Smirking_Saint

Speaking of Redmond, Im surprised more stories of young Will Hughes interests havnt come up. Looks a real player him, not massively pacey but skillfull. Id still love us to grab Ince, I think its achievable too, we have the cash and his dad wants to ensure he is playing first team football at a decent club, we can offer that cant we ? Sinclair ? There are a lot of good options out there if you have the cash and ambition.

Ever ever Banega - He's gonna run himself over

Physical midfielder looked at by the top 4 at times. Reminds me of a younger Viera/Toure. Strong, athletic and decent on the ball. Top signing if true

Pretty much how I see things, whenever I have seen Banega he sits deep dictacting play but also mops stuff up at the back, much like cork does now but with a bit more class. Itll also allow Morgan a little bit more freedom in his marauding around the pitch. Not watched Wanyama much, he is big, strong, athletic but I do see Garretts assessment of him as being like Viera and Diame. And a little like Toure. Box to box player that can break up play and also help in attack, pure athlete. Id take either TBH On another note, De Bruyne and Affellay are looking to move. Also Tello isnt getting a lot of games at Barca (I know we enquired before) any of them would be brilliant signings

Right, Im basically gonna have to buy this tomorrow now

If he has anything about him he will just see it out and make Ashley sack him, he OWES them that much.....

Nor do I buy he was decent in champ, decent in scottish football, decent in CL and has a bit more about his game then just goals. As I said before, dependant on options he isnt worth the risk BUT at 5m or so I think its a decent gamble

Depends were we are aiming, will be a good mid table striker IMO

Fonte is a decent enough player I suppose. Hoovield will always look ok if you dont look at the whole game as he is the bruiser of the partnership. At times when he makes positional errors etc it will be his partner who picks up the pieces. He wont play this year, it wouldnt surprise me if he ended up at Reading etc

I must admit, I am not a massive expert on the french league, I thought he had a reasonable name for himself in previous years, there are definately a few younger players Id have a look at but as you say considering that Monaco or PSG hoover up or generally turn the heads of most of them its probably better looking elsewhere As per WHU, I thought they were racked with debt ? Plus S&G are hardly swimming in cash.

He isnt a footballer but unfortunately football in this country can accomodate a player such as him, he is big, strong, has a decent shot on him, isnt slow and is an absolute handful. I hate watching him play but by christ Id hate to play against him. Pretty much the reason that England played Heskey for so long is because of what he does, cause havoc. He is a better all round player than Emile, but no, he probably isnt worth 100k a week or the 30 and then 20 million fees paid for him

Thats what I mean, I actually think he is a decent player if used correctly, which WHU do But 100k a week is farking redicous

I cant see him going to WHU either tbh, the little money they do have is tied up in overpaying Carroll (who at 15m and 40k a week I would say is a decent signing) They seem to say they are in for everyo e in order to appease the fans

This cant be right, Saints only ever look at one transfer at a time ?! How can we persue Lovren AND Astori ?

This, as I said before though I reckon he has the ability to surprise and be a v good player in the prem. It all depends who has been lined up and whether it is a better option than a Hooper risk. FWIW with a TR in and his contract up next year he is probably available for between 5-7 mil. I see him going to someone like Hull, Stoke or even WHU and being v good.

So you comment on how I am up my own arse and then you agree with the comment that I made ? What I am saying BTW isnt rocket science, it isnt exactly opinion either but it is a process that I expect every International manager and their selecting committee makes based roughly on form but also system and getting the players to play together. Of course I would expect one or two players, in form, that shoukd make it in, but not many, and if you do so then IMO you will need to see longevity in an England call up. Cork in this respect would be perfect. The Lambert arguement is nonsensical to me, he had a decent season but certainly wasnt in form at the end of it, is possibly in the getting on a bit category, may not even be first choice for Saints next year and plays in an entirely different way to how Woy would want him to perform.

Thought he played v well up to that point, defensively and his distribution were spot on, that was a poor moment for him though I must admit. He had a shaky start to the season but as the sweeper of our two CBs (more often than not) he did a good job of reading the danger and dealing with it. Not the biggest bloke but dealt wirh arial balls well enough. It really didnt help him playing with Jos and occassionally Fox. Although Jos dort of improved moving forward when you watched closely there was plenty Jos missed that Maya tidied up. Would love to see Maya next to a solid cB to see how good he could be.

Maybe, probably, but not seen him play yet. Personally I think Maya is v underrated by the saints faithfull

Yoshida is the best CB we have

Who needs the other 3 when you have johnno quick ?

I find it quite funny how the c*nt has got his comeupance TBH, I have a deep rooted hate of pardew. Plus, there is a reason he is on a massive contract

Cheers bear, not sure whats making me more emotional, your acceptance or the thought of not having to change all the attributes on the editor everytime I dont work at st marys btw

I along with many of the staff at St Marys am very hopeful that he will sign, but keyword here is hopeful. It isnt a guarantee by any means. Just because he has stated intention it can still be taken to tribunal if he wanted to leave. Plus there has been plenty of interest in the boy, personally I dont see him as better than Bale at his age, they are different players, Shaw is more bridge than bale IMO but still a fee of 10m plus being loaned back would certainly be appealing if it were to look as though a tribunal fee was the only other option. Your not going to get them to wise up either, like all journos and in fact mist people with a few connections into the game (it wouldnt actually surprise me if you did yourself) we all hear snippets, rumours and things that may never get into the open air. Some of us say nothing, some will repeat it and others exagerate in order to make themselves more interesting. Ill let you work out which one is a more likely path for journalists

I see MLG doesnt leave his arguements over nothing purely to SWF, nice to see he is branching out

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