Patches O Houlihan

Data from the BBC's big article on the deadline day deals & transfer window as a whole

Toney is 28, came up through the leagues, may well come from a poorer background. He's run his contract down at Brentford, so in all likelihood his personal financial portfolio won't be quite as mind bending as other strikers with his current profile. Offered the choice to set him his close family, and possibly extended family up for life maybe he's doing the unselfish thing. Also gambling is illegal in Saudi so it would be easier to stay away from it, and fewer temptations. There was a discussion last night on BBC R5 where it was pointed out that actually there were a fair few top players at the Euros who came from the Saudi league. Kante being a prime example.

There's a good discussion on page 8 of the ABK thread

It's the full version discussing the transfer deadline day as of 08:30 this morning

You're right. Big Les, Aribo & Flynn > three lads who aren't easily knocked off the ball. We usually have one, sometimes two, but it's been a good while since we had three.

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