Matthew Le God

Walsall and MK Dons made bids according to this today... http://www.crawleyobserver.co.uk/sport/Two-clubs-bid-for-Charlie.5959201.jp

Irrelevant whether he has been paid or not. What it shows is that he would only agree to a large wage in the first place and would be looking for a similar deal elsewhere. He is likely to be on at the very least 3 times that of Lambert.

That is irrelevant. Bristol Rovers and Yeovil are closest to a derby game in League One for Exeter. Southampton would be next and hence why it was a Boxing day game(FL like close matches on boxing day) For Luton although it is closer than Exeter there are alot more clubs closer to it(London etc) than Southampton.

No. A 5 second look at the OS would tell you that

It is just a random rumour on a website where anyone in the world can post a rumour. I could go on there now and say Ronaldo was coming to Saints. I could even claim to be SparkySaint. Would you then make a thread about that?

He is on a huge wage.

Why is it a huge gamble taking a young player with low wages on loan?

My god some Carlisle fans are stupid. Have they not realised that something may have changed from when Saints were in administration which means they have the funds to buy players for £1m? i.e. a takeover from a billionaire He states Saints spent £1m yet thinks they are poor.

If he is PM'ing people he clearly doesn't mind if others know. So someone that has it can you post it in this thread please or PM me.

Or just post it on here someone.

How do you know that Pericard is the only striker to be signed? Would you be happy if Saints signed Pericard as backup for Lamber AND Lee Barnard to challenge with David Connolly for the 2nd striker role by the end of January? So 4 strikers of Lambert and Pericard as target men. Connolly and Barnard for the second striker role. Would be awesome for both this league and good if promoted. Patience is a virtue Glasgow Saint, wait to see the full picture of Pardew's Jan plans.

Jackson and Lambert are completely different types of striker. Pericard would be backup for Lambert. Connolly is the 2nd striker when playing 442. Waigo and Lallana are other options. Maybe buying someone like Simeon Jackson or Lee Barnard would be good to compete for this role. That "could" still happen this window, no-one knows. As I said if Lambert gets injured now, Saints will have to change the stye of play. If Pericard is signed they won't.

Why can't he do both? Any good manager would. If Lambert got injured before Saturday Saints would have to change the entire style of play as have no similar player to Lambert. I'm confident if Pericard signs he will be followed with others in different positions that will go straight into the team i.e. a centre back.

Pericard will only be a Rickie Lambert "targetman" backup if he does sign. I think it is a sensible signing. At present we don't have any cover for Lambert what does and would struggle if he got injured and would have to change the style of play by using very different strikers like Papa Waigo and David Connolly.

Why are you comparing him to Fuller?

Well then that would mean we were buying him rather than signing a player at the end of a contract for free. Why pay Carlisle money when a week later it is free? Pericard can't just walk out, I'm sure they'd like him to play on Saturday when he is still under contract.

Which is rubbish and likely to be untrue because his short term contract at Carlisle doesn't run out until Jan 12th or 13th.

It used to be, until it burned down in 1936.

Wiki says 6 foot 1. Not that you should ever trust it unless it cites where the info is from.

Cardiff City are close to financial collapse so the rumour of their interest for a £1.5m player is rubbish.

No he isn't, he is 6 foot 1.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Doncaster-give-up-on-keeping-Brian-Stock-article269149.html

They failed to pay the players again today. SSN now saying it will be tomorrow.

Yep, I have no problem with Pardew sticking with him and trying to improve him as Antonio has good attributes and age on his side. However Papa Waigo atm is a much better player than Antonio.