Matthew Le God

Well, the majority of signings he made for S****horpe weren't those he had worked with before. A few he had on loan and then signed, but most were new to the club. At S****horpe he also didn't have the budget he has at Saints, the pulling power or a European scouting team able to provide him with players.

Not exclusively though, and certainly not enough to jump to the conclusion you have.

Every team the size of Saints would have a large number of people involved with a transfer. The management/Les Reed/coaches/European Scout team/Cortese etc etc would all be involved. I would be hugely surprised if Adkins didn't want De Ridder. He would have been proposed to Adkins by the scouting department after he told them to look for a winger, Adkins would then give his approval and the ultimate decision would be Cortese as he signs the cheques. By no means does that make it "not an Adkins signing".

Based on what exactly?

Or Puncheon, N'Guessan and Mills.

The problem with Agustin Delgado wasn't his ability, he was clearly a very good player. For example he was the top goal scorer in the 2002 South American World Cup qualifying campaign. It was his attitude and injury problems that made his stay at Saints a nightmare.

He is number 33.

He will be number 33.

Yeah, that'll do.

It hasn't happened (yet at least). Steve De Ridder is a completely different player to the one Sir Woody was talking about...

His squad number at De Graafschap was 11, before a conspiracy with Chamberlain starts he will be number 33 at Saints.

The Daily Mail thinks he is "furious" at being fined for a rule break. No journalist has the balls to put his name to the article though... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2017422/Arsenal-target-Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlain-fined-Southampton.html Quite why he would be "furious" I don't know, it would only be done if it were a breach of his terms of employment. He doesn't really have a leg to stand on (if true).

The Daily Mail thinks he is "furious" at being fined for a rule break. No journalist has the balls to put his name to the article though... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2017422/Arsenal-target-Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlain-fined-Southampton.html Quite why he would be "furious" I don't know, it would only be done if it were a breach of his terms of employment. He doesn't really have a leg to stand on (if true).

He has been training with Saints since the start of July, went to Leicestershire and Switzerland with the team and played against St Gallen in a friendly on Saturday.

Same story but from 18th July... http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3DAmmar%2BJemal%2Bsouthampton%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1184%26bih%3D809%26prmd%3Divnso&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&u=http://actualite-tunisie.com/a-la-une/national/72711-actualites-r-sport-news--ammar-jemal-tres-proche-de-southampton&usg=ALkJrhg1k3Ck-CdcSmyI3lcew5sgC6yHNA The one in the opening post is a rehash of an old story then.

I didn't need to do any massaging Nick. You said he wasn't "prolific at League One level", I showed you he has a very good record. It looks even better when you factor in that he played for a poor Southend United team, had a hernia operation, hand injury, ankle injury, court case and kept being subbed by Saints around 60/70 minutes in games or coming on for the last 20/30 minutes only. His goal per minutes on pitch ratio is impressive. He is much more than just a hard worker.

I mentioned the version number because the data changes. I'm honoured!

Southend United = League One 65 starts, 15 sub appearances, 35 goals Southampton = League One 28 starts, 18 sub appearances, 23 goals In total, 58 goals in 93 League One starts, for a player you said was "hardly prolific at League One level". I think that is a very good record tbh. I agree. I don't think you are watching the same player either! He is the blonde forward, had a bandage on his arm for a long time and wears number 9.

38 League One goals in two seasons is prolific though isn't it? Especially when you factor in some of the injuries he had, reduced game time (being a sub/being subbed) and a court case hanging over him.

Really? He scored 24 League One goals in 2009/10. He scored 14 League One goals in 2010/11, in a season hampered by a hernia operation, an ankle injury and a court case. He was also often subbed or came on as a sub reducing game time to score goals.

I was asked a question, so I answered it.

What are you laughing at Mr Glasgow?

He is talking about Jack Stephens. The young defender signed recently from Plymouth Argyle. Not, Dale Stephens, the player that was on loan from Oldham Athletic last season.

Seven subs is only a relatively recent thing in the Football League in the last few years. The vast majority of teams named a sub keeper when it was five subs before the change. It should just return to how it was done before.

120 and 118 respectively.