Badger

So that could be us and Ipswich looking for a new CF. Wonder who’ll be more likely to identify their target and complete a deal first …

Why, due to a medical ? Probably pass ours though. Not that I’m pushing for us to sign him.

As long as it doesn’t sound like one.

The £ on Archer and Fernandes would probably have been enough for a deal on O’Riley if he was a main target. Again, we put too much emphasis on buying potential, rather than the here and now. As you say, we can only hope Fernandes delivers quickly, a tall order for a young player in a new country. But even if he creates chances we’re still lacking someone (with a record) to finish them.

With us looking to eek out a limited budget it makes the £15m on Archer the more surprising. Miovski went for £4.5m , at that level probably worth the risk. £15m on a player with Archer’s record is a greater risk. Shame about Clarke, as that looked affordable.

This has to be the aim, to build up to that level of transfer. I think they’ve signed four players for in excess of £30m this summer. Credit how they’ve got there remembering they were at the Withdean when we played them in L1. As HarvSFC refers to we can hope we increase our transfer levels over a season or so. But one things for sure we won’t if we continue to buy sacks of shit that we then struggle to offload (and break even on).

They also signed Lyanco before getting rid. Not sure their judgement can be relied on.

Just hope they(and a few others) find it a damn sight harder than we do.

Wonder if Feyenoord will consider mandatory- subject to number of appearances/injuries etc . Doubt it somehow.

Wonder if Clarke was an option if we’d been able to move on Sulemana. Shame that hasn’t been possible. Of their signings, I’d have liked us to sign Greaves, but with THB signing that wasn’t going to happen. Be interesting to compare their progress and see which if either make the step up to the full England squad. Going on some earlier reports it seems Delap was ahead of Archer in our target list for a striker.

The idea of success for them has changed though. Last couple of seasons success has been finishing top two, possibly third. Now they just have to finish above three others

Wonder if he’ll want to come back at the end of the season if he plays regularly there. Just hope it isn’t a Tella situation of clubs also changing places.

Should read .... Bijlow, for me is the better fit. Ball playing keeper and often injured . Thinks he ticks two of our critical boxes.

If that was at West Ham then I thought their GK pushed it onto the bar.

With news of the link to the Feryenoord GK I'm half expecting The Sun to run with a headline of 'Russell Martin seeks a Bijlow Job' , labelled 'exclusive' , and reference to his relationship status etc.

You might want to be careful about some of your friends

Not as good as the Luton GK last weekend though. Bloke has a long way to go.

Concerning…. But that’s possibly why he’s available to us and affordable (remains to be seen).

So continuing the policy of one out, one in, she is probably a replacement for Mara’s mum. Possibly an upgrade in view of age. Well done Saints, get the deal done.

Possibly, but aren’t we already well stocked on the left hand side for FB, or WB ? I’d have been content with Targett when his name was first mooted on here, but as things stand it’s not a position to prioritise with limited money and time. (Seem to remember Targett was a good crosser of the ball. Not that we’d make use of that skill of course).

Interesting, thanks. But from what I’ve read I thought Fernandes provided a bit more attacking threat. Would certainly welcome another Schneiderlin though.

None of which would make him the signing that we currently need though.

Could be a good move for him. They looked like they play a similar sort of game to us playing it out from the back from what we saw at the friendly.

But he was young, and guaranteed to improve. Will it make us more cautious in these transfers ? Doubt it.

Christ on a bike, what does this mean? Sorry, I’m an old fart. I understand the distinction between a “6” (for me a defensive midfielder) and “10” (perhaps the attacking mf), but isn’t it splitting hairs between an 8 and 10 ? For me though the 6 should be a central defender ( a Gabriel or Steele) although that’s negotiable. The 8 though is, and always will be, Channon running at defences.