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That’s true as Lumley has gone, although I think Solak is talking about buys that don’t require sales first. It may signal good news in that we don’t need to sell Rambo (unlikely) or conversely bad news that Baz is back as no.1 (likely).

Tyler and Kameldeen were playing on their respective wings and didn’t get their heads up enough to see a pass. Happened countless times. Neither showed enough to demonstrate their abilities, albeit in the EPL. They were not the only culprits mind. It’s not helpful IMO to try to gloss over how shit that team really were at that level. It remains to be seen whether they’re capable in the Championship under a better manager/system.

Can’t argue with that, although I think Stewart would be an ok player to hold in reserve.

Eh? I’d keep off those mushrooms if I were you pal.

He was certainly not all that in the EPL I would agree, but I’m sort of keen to know if the EFL with Still training him might unlock his potential. If only he and Dibling were not so keen on trying to beat 5 players to score a Worldy we might have had a better GD last season.

Never believe anything you read on internet right? 😉

Lord Duckhunter - he brings so much to the debate. 🙄😂

It’s a component, yes, however there are some posters I’d classify as ‘good’ who have never created a post to best of my knowledge. For the sake of clarity, my starting point for ‘good’ is - ‘understands others have differing views and can argue their own point in a respectful way’.

There’s a chance there’s few to no rumours is because there’s not a lot of transfer business going on. Why? There’s not a lot of call for players coming from the 2nd worst team in EPL history and even if there is, we’ve over-priced the players that are available. And with no sales (yet), any purchases/loans are delayed. Maybe.

Could be Armstrong, but I reckon it’s more likely to be either Fraser, Larios and/or even ABK?!? 😳

That maybe a function of the topic you’ve chosen to open a thread about, rather than ‘the goodness’ of you yourself - there’s a distinction. Not saying you’re not a popular poster, but that’s not the same as being ‘good’ in the eyes of some. For example, while good natured banter can be fun, the relentless on-line bullying dished out here on occasion is tiresome if not irritating and certainly not what I’d classify as ‘good’.

How would £10m for Sulemana yield a profit?

Yeah, I’d agree he’s not exactly set the World alight but I do wonder after the experience of many games and a pre-season with Still, he might start to actually find his way.

We got promoted because Baz got injured and we had a marginally better keeper for a good proportion of the season. Add to that the injury to his already floppy wrists and the dire games he’s had since his return from injury and it’s not hard to believe he’d be a disaster. Best not to live in the past - everything’s moved on and if Rambo goes we need a new, equally as good keeper. That’s not Bazunu.

Not for £10m - think we’d take £18m with a decent sell-on, which is still a big hit and miles from their valuation. Trouble is we got royally shafted on the original deal and £10m is nearer his true value. The thing is, would that £18m allow us to purchase a better player at Championship level? I’m not convinced.

To be honest I couldn’t give a monkeys toss whether the club saves money getting rid of the high earners - I just want the quality of the overall squad to improve substantially beyond the shitshow we witnessed last season. As a supporter it’s not in my gift to affect the salaries of individual players, so I don’t concern myself with that. If a player is the top earner and gash then I want rid or conversely if the worse player is on a low wage I want rid of said player. Having said that, if Fraser is on £40k/week that is a big indication of how broken the club has been managerially.

Sweet Mother Mary…I’ve lost far too many seconds of my life scanning through that load of toss. 😒

This guy is THE man. Yup, the REAL deal. No mistake - this means promotion is nailed on.

Got news for you - that scenario is not going to happen at any time this window. 😂

Not sure it’s overstating homesickness as such. I do think however that trying to second guess a young persons general mental state is impossible if you don’t know them intimately and somewhat fruitless. If the lad wants to stay with us then he will, providing the contract offered is of sufficient worth - if it’s not then it will be a decision only him and his parents will be able to fathom at the time with all the available options in front of them. As others have stated, there’s a lot of window to go to accumulate those options, one of which might be waiting to see if Saints will retain other decent players such as Fernandes etc.

I should add that the one ex-poster that often made me laugh out loud was The Bear (or was it just Bear?), so for comedic value he/she/they gets my vote.

Meh…

He’s being somewhat premature yes, however the clock is ticking…the next two weeks are extremely important and indicative of whether Still will be supported properly by SR or the worst of last seasons crop of misfits are deemed good enough to mount some kind of challenge. I don’t blame anyone feeling doubtful that there’ll be the necessary squad improvements - SR have previous.

Right, you’re a giver not a taker. Got it. So in the unlikely event that we socialised you’d have no hesitation buying me a beer - I like that. 😉

That may be, but it doesn’t answer the question. Your statement means you have defined what a ‘good poster’ is, at least for yourself. What does that look like? Do you consider yourself a good poster for example? I’m genuinely interested in understanding your perspective.