Baird of the land

Someone who i see seems very out of favour at Swansea is Nathan Dyer. Wouldn't mind bringing a maturer dyer back to Saints.

From the sounds of it Cork has had a big effect off the bench. Very surprised he didn't start in the first place.

Very surprised he's dropped that far down. Surely he should at least still be attractive to league 1 teams at 31. Vastly preferred him to fox as he could defend.

Yep massively overrated imo. Genuinely bemused Wenger didn't pursue Morgan, can't see them being anywhere near the title.

I'd like to see Mcqueen given an opportunity, so hoping we don't bring back the like of Elia.

Like the new away kit. Loved our black away kit too. No need for the away kit to be traditional colours in my eyes.

I was thinking the same. Would seem to someone decent who could add depth to our midfield. Maybe we want a defender who can fill in, in centre mid instead.

I'd like to see a fair amount of rotation happen. Take advantage of the fact we've got a big lead to ensure key players are fresh for the important first game of the season sunday lunchtime.

The Swindon fan I know was of the complete opposite view. For 2 years Stephens was impressive whereas turn bull was rather dodgy.

Rather disappointed that we are sending a 21 year old out on a season loan when we've typically our young players chances in our first team. Would prefer him playing league cup and europa league games for us. If we're loaning and he isn't first choice for them that's even more disappointing.

Happy that he's got away from the terrible treatment at the hands of Rodgers. Be interesting to see how it works out for him at WBA.

Yeah very surprised McCarthy is ahead of Stephens personally.

My only issue is the fact it is a loan. Just hope we have a secure option to purchase this time. Caulker's made a couple of bad moves but is still young and talented and British. Strange that QPR wouldn't have held out for a straight fee deal.

Yep i certainly wouldn't have any issues if this turns out to be true.

Personally hope we just bring in one quality centre back to compete with yoshida and have Stephens step up as cover in gardos absence.

It's premiership experience Stephens needs now imo. Given our whole mentality has been giving our own youngsters opportunities it would make far more sense imo for Stephens to take up the fourth centre back slot in Gardos absence.

Wasn't particularly impressed by him during his loan spell. Is this sort of arrival going to block opportunities out wide for the likes of Mcqueen/Isgrove/Gallagher? I guess if Gaston is about to be shipped out again(which would be a tad disappointing) then it may make more sense. I still think there's a very good reason he's going to be available so cheap, and i'd be very put off by his rather dubious history as i would a 2nd hand car.

Personally i'm keen for us still to have room for youngsters such as Stephens/Mccarthy/Gape/Hesketh to get opportunities along the way this season. With Clasie's arrival our first choice centre mid partnership seems to be set. Reed should be ready to deputise much more this season. A replacement would be pretty much it in my eyes.

Happy days, ticks all the right boxes in terms of age & ability. Hope he can come across and settle quickly.

I'd happily take him back if it was in a Loan with a guaranteed right to buy at the end of the year. However i've no interest in Saints rounding off the rough edges of an Arsenal youngster if its not a case of us doing so with a view to him being our player again at the end of the loan period.

In what way do we know Toby was not going to sign for us. Maybe his head was turned after talking to them after they bothered to agree a deal first. Our argument that it was all Toby's fault would certainly look a lot better if we'd agreed a deal first.

But why muck about with legalities and let them agree a deal first?

Sounds like a lot of Spin. The whole trying to delay playing games with clauses before eventually ignoring them and bidding sounds bad. Toby ended up choosing them after we finally sorted ourselves out. Hope the black isn't a bunch more hype and there really is a list of alternatives to pursue.

Think there's very much room for having a mixed core of british and high quality foreign additions. Don't like Saints going down route of foreign filler dross.

Seems the equivalent of signing Antony Pulis. Not something to be excited about, quite the opposite in fact imo.