hypochondriac

Good point. He was alright.

Even if he has the potential to, why take the risk for the sake of a few million quid whee potentially it could cost you many times that.

I hate prolonged sagas as we always miss out. Piroe and the bloke from celtic in recent times. The only one that we got over the line was Skacel and he was a pile of wank.

Considering a proposal isn't really agreeing to sign is it.

Fair enough. I wasn't certain he'd be good enough for them.

We should be doing whatever we can to get josh Brownhill by the way assuming he's up for being in the championship again.

Bollocks to that! Get the bloke in.

It's all relative. A much higher wage than stoke isn't a high wage for us with our resources. You'd be upgrading the squad and if we gain promotion at minimum you'd have an upgrade on our backup keeper or be pushing another keeper for a starting place and all for a fairly small outlay. It's not like someone is suggesting 15 million on a player we know isn't good enough. We absolutely should be getting in as strong a squad as we can this season without breaking the bank and then looking to upgrade as much as we can to try to stay in the division. Our main problem last summer was that we simply weren't ruthless enough. If we gain promotion then almost all players should be aware that they may be replaced at the very least in the starting eleven with survival being the aim.

It never seemed to bother the likes of David connolly or Tadanari Lee. No one at the moment is going to prefer to stay at stoke over saints given the choice.

"come sign for us on much higher wages with a chance of promotion and a chance to fight for your place in the prem".

Absolutely we should. Wouldn't cost much either it's a no brainier and then he can be backup keeper next year if we need one.

In truth we need alternatives to charles/Downes that isn't Smallbone And we need someone to compete with Fernandes if by some miracle he stays. I would say defence is sorted other than keeper and probably attack up front too so midfield is what we need.

Creative midfielder Decent winger with end product Goalkeeper Is what we need after Ramsdale leaves. Plus a CM too once Aribo goes.

Firstly that's not confirmed yet and secondly it will still be a substantial amount with a large loan fee that we are pushing for.

This. 1000% this. Let the top 20 keepers go to the prem and just sign the 21st best and be done with it. No reason at all that we shouldn't be looking for the best or near the best keeper in this league. Absolutely ridiculous that we'd risk things again by not bringing in the necessary experience in such a key area.

In all seriousness, should bednarek and Ramsdale happen that's going to be about £60 million from sales and we are told we are in a much healthier position this time than last relegation and with hefty wages off the bill. I'd like to see us start using some of this financial muscle to strengthen in the key positions in attacking areas.

No thanks. A young keeper with potential is the absute last thing we want or need to compete with Bazunu.

Please saints just sign a new keeper when Ramsdale goes. Even on loan would be OK. Don't leave us with Bazunu for the season again I don't think I could bear it.

I can't speak for others but I think the Tories in general are absolutely horrendous. It doesn't make Labour and their dumb decisions any better though.

There's no solution to bringing in more capital gains revenue?

That's a bit harsh. He barely played in the prem and looked better than many of our players when he did.

I don't know. I just get a feeling with him. He was a Martin man, wanted to leave us in January when Juric was here and I just get the impression he isn't particularly fussed about staying. I haven't seen any quotes like THB about putting things right this season. It wouldn't surprise me if he's off.

Good point...

It is a concern. It's going to be masses in and out again over the next month.

I wonder which of our centre backs are going to be leaving? Maybe wood and THB?