S-Clarke

We kind of did this in the championship to a degree, spent loads of time and effort chasing ''massive names'' at that level (i.e maynard, jay rodriguez, hooper) and not getting them, and then not ending up with any new ST in the summer window....let's hope it's not the same again.

According to Nixon, he thinks we are being ''used'' by agents in order to tempt other clubs back in for Rameriz

Still got a feeling that they want to add some new players before releasing the numbers, therefore we need to make signings in the next 3 days...maybe wishful thinking though!

Yeh, was pretty sure it's all made up tbh. Not sure what to make of the Italian reporter stating what he did, that kind of makes me feel there's something in it.

I can't believe Spurs spent up to 17m on this guy. How to waste money.com

TBF you can't help but sit up and take notice at the twitter feed of a top Italian football reporter (Verified). He even says Cortese is meeting with Rameriez's agent and representatives. There's genuine interest by the looks of it, but I just feel we're wasting our time.

Well, the young Mexican kid is seen as a ''young'' hernandez, who is young anyway! He's only 17 or 18 I think, very young. Don't know that much more about him, but Arsenal tried to sign him last January. Ramierz is a signing that just won't happen, one of the top Uruguayan talents and wants big bucks. Inter, AC, Spurs, Arsenal, Liverpool have all been registered with an interest at some point. Plays anywhere in the front line, very quick and skillful. Likened to the same style of player as Kaka.

Heard #saintsfc are announcing the signings of Gaston Ramirez, Carlos Fierro and Yohan Benalouane tomorrow. Anymore for anymore? Dan Tiller ‏@realdantiller Probably shouldn't say this but #SaintsFC have press conference scheduled tomorrow to reveal signing of Carlos Fierro. Ade McKenzie ‏@AdeMcKenzie So, apparently a 'unexpected' signing is due at St. Mary's tomorrow. Good news if true but VERY sceptical.

I have an E at the end of my last name, makes a huge difference. Upper class and all that.

Weirdly getting more confident as it nears, no idea why, based on nothing at all.....Just got a hunch we'll go down fighting, we'll lose obviously, but a 2-1 or a 1-0.

Me...! (joking, wouldn't be around enough in the day to do anything). MLG, love him or hate him, would bring the forum into check...! Arizona is a good shout too, quite like him.

I think that's a fair assessment. CMS was never worth more than £2m. Billy Sharp - 1.5m, 24 goals last season. CMS - 3.5-4m - 12 goals. Excellent. I think he's a lower league centre forward, I wlays thought that about him. Lots of running around and waiting for the oppo to make mistakes, when the mistakes get less he's often quiet as he struggles to make things happen on his own. Very much like a certain Brett Ormerod. Players like Austin, Maynard etc were much better all round players than him.

Didn't see enough of him last year, but what little I did showed the quality he had. He looked just a level above the opposition when played, just better touch, awareness, movement. I think he's a PL player, I think he'll go down a storm.

Who is your source then?

He's a player versatile to play along the front 3 - Striker, left mid, AMC or Right. So absolutely perfect for the formation NA wants to play, so in that sense it's a no brainer. We want a statement signing though, Cortese wants ''sexy'' apparently. I would be absolutely staggered if we managed to sign this kid though, we're talking around 15/16 million and 50k+ p/w.......I cannot see him being offered that much by us. I just hope we're not wasting our time and there is actual intent to make this happen.

Cortese wants a huge statement signing, that's what I've been told anyway. I just hope we aren't putting all our eggs into one basket.

Yep, never mind! Still exciting seeing those boards though, shows that we really are back. Can't get bored seeing our name and then Barclays Premier League next to it, and being in all the trails for Super Sunday. Bring it on.

He may have been quick in his day, but I remember him being outpaced quite a few times for Spurs in the last year or 2. Injured a fair bit now too.

I didn't think he had the best game on Saturday, a bit sloppy with his touch and retention, but he was awesome against Ajax I thought, awesome enough to have their manager single him out for praise. Stop trying to find problems where there aren't any.

Where did you get quick from? Good player in his days, bags of experience. Wouldn't say no, but I just think he'll demand more than we're willing to pay.

Pretty much nailed it there, exactly spot on. There's isn't a great deal wrong at Saints as some like to make out, and it won't take much to improve things.

Dani Benitez is a player we've been tracking for a while isn't he? I swear we were linked last summer too.

On a side note, how good is it seeing a thread like this at the top of the forum, rather than ''Yeovil - Build up''. Come on - be excited, we're back!

Probably not past it yet, but he's on the decline. Doesn't strike me as the sort of player we're after in this day and age. And based on his showings at the Euro's, I'm not sure if he can do a consistent job at the top anymore.