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Read the article, not sure I agree with much of it. Clearly a biased view, which doesn't read well. couple of points: 1- it's very arrogant to quote Saints have "nothing to fear" of Palace. They are a good side, with good players and have strengthened over the summer. They knocked us out hte cup last year. They may not be be able to challenge for the CL but they have every chance doing well this year and beating us. Very silly comment. 2- Whilst it's agreeable that Shaqiri " is someone who failed to make the grade at two big-name clubs and has twice been moved on" - there's a lot more to it than that. Firstly, as someone who watches German football quite intently, I wouldn't say he failed at Bayern. It got to a stage where he needed first team football and he wasn't going to get it a Bayern. No harm at all in being 4th choice wide player behind Robben, Ribery and Mueller. The move to Inter didn't work out for him, but not all players click at some clubs. He's a good player and, a bit like your assessment of Palace, shouldn't be dismissed lightly. Secondly, you mock Stoke for signing someone who "failed to make the grade at two big-name clubs and has twice been moved on" yet Saints have just signed Romeu, a player who has also failed to make the grade at two big-name clubs and has now been moved on. 3- According to trusted sources there is no option to buy Caulker at the end of his loan deal. ( ) 4 - You claim that Joselu (at Stoke) is "less prolific than Juanmi" yet if we compare the goal scoring records of them both, it's the other way around. Last season Juanmi scored 8 goals in 38 games (1 goal every 4.75 games) and has a career record of 20 goals in 108 games (1 goal every 5.4 games) Joselu scored 10 goals in 32 games (1 goal every 3.2 games) last season and has career figures of 76 goals in 208 games (1 goal every 2.73 games). Joselu's career record is almost twice as good as Juanmi's. In conclusion, I found the article amateurish. It's littered with mistakes and gives off the impression that "he plays for Saints so he must be better than anyone else". I appreciate it should be about Saints, but it seems more of a summary of the #Saintsfc timeline rather than a balanced view.

He can practice that after learning to catch and save.

On the subject of hospitality, has anyone used the "Saints Bar" hospitality package? is this not a re-named "Dell Bar"?

It's more of a concern than not. I can see him going there.

€16m for a reserve player.

They could have only offered us 1,250 as a minimum. It's not that much of an increase

They didn't offer us lower. It's just over 5% - the minimum they can give us under Europa League legislation. Not their fault at all.

link?

This is internet stalking on the Saint-Armstrong level. Slightly underwhelmed by this signing if true.

Top 4 Man Utd Chelsea Arsenal City Saints 12th Relegated Bournemouth Norwich Villa Top Scorer: Mane, followed by J-rod. Player of the season: Wanyama Signing of the season: Soares Biggest Disappointment: Pelle First manager to be sacked: Rogers/Flores FA Cup: 3rd Round League Cup: 1/4 Finals Europa League: 1/4 Finals

I see he's met JWP's PR/Media consultant already...

https://twitter.com/ConnorArmstrong/status/621424911022718976 "Journalist"

ooh wannabe ITK/close-to-the-club "journalists" in twitter debate.

What's the rush over the announcement?

#ThankYouRupert #RupertLoweFootballGenius

Alex Crook in disguise?

My point in case. Crook is certainly an appropriate last name!

Hard to get excited over a tweet from Alex Crook..

Not much learned, apart from we desperately need a new CB and midfielder. Gardos has to be up there with Darren Powell and Ollie Lancashire as one of the worst centre backs we've had in the past 10 years. Black box mustn't have been working the day we signed him!

He's supposedly off to West Ham. Only seen a bit of him when he was at Torino. Not particularly impressive, always felt he had a mistake in him and his pace gets him out of trouble a lot.

If you are getting the train DO NOT head back to Wembley Park tube station - it'll take you forever. Last time I visited for the NFL I got on an overground train at Wembley Station overground, was back in Marylebone 20 minutes after kick-off

Who? He re-tweets everything. Alex Crook Jnr

If we were that interested, why did we wait until the 11th hour to submit a bid knowing we run the risk of losing him or paying more. People can blame TA/AM/Spurs all they want, we messed up.

It's common sense. It's been widely reported we had an agreement in the deal over the permanent signing of TA. However, football, as in most walks of life, follows contract law. Even if we meet the agreed value, we don't automatically get TA. There needs to be an agreement between the 3 parties involved. Player registration cannot simply transfer from one club to another. As quoted: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/02/southampton-sign-sadio-man-toby-alderweireld

No I haven't seen it. But like all football transfers, there has to be an agreement between the buying club and both the selling club + player before a transfer can happen. No deal will ever be "pay us £x and we'll just transfer the registration to you as the player needs to agree a contract of employment with said new club. For example, Messi has a buy-out clause of over £200m. Let's say Saints meet this clause, we don't automatically get Messi - we need to agree a deal with him. If Messi doesn't want to come he's not our player. What I'm trying to say is: 1) do we know Saints have actually met the agreed amount? We know there has been a bid but no idea if we have met it as far as I am aware. (Stand to be corrected if someone can provide evidence). 2) even if we have met the clause, as above, Toby needs to agree a deal with us. My gut feeling is that he is holding out for another move, despite what he quoted at the end of last season.