Smirking_Saint

Top signing this, I said at the start if we get through this window without losing anyone and sign a partner for Romeu and an attacking midfielder it would be a good one. All good so far I think we'll see Clasie move on

Im not even going to bother reading that, but Id suggest Les has done a pretty sterling job so far against a player holding a gun to his head If he manages to get our asking price or more I literally cant see how he can come out of this with much, if any criticism

Its difficult as we obviously want to avoid any further players leaving, but obviously we are sitting on a player worth 70ish million. Saints really need to stand firm here if we want to keep our better players as this will happen, as we have seen, more and more. As much as Id love to see him rot in the ressies for the next year or so I think we need to stand firm and suggest that IF our asking price is met then we will talk, if not then he stays. 70m gets us a top AM and CB.

I cant see it happening at all, but he would be a perfect signing for a club like us IMO. He isnt good enough to start at anyone in the top 6 for me, except maybe for Everton who seem to be sticking to their guns as far as wages are concerned . I think we will see what drives him really, its a world cup year, if he has ambitions to break into the england set up he needs an influential year with plenty of game time, that means the likes of us, WHU, Leicester, stoke etc. If he ends up at Spurs to make up the numbers then its money motivated and ill be glad to not have a player who sees money over fulfilling a potential. If he has something to prove though then I'd pay to get him but not break the bank, wages around 100k shouldnt be too unachieveable for us, but I wouldn't break any wage structures. Theres a good good player in there for someone to coax out of him

Imagine having to remind everyone every other sentance that you were a big club, once.

I wouldnt bin either of them, Redmond had a decent season last year, he can be a bit hit and miss but its moving in the right direction. With a bit more consistency in his final balls and work on his decision making he'll be a real talent. Boufal has bags of talent in those feet, but has been the majority of miss more than hit. I think a lot of that is to do with the league he left though. He had enough time to go into the stands and finish an episode of GoT and still beat his man in ligue 1. I do have faith in him though. That doesnt mean you dont look to improve on what you have, if we do get Lamina over the line I cant see us 'bining' Davis, JWP or Hojberg, it just adds competition, options and depth.

Its a sizeable fee for a guy that only played a handful of games last year, although he is reportedly a decent player that didnt get the best rub of the green at Juve. Very athletic and technically decent, could be very much like morgan was for us. Hopefully if given consistent game time he could end up fulfilling his potential A CB and a proper replacement for Mane now and Ill be very happy

Hernandez was probably on a completely over the top wage to begin with, let alone what he must have asked for to rock up at West Ham. Im not saying that their transfer policy is poor, they have bought in the areas they are weak, just seems a bit pay top wages for some average players. Dembele is a talent, but he isnt going to want to pitch up at a side not in a European competition unless its at a premium. All that being said, striker is the last position we need to strengthen, so can we stop talking about Defoe, Dembele, bony, vardy, koller, bierhoff or any other striker thats ever kicked a ball until we plug the obvious gaps at CM(DM) and AM

This is pretty much where my head is at, and I think it needs to start with putting our foot bown over VVD, itll hurt, but that is the real statement of intent here. Id of said this was likely the season to improve the squad, keeping our better talents and adding to the squad in the form of one or two well placed individuals makes sense. And we clearly have money to spend, if needed. I however wouldnt want to see us spending money unnecessarily however. Thats the problem this window, prices are inflated due to the TV deals, but id suggest we need to get used to that, within reason. For instance; 24m for Arnautovic probably is a good deal in this window 50m for Sigurdsson, as useful as he is, is over the top. If we keep VVD id suggest signing a CM and AM of sufficient quality will be enough for most reasonable fans to be happy with. No ambition is not always summed up by the monetary value of transfers but its an obvious pointer as to the direction the board wishes to drive them club. Ambition is however, from a sporting perspective determined by a clubs resolve over keeping the better players and adding and improving quality. In short, we need to stand firm over VVD and Bertrand etc for all but the most outrageous of offers. And, if the opportunity arises add value to the squad by improving the first 11. This of course, isnt paying over the odds for an average CB (smalling/Maguire) or an ageing and greedy ST (Defoe).

In this market Id be happy enough to pay 30m provided that he replicated his form at Palace, that is if it wasnt for the fact that I think we need an AM or CM as more of a priority

It wouldnt have been an issue if we hadnt of messed about and tried to look into the legals rather than just paying the extra 5m required

Anyone with half an idea knew Alderweirelds quality

Why ? Everyone has money to spend this year and everyone looks ready to spend it. There is no reason why we cant sign one of an AM or CM at the least that is better than what we have currently

Pretty uninspiring Would be nice to actually improve on what we have now

We very much need a CB, CM and AM in my opinion, and realistically we need to look at improving what we already have. The teams in the immediate position of us are all improving, and we need to do the same. We have some good young up and coming quality however we also need to be ready for the here and now. The main problem this year is the abundance of money in the prem.

Plus entirely unnecessary, an aweful lot of money for what is essentially a goalscorer, although a very good one, when we already have Gabi and Austin. IMHO we need, potentially a CB and another AM to strengthen, but ultimately the side, as far as a first 11 looks strong enough, and hopefully Pellegrino can get the best out of it

As much as this is classical glasgow saint its hard to disagree here, Everton have got off of their arse and signed some good players here. Lukaku will however hurt them a lot, and they'll need more than Ramirez to fill that particular hole

Cant argue that he doesnt know where the goal is, but he is getting on a bit, wants a big pay check, and a long contract. Plus he is only really a goalscorer, has nothing else in his game, and we have two of them already

You could tell I wrote that in the middle of a 19 hour shift....

Im surprised that we haven't had a look at Ake if Im honest, looks a great little player, and probably a good deal at 20m to be honest. As for Begovic, he is solid enough. Both solid upgrades IMHO, certainly as much as they could hope for if Im honest.

They're in a pretty good position though, squad wise I can't see any obvious areas of improvement to be honest, so its literally just a case of trying to keep hold of their stars, of which I would imagine they have the power to for all but the most outrageous of offers.

I dont really know where my head is, hard to be excited about sacking a guy that did ok, but ultimately my heart says its the right choice. Plus, Id fall into a coma watching his tactics next year. Itll ultimately fall on our next appointment though, so lets hope it's successful I do need to question why we have to go through this crap every bloody year

He is a good little player with a fair amount of potential, pace abd trickery are hard to play against and replace, so Im glad he is with us. He has a few things to work on, he seemsto believe he can shoot, when it's obvious to everyone else he cant. With a bi more composure and coaching to pick the right choice he could become excellent

In all fairness, Id more than guarantee our forum would read much the same if this was us tapping up say a celtic player....

When you have Utd selling Ronaldo, who at the time where the biggest club in the world we have no chance