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So 2 days ago people were calling the club out for signing an injury prone keeper and mocking our medicals, now Bijlow has failed his medical people are calling the club out for not signing him 🤔

But we also don't know he's "EPL Quality" because he's never played that level. It would have made me nervous as hell to pay £20m+ for him. £25m rising to £30m is a big risk. Not saying he isn't "EPL Quality" just that we don't know..

SSN reporting we are "in big" for Ramsdale on loan

Purple Gloves - Purple colours worn by Roman Emperors = Roma + Goalie Gloves = Goalkeeper from Roma = Rui Patricio Is this how this thing works?

That's interesting living in the west midlands all the Baggies fans I know were banging on about him for most of the season. Fickle now he might be going. Not sure he's what we need tho!

I see The Sun has us linked to Ramsdale. Shame it's the sun as probably just lazy journalism

Apparently the goalkeeper shirt is the 4th version - first 3 rejected by the league.

I received a text earlier saying that "1-0 to the Saints Foundation, out to stifle West Brom long throw even before the game"

Congratulations Nathan Tella. And to think he could have gone back to Burnley!!

Damn i thought I was going to get kudos for being the first in the know but looking back @CB Fry beat me by 5 hours. At least my source didnt leave me with egg on on my face

As mentioned a while ago I'd heard it was Puma and I'm still hearing it is going to be Puma from my source who seems fairly confident.

No it'll be Puma

I too was told the Hummel contract looked likely was being terminated a year early. I was told that Puma were front runners but that was a little while ago (before Birmingham game) my source however did say it wasn't a done deal so things may have changed I haven't spoken to him since.

I'd heard from within the club that this is Hummels last season and it was looking likely that Puma would be replacing Hummel

I get that a new player might get injured too, however likelihood is a new player would have a 3, 4 or 5 year contract so they'll still play for the club again where-as Adams wouldn't. There would (hopefully) be more to come and still a potential re-sale value. I'm not saying that I believe this is what we should be doing, just sharing a different angle.

Whoever thought Che Adams leaving could be so divisive. Its got me torn I must admit. I dont mind Che he's not produced consistently over his time with us but I certainly do think he'll get goals in the Championship. However, if he won't sign a new contract then I can understand the club cashing in. Yes, I get that the £15m won't be anything near the money we could get if he fires us back to the Prem, on the other-hand he may do his ACL next week be out for the season make no further contribution and walk-away for free next summer and the club miss out on £15m. Maybe thats a gamble the club aren't willing to take.

Bit random but I was talking about tomorrows game with a Norwich supporting friend tonight who does a lot of work with the Norwich foundation. I mentioned a potential incoming from Swansea he has a few links at other clubs including Swansea so he said he'd ask if his Swansea contact had heard anything. His contact at Swansea says he's 99% sure the player coming our way is Piroe not Grimes. Not sure how in the know the person is or isn't but thought I'd pass info on.

After offering £110m for Caicedo and the player looking likely to reject Liverpool when they ultimately come back and offer the £50m asking price for Lavia do you think we'll say asking price has increased? or do we think as soon as £50m is offered we'll accept?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12387155/Crystal-Palace-relegated-pair-Alex-McCarthy-Daniel-Iversen-goalkeeper-crisis-Vicente-Guaita-REFUSES-Roy-Hodgson.html McCarthy to Palace - yes please

Hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel with this result will be Martin being able to show that some of these fringe players need shipping out and he needs to be able to bring in some fresh faces

And it's been cancelled due to waterlogged pitch

https://www.thesportsbank.net/football/southampton/fc-away-kit/ Apologies if that has already been posted

This. Why play players bought in in January when you can continue playing the players that have got us in the shit in the first place. Sport Republic took a lot it flack last year (rightly so in some areas) but they did dip their hands in their pockets and as much as some are saying the signings were shit were they all really given a chance?

I get that we were relegated for being shit however it can be argued that we (along with those other clubs) were at a disadvantage from Everton having an unfair advantage through rule breaking. Maybe more so Leeds finishing 3rd bottom. Yes they should be punished but let's say they have a points deduction next season. This means Luton & Sheffield United could benefit when they weren't the ones disadvantaged not sure that's fair either? These investigations take much longer than they need to. It does feel that rule breakers are threatened but sanctions aren't followed through.

By all accounts he's had a good season at Stoke. A seasons experience playing in the Championship I'd rather have him in the middle than Diallo