HarvSFC

Yeah, we may only need to make the one sale next summer, if it is JWP, as he could net us £50m+, but I don't want to think about that. 🙁

This is my thinking. We lost Bertrand, we replaced him with Perraud. We lost Ings, we replaced with Armstrong. We lost Vestergaard, we replaced with Lyanco. No complaints there, other than, we could have looked for a more proven centre-back to partner Salisu. Depending on Bednarek recapturing previous form and hoping Stephens learns to finally eradicate his mistakes is risky and they can both be improved upon. The other signings of Walcott, Simeu, Small and Broja are squad fillers with the one first 11 improving signing in Livramento, who plays at RB, the one of few positions we were solid in when KWP was fit last season. Hopefully he can be pushed up to RW, as then that would be a real improvement. So, overall, we've replaced bodies and made one first team improvement, while fleshing out the overall squad depth. Considering, one of our benches against Liverpool last season consisted of McCarthy, Salisu, Ramsay, Djenepo, Diallo, Ferry, Jankewitz, Obafemi and N'Lundulu, I've been much more impressed with our early benches this season. I'm also clinging to the fact that we were top of the league at one point last season and one of the form teams of 2020, before injuries crippled us, so it wasn't just a blip. However, we have also won just five league games in 2021, and all we've done to address the rest of the first eleven, who remained here is sign a right-back. Overall, it looks like we went into the transfer window with a budget of £0. Hoedt, Gunn, Jankewitz, Lemina and Slattery paid for Perraud. Ings paid for Armstrong and Livramento. Vestergaard paid for Lyanco and Small. Worrying. The net spend table looks promsing once again, as Grealish, Willock, White, Tomori, Abraham, Zouma, Wilson, Harrison, James and Buendia are the only Premier League, or former players to have been sold for over £10m and we sold two. I know that we have good football people at the top of the club now in Crocker especially, who has worked very smart this summer. But, he's still working with his hands tied behind his back and the sooner we can get some more investment/new owners, the better, as the only players who could command figures of over £20m+ next summer being JWP, A. Armstrong (won't take a loss) and Livramento. With possible shouts to KWP and Adams.

Not this year.

Bottom of the league spending the most amount of money...

There's usually a deadline day surprise - Walcott, Minamino, Danso, Ings, Gabbiadini, Mane and Alderweireld. Hopefully another one this year, as I just like us being involved on the day.

Definitely a foul on Neves, but don't think the delayed rolling around helped his cause.

That's his level now.

He's played twice at St. Mary's, once in the league in 2003 just after joining, we won 1-0 with a Beattie goal. Second time was in an FA Cup quarter-final, losing 4-0, which Ronaldo got the second goal in.

We've got Olly Lancashire.

I'm glad we dodged him, and got to face Martial instead.

He had posters of Guly on his bedroom walls.

Guardiola has said he is leaving City… Right after the Kane deal looks like it has collapsed.

Two of the three (don’t know who the others are) are Jack Harrison and Kalvin Phillips too.

We lost 1-0 on Sunday then, did we?

Just seen that players aged 17 can only sign for a maximum of three years, hence the short deal. Once they turn 18, they can then sign longer deals.

Never seen him again, but looks like another coup, linked with the top clubs and highly rated at their club. I'm certainly not against becoming the Dortmund of the Premier League, either. Maybe Redmond could be the next Thierry Small.

I know football started before the Premier League, but I thought 58 goals to become West Ham's all-time highest Premier League goal scorer was quite low. So, I checked ours. Le Tissier (101) and Beattie (68) were the only two to better that. Our current highest is JWP on 30 league goals, with Long on 27 and Redmond on 20.

I've said before that he's better than our previous squad centre-backs, Yoshida and Gardos. He's dependable, which is ideal. It's just the one big mistake he's prone to making, then isn't helped as the goalkeepers here are never going to save him from those mistakes becoming goals. Him and Bednarek were also a good partnership during the lockdown football, but they fell to pieces in that Tottenham game, when we were trying to play a high line against them. I also remember him giving it back to another gobshite in Jack Wilshere a few years ago after Wilshere ripped his shirt off. He did get red carded for leaving him on the floor, though.

Better team after we scored up to half time and the better team after they scored. Shame about the weak goal conceded, but we’ll take it.

McCarthy - Strange, as when he does come out for crosses, he uses makes a good connection on the punch, or catches the ball. He's never a flapper. Needs to be more confident as that one that hit the crossbar early on was inexcusable again. However, Forster doesn't come out for crosses and I think that Matic header at the end goes in against Forster in the goalkeeper debate. Livramento - Too good for us. Only thing he does wrong is the final ball, which can be forgiven. Stephens - Very good, as we know he can be. Gets remembered too much for his mistakes, which hopefully won't come in this match. Salisu - Solid, just can't make a forward pass. Keep it simple. Perraud - Capable. Romeu - Doing a job. Ward-Prowse - Good early set-piece. Doing a job in the middle also. Walcott - Waste of a shirt, which is a shame. Started last season well for us, but he's been on a decline ever since his first injury here. Think I prefer Redmond to him. Djenepo - Defending well, made some dangerous runs, but as always, looks like he can't fully control himself. Adams - Thought he looked a bit useless before the goal. Needs to hold the ball up more, so it doesn't come straight back, but we'll take the strike. Armstrong - Those comparisons to Long were good. I thought he was just a poacher when he signed, but he's a real pest. Very lively. Can see him causing issues in the future. Overall, come on Saints! Do not bottle this one, they don't have Cavani this year. Same again second half, they were rattled after our goal and we looked a lot more composed.

Dany N'Guessan was a good one, didn't even need the second 'n'.

Sigh. 😔

Same scenario played out for Smith-Rowe when Aston Villa tried lowballing Arsenal. Glad we’ve kept the player for a change. Yes, he could do more from open play, but he’s the best direct free-kick taker in world football. If he could do something in open play, he’d have left years ago. Also, good to see a player not chasing the money at Villa (Ings) and staying somewhere he has an affiliation with. I’m sure, like with Schneiderlin, if the right club comes in with the right offer, then fair does. But, Aston Villa are not that.

Pelle?

Arsenal are actually getting relegated…