Saint Garrett

I mean Austin Gabbi Ings & Long wouldn’t give you too much hope...2 of which could spend the majority of the season in the treatment room.

Is there a loan window this year for league sides, or do all loans have to be done by the end of the transfer window?

Agree, will be 2 of the 3 CM's (Romeu / Lemina / Hojbjerg) and any of the current strikers, doesnt really matter which one. Hopefully we magic one out of somewhere!!!

Well if thats the case, it'll be something like... -------------------McCarthy/Gunn-------------------- ----------Yoshida Vestergaard Hoedt-------------- Cedric--------Lemina-------Hojbjerg--------Bertrand ---------Elyounoussi---------Armstrong----------------------- -----------------------Austin-------------------------

I mean you'd expect us to go with 3 at the back, I'd be very surprised if one of those is Bertrand! -------------------McCarthy/Gunn-------------------- ----------Yoshida Vestergaard Hoedt-------------- Cedric--------Lemina-------Hojbjerg--------Bertrand ---------------------Armstrong----------------------- --------------------Elyounoussi---------------------- -----------------------Austin------------------------- Romeu could easily sub in for either Lemina or Hobjerg, Gabbiadini in for Austin - would hope we have a new signing leading the line, think it's a bit of a shame we didnt bring in Plea...!

Hopefully not when they sign Boufal...

Decent signing I think, like the look of him, and would have happily taken him at Saints.

Supposedly it's going to be announced today, with BM announcing the signing of Plea today also.

Pretty sure Lovren could have got a few niggly yellows too.

We're all well aware our defence as it is is largely sh!t....add Vestergaard & Marlon in and you'd hope we're a lot stronger in that position...

------------------------McCarthy ----------------Stephens Hoedt Bertrand JWP--------------------Romeu---------------------Targett ---------------Lemina----------Armstrong--------------- -----------------Redmond-Gabbiadini--------------------

Yeah. From what I hear Watson is a big fan of his and was the difference between him joining us at another side. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Think all of the ones I suggested are over 21, and they’ll be others I don’t have on my list which will need to be counted or moved on who I have missed, I.e. Barnes, Flannigan, etc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

Don't forget they don't have to pay for a stadium...that helps...!

Certainly would expect them to be. Amstrong in the hole, Elyounoussi out wide, Vestergaard a starter, only one is maybe Gunn who will be fighting it out with McCarthy for the no 1 shirt. No harm in having competition in that position. My point was more that our squad still feels quite bloated if you include any of the other youngsters who now have to be counted...with the added assumption of the 6 highlighted leaving which may not even happen.

How many players do we currently have who will have to be counted in the 25 man squad? Currently including Vestergaard and Gunn... GK's: McCarthy Gunn Forster Rose DF's: Hoedt Stephens Vestergaard Yoshida Bednarek Targett Bertrand McQueen Cedric MF's: Lemina Romeu Hojbjerg Reed Davis Armstrong JWP Clasie AM's: Redmond Elyounassi Boufal Sims ST's: Austin Gabbiadini Long Gallagher Thats 28 players...assuming we find a home for the ones in bold that leaves us with 23 players. Also doesn't include the "youngsters" that now have to be counted in the squad (not sure how many of these there are now?) Still probably a wide man and a striker away from the squad as of August too...

Would have prefered Leicester to also get moved tbh, can't make that one...!

Surely Stephens to drop out. Following would be my choice in order, starting the top 3 or possibly Bednarek instead of Hoedt. Stephens nowhere near good enough. 1. Vestergaard 2. Hoedt 3. Yoshida 4. Bednarek 5. Stephens

TBF, Pellegrini wasn't going to come in and not want to improve the largely crap squad... Their recruitment is a bit scattergun, worse strategy than ours, but they do throw money about. They could and should be the one that should be building to break into the top 6 with their stadium etc but no danger of that happening yet.

It certainly helps not having a manager coming into a new job, new league, and not knowing the squad. Hughes has had a few months to assess the squad and probably was already aware of our weaknesses before he joined. It's certainly more promising, I'm not sure you can mark it as an 8/10 just yet, but heading in the right direction...

West Ham also on the cusp of signing Wilshere and Yarmolenko...be interesting to see how that one pans out, been linked with the Prem for years!

https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/superliga/bartolec-meldte-om-southampton-interesse-han-kan-sige-hvad-han-vil

Possibly we think with Cedric obviously first choice, we have enough backup with Stephens / JWP / Reed / Redmond who could all fill in the odd game there. I guess it depend if we're playing 442, 532 or 352...

Think Long is playing RWB.

Maybe. ---------------------McCarthy ------------Stephens Hoedt Bertrand------------- Redmond----------------------------------Targett -------------Lemina----------Hojbjerg----------- ---------------------Armstrong------------------- ----------------Long-----Austin