Saint Charlie

If he could be back in the lineup by start of Feb that wouldnt be too bad.

Massive blow to our chances of staying up.

Good news - a few weeks more accurate?

Starting tonight for Valenciennes. Interestingly he has also just got a French passport which must make any deal a bit easier: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercato365.com%2Finfos-clubs%2Fvalenciennes%2Fvalenciennes-c-sanchez-a-son-passeport-francais-946571.shtml

Another photo posted with Yoshida and Gaston in it.

Lambert was there, someone tweeted they had an autograph from him. Silence is deafening on AL to be honest.

But we need a winger more than a striker? A good wideman isn't judged by goal tally.

People do it anyway...if regulated in terms of numbers in the ground (which it would be) then whats the problem?

Thanks - apparantly he was injured, but hopefully should figure tonight.

Yeah not really a huge fan of his. Just doesnt seem that good.

Martin Petrov would be a good replacement for Lallana. Gary Alexander from Crawley would be a good backup for Rickie at a nominal fee, must be decent as he kept Jonno Quick out of the team at the Broadfield Stadium.

Even if we discussed the player internally and didn't take it further? Not every target makes the media - especially not all the ones you don't go for.

We should go for Martin Petrov - always rated him.

Yeah Guly is the best option that we have currently, as it would allow Ramirez to play in the middle. However, we could always play how we did when AL went off with Ramirez wide. There are a few options but he is massive loss no matter what. Huge blow.

When Ramirez plays its basically a 4-4-1-1 with Ramirez pushing up when we have the ball, back when we don't plus the same with AL and JP.

Indeed. Chaplow is not a Premier League player.

If he is out for the season I think I would rather have lost to Reading and AL be fine. Wonder when Saints will say? Far better to release the news now than close to the Sunderland game IMO.

I think he signed on a free for a club in Chile and then was loaned straight back to Valenciennes.

Who knows whether we looked at him? Impossible to say. One thing is for sure: I don't think Cortese would have been interested in signing a player who wanted a 3.5m release clause in the contract!

Sanchez is meant to be a good player but not sure we would be keeb on paying a fee for a player who was free in the summer?

Every team has a place in their squad for Jonno Quick. To suggest we would be docked points for playing him is beyond the pale and IMO deserves a ban, or infractions as a minimum.

What would you do? Its either going to be JR and lambert up front with Ramirez out left (where you don't get the best from him) or either Guly or JR on the left and Lambert up with Ramirez.

Yeah - if Ramirez has to play out there we totally lose the fluid attacking shape we have had when he has played off Lambert. Probably the best solution (although many wouldn't like it) is Guly in the LM role with Ramirez off Lambert.

Yeah the best would be some kind of ligament strain - 6 weeks out. Worst could be the season which would be terrible for us.

No chance Puncheon will leave in January - he becomes even more vital now Lallana could be out for a while.