Tommy Mulgrew

Or … Long-term replacement for Gentleman Jack. The sort of forward planning we can all support. Perhaps. At 6’5”, he is a commanding presence; I hope he is more mobile than Vestergaard - should not be too much to ask for.

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You really should not have used a highly selective quote from my earlier post to illustrate your anger, promoted by you in more than one post this week alone, that others are judging new signings too early. You quoted the first six words of one of my sentences, which continued as below. In the context of the rest of my post, any sensible reader could discern that I was being positive for him to improve on the form of his first two properly competitive games for us and that I hoped he would do so. This is a football forum and posters share their varied opinions. Thankfully we do not all have the same beliefs and ways of expressing them.

So far, he has yet to show that he is either better than Archer or more suitable for our preferred way of playing. Not impressed with him so far but, after several more games, I hope that I shall be. 🤞🤞🤞

He’s a first or second choice for most Championship clubs, IMO. We are unlikely to sign a third choice CF who is even as good as Archer, let alone better than him, again IMO. I thought that Mubama caused our CBs a lot of trouble last season when we played Stoke. I believe Tonda will help him thrive in our team and he should benefit greatly from the better service from both wings and from midfield than he got while at Stoke. I’d be surprised if we have three strikers better than Archer, Larin and Mubama after the transfer window closes. We then have to hope that Larin does not get a serious injury. 🤞 I agree with others that having BBD or DD as the third striker would consign us to another year in the Championship.

I trust no tongues were involved.

Here’s the link for you to bookmark: http://www.fawanews.sc/ It was very reliable last season.

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I think you should see a shrink, @ally_uk

Surely Blackburn will avoid relegation: they’ve got Ross Stewart to bang-in the goals every game of the Championship season.

According to Transfermarket, we paid £900,000 for Juan when his market value was £800,000, sold him for £900,000 when his market value was £2,500,000 and now his market value is £12,000,000. Didn't we do well? Anyway, a more Saintsy signing than buying Juan back from Goztepe would be Evan Ferguson, who is 21, and therefore young, hungry and guaranteed to improve, and, more importantly, injured and not expected to play for another month or two or evan three. Veritably, a perfect fit for us.

Goztepe seem to have seven CFs; perhaps we can have juan. 🤓

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We can be certain to buy him from them in January. 😉

Sacha Tavolieri reports that Nolan Galves has chosen West Bromwich Albion and a full agreement has been reached between WBA and the French defender. Galves will have a four-year contract. The deal is described as historic, as Galves becomes the first French defender playing in Ligue 2 to move directly to the Championship in the 21st century. 1h ago Ben Jacobs reports that Nolan Galves has agreed to join West Brom from Ligue 2 side Rodez, with a deal currently being finalised. West Brom signed the 23-year-old defender despite competition from multiple Championship suitors.

From Transferfeed.com: Nigerian striker Paul Onuachu, aged 32, is expected to leave Trabzonspor soon to join Fulham for a transfer fee expected to be between 25 and 30 million euros. This move occurs a few months after Trabzonspor had signed him from Wolfsberger for 5.5 million euros. Onuachu has 34 caps and 5 goals for Nigeria and has a contract with the Turkish club until June 30, 2028. His current market value is €6.00m, according to Transfermarkt. In July 2026, reports stated Trabzonspor's asking price was €30 million, and in June 2026, it was reported that the club rejected a €20 million offer from Al Ahli.

Probably the best striker in the world The cream of Southampton Reassuringly expensive Good things come to those who wait Some things get better given longer Out of the darkness comes light It’s what your right foot’s for Refreshes the parts other strikers cannot reach Stays sharp to the bottom of his boot This calls for a Downs The genuine article It’s got to be Downs Thank goodness for Downs Believe It’s a bit gorgeous Downs. Spot on Damion Downs. No nonsense That’s more than enough for now.

It might well work as a catchy phrase, as I recall from the dim and distant past: “Damion Downs works wonders”. Or maybe not.

Please explain how you know that. Thnx.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002z1lq/hunting-the-spycammers?at_mid=iFx6dBULnO&at_campaign=Hunting_The_Spycammers&at_medium=display_ad&at_campaign_type=owned&at_nation=NET&at_audience_id=SS&at_product=sounds&at_brand=m002z1lq&at_ptr_name=bbc&at_ptr_type=media&at_format=image&at_objective=consumption&at_link_title=Hunting_The_Spycammers&at_bbc_team=BBC

“What we've lack for years is that controlling central midfield player, a player that can dictate the tempo, do the simple things well, keep the ball moving etc. Michael Carrick was the nearest thing we've had to that in recent years and IMO should have been the first name on Englands team sheet in those days. We dont seem to like those sort of players when we have them they get labelled as boring, sideways & backwards type players because they're not spectacular, exciting players who score goals and create chance after chance.“ JWP innit?

Fawanews still works and last season you could watch all Championship matches on it.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/kylian-kouakou/profil/spieler/1108283 https://fminside.net/players/7-fm-26/2000288205-kylian-kouakou https://www.fff.fr/equipe-nationale/joueur/10830-kouakou-kylian/fiche.html https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe942460/kylian-kouakou/record-opponent/

Some ideas on potential signings in this article; a few we already know about and some that, to me, are new suggestions: https://www.attackingfootball.com/two-players-every-position-26-27-southampton/

Non-STANDing room only in my car, gio. 😉