Saint86

Was on one of the post match interviews post stoke, can't remember if it was Tonda or Blackmore and tessem. Don't get me wrong, I think it's extremely unlikely that he'll turn down that move... But if he genuinely does care a lot about the club... And villa are this much of a mess, then it could happen (with Bowen levels of dedication). You would assume he's long gone.

If the reports on THB are actually true (i.e., cares a lot about the club and in 2 minds over the move), I wonder if this sort of performance will make him stick at saints... I mean, this 11 is relegation level and incredibly disjointed:

This really should be at least 6-0. I don't recall many worse opening games of the season, let alone for a "big team" / Europa League winner...

Harwood bellis' transfer fee is going up by the goal 😆🤣 We should absolutely be adding £5-10M after this.

Its a complete joke that we let him go, one of the worst decisions i've seen from the club towards academy players recently - and I am fully aware we can't keep all of them, but we seem to not try with the potential superstars (Gomes, Miles, JJ, Dibling etc), and then let someone like Ballard (still a very talented and promising young lad that actually wanted to stay and should have had his chance) slip away as well... Who exactly are we intending to keep ffs. And it also sets a poor precendent for the next ones coming through - no need for loyalty lads - first big offer and you'll be off, saints are just here to get you in the window. Personally, it should be utterly unacceptable at saints to disrespect the academy the way SR have done in recent years, signing shit after shit to clog the first team and letting all these nippers go, when in seasons gone by they'd have been bedded into the team. It might be looking temporarily better now under Eckert and Spors... but even now we're losing gems from the younger age groups and still have a bloated squad blocking opportunities for players like Romeo. Needs to be a hard change in stance that every matchday squad includes a certain number of academy players.

Do we know how much we're getting for him at least? Really hope its towards £30M total (i.e., with add ons).

Fucks sake, sometimes is genuinely painful being a saints fan.

Well said MLG.

I would say this summer has gone pretty much as expected given his quotes tbh. That will change if the signings are poor though.

Circa £1M-1.25M (assuming 20-25% of profit)... Which would be paid in installments and subject to any sell on clauses. So we'd pocket nearly all of it at least, although i doubt we'll be free to reinvest more than 75%.

JWP also isn't carrying any baggage related to injuires. He's remained largely very fit and untroubled - so you would think he can go on for a fair while. If ever we were going to bring a player back to end his career at saints, JWP would seem the best option.

Isn't it just fiddling the sale so that they pay less sell on for Marmoush?

As much as a tie up with Valve / Steam could be good for the commercials - i sadly doubt there is anything other than coincidence in it for Saints.

As would Fernandes, KWP, Bednarek, and even AA in January. I actually think freshening up the squad isn't a bad thing in general - sides need that to change things up to move forward (or it gets too stale and comfortable). I wonder if Brentford fans were panicking every day of the transfer window whilst they player trading their way to consistent playoff finishes and building a new stadium in the 2nd tier? 🙄. We have an owner who is publicly committed to the club this summer, and a DoF who has credit in the bank... And at the start of the summer pretty much everyone would have acknowledged at least 2 bigger names being sold and replaced - So far we've only lost Charles and the signs suggest he will be replaced... The window hasn't slammed shut just yet!