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That also sounds like our relationship with Palace is pretty strong, buttering them up for Zaha next????? I reckon that's why we're trying to keep on their good side, alot of clubs would have just let this go down the tribunal route...but we have more business we want to do.

VI in Holland are reporting this morning that the Büttner deal is set to go ahead- with both parties having "done water to wine". #SaintsFC

Adkins seemed to suggest we'd try and get 2 new keepers.

#Gills keeper Paulo Gazzaniga is believed to have stayed back in the UK whilst the squad has gone to France" #saintsfc right thread this time.

Don't see the problem with this, he was one of our liveliest players in the first game anyway. He'll do a job next year, whether some like it or not.

We're living in 2012, the game will go ahead.

There's a massive thread just below this one.

To be honest, i doubt it - going by the demand on launch day. It will be one of our best selling home kits in the last 3 years, and they will make a fair $$ from it.

Starting to feel this one has gone. Hence the ramped up interest in Clyne, who can also play either side at full back.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/view/262084/Southampton-sign-Crystal-Palace-defender-Nathaniel-Clyne/

He's bang on with everything he says. When he says something is happening, it happens. Bar a couple of late team changes, he's never been wrong.

We can't as far as I know. It's a full season loan without a recall

Done deal it is then

Any reason?

Exactly this, how certain people will react to the inevitable frequent defeats will be interesting. I think we all know a certain individual who will be chomping at the bit with his normal foresight and perspective.

Whereas if they had not stated the obvious, and had gone to name more obscure midfield targets, many more people would have been in a right panic because ''WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUY DEFENDERS'' etc. Stating the obvious will allow some of our posters to sleep better at night.

All this bloody obsession over ''premier league experience'' is doing my head in. If you're good enough, then you can play in the premier league. Swansea and Norwich had very little premier league expertise, whereas on the other hand QPR had it at the bucket load. Premier league experience isn't the be all and end all, having a bunch of talented young players who are ambitious and together is more important than premier league experience, and that's what we have. We'll be ok, don't waste your time panicking over silly things like this.

But that was more down to the opposing managers tactical ineptness than anything, why put your smallest player and a full back on the back post? Insane.

fair enough, I was reading their other forums tbh which included the crap about us not being good enough etc.

Not sure we need 2 goalies, but possibly. RB, CB, LB and RM - spot on. We look close to sorting out the RB and LB slots, CB is in the pipleline and I'd imagine we'll sign 2 new CB's. I bet you we'll also sign Zaha as an option on RM.

''i thought he'd go somewhere better'' ''Southampton! Why bother moving'' ''I thought bigger clubs would be in for him" etc.

To be fair, I'd need the toilet under my seat at St Mary's if Fox was played as a CB in the PL!

25 imo.

Oh yeh - we'll have the championship select soon enough! Our signings seem to be based on a long-period of scouting, as we've been linked to Clyne for 18 month's/2 years now. Same was the case with Jay Rodriguez, and Tadannari Lee - I expect we've looked at Butner for a long time too. It's just refreshing to see us buying genuinely good players who are better than what we have after a long period of checking them out, not players that just add to the squad and are signed on the back of little work. Man Utd wanted Clyne not so long ago, that was a very valid interest too, so we've pulled off a good one here if it all goes through.