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“The market that I’m focusing on now is the Bosman market, because I don’t want to lose the gems that are still floating around in that area, because they’re going to be gone soon,” he said. Ok, here goes nothing....first cynical comment from me in this new world where such cynicism is frowned upon.... Am I the only one who smells something not quite right about this 'focus' on free transfers? Ok, ok, I know he says that he isn't exclusively looking at frees but surely he should be looking at his squad and pinpointing what type of player and what calibre he needs for each position that is insufficiently equipped for a League 1 play-off push. Once he's got his shortlist of players that he needs he should then either (a) invite them for a trial if they are free agents or (b) make a formal approach/bid to their current club. Isn't this broader more inclusive approach better than an arbitrary ring-fencing of players that just happen to be available on a free transfer? Identify the players you want first and foremost and then concern yourself with how 'free' they are? No? Anyway, back to the required level of positivity now. I apologise unreservedly for my indiscretion.

Can I sponsor a stud....?

Sums up my time on here the last two years or so

Will we be 'allowed' to start whinging again if we lose our first 5 games and Notts County win theirs? Edit: whoops sorry, too negative. Don't want to arouse the thought police. Edit again: Did I just say 'arouse'? And not forgetting one of these:

Is that a quote from a Notts County fan?

True story?

Notts County's takeover is more titillating than ours. IMHO of course Mary Corbett's Cat

I can 'happily' report that there was no 3G/WiFi service available at the stadium. Come on Mr Liebherr, what on Earth have you been doing this last couple of weeks? Sort it out (please)

Thanks MOG! Sorry, missed this thread at the time. My son is now the proud owner of a Saints Swiss flag - bit of a rip off at £4 a go mind you....

Any inkling as to when the club will publish the 'unsponsored' list? Cheers

Being of Brazilian/Germanic extraction I don't understand the relevance of the question...

No set budget? Set your sights high in that case please Mr Pardew Thanks

Stern John?

Pretty much what the Echo said earlier....?

HTH

There's a good chance Poland will qualify for the World Cup finals next year and Saga will obviously want to maximise his chances of making the squad. Staying at SFC does not maximise his chances. So, if he is 'forced' to stay, his mind will be elsewhere, and for that reason he should go. Shame, one of my favourite players season before last.

Voila: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9044 Great news that he's on the road to recovery

I'm not so sure that teachers are the best port of call for such learning as I thought 'new' Labour had ditched good old fashioned teaching techniques like grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc?

Aren't we all?

Damn. Foiled again.

Overall, I agree with the 'pragmatic' approach....but would still be nice to have just one 'major' headline grabbing signing to whet our appetite. It would be a tad dull if everything was done at a 'sensible' level.

A relatively small observation but nice to see him using the word 'we' even when talking about past events (e.g. "we had a bad season last year"). Subtle but reassuring.

Nice one. Yet more concrete evidence that pardew is making his player decisions based on this forum. IMHO of course.

Pardew will be keeping the players that come top of these popularity polls.