Saint Fan CaM

Depends on your definition of success. If for example you mean produce great young footballers to sell to top 7 teams in the Prem for a big profit before they see out their 1st contract, then the answers going to be a resounding "yes".

This is lovely. It'll all come tumbling down if we're relegated, so let's hope someone in the club is working overtime on the little dilemna called the 1st team/squad.

Clasie?? Rojo???? Walcott??????? PMSL

I'm imagining a scene from the driest, dustiest part of the Gobi desert, with some tumbleweed blowing past. That's this thread.

I have once again wasted several minutes of my life reading trivia to find out we've signed nobody and the supposed targets include Rojo who IMO is unlikely to come to us. Superb. At least Bear occasionally gives me a laugh or two.

So on one hand we're struggling to stump up the cash for a 2nd choice keeper from Celtic, but it's perfectly feasible for us to sign one of the best young LB's in the World? Riiiight.

I guarantee that whoever we bring in (if anyone) will be met with a feeling of being somewhat underwhelmed by most of the posters here. What the club party line is and what will transpire will be...lets say different.

Pointless worrying about or debating JRods contract. He's not fit, can't play for us until probably November and anyway even if he signed it wouldn't be worth diddly squat if Pool or Spurs came in for him. He'd be off.

Too many Managers tried to play him with Lumpard. It never worked and hence largely they were both rubbish for England.

#itsnothappeningatallnow

May as well give every player a 1 year contract for all the ******* use they are now.

Less heard of the better frankly.

Guy I sit with has a son who coaches in the Academy and he has said that the club rate Targett higher than Shaw all round technically for their stage of development. It was Shaws physique that allowed him to shine early. I think we could be seeing the next big thing with this player once he beefs up and gets his chance.

Wow...6-0...we're all off to Europe!

Can't see it happening, but stranger things...

Agreed...if they were sat on his table perhaps?

Wouldn't surprise me if Clyne was off. He was making it clear at the awards event that he wanted away to a London club. Alledgedly.

Shaw - Bench

Lambert - Finished

Lallana - Changed

What was the question? Oh yeah, let's cash in on Cork...mmm, no.

Stunning intellect.

Got mine today. Was looking forward to a nice new pin, but instead got a book of made-up stories...must have been fictional accounts as they were all happy Saints fans! lol

Errr, why? This one (Ings) is not going to happen this side of ever...too much money for a player that would probably not improve us.

So we can sell Lallana and Shaw for big fees, but balk at paying that level when hunting for replacements? That sounds uncomfortably close to Lowe style management...buy 'em in cheap and hope they're good enough. So much for spending all the transfer fees on strengthening the squad...or was that a lie too?