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Saint Richmond, Alpine....where are you? Not celebrating this great signing? Fair play to the club for keeping the details under wraps for so long and what a statement of intent! Nige has to deliver in the Prem now with this level of backing. Never thought I'd see the day when we made signings like this - but just hope we are not overreaching ourselves financially.

Why is it? Jordan Rhodes - 8 million, Steven Fletcher - 12 million, J-Rod - 7 million. Based on that seems like good business and why don't you wait until he's played in his proper position before writing him off? Why do we have so many bed wetter fans or complete imbeciles like Alpine? Or is it because its the school,holidays?

this will be Saints biggest signing since Keegan - if it goes through - and a real statement of intent. Hopefully the new guys will bed in quickly and we will start rising up the League. Incredible if it happens and just hope he lives up to the hype.

racist c**k Dune/Stanley/Moron whatever your new user name is......

It won't be longer than a month....all were signed on non-contract terms. In separate news Appleton gets the begging bowl out again to sign yet more players.....quite unbelievable...his refusal to put youngsters on the bench seems to go without comment from the League. Just so he can say he needs new players to be "competitive". They really are a cluster of a club and the Trust have not made any details of their "revised" bid public. Bet those that have pledged at least 1K are happy that they don't know what the hell is going on.

Are you there to come out with that definitive statement? Against Wigan, we looked better with the 4-3-3 than with the 4-4-2.......if we can get Ramirez and a CB we should be just fine.

You have always been a ray of sunshine over the years Saint Richmond......you only ever seem to surface when there is a chance to complain about something. Great if this deal happens, but if it does not the sky won't fall in and I'm sure Saints have other irons in the fire. Have you forgotten where we were 2 years ago? Or how we played last Sunday against Man City?

don't forget....... Matt Jarvis - 12m Carroll - 35m

sfc1971 - thanks for the snippet. Hopefully it is correct......and hypo could start an argument with himself in a closet. Ignore him.......I think most others do. What a signing this would be.......almost as exciting as when Keegan signed, but perhaps even more so as this sort of signing doesn't really happen in this day and age as Man C, Liverpool, Man U, etc. will typically take stars like this. Real statement of intent should it happen and will hopefully show the likes of Shaw that they can achieve things at So'ton and don't need to go elsewhere.

So proud of Saints........if we play like that all season and with a couple of additions we should be looking at a top 10 finish. Fox is a worry at LB (does not look Prem quality) but if we can get Ramirez, Phillips and a CB we will be looking really good. Clyne looks a steal and Adam was pulling all the strings. On Fox Soccer in the US, that plank Warren barton and co were talking about City can't play like that, they won't win the title, etc, etc and then Eric Wynalda butted in and said they were not giving Saints anywhere near enough credit. Good for you Eric.

Overall...very impressed with Saints so far. Davis kicking is dodgy and should not have been beaten at near post (despite Tevez being offside), Puncheon has been non-existent. Ward-Prowse, Lallana, Clyne all look very good. Saints are going to have to learn quick that you cannot give the ball away cheaply at this level (as they have done far too often this half).

They really are deluded...so the trialists will take a non-contract deal or month to month contract. And what happens if they get injured? Why would anyone take that risk (unless they cannot find another club)

They now have McGoldrick, Blackstock, Gillett and Harding in their squad. nearly half their team are ex-Saints!

Love this from the BBC.... BBC journalist Matt Roberts is no fan of what's on offer: At least Mo Farah can get 10K away from there in 27 and a half minutes This lot were not talented first time round and now is even worse...scragg end. World will be laughing at us after this s***e

If this was a celebration of Brit music, why the hell have they not got New Order, Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, Blur (in person). Shocking, truly shocking. Last night of the Proms would have been better than this S***e.

Good grief......after 2 weeks of absolute brilliance, this is what is has come to? Virtually no acts live, completely baffling and feels like a Saturday night at Butlins. Whoever has put on this "show" should be shot.....

You been smoking crack pal?

My understanding is that the rules were changed for the Olympics, making headshots more important. Supposedly, although I know nothing about this sport, talking heads have said Cooke would have scored less and been scored against more because of his lack of height. We'll never know but well done to the GB guy - bronze is great and GB mens first medal in the sport.

Varney may have gone for 300K......but the Skates won't see a penny. They still owe Derby 300K from when they signed him so the money will go from Leeds direct to Derby. Interested to see if Varney had a compromise agreement with the Skates

really looks like this is the end for them..........ST, tickets....everything has gone. Not a positive sign.

I've been living in Northern Virginia for 2 years with the family. We love it - the opprotunities for the kids are amazing and some of the vacations we have had have been amazing (Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Zion, New York, Carolinas). Opportunity is definitely here and a great place to live - so long as you have a job and enough money for healthcare. As others have said, get into US sports and you will be laughing. Despite what Apline says, where we live in Virginia there is a great sense of community - far more than we enoucntered in the UK. Would seriously recommend anyone who gets the chance - go for it. If it doesn't work out you can always move back to the UK.

the troll is back..........so bitter and twisted because he';s shown to be full of s***e. But you're right, 2 promotions back to back is terrible - I think Adkins should be sacked for being so rubbish.

fair play 76er.......its a long old season and Philly could still go on a run (unlikely) but there is a changing of the guard. Being able to watch Harper, Strasburg, Gio and some of the other young guns like Lombardozzi and Moore is a real treat. Just hope they can keep it up but the future is bright and the biggest challenge will be keeping everyone happy as Davey could put out two strong first teams right now. This season seems so much more interesting than recent seasons......

what a year this is turning out to be for the Nats.....crushing all who come before them. Saint76er...where are you, oh yeah,.........10 games back and the sniors at Philly falling apart! Nats with the second best record in MLB....who would have thought that?

The US is incredibly difficult to get into. He has a number of options: 1) Work for a UK company with a US office. After 12 months he can go for an intracompany transfer 2) Get an H1B visa - he woudl need to find a US employer willing to pay for this (several thousand $) and the cap is now pretty much full meaning no more H1Bs until OCt 2013 3) Marry a US girl I went for option 1 and got a green card after 8 months of arriving in the US. Not an easy place to get into and not as cheap to live here as people might think