the saint in winchester

Cody Cropper signed for MK Dons this morning. #justsaying

Yes.

If we don't look for a second choice RB, then we will need to get Toby, or we are looking to the U21 and that is Bevis Mugabe.

OK, but the release fee on Djuricic is €12M (£9M) IIRC. Would you pass on Elia but pay the release fee for Djuricic? And then if we did that and couldn't afford to buy Toby by a few £M because we were out of cash....would that be ok? I like Djuri and he may be worth the release fee, but getting Elia for €3-4M may be worth it, if it frees up cash to fund the Toby offer.

We thought it was Stevie G tapping up our players .... turns out it was Jamie Flippin' Carragher ..... [TABLE=class: main-tweet] [TR] [TD=class: avatar][/TD] [TD=class: user-info]Jamie Carragher @Carra23 [/TD] [TD=class: follow-button-container][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: tweet-content, colspan: 3]Saw Nathaniel Clyne at St Mary's last season after a game & told him to sign for Lfc, he took the advice! I'm on the transfer committee now. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] That's tapping up, right? He confesses. Can we sue for damages, or are we just accepting this as teasing banter?

Yes, agree with that. I don't work too well in trial periods with companies in my work. There's a pressure to perform when you don't know the systems or best contacts. Over time it gets better. Hoping Elia will get better too and agree €5.5M was probably a bit high for what he returned. €3-4M would be the price tag I would have for him.

Seriously? Occult? Some sort of Mystic Meg advising them on player transfers?

Yes that puts it in perspective. AW probably regrets that offer for Chambers, but is MS 1.5 x better than Chambers? You bet he is.

This is the point. They don't value him as highly as we do. £25M-ish is the right price. But will any other club value him at that price? I fear if we do get the offer, he will be just a squad player at the Champions League clubs, anyway. Nervous times. If he doesn't go, we will have a disgruntled player on our hands.

SIGN HIM UP!!!!! The next Gerrard! Offer whatever it takes, up to €15M.

Bronko again! You tell us all about him, his strengths and weaknesses, and we'll let you know what we think.

Obviously from my location something "our" side of the M27 would be welcomed, but I can't see if happening now. Something around Stoneham was vaunted at the time of the St Mary's venture, but the club didn't go for it, so think we are entrenched in our current location now.

& Elia a couple of weeks ago. Something in the water at St Mary's? Everyone showing commitment. Let's hope Toby is signing more than a marriage certificate soon.

Agree with you, Adrian. This thread is supposed to be about Clyne, Schneiderlin etc, not how big are Liverpool vs us. I don't care. Stick to the core subject. If you don't have anything to say on this subject, you don't need to type anything.

None of us know exactly what was agreed, but most of us assumed a £1.5M (or €1.5M, we don't know) was the compensation but this additional payment (as noted above) has been mooted. If Chelsea can't guarantee him a regular starting place, maybe they won't go ahead with the swap, or maybe they will do the swap, then sell him on. Until then, I'm still hopeful that somehow he will come back to us.

If reported news is correct, he has been offered to Chelsea in exchange for the LB Filipe Luiz and it is Chelsea who are taken their time deciding whether to make the swap. Maybe we could make contact with Chelsea and offer to buy him off them over the summer. We will have up to £3M from Atletico to start the fund. Maybe Chelsea will decide to loan him to us anyway. Most of their players get loaned out these days.

Maybe we paid £3.5M for HER and Cedric is a bonus. She's right up my street (wish she was).

The No9 spot - Demba Ba is keen to play in the Premiership again. Assuming wage expectation is reasonable, would see him a good target man, leading the line of 3 behind.

Goalkeeper option - with Cech almost certain to join Arsenal, looks like Ospina going out the door. Maybe a move for him, sure he would prefer us to Fenerbace? Or a cheeky bid for Cshzezny (sp)?

What about the Portugal U21 DM Carvalho? He looked good tonight, strong, ball winner. He would be good to get on board. And another Portuguese. Just need JoseFonteBaby to talk him into it.

If the category is sports presenters, then Olivia Wayne please. If we can pick weather girls, no-one finer than Lucy Verasamy. Don't know how to add pics, but if can someone can get them up for me, I would be more than contented. thanks

That's fine, Whitey, I have BT Sport at home. Now need to get some cans.

ALL games on BT Sport exclusively .... so available in a pub near you.

I read into the words on the BBC match report "Former Southampton loanee Djuricic ...." Of course, it could be explained that the loan officially ended on (date) and we may decide to make an offer or ask for a new loan .... but interesting use of words by the BBC.

What?! They want Fonte in exchange for Cedric! Tell them no way!