beatlesaint

CM, CB, RB and a Lambert type player would be the 3 or 4 he is talking about then, presuming he keeps Papa and/or Antonio.

Well thats Connolly down as one he is keeping then - only 5 more to guess at !

What happened to Rickie ? Injured ?

In fairness we hardly had a team then. That was, in effect, one of our pre-season games at the start of the season. We lost it in the first 10 matches, the little blip when the new players were settling in during January didnt help but that was always going to happen when you bring more than one or two players into a team.

If Thomas would accept reduced wages I would be inclined to keep him, especially if Perry does go.

I come from niether Bournemouth or Southampton but live in Bournemouth (only through marriage). And I'm sorry Damen, it is a dump. Give me Southampton any day of the week. If you think its a nicer town I suggest you wander around Bournemouth town centre on your own one night and see how lovely it is then. I felt safer walking the streets of New York City than I did Old Christchurch Road !!

Unless you are hoping to get 50p for Antony Pulis I reckon you are in the wrong forum

Sat next to his Dad at a Cup game at St Marys at the start of the season and he said Wade was offered to Saints a few years ago by his agent. They were very interested until Lowe was told it would cost £1 million to get him here, then the interest vanished !! He said that if he did come back this way to play it would more likely be as a player/coach role helping out his old mate Eddie Howe at Bournemouth.

Antonio has said that he would be more than happy to stay here. Read the article on the OS for confirmation. It is not arrogant talking about a player preferring to be here than at Reading when he has stated he would like to stay. Its taking the words out of the horses mouth....which for this forum is a rarity I'll grant you, but in this case not so.

Christ, you can see by Strachan's body language that even he doesnt want to be at Boro, why the hell would anyone want to go there ?

Still waiting for you to explain your "arrogance" remark ! What has constituted arrogance in a thread talking about our possibility of signing a player has escaped me !!

No its not.....he hasn't signed an extension they have taken up the option of a further year. The club has taken up the option, Antonio has signed nothing except his roiginal contract back in 2008.

Me too, but the timing of this from Reading gives me hope. Why do this now, before the season ends when his contract probably runs until 30 June, as most footballers contracts seem to. I reckon Saints are looking to tie this deal up pretty quickly, get him to sign some sort of pre-contract agreement. Reading, for their part, are just ensuring they get their share, especially if they are a bit short of money.

If they hadnt taken up the option he would have been a free agent and they wouldn't have got a penny. Seems that when AP talked on Saturday about doing business with Reading over Antonio he and Saints knew or were pretty sure that they would activate the years option in order to get some financial package for him. IMHO of course !

Well I guess the fact they have done it now rather than wait til the end of the season in a couple of weeks means that our "talks/compensation deal" is progressing in a manner we would wish for !

Well at least that explains AP's comments about hoping to do some business with Reading over him. Looks like we will have to pay a transfer fee. No surprise they would go for that option really then.

Grant wont leave, there are too many things he enjoys about this area Besides he can spend all next season moaning about how unfair it all is, how football matters should be decided on the pitch, how they should be permitted to take on Juventus and Barcelona in Europe because the wonderful fans deserve it......

Lets hope so. I really dont understand whats going on....all the indications are that his contract with Reading is up in the summer, he himself is talking about "signing" for us yet it talks about us and them in talks ! Oh well, I'm sure it will all sort itself out in the enxt few weeks.

Is there any reason we are so **** at the moment ? have they caught the Saints disease of slow starters by any chance ?

Thats a very bold statement.......it should be red and white stripes, end of.

who is that bald figure at the front of the Directors Box at St Marys virtually every home game then ? is it Sarge ? Rosemary the telephone operator ? Henry, the mild mannered janitor ? Could be.........................

I'm sure Redcrapp will come out and take credit for teaching Eddie Howe all he knows, if he hasn't already of course !! They will have trouble keeping hold of him, especially if he does perform a miracle next season. He's only 32, what a future he has in front of him.

Go out the League Cup early, and the FA Cup, but try to defend the JPT. The squad should be big enough and deep enough to cope with a maximum 6 extra games (inc. the final that is).

I agree with you (as I usually do). AP's logic of having another season in this League, a season of winning games to build up that winning mentality even more is very sound and sensible. I think it will equip us better to deal with the CCC and do a Leicester, especially if he is bringing in Championship quality players during the summer.

Get Leeds up and out the way. After that Millwall or Charlton to go up please !