Olallana

Amorebieta 28 years old, Boateng 30 years old, Stekelenburg 31 in september..... But good players even though I´m not confident Boateng will work out in PL. The other two are very good signings IMO.

Can agree but the bigger problem is that he is not as good as he thinks himself so you´re right about the attitude...

Well maybe we could pair Carlton Cole up with Niclas Bendtner??

I´ll actually praise him for that last sentence/link.... "Pablo Osvaldo tells team-mates he’ll ‘kill them with punches’ if they match fix" http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/01/roma-striker-tells-team-mates-hell-kill-them-with-punches-if-they-fix-matches-3078619/

Come on, it´s Italy.....clearly a dive

Agree, it should at least be forbidden to loan out in the same league IMO.

Osvaldo makes sense with the MP link and he´s said that he loved working under MP, even though he had them "working like dogs"... I think some players will feel like it will be a lot off running this pre-season

I dont think so personally, maybe if there´s some really special player like some youngster from the top clubs in Europe that dont get much games.... Personally I dont like loans, but that´s just a opinion of mine. I think in the top leagues it shouldn´t be allowed and think that if it was forbidden some players would be sold a bit cheaper instead of going out on loan. It´s almost ridicolous for some players in Chelsea for example to go out on loan 3-4 years before even being considered in their own club...

Are you sending PM´s and not to me your old m8 Glasgow?? Astori would be our no.1 CB, but that maybe dont say much. I think he´s very good but lacks a bit of focus at times and can be a little bit unpolished but I would take him in a heartbeat. Same thing with Victor Ruiz. That Frickson Erazo guy I dont know a squat about but if Man United has been tracking him at least that says he got "something"... 2 out of Astori/Ruiz/Moreno would make me very happy, not that much between them but I´ve personally always liked italian CB´s, they have a fantastic tradition and is often very educated tactically and decent passers.... I have a hard time thinking Hooiveld and Fonte will be in our plans for much longer, perhaps Fonte for another year but I think he might have a bigger role off pitch helping new spanish/southamerican players that might come in...

Or ?? I can also take Osvaldo and Lamela while he´s already there doing business...

Isn´t "SaintsNews&Views" like some 16 yrs old boy that scans twitter and repost anything...?

Look at this beautiful article, especially the date they "publish" it and then read the article and finish with dates of comments..... Anyone on the forum that think this is NOT lazy journalism?? http://sabotagetimes.com/reportage/manchester-united-target-luke-shaw-three-other-talented-southampton-teenagers/

Are you saying that you think journos should write stuff like fans do dream about...... or should they be intelligent enough to assess what´s been said and HOW it´s been said?

Younes Belhanda leaving Montpellier this summer.....yeah yeah I know, but dreams are free

A positive story, of course it´s true here on the mongboard...... oh I´ve got bitten by that bug.......

And people are accusing Cortese for being trigger-happy

There is also a factor of learning their trade that it´s easier doing that in a team that gets promoted cause they have been playing together for a year or two. Harder for a player in lower leagues to go to a new team in PL and make an impact, that often takes time and many players fail in that switch cause it´s a new system they have to learn or that they just aren´t good enough.... I think there is a lot of players that could be deemed to be "too good for championship" but at the same time "not good enough for Premier League"....

Didn´t we let them have Büttner? And now this turn the player is ours

Correct!

Something is wrong with this thread at the moment since we´re discussing players and football at the moment...

Bony, yes please. Haven´t seen much of Carcela so cant say anything about him. Lamine Sane is a big maybe for me, think he loses his focus during games a bit too much. Kiyotake not a bad player but put that money in wages to Honda instead Maybe that weird rumour about Gabriel Torje the other week for me.... Cerci from Torino and there are some players that probably will leave Palermo like Ilicic and Dybala......Poli in Sampdoria.....Paloschi in Chievo... Brain will melt this summer....

That first half against Everton was his best in our shirt IMO. Almost unplayable in that half... Newcastle he setup Lallana and scored the rebound but I dont remember anything more from that game either.... I think he had a good game against Liverpool but was subbed due to tactical reasons, we wanted to nullify Lucas that had been brought on and dominating first 10 minutes of 2nd half. Norwich away is imo the best away game, involved in almost everything we created in that game.

Yep they are. I also think Zarate has the attributes but I thought he would´ve gone further in his career than he has, somewhere it´s something missing, dont know if it´s his mentality or just that he hasn´t found the perfect club and setup for him? What can we get in for the players we might offload..... £2m for Sharp? £0.5m each for Chaplow, Guly, Fox and De Ridder? Another £4m gem in your head?