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Yep exactly this. It's what happens all the time on here. You aren't allowed to have an opinion unless it is a positive one.

That is entirely my point, and yet somehow that is construed as writing someone off before I have seen them! Madness.

I am. This is an initial reaction. If following a signing everyone just said no comment until they had played a number of games then there would be no need for a forum. Are you seriously telling me you never have any opinion on a player we sign before you see them play for us?

I'm not negative I say it as I see it. If we had signed Gorkss and Rodrgiuez I would be extremely positive and saying how great it was. Also please try not link Dalek and I. He is a WUM and I would prefer not to be associated with him.

This is a saints related forum.

Turning down Gorkss because we have someone better only for that person to fail a medical is not great.

Twitter is not in any way definitive. Even if it is, turning down Gorkss because we have someone better only for that person to fail the medical is not great.

Could have been. Still not great either way.

Most often because I get hardly any replies to positivity and a torrent of abuse or ridicule for anything negative.

There is no rule about the amount of posts. I was either making a new point or replying to abuse or something someone has said.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?31989-Saints-Vs-Ipswich-First-Half-COYS-!!!&p=1119575#post1119575 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?31993-Ipswich-2-5-Southampton-post-match-fapping-session&p=1119879#post1119879 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?31993-Ipswich-2-5-Southampton-post-match-fapping-session&p=1119880#post1119880 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?32005-MOTM-V-Ipswich&p=1120160#post1120160 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?32007-Back-from-the-game-thread&p=1120348#post1120348 http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?32032-Tonight-s-Games&p=1121127#post1121127

No I didn't.

Because I just read the Bristol OS and the way it was written it appeared to be that way.

I'm not sure that Fox was a necessity because I do rate Harding. De Ridder seems quality although I did say in the main.

Of course it could be worse, but don't rest on your laurels is what I say. We have made such a fantastic start that it would really be a shame to see us missing out on fantastic targets which could cost us. Our great start makes it even more important IMO that we get the two signings we need in quickly and that they are of the required standard because we can really make a go of promotion this year.

I hope so. I will be one of the first on here saying what great signings we have made if we get in a real quality CB and striker. You can see how it looks though, that we have passed up quality with Gorkss and then tried to get a player in who has failed a medical. Lets hope whoever we get in is better than both options.

Seriously, just stick me on ignore if you want to keep on with the abuse, or maybe I won't respond to your posts if you don't respond to mine? Fair?

Either is not great TBH (and we don't know which one it is.)

According to that Latvian poster, we pulled out of the Gorkss deal at the last minute because we thought we had someone better. If that was Fontaine and he then failed a medical then it wasn't that we didn't want Gorkss.

No one said it did. In fact georgeweahcousin has admitted that he used twitter to gain his comment about 90% of fans

That's not what was reported. Source?

Well we put a bid in for Fontaine so he must have been high up the list. Don't forget the Jemal business either. It's one of two big weaknesses in our squad still to be addressed if we are serious about a good season and promotion. I have to say that Cork aside and since Adkins has arrived, I've seen a lot of speculation linking us with quality and in the main we have signed a lesser player (or no player at all!). I fully expect to get abuse because of that opinion but I have roundly applauded Adkins and Cortese for our start to the season and Adkins is changing my mind and maybe he can be the long term solution but I do have to question how we seem to be going about some of our transfer dealings. Agents on twitter saying we are difficult to deal with, rumours that the Cork deal was almost derailed when his agent was kicked out of the board room (although it is a coup to get him), being linked to numerous players last January only to end up with loans and Forte on a four year deal, being linked with quality defenders to have them turn us down or us pull out at the last minute and p*ss them off (Ward and Gorkss) and then being linked with quality proven strikers like Rodriguez, Ebanks Blake and Maynard only to end up with??? As I said, abuse will be forthcoming from the same faces but I believe it is a valid point worthy of discussion no matter how well we are doing on the pitch (something I am very pleased with the club for I will again emphasise.)

I realise that but it seems we have lost out on at least two targets for whatever reason (Jemal and Fontaine) and turned down another who seems very capable (Gorkss). We may be onto our fourth of fifth choice soon and that isn't great.

Seems even worse now that we seemingly pulled out of the Gorkss deal (according to Latvian poster on here) and the person we pulled out for turned us down! Dearie me.

So no Gorkss or Fontaine and still an area of weakness in the squad. Not great...