Matthew Le God

To count as an under 21 and not have to be included on the 25 man list for 2013/14 you have to be born on or after 1st January 1992. - Paulo Gazzaniga was born on 2nd January 1992, so still counts (just! ) as an under 21 player for Saints in 2013/14. - Victor Wanyama was born on 25th June 1991, so doesn't count as an under 21 player and has to be included as one of the 25 man squad.

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Means you can have a bigger squad than 25 to pick from though.

Correct, and you can add Gazzaniga to that list.

Not if he gets injured between 2nd September and 1st January and 1st February and the end of the season.

If he "ain't going nowhere" then that would mean he is going somewhere. Double negative.

Gazzaniga, Clyne, Fonte, Hooiveld, Shaw, Stephens, Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Davis, Ward-Prowse, Isgrove and Rodriguez have the honour of being "on the pitch when Guly scored".

Good opening post again, but I'd question this... As tiers 3 and 4 in Spain are regionalised and have numerous leagues in each tier they would be below League Two. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_football_league_system They play in a Catalonia league, with 6 leagues above them, and 17 leagues equal to the league they are in.

If you want to see some players close up yes, but for an overall view of what is going on in the game row A is terrible.

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That is good to hear, I think the summer of 2014 will be the time to judge him.

For those that want Ramirez to be sold... if he did go to Inter Milan, does that not suggest to you that he is actually a very good player that is worth keeping? He can be frustrating at times, but he has also shown glimpses of real class. He is still young, had a serious injury & family bereavement which broke up the flow to his season and it was his first season in England. Next summer is the time to really judge him.

Why don't you apply the same logic to Ramirez? Someone who is 6 years younger, foreign, had a family bereavement, serious injury and hadn't played in the Premier League before.

What are you describing as the "committee"? In 2009 it would have been Cortese, Pardew and the head scout discussing if they should or shouldn't sign a player, is that not a "committee"? Or is something only a committee if Les Reed is present? Strange how people don't give Les Reed credit for the good signings and only criticise him for the bad ones... why is that?

Of those you listed as "bad transfers" I'd agree with... Tadanari Lee Vegard Forren Take these signings in context... Jonathan Forte - his goals vs MK Dons were very important, obviously surplus in the Premier League Dany N'Guessan - a short term loan that served a purpose to cover injuries and helped gain promotion from League One in the few games he had Steve de Ridder - played a role in gaining promotion from the Championship. This one I really don't understand why you have labelled it as a "bad transfer"... Danny Fox - Yes, he isn't great in the Premier League, but look at the signing in context. He was signed when Saints were in the the Championship and played a key role in promotion. And now for... Emmanuel Mayuka - he is only 22 and although he has had only a small amount of game-time I think he looks promising. Far too early to be writing him off. Paulo Gazzaniga - Again, very young for a keeper and it is far too early to be writing him off because of a couple of errors in the 1st team Gastón Ramírez - An extremely good player, young and yes he can being frustrating but I think he will come good. Last season he had no pre-season with Saints, a bad injury, a family bereavement and had to adapt to a new country. Lets not write him off just yet. This season will give us a better idea.

So "a few" actually refers to about 35? As I said - cherry picking. You can't pass judgement without looking at them all in context and give consideration as to where the club was in the summer of 2009 to where it is a mere 4 years later.

Why have you cherry picked which transfers to use Glasgow? In the last 4 years the club has had over 50 incoming player transactions, you've left a lot of them out. Yes, some mistakes have been made (which club gets 100% of its transfers right?), but in that time the club has risen from 68th to 14th in England. So clearly the "transfer committee" are doing something very right!

5 points is not a huge gap. Especially when you consider Saints poor start (8 losses, 1 draw, 1 win from opening 10 games), once adapted to the Premier League in the 28 games from November 2012 to May 2013 Saints had a better record than Swansea.

Yep, thats right.

Wanyama and Lovren are both listed on the Saints website (and numerous other websites) as being 6 foot 2. That picture above suggests otherwise, as did the video when Wanyama met the team at the hotel.

Wanyama and Lovren are both listed on the Saints website (and numerous other websites) as being 6 foot 2. This picture suggests otherwise...

Argentina weren't in the 2013 Confederations Cup.

Saints play a formation with 5 "midfielders" and 1 striker, so transfer activity is bound to be weighted towards midfielders.

A little misleading, it is this account... https://twitter.com/alacanchaEPL https://twitter.com/alacanchaEPL/status/357493203940806658 Plus, this is the Leandro Damiao thread, not the Ever Banega thread.

They may find it hard explaining to their partners why they've been sacked, I doubt they'll see the funny side.