Saint Garrett

Well yes but I can see 1 of Guly/Punch/New playing RM. Why would we be after a RM if J-Rod was bought to play there anyway?

Don't think we can loan anyone after the window closes either in the Prem. Would have thought we can update the squad numbers as we go. As long as whoever in the squad has a number and noone else is that number? MLG ?

Can certainly see him playing where J-Rod has been....but does make you wonder where J-Rod would play, if at all. Can't imagine us playing Lee/Lambert/J-Rod/Lallana

And scored...

It's a bit like when WHU tried to get Tevez and Torres on loan last season. Just makes them look a joke.

Just come on for the last 20 minutes.

3-2 Brighton, surely we should be losing with that team out !?

Was very good in the Euros. Thought he's signed for someone though !? EDIT: I'm thinking of Selassie.

Tadanari is on the bench for the U-21s today against Brighton.

It only states he's meeting with his agent. Could it be possible that it is for a different client of his ?

Atleast it's a rumour despite how farfetched it is !

Pick ME ! Pick ME !

Try £125k! One on my mates knows him, ridiculous money.

Another one predicting bottom...http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/aug/14/southampton-premier-league-preview Guardian writers' predicted position: 20th Last season's position: Promoted Odds to win the league: 3,500-1 Southampton inspire nostalgia in those of a certain age. It stems from the exploits of Kevin Keegan and Mick Channon, with Matt Le Tissier starting to make his own impact later in the 1980s. The club had been sound for many of the subsequent years and were FA Cup finalists as recently as 2003, when they were beaten 1-0 by Arsenal. That sense of status was to disintegrate at a startling rate and Southampton were relegated from the Premier League two years later. The club then tumbled out of the Championship in 2009, with a 10-point penalty imposed in League One because the club's parent company had gone into administration. The revival achieved by the current manager, Nigel Adkins, has been remarkable. It is his work that has restored a sense of stability. Shortly before his appointment in September 2010 Southampton's owner, Markus Liebherr, had died suddenly but Adkins appears to deal well with whatever circumstances he encounters. He is familiar with the game at nearly all levels. His CV, indeed, is different from most of his cosseted counterparts in the Premier League. The former goalkeeper has a degree in physiotherapy and was player-manager of Bangor City, where he won the League of Wales twice. Adkins is all the more interesting since a generally impressive record still contains setbacks. His work speaks of persistence more than effortless progress. While he was in charge, S****horpe were promoted to the Championship and relegated from it. Adkins took the club back and kept it there in 2010. His move to Southampton, then in League One, followed and the club achieved consecutive promotions. There was an uncanny consistency to those campaigns, with the club always well placed in the table. The side also had a pleasing balance. Southampton were the highest scorers in their division last season with 85 goals but only Reading, who won the Championship, and Hull had a better defensive record. The club ought to be secure. They were, after all, in the top flight for the 27 years from 1978 to 2005 and have in St Mary's a modern stadium with a capacity of over 32,000 that should now be filled on a regular basis. While the turnout in the stands will be good the anxiety lies as ever with the calibre of the men on the field. Steven Davis was free to sign once Rangers entered the liquidation process. Another newcomer was costly. Southampton have made their record signing with the £7m purchase of Jay Rodriguez. The attacker collected one England Under-21 cap as a substitute. Rodriguez is 23 now and has excelled of late with Burnley in the Championship. Adkins has had to make the tricky assessment of his likely impact at Premier League level since strikers who have already proved themselves in that environment are unaffordable. They are quite likely to be vibrant in the short term. Southampton have already relished that kind of impact. Billy Sharp came to the club in January for £1.8m from a fellow Championship club, Doncaster Rovers. In a few months he ran up nine goals from 15 appearances. It is not the sort of rate that is liable to be sustained in the top flight but the excitement of being on such a stage often has an impact for a while and strikers, above all, are creatures of mood. Adkins has a general interest in improving the attack and confirmed that he wishes to buy the Blackpool winger Matt Phillips but the manager denied there had been an improper approach to the player. At present it is likely that durability will be more important than flair if Southampton's prospects are to be bolstered. Pre-season friendlies do not always provide reliable evidence but there must have been some disquiet in Adkins' mind during the recent 4-0 victory by the visitors Udinese. The manager was heartened by some aspects of the friendly but must aim for greatly improved defending, particularly since Southampton start their Premier League programme with a match at Manchester City on Sunday. Resilience was already a common topic of discussion before the encounter with Udinese. Adkins has lately signed the 20-year-old Argentinian goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga from Gillingham and it is anticipated that he will be able to challenge Kelvin Davis for his place. Gazzaniga had the good fortune to appear merely for the second half with Udinese, when the match was petering out and just a single goal was scored. The fans fret about the back four and there has been much talk of an interest in the centre-back Scott Dann, although the £6m price sought by relegated Blackburn is almost double the valuation of Southampton and other potential bidders. Regardless of the outcome in Dann's case, Adkins's side will have to show even more of the resilience that was evident in the Championship.

No seeing as though 2 of them didnt even go straight from us to them...

Jos or Radhi!

One of the very few good games I've seen him have.

Not at all. He just isnt very good. He probably would have left last season had be not got injured. Would much prefer Martin in the team that Seaborne.

Hopefully he'll leave. I dread to think of him playing in the prem. Hopefully also means CB's are imminent...

Ah yes, because players like Lescott and Dzeko are rubbish alternatives....

How is this thread still going...?

He's our best player. The season hasn't even started yet. HTH.

He supports Villa. HTH

I love Lambert and he's been fantastic for us since the day he joined. But I agree - I just dont think he fits in the lone role. He's all about knock downs and bringing the ball down and bringing others into play. The other striker generally pulls defenders around and then gives him more time to be able to pick a pass out wide, or through to the other forward, or a midfield runner. If he's on his own he'll struggle and like you say, he's not hugely mobile.

No chance we'll be top 3 by October...lucky to not be bottom...