Saint Scott

We should not be spending 6 million on an untried keeper. The wise thing to do will be to take Mcgregor on a free who still has alot of playing time ahead of him. Hes only 30 so potentially another 10 years. That to me seems a better investment than Butland.

I agree with MLG here. The days of the makelele are gone. Defensive midfielders now have to be able to start attacks and be a decent passer of the ball rather than just winning tackles and offloading 2 yard balls to the creative midfielders. Just look at the likes of tiote/song/carrick for example.

Could well be the excellent signing Graeme Bailey mentioned earlier this week. Either way Adkins is clearly in talks with representatives about a player or two as hinted in his interview on the OS. Roll on July 1st I say

Adam Johnson on loan? Graeme usually is the first person from sky to release huge transfer deals on twitter and this would most certainly be an excellent signing.

QPR to sign Ryan Nelson on July 1st. I still think he could of added some experience to our defence.

Okay thanks looks like it might be a struggle to get a ticket for United then.

Hard to make any assumptions yet as I think the top teams will spend big this summer in order to chase City but here is my take: Top 3: 1st Man United 2nd Man City 3rd Chelsea Bottom 3: 18th Norwich 19th Reading 20th QPR Saints 14th

Does anyone know when 2012/2013 membership can be renewed. Id of loved to get a ST this year but I just dont get enough weekends off work. Just want to get it sorted asap as id like to get to the Wigan and Man United home fixtures.

Id be suprised if the opening day wasnt moved to sunday or at least televised

Im talking about in the premier league. So in 20 years its only happened once. Which is why its highly unlikely we will have Wet Spam or Reading

I cant remember the last time two promoted teams played each other on the opening day of the season.... Sounds like a load of s**t tbh.

Liverpool at home

Where has this information even come from?

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?37847-Date-of-the-first-signing-sweepstake I had June 9th.

Can view it on a phone but not on a pc? How odd.

Supposing his return was due today as first thought. Id imagine a day to rest after the jet lag of the flight. Wednesday travel down to SMS for talks with NA and NC and have the deal wrapped up and a medical completed by thursday eve. Sounds like a plausible deadline tbh.

The main reason Grant Holt wants out according to most of the media is that Norwich are unwilling to up his wages. Apparently he wanted them tripled so I cant see them offering Lambert 70K a week especially when they couldn't afford the transfer fee NC and NA would want. Utter tosh.

'in talks' This will be an excellent signing if it goes through and with chaplow tweeting he wants to stay at the club for a long time earlier also very positive. I'm glad adkins has gone for JR over hooper tbh. He would of cost more and in my opinion JR has much more potential. In 5 years time I think £7 million for him will seem a bargain.

Also on SSN now. 'Southampton in talks with Burnley over a deal to sign Jay Rodriguez which could be worth up to £7m'

On SSN breaking news about jay rod SSN Breaking News: 'Southampton in talks with Burnley over a deal to sign Jay Rodriguez which could be worth up to £7m'

How reliable even is this? At the end of the day it's coming out from a newspaper.

I'm not suggesting that. I was talking about Owen clearly sounding interested in us.

Michael Owen? Especially after the MLT tweet to him?

City are full of players like that look at Tevez and Ballotelli for example. NA would be able to get him under control and if he was playing regularly im sure he would buck his ideas up. If there is even the slightest possibility of getting him we should be doing everything in our power to sign him. If the wages were an issue maybe a seasons loan with an option to buy next year (assuming we retain our PL status)

From Transfer Rumours Site 18 May 2012 09:16:44 Southampton planning swoop for Adam Johnson somewhere in the region of £8m. Adkins sees him as giving perfect balance on the right for Lallana. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ OH MY GOD.!! Please let this be true. Source.? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ It would all depend on his wages..if this rumour is true of course. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now this is one Saints rumour which seems believable! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ In my opinion Adam Johnson is one of the most underrated premier league players, City could and should easily be able to get £20+ million if they decide to sell him. And for his sake I hope he would go to a bigger club than Southampton.. It's a joke how he's not in the England squad really ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I am a saints fan but a lot of relations from manchester and they say there is some weight in this story and there is strong rumours coming out of the etihad but talking 6.5 million coyr ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Usually this guy would be slated but alot of people seem to believe him? I cant see us getting him at all to be honest as he should at minimum be playing for a team in european competitions. Just to get him on a loan deal would be a miracle but he certainly would be a great signing. An excellent player who in my opinion should be in the England 23 man squad.