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S-Clarke

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  1. The obligatory youtube video:
  2. Fantastic CB, cost them £15m last year. None of their buys last year were much cop. (Down to management more than anything) If I was Spurs, I'd have kept him and shipped out Kaboul who I think is crap. But if we do Vlad, then that's a great start. Left sided as well, so a like for like with Lovren.
  3. I honestly don't believe Spurs have the money. They put all their money in their bucket last year and spent £100m (Soldado- 30m, Laemlla - 35m, Chaldi - £16m, Vlad - £15m and the list goes on). I cannot see them spending close to what we want (£27m) on a single player, not sure they're in a position to do this. I mean, they couldn't even buy Ben Davies without swapping a player. That's the tactic they will use this summer, rather than outright buys I think. That's why I believe he may stay, as we're not going to get what we want - so that's a positive at least. Who knows though, if Arsenal don't get one of their 2 top targets (Bender or Khedira) then they may well be back.... But I have a feeling that we've out priced Morgan and clubs are baulking on him a lot more than they did on Lovren or Shaw.
  4. Jos.
  5. Kat ''Well done Ralf, you appeased the fans for what was 30 minutes. That's more than we've had for months, so we are grateful for that. So, has Morgan kicked up a fuss and thrown a rant?'' Reed ''Yes, he has.'' Kat ''Excellent. Ok, so where are we with the bids? Les, if you want to re-open talks with Tottenham and we can get this one done. This is why I hired you Ralf, you have used your skills to allow us to make this transfer and avoid the backlash we were going to get'' Ralf 'Not a problem, I'm glad I can serve this Southampton FC. I had many opportunities to go back into High level coac...'' Kat 'Ok Ralf, you've told me that. Reed - Apparently we need to bring in some players? Why? We only need 11 to start the season don't we? I counted a squad of 20 just now. Reed 'But the players aren't very good, we will probably end up getting relegated and end up in the Championship.' Kat 'But would it cost me less if we were to end up there?'' Reed 'Probably, yes. But incomes full massively Kat.' Kat 'I've just secured my income for the next 3 years, I don't really care about that. Have you seen Nicola Cortese's corridor? I cannot move for the money, it's amazing. If we can go down to the Championship and it's cheaper for me to run the club, then this is our vision. Reed - put this into plan, we need to get to the Championship. Reed ''Umm, OK. I'll do my best.' Ralf ''Did I tell anyone that I wrote a book once? I was also a hocky coa........''
  6. I would believe it, but we've sold Lallana, Lovren, Chamers, Lambert, Shaw, Morgan and Rodriguez are kicking up a fuss and want to go. Whilst we are being linked with 35 year old squad Italian defenders and Scott Sinclair. Excuse me whilst I plan my away days in Croatia.
  7. He has done that, twice. He has even been offered the captaincy. But the club misjudged the situation for what is the 100000th time this summer, and instigated transfer talks anyway. And then pulled it.
  8. To be honest, believing anything the board say kind of ended in the Chambers sale statement. ''We are determined to keep our best young players at the club''. That was in the Chambers sale statement, yep, it actually was. Go Reed.
  9. How do we intend to get to Europe the hard way, if they've been given the green light to reinvest £91m by the way? That would suggest we're going to buy our way into Europe, which would be the easy way. Excuse me whilst I invalidate his waffle.
  10. I personally expect and believe we will sell one of Cork, Morgan or JWP by the end of the window.
  11. Can't say for sure at the mo, as we have no idea what the squad will look like! So a few alternatives... But as it stands, a long winded relegation battle - but ultimate survival. Lose Jay and Morgan....relegation by some distance. But keep both, build on the squad with the likes of Rojo, Ings, Forster and co...and we could have a chance of being mid-table.
  12. I'd take Rodwell, although stay well clear of Sinclair and Guidetti - both damaged goods. Did you see Sinclairs impact at WBA last year? Their fans say he was the worst player they've seen down there in a while. And Guidetti hasn't played for ages since having a virus which effected the nerves in his legs. Rodwell, not bad, the other 2 - stay the **** away!
  13. I reckon we'll end up seeing Rojo and Virgil. Think Vlaar, for his age, will end up being a little too expensive. Virgil will be the same price/a little cheaper and has 4-5 years on Vlaar. (potentially his international replacement too). I wouldn't expect the club to go for Vlaar if they feel they can get those two. If we do end up with Vlaar, it won't be too bad, but will end up being at the end of the window and have scary comparisons with the rushed through Wayne Thomas deal.
  14. To actually have the guts to talk of Europe, after you've just sold 5 of your first team players - potentially soon to be 7, is ridiculous. It was a statement to appease the fans, we will not get near Europe in the foreseeable future.
  15. They still don't have to sell him, the club aren't under any pressure to sell even if he submits a transfer request. The issue is that we then have a bad apple in the club, but if I was the club here I'd take the chance. I don't think they can even consider selling him now, as they will have then lost the plot and 99% of support.
  16. I believe he called Lallana a ****-beard, which was the final straw in his desire to leave. He's a bit too honest.
  17. Yep, let's just sell off our soul.... Maybe Bournemouth can come and use St Mary's every now and then if they want to?
  18. They forfeit all their player and loyalty bonuses. Something which Lallana simply refused to do.
  19. He sidestepped the questions on the long-term plan, and it was all very waffly. We'll find out after September One when they can speak more about the plan. Is that because they'll then work out if they're going to go the NPC first or not? I honestly don't think there is a long-term plan here, the statement has done nothing to reassure me - given Morgan's outburst. Ralf is here for one thing, to be wheeled out to talk to the masses when the gunshots start being fired. We'll probably hear from him again before September One, as we've missed out on all our targets he can say how good our young academy players are. And then everyone can lap that up as some sort of positive breakthrough as well.
  20. Oh trust me, I think NC is as much to blame as anyone - he fed them all lies as much as anyone else...HOWEVER...I cannot fail to see how this could have been handled by the board any worse than it has been. There seems to be a lack of understanding with regards to the situation and it simply spiralled out of control. We have no one of any experience to stop that, not even Koeman as the momentum is so strong. Not even Krusty and his statements do anything, 1 sale too late for me.
  21. Apparently a transfer request is ''imminent''.
  22. Still waiting to hear what this clear and defined strategy is tbh. Maybe we'll find out on SEPTEMBER ONE? #teamsaints #gosaints
  23. I think most people are happy with the stand the club have put down (but I simply believe that stand is because we didn't get the $$ we wanted, simple as that), but it clearly seems to be another abysmally handled situation. If it was just Lallana who wanted out, fair enough, but Chambers, Lovren, Morgan, Lallana, Shaw...all bar chambers demanding to leave as if staying is the worst thing ever. I think we need to find out what's so bad, as in isolation I don't think it's just the fact they're offered more $$$. We must be getting all players to polish Ralf and KL's shoes or something.
  24. Mayuka up top, Biablainy on the right, Ryan Smith on the left. Dream team her we come.
  25. Guan 2.0 did say (I think) that a potential 6th signing would depend on the quality of the 5th. So if we get Rojo, kind of covers off 2 positions and means we don't need that 6th (possibly Kolo, but only guessing)
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