Saint Garrett

Great stuff.

I'd only seen Swansea fans in bits that he left, most rated him, but clearly his style splits opinions between modern and old school "get it forward" types.

I took it from here, but to be honest I've no idea whether any of what they say is true or not, as even though they stick a source on it, you can never find the original post

Nathan Wood is a bit of an odd one for me. He’s an average championship level CB, which we already have a few of. I thought if we were signing a CB it would be someone better, but maybe money is being prioritised elsewhere, we have no idea where we are with PSR / FFP. It’s tough as I would imagine in an ideal world we’d be building on last years squad with 3/4 starters, but we seem to be trying to bulk the squad out on the cheap atm and then maybe will add a couple of bigger “transfers” closer to the end of the window. Wood is quick atleast… My only other concern is this is all very new for Martin, not managed in this league before and if he’s pretty much in charge of recruitment which has been reported, then maybe he’s going with what he knows with Wood, ORiley etc. Time will tell…

Ronaldo has always been woeful at free kicks, he’s just scored a couple of worldies in his career, but his conversation rate is terrible,

Arsenal brought in Partey or Jorginho to sit in behind him though. He's England's deepest midfielder. FWIW, I think Rice is decent, but another player who has massively underwhelmed in this tournament so far.

I'm sure it will be leaked ahead of that date anyway, when was the last time we had a home kit that wasn't leaked at least a week before ?

Has been linked a few times recently, and friends with THB and Taylor so could have legs. Can't see us signing him and Sagawara unless we get rid of Bree too. We do need to be a bit careful we don't have to spend the first 2 months of the season teaching these players how we play.

Yeah - can't imagine it will be Draper now. I'd seen others claiming it will be "Duelbits" which is another gambling firm, but when finances are so crucial to performance you can't blame the club as you're only being left behind if you can't get that revenue in.

I think all are very likely, though I'm not sure we'll be getting better than Manning/Bree as backup full backs, and if money is tight, happy for them to stay and do the job for now. Obviously we've already lost Brooks, Rothwell and Stuey from last seasons squad too, though our squad was probably 1 or 2 too big last season. Some decisions to be made on likes of Charles, Edozie, Sulemana, Mara that's for sure, along with likes of Bree, Manning, Stephens and even Smallbone. I just hope we don't underestimate how difficult this league is this season. I can't be arsed with being miserable every Saturday for the next 9 months!

I think that's incredibly unlikely personally. I think they'll be a large chunk of business done by us this summer, we will need to be quite a bit stronger than last season, if this is the case, we might as well just accept relegation now. Sounds like this Sagawara is basically a winger too, and defensively very suspect, so will be interested to see how that one plays out given how intricate our system is. The Ghoddos links have all gone very quiet. Personally I think the starting point is Taylor, Downes, Fraser & Sagawara. We undoubtedly need considerably more strength in attacking areas. I'm expecting a bunch of the following to leave too if not all: DCC, Lyanco, Sulemana, Onuachu, Mara, Alcaraz, ABK, Lis, Adams With additional possibles of any of: Bednarek, Aribo, Bree, Edozie, Charles, SAA, Larios for various reasons, potentially some out on loan. Squad is shaping up to look something along the lines of: GK: NEW, Bazunu, Macca, Lumley, RB: Sagawara, Bree LB: Taylor, Manning, Larios CB: Bednarek, THB, Stephens, NEW DM: Downes, NEW, Charles CM: Lallana, Smallbone, Aribo AM/Wide: Armstrong, Fraser, Edozie, NEW ST: NEW, Stewart, NEW Time will tell...

Is Moder any good? Personally I think KDH is overrated (some talk of him going to Chelsea?!), but he's obviously got some suitors. Leicester need to sell, are they still starting on minus points? They look in trouble at the moment.

Seems like a decent solid signing, who is used to playing in a similar system to what we play.

That’s the one 👌

I’d be surprised if they did. Does feel more saints if they swapped the white and red around so red more dominant?

Well done you. I don’t buy them either unless at the end of the season on the cheap, however with a 3 month year old, I’m looking forward to getting him his first shirt. Maybe that makes me a muppet.

Would be a disgrace if so. £55 is more than enough.

It was as obvious pen as you'll see IMO. Bonkers it wasn't given.

I have no expectation that KWP will stay, would be amazing if he did. He's been a great servant, but if he gets another crack towards the top of the league and we get a decent amount of money for him, then you can't complain really. I would be disappointed if we got anything less than 25m for him though. That peanuts for a player of his quality.

It can’t be. They’ve already picked tv games. Confirmed as 3om Saturday,

Fun fact, we very nearly signed him a few seasons ago, but city pulled the plug very late on as he started getting a run in their first team.

Would be absolutely bonkers to stick an add on on the stadium, unless he’s got too much money and can’t spend it. My gut feeling is we got 4000 new STH, most of which probably cancelled last summer when we were relegated. Easy marketing. Even with 4k new ones, I would be shocked if we’ll have more than 22k STH next season.

Just like JWP was definitely not going? I've no idea if he is or not, but highly likely he goes somewhere, he would have been touted around by his agent for sure.

Forgot all about him, must be some kind of falling out, or Southgate isn’t interested unless he’s playing Prem football. Crazy though as always rated him,

Adam Lallana & Danny Ings both joining Alresford golf club...make of that what you will.