There when Franny scored

2.30

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/17/southampton-sign-cedric-soares-sporting-lisbon

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3126008/Southampton-unveil-Juanmi-snapping-Malaga-s-need-know-new-Saints-star.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Fair point. I don't think I'd have brought him on against City or Arsenal (although that said, still a better option than Mayuka), but Villa away he'd also have been useful. Presumably, Saints can't justify a player on those wages being used so sparingly, but therein lies the problem. The big teams do justify players like that in their squads.

When you have Mayuka and Hesketh off the bench to change the game and an off-form Mane stays on for 90 minutes when he looks desperately short on confidence you are left to wonder why we let Ramirez go on loan. He's probably the most divisive player in our recent history, but he has made telling contributions in the past albeit inconsistently. As I understand it he is deemed not to fit into our attacking style of play, but where we are seeming less productive in the final third (due to form, fatigue or other factors) it may be that a change of style later in games together with a change of (effective) personnel could prove fruitful? Even those who are ardent critics of Ramirez would surely rather have him off the bench that Mayuka? Or was it the case that Ramirez wanted a starting place (which seems strange as he hasn't started at Hull either)?

Rooney fit - http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/04/wayne-rooney-fit-manchester-united-southampton

Brilliant - thanks for that!

http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/southampton-agree-to-sale-for-just-4-8m-may-actually-get-less There doesn't seem to be any point in selling him for this price

Does his call-up make another part of the 16m transfer fee payable already?

http://www.footballfancast.com/football-news/southampton-prepare-yet-another-club-exit-as-sevilla-come-knocking Did Koeman ever say Ramirez wouldn't feature in his plans? I thought he said that he'd hoped to play him for longer against Millwall which doesn't reconcile?

A few Dutch sources linking Clasie again - http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/feyenoord/23002420/__Southampton_lonkt_naar_Clasie__.html http://www.fr-fans.nl/nieuws/clasie-weer-in-beeld-bij-southampton-13057/ http://www.ad.nl/ad/nl/11264/TransferTalk/article/detail/3724294/2014/08/25/-.dhtm

Enjoy the moment. The stance of 90% of this forum means that education for education's sake will never be appreciated. Great post by the way.

Very interesting. Obviously has good contacts in the game in the UK and his article is plausible. It just sounds like some of it is (educated) guess work.

The comment from "Saintgeorge" says it all. Why is this French reporter taking such an interest in us? Could he be working in tandem with an agent for a cut?

http://www.fcinternews.it/rassegna-stampa/ts-osvaldo-per-la-champions-intanto-schelotto-taider-e-campagnaro-sono-vicini-al-southampton-159331 According to this Osvaldo - Taider is done bar any last minute hitches. In addition Schelotto is talking to us about a loan move with a 5m euro buy option and we also have "feelers" out for Campagnaro. Wonder if the three players Koeman was talking about are all from the same club?

These two articles suggest the deal for Osvaldo - Taider is nearly done and the Schelotto deal is a separate negotiation. So we are in for both. http://www.goalcity.com/?area=home&sezione=news_esplosa&id_news=462082&titolo=Mazzarri+finalmente+avra%27+Osvaldo%3A+c%27e%27+l%27accordo+con+il+Southampton http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/serie-a/esclusiva-tmw-inter-incontro-a-milano-fra-ag-schelotto-e-vigorelli-579962

Hopefully this is nothing to do with Gaston not playing. It doesn't seem very substantive. Still think he could be a good player for us with the right management / system. http://www.insidefutbol.com/2014/07/31/sevilla-lodge-enquiry-with-southampton-over-gaston-ramirez/152902/

Retweeted by Joe Batchelor Ben Fisher ‏@benfisherJ ·45m · More Embed Tweet Mute @benfisherJUnmute @benfisherJBlock or Report 'Osvaldo done' reads front of Gazzetta dello Sport. Saphir Taider expected to come the other way on-loan. #saintsfc pic.twitter.com/bXTDVRtu15

The data doesn't seem to support this theory http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/may/01/premier-league-club-accounts-debt-wages#data

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28419258

Leonel Vangioni http://www.fcinternews.it/news/the-sun-vangioni-adesso-piace-al-southampton-157642

Followed by Simon Peach Chris Paraskevas ‏@Cparaskevas ·49m · More Embed Tweet Mute @CparaskevasUnmute @CparaskevasBlock or Report #Greece defender Jose Holebas has been rumoured to interest: St. Etienne, #Southampton, #Sivasspor. Had an excellent #WorldCup

http://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/nieuws/389634/-fc-twente-akkoord-met-southampton-bal-ligt-nu-bij-tadic-.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed Fee agreed apparently, but player undecided. Although he seems to think we are a beautiful club, presumably referring to the training facilities http://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/nieuws/389634/-fc-twente-akkoord-met-southampton-bal-ligt-nu-bij-tadic-.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/11313006._/?ref=mac

Interesting perspective from a Liverpool fan - http://anfieldbanter.blogspot.com/2014/07/southampton-is-laughing-all-way-to-bank.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AnfieldBanter+%28Anfield+Banter%29 Lallana Rodriguez Davis Ward-Prose Ramirez age 26 24 29 19 23 app (sub) 37(1) 30(3) 28(6) 16(18) 3(15) mins 3082 2561 2492 1616 526 goals 9 15 2 0 1 assists 6 3 7 2 3 chances 68 20 57 39 14 npg90 0.26 0.53 0.07 0 0.17 gcp90 0.44 0.63 0.32 0.11 0.69 ccp90 1.9 0.7 2.1 2.2 2.4 ap90 0.21 0.11 0.25 0.11 0.52 ccv 11.1 14.3 11.9 5 21.7 pass % 84.6 76.6 84.3 87.2 80.9 bp % 50.3 49 42.4 43.6 38.9 sacc % 41.4 31.7 21.8 35 23.8 shot % 18 14.9 6 0 4.8 TTI90 13.9 12.9 13.2 9.2 19.5 avg rk 2.9 3 3.1 3.3 2.6