S-Clarke

Jeez, what a dull forum this has become.

These articles are so similar to last year, just replace Damiao with Rameriz and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Reckon we've pulled out all the stops to get him. and NC's record on getting ''big'' signings (in our respective leagues) over the line is pretty good to say the least.

Napoli are a pretty impressive club, and probably the richest Italian club at the moment (although that's not saying a great deal!). Although I'd personally say that the Premier League as a whole will offer more of a pull than Serie A. It's not the league it once was, full of match fixing, drag sandals and the big clubs running out of money.

Probably, kind of felt this for a little while. Fair play to NC for sticking to his guns, but sometimes you just need to take off the chains. Ok, he wasn't a massively high profile link, but Jemal is a fair reflection of how NC possibly reacts to having to pay additional cuts/% to other parties etc.

Had a pretty solid Olympics in the summer and a terrific season for Bologna prior to that. Don't think he was massively unproven in that sense, I think he's probably the biggest signing we've made in the modern era. Well, he is if you look at just transfer fee. I had a look through the goal montage earlier, and if you want a showcase of Ramirez class, then you just need to have a quick glance through it. If he can start doing some of that stuff regularly next year then we will be flying. I've been one of the ones seriously frustrated by him, mainly because I know he's capable of much more on a consistent basis.

Very true, if you want the big players everyone else wants....then you need to pay lots of different people a nice little cut. Welcome to the modern world of football. No more signing the likes of Richardson and Chaplow!

Not sure what question marks Ramirez has over him at the time? He was courted by big clubs all summer, yet we came from nowhere and snared him. He had a bit of an up and down season, and frustrated the hell out of me at times, however he has undoubted quality. He just needs to learn and start making the right calls when it matters.

lol, jeez.

Absolutely spot on. The internet has fueled the demand for non-stop updates and news. That's why it makes me laugh when you see the likes of Alpine hyperventilating because Cardiff have been linked with 4 players, but we've only been linked with 3. What are we doing, why are we sat on our arses etc etc etc.

And there in lies the source of modern day impatience from forum posters.....

A lot of panic over nothing really. If signings were straightforward then the football columns in the papers become meaningless. I think people read way too much into the comments MP said about the 1st of July etc.

He was player of the year at De Graafschap when we signed him, and to be fair was very highly thought of over there. And you can't really judge a winger on goals scored.

At the end of the day, this is the risk with foreign ownership of sorts. We have no say, we can't change what they want to do, they do what they want with our club. The fact is that they're doing a damn fine job of running the show at the moment, are proving to be ambitious and are investing into the team and infrastructure. It would be slightly different if they weren't doing any of that, but changing everything willy nilly. This is sometimes the sacrifice you take when you get taken over by foreign ownership. I think the question you all need to ask yourself is.........Would you rather be stuck languishing in L1 or the Championship with no investment, or back in the PL with a real ambition and opportunity to push forward - but with a red kit....? Pretty simple answer for me. I want my club to be as successful as it can be with owners who share that ambition.

I didn't really care, didn't really register to me as I don't support Cardiff. Have we changed our colours? No, not really.

True thorpie. Stripes or no stripes, we all still share one thing in common - we support this club.

It's a flaming kit for christ sake. They wear it for 90mins every week. If people pay £50 it's up to them, it's not compulsory to buy it. What on earth is the big deal? I don't get it. People getting worked up over the colour of a top doesn't quite register to me. Sod it then, let's go back to L1, maybe L2, but at least we'll have our stripes.

Hundreds according to the echo.

http://www.gianlucadimarzio.com/calciomercato/leandro-damiao-offerta-del-southampton-i-dettagli/ http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/europa/southampton-20mln-per-damiao-summit-nei-prossimi-giorni-461167 These were the sources the Gaston deal originated from last year, completely out of the blue - as with this. Let's see how this runs.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/06/29/what-does-it-say-when-leandro-damiao-may-snub-spurs-for-southampton-3861554/

If I wanted to, I could edit that page to say he's signed for Acrington Stanley.

He would easily go for that sort of money. How many caps did Jordan Henderson have for England, before he was shifted for 18m?

lol 12m, brilliant. try swapping the numbers around, and you'd still even be slightly short.

We've been linked with him for a few weeks. Plays as a winger for Fenerbache, originally a Chelsea youngster, but they sold him off. He's turned into a pretty decent player to say the least. Would probably cost us between 6-10m.

Probably. Just hope we're not wasting time on players who'd never want to join us. Credit the ambition, but feel we're wasting our time on this one.