S-Clarke

The deal is off, but might still be on. By this afternoon the deadline is over, and it may be off again. but tomorrow morning I will tweet again as it may be on. But by the weekend it will be off again. but by the end of the transfer window it will be on again.

It's being assumed that we're at fault here, or we're being difficult, when it clearly isn't. We've offered them a fair deal IMO, a deal that other clubs would have offered them. We don't want to put ourselves at risk in a financial sense, so why pay more than we have at the mo? And also if we pay more up front, it could gobble up funds for a CB. Paying it over the duration of a contract is the sensible way of doing it, and I don't really know of any clubs (other than man city, chesea, madrid) who pay every single penny up front for a player. We're not quite that rich.

Weird one. He plays out wide as well as up front, so fits the type of player we're after. I'm not writing him off though. I stand by the fact that Blackburn was a nightmare to be part of, and any new additions wouldn't have too easy a job integrating into that mess. I think he's a decent player and with the right support around him could be a threat, but I must admit it's a step down from who we have been linked with. I think what may have happened is that press have got hold of one of our alternatives, and we probably have shed loads of alternatives.

To be honest, we had so many ''reported'' deadlines in the Rodriguez and Jack Cork details, so I don't think there are deadlines as such. He's such a massive player so if they do relax their demands then we're not going to say no. I imagine we've just made it clear we'll look at other targets, but the door will never slam shut on this completely.

Some money is better than no money at all - surely. Hence why this tactic is to try and weed a little more out of us, or get another club interested who can offer a bit more. So far, neither has happened and we're at stalemate. They'll realise this eventually.

Brinkmanship. All week we've had numerous tweets, but nothing has actually changed since the weekend. Weird transfer.

Nixon on twitter says we have a ''bizarre'' target he is trying to firm up. Not sure if that's bizarre in a good or bad way though.

Jack Cork, Jay Rodriguez. 2 Recent ones that swung both directions for weeks. I remember days when the Cork deal was off, as he was holding out for WHU. And even on the day he signed, there are leaks on twitter that he'd chosen Forest instead! Jay went back and forth as well. At one point our deal was off as Everton wanted him. We got both in the end though as they both realized that no one would better what we offered, and they were our number 1 targets so we never completely shut the door on them (ala Buttner).

Peter White ‏@peterwhite_1 I am just trying to present facts. I still think and hope deal goes through but no guarantees. Sure NC working overtime #saintsfc Expandite ‏@peterwhite_1 @jasmineedyer A very good source. I promise I don't make things up for effect #saintsfc

If it's the tweet I've found, just a random fan by the looks of it.

Peter White ‏@peterwhite_1 Ramirez deal definitely not dead yet, but could do with an early kiss of life tomorrow #saintsfc

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Still getting a lot of Ramirez tweets. As I said, led to believe deal to #SaintsFC is not off yet. Games are being played by all involved.

ah no - it's ice tea. I'm ITK on that.

This is actually a very good example of the current situation. http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11695/8009808/Sunderland-agree-Fletcher-deal They had 3 bids turned down. Wolves were adamant that a deal would not be agreed as they were ''keeping their best players''. Amazingly, as we get to the close of the window, they've agreed a fee, which is the same fee that they rejected a week or so ago. They've made their fans feel a little better though s it shows they've put a little fight up. Once they realise that a) they have a player who wants out, and b) they won't get a better off in the reaming few days....they accept.

This.

Err not always - he says some things I don't quite agree with sometimes! But he's objective, open minded and has perspective - which is a great deal more than you do. End of story.

lol.

If tdd is banned for saying it as it is, I will lose all faith in this forum

Remember all the apparent deadlines we gave Rodriguez and Jack Cork? When they realised that no one would better our deal they signed. This is the same case, but to do with a club rather than a player

Ah, missed that one.

So we're where we were 4 days ago, because that was the issue then as well. I will continue to stand by my belief that they'll realise it's the best they'll get, and sell.

Napoli cannot buy until they sell. They will need Cavani to leave before they have the cash to better, or equal, what we've offered. It's all games, it's getting quite tedious if I'm honest. Bolonga seem very amateur

Just let him make a tit of himself, quite funny watching afar. I remember his posts at the start of the Olympics. Along the lines of ''TeamGB might as well go home, what a disaster this is''. err yes. Day 2 I think that was. And then we obviously had the famous Ashes prediction, 2 days into it. ''Game over''. But we won it in the end. So you have to kind of raise your hopes when Alpine starts bombarding his negative drivel. Because that's all it is - drivel, based on nothing other than thin air.

I have absolutely no idea what any of that means.

As far as I know he has an Italian visa, which should avoid that complication.