We are in need of a centre back, but where else are you both suggesting we are short? We probably won't be signing another central midfielder until a deal for Schneiderlin is looking likely. We have a lot of attacking players now and Koeman appears to have indicated he is happy in that regard.
What is your definition of a "chickensh*t club"?
"Brings us nothing" - how about in 2014/15 after you had a meltdown in the summer of 2014, Saints finished in their highest ever Premier League position and qualified for European competition.
The club appear to think they have a good legal case that all we had to pay is £6.8m as Madrid missed the deadline. If that is the price you contractually believe you need to pay, then why roll over have your belly tickled and pay more?
Give it enough time and at some point Saints will sign a player for £20m. Might not be that many years away, especially with a huge rise in TV money from 2016/17 onwards.
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Adam Blackmore @bigadamsport 51m51 minutes ago
#saintsfc Ronald Koeman inferred in interview that signing of Juanmi ends interest in Djuricic & return of J-Rod & Isgrove ends Elia bid
Where do you think Rodriguez is going to play then? Because if you don't see him going out wide and he'll play centrally, then I guess you don't think we need another striker.
Mane, Long, Elia and Tadic all cut inside in Koeman's system.
Not going to answer my question then? In terms of assists, only Tadic had more for us. So how was Ward-Prowse ineffective?
Plus in any case, Reed and Ward-Prowse play in different roles and are each better than the other at different things.
Why do they have to be exactly the same type of player? How do you think Juanmi differs from Elia? Juanmi has played on the left as an attacking player. Elia was often used on the left, that is where Rodriguez was so effective in 2013/14 and has now returned.
Plus we still don't know for sure what is happening with Ramirez; with him, Rodriguez and Juanmi added to the squad we'd be +1 in numbers in terms of attacking players. Plus Gallagher is fit again and Seager is progressing well.
In terms of attacking players it may have balanced out already...
2014/15 squad - Djuricic & Elia
2015/16 squad - Rodriguez & Juanmi (plus potentially Ramirez)