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Get the small fry out the way early doors eh?

Lots of F5 going on today then?! I think we'll see two more in - hopefully Gaston will be one of 'em, but still won't believe it until I see him holding a Saints shirt. It's going to attract a lot of media attention I would imagine - huge signing for Saints.

Crikey thanks - I hadn't noticed that change!

The article or the information within the article? Either way, it's nothing new.

Biglia and Ramirez would be a fantastic signings alone, but Fontas too would be stunning for us IMO. Can't quite bring myself to believe it will happen. Guly and some form of disciplinary will be one thing, but I cannot see Sharp going anywhere as I reckon Mayuka and Ramirez will be working as wide forwards.

Banana and skin come to mind.

Can't stand this kind of commentary - pure biased rubbish for the sake of causing a little stir, based on information he picked up...err, somewhen, but he can't quite remember when and who from.

Doubt it will be moved to the Sunday unless the Tues 27th game against Norwich is moved too.

What is Twitter?

Great signing and just what NA wanted I would imagine.

OMG! It's Berbatov!

As others have said, it's not a case of 'giving up' as such. It's quite clear that CB has been a significant area for improvement since before the end of the Championship season, let alone now the quality of strikers is so much greater. Simple fact is Fonte and Fox (even possibly Jos) think and act too slow for this league and at best should be 2nd choice players.

Kelv is perfectly capable, he just needs a solid and reliable defensive unit in front of him. He provided as many match winning saves last season as Lambert produced match winning goals FFS.

He's not - he's hiding in Cortese's bush. HTH.

Yep, this one's really gonna fly...

Got a nasty feeling Mr Ramirez has had a last minute change of heart.

Would like to see more flags at home games.

We're gonna get another lesson I'm afraid as we're not up to the pace yet, that is unless we get to play 1-2 of the new wide forwards and JayRod sits it out. RVP will show some class. 0-3 to the Mancs I suspect. We're not the Saints of old - sometimes that's very good, however we're not ManUre's bogey team anymore.

Just can't see us crossing the line with anymore than Ramirez and a defender to be honest - just too close to the wire to close more deals surely?

Can't see this happening - we've got all the midfielders we could ever need.

I don't think Spiderman is going to be a first choice with the 4-3-3 we've adopted - Davis, Lallana and SWP are more likely. I agree Fox is 1st choice if we don't sign another LB - Shaw will not be ready this season.

Maybe you're right, however that was not my point. Do you think that replacing nearly half the first team is evolution or revolution? It's not a difficult question and there's no judgement in terms of right or wrong - just interested in considering the definition and consequences, not just for Saints but for any promoted team.

A real disappointment - I don't think he was given enough of a decent opportunity to show consistency in the team. He certainly gave defences something to think about instead of watching us fanny around with the ball in the final third taking one too many passes. As good a player as Guly IMO and look how much game time he's had. However, having said all that, I am reasonably confident that if he had shown more in training in terms of fitness etc, he would have featured more as a starter.

I think most supporters and commentators were of the opinion that we needed to improve the squad. It looks like finally we could be seeing this happen, however it strikes me that NA's previous mantra about "evolution not revolution" was perhaps a bit premature. The new 'starting 11' players could total eight if the rumours all come true...i.e. Defence: Clyne + a CB? + a LB? Midfield: Davis + new central midfielder? Strikers: JayRod + Ramirez + Another? First choice players from promotion team : KD, JH, AL, Lambert With the new faces being talked about it seems to me that the team will potentially see quite a revolution actually and it got me thinking then about how the spirit in the dressing room might be holding out in light of this. Hopefully, there's enough about NA and his backroom staff to keep the squad positive. Comments?

Reckon our interest in this guy was superficial to keep the Ramirez deal on the boil and finished quick.