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Indeed. Very different once the season starts. Will be good to see JWP step up this year though presuming he isn't sold.

Sounds like a nice positive pre season game. Good stuff.

Cool.

Really not going to challenge any perceptions about the club being for sale.

Why are we getting a load of loans in?

Nope can't see that. One poster said he isn't his favourite player and another one called him a squad player. Other than that everyone said he is class and we would be mad to lose him.

Good debate mate.

Was that the case last season?

Eh? WTF you on about? Where on here does he get so much grief?

Good! Still cheaper than the player he is replacing.

Should we really be selling top players like Cork to our relegation rivals?

And would be a quality signing and saints will be worthy of congratulations.

Would hope this bloke is just padding for the squad and not in place of one of our targets.

Sounds like quite a good signing then. I would hope he isn't our only incoming cb though.

Yes. Tend not to watch West Ham though as they are awful.

Kruger has set his stall out and said judgement day is September 1. This to me means we need some really impressive signings for him to have any credibility. The likes of Rojo is a legitimately impressive signing and a player who is arguably too good for us so to get him would be a big coup.

Can't say I have seen much of Winston Reid. Any good? And if he is at West Ham would they want to sell?

Again, appears to be a downgrade on last year and not a very inspiring signing if true. Concerning.

Maybe my use of the word rubbish was too strong when I was initially disappointed at the calibre of player. How I feel is as I expressed in the previous post.

Any proof? No? I make an initial comment about most signings based on what I have seen and what I have read from others and having spoken to people. Tadic seems like a very good signing and Pelle I am unsure about. Bertrand doesn't seem like a great signing. Wanyama at the time seemed like a fantastic signing and I thought Lovren was a good one too. Also thought Ramirez was a great signing but have proven that maybe that is not the case there. Just because you would love me to slag off every signing saints make does not make it true. My opinion of Bertram is that it seems like a poor signing and I'm underwhelmed by an average signing considering our money in the bank and who he is replacing but I hope he does well.

TBF I think that is a reasonable view. I'm hopeful that our other signings will be a step up from the likes of Bertrand and then this signing may be ok.

Didn't look very managed to me when we lost Chambers.

No they don't. No one would have "moaned" as you put it had we signed Rojo (still might TBF.)

The only reason you said you couldn't be bothered is because you know it is untrue. Unless you can find proof of that nonsense claim then your point is irrelevant. Of course I hope he does well, it's a pointless thing to say because every single saints fan hopes that every single player does well for us.

Good post.