, Smallbone, Lesley, Aribo FWD: Archer, BBD, Cornet, Fraser, Armstrong, SAA, Edozie, Stewart, Sulemana, Onuachu I make that 25 senior players including the incoming Fraser & Cornet. 7 under 21 players. 25 is the max for senior players. Squad size = 32. Quite large but PL legal without needing an official bomb squad.

You're right. I was high speed searching & copying wikipedia 😁

I'm not saying it's Plan A, or even Plan B. I'm saying it might work occasionally when we are under pressure, defending a 0-1 lead away: Ramsdale does one of those hammered horizontal long balls into Aribo and he wrestles the defenders until he can lay it off to a runner.

Is he not off to Sheffield Utd once someone has given him a stern talking to?

No because he holds the ball up for BBD, Archer, Arma & Fernandes/Dibling/Cornet to finish