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This signing has not just happened, it has been worked on for weeks. My source that said we were getting a new RB and we would be pleased about it has said things took longer than he thought because he understood this was initially being looked at as a loan with an option to buy. Something obviously changed which is not unusual.

I have lost count of the amount of times i have had to say this. He is not coming back and he would not be able to do it in the Championship. I absolutely loved watching him in a Barca shirt and he had the odd decent game but he is definately not up to the Championship now and it was a very odd signing by Barca at the time. Love the man too bits but we need to move on!

cannot wait for the transfer window to close, it gets more and more tedious every season. Sky News with their completely over the top reporting and players like Newcastles Isac and Brentfords Wissa behaving like complete twats just turn off the average football fan. I'm sure i'm not the only one disgusted by reporting of the Isak situation by Sky Sports who absolutely love the soap opera being played out and are themselves gently poking the bear by rolling out all these ex professionals with their take on the situation. I know no club can afford to do it but i would absolutely love Newcastle to stay strong and not sell Isak and let him rot. I bet every football club apart from Liverpool is hoping the same.

Sorry to avoid any confusion this is not Saints i am talking about but another club i have first hand knowledge off due to someone in the position i was referring too. I used this scenario because these sort of incidents are very typical at a lot of clubs and the person i am referring to DOES have contacts within SFC. Believe me our board has not been sitting on its arse for the last 4/5 months when relegation was all but a certainty by the end of January. They have been working so hard for months.

As football fans it is understandable that there are many out there feeling very frustrated about our transfer dealings so far and feel the board are useless, holding players to ransom, not being realistic etc etc. The truth is it is many fans not being realistic. We are a Championship side way down the pecking order now that have to shop in either our own division or the equivalent/lower leagues abroad and hope that our scouts can unearth a gem that no other clubs are aware off. The reality is that virtually every other club out there knows what players are out there and available. Scouting has changed so much, yes scouts still go and watch games in person but so much of it is now done using databases. All clubs have access to these. I have seen this last season 3 players a manager wanted signed by the board that were very much against the chief scouts advice (the Chief Scout went as far as saying do not touch these players with a barge pole but the board choose to go with the managers recommendations) All 3 players turned out to be disastrous, and the hierarchy will now only implement bringing players in the Chief scout recommends. Even when those players have been identified and the player has been acceptable to the move the selling club has not wanted to let the player go until they have a replacement and the same then is said for the next club and so on. Unfortunately most transfers do not happens over night and despite a purchasing club meeting the selling price and the players wage demands etc transfers still break down (and generally from what i have seen it is bad advice from greedy agents) To make it clear the club i'm talking about is NOT Southampton but i use the scenario i know has unfolded at another club i have very good knowledge about. The person i talk about has good contacts within SFC and has told me we have been planning and working very hard since January to identify players for this season and beyond. They certainly havent been sitting on their arses but things are not always as easy as playing Football Manager!

you are boring and must be gutted another player is slipping through your fingers. Congratulations on last nights result by the way. It was a penalty everyday of the week!

Why do Everton fans find a need to join another clubs fans forum and post such utter shit. You really are clueless at this like the majority of your lot!

I applaud those amongst us that are going into tomorrows game confident we will get a win, I just wish i could feel so confident. With 2 weeks of the transfer window still open, and WS still unable to play the side he would really like to be his starting 11, and not knowing if he is going to keep our 2 most most talented players does not fill me with confidence. In another 2 weeks hopefully we have at least 3/4 new bodies through the doors that are creative and some of the dross has gone. I don't think anyone can say we have looked really good in our first 2 competitive games of the season. We had some good spells last Saturday against Wrexham but overall we were so flat. Things just got worse in the Cup game, we were absolutely appalling. We have been very very lucky to walk away from both of those games with 2 victories! 2 losses and no one could complain. I honestly believe Ipswich will be very up for it tomorrow and unless we are 110% the same they will beat us.

Well if for some reason he wasn't with his team watching Sunderland make them look like relegation candidates and he was in Southampton negotiating for Fernandez then his team just made his job all the more difficult today with that performance. West Ham will be even more desperate to make signings before the transfer window shuts so if they want Matty pay up or shut up!

I think both teams have started the season poorly as far as performances are concerned. We were awful against Wrexham for large parts and looked incapable of creating chances until the changes in the second half. We were absolute garbage against a Northampton side we should have easily beaten. I would normally say i don't fancy our chances of getting anything there based on our 2 opening games but Ipswich have been just as bad performance wise and continue to lose players. We should be taking advantage of their current situation, we certainly have the players on paper to get a positive result.

unfortunately not. The source is in the club and yes they would know about any transfer dealings going on. Said person thought that once the player in question is announced that i would be excited about it! For very obvious reasons no more questions were asked.

i do believe from what i have been told we have a new RB coming in on loan with an option to buy

we are poor, very disappointing start

good news Fernandez playing, shows he is not even remotely close to going anywhere!

watch this space, i believe a new RB is incoming on loan with an option to buy!

watch this space, i believe a new RB is incoming on loan with an option to buy!

Did the young Cameroon player Moursou feature tonight, i hear he's off to play in America!

So a snippet i've heard is we are getting another RB in (on loan). Don't ask who because i don't know. Judge me if this turns out to be correct. Another keeper coming in as competition. Although i would say we could all have guessed we would be getting in another keeper so i'm taking no credit for that snippet. All that was said is the keeper is not an automatic first choice but will provide real competition.

I could not disagree with you more. You do not know Tyler and what sort of person he is. He has not at any point point stamped his feet or had a hissy fit unlike Van Dyke. He is a very chilled laid back lad that loves the club and appreciates everything the club has done for him. He will knuckle down and give his all if he ends up still being here for the season.

Before people start slagging of Tyler and stating things they know nothing about the player i would just like to say from what i know of the lad he is a very quiet lad and not prone to being the type to "kick off", "down tools" or "sulk" his way through a season in the Championship. He has always been very respectful of Southampton and understands Southampton have put a price on him and they will let him leave if that is achieved.

My pet monkey is advising all Saints web forum members to kick up a fuss and try to force the sectioning of the attention seeking whore Lorenzo Jabota

we do not have to sell players to balance the books, i don't know why so many keep banging on about this. We are in a far better place to stand firm over our valuations and if the likes of Everton don't like it then quite frankly they can fuck off.

someone get out of the wrong side of the bed this morning did they?

I totally agree with this statement. What exactly was our track record against lower league sides in the Cup competitions last season!!! We are losing our best players and still have so much dross to shift with little quality left behind. I honestly think we could be off to a very bad start to the season.

Great win by our lads, lovely goal with quick moving and instant passing. Certainly didnt look like any move out of our first team squad play book!!