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It all depends on Stokes attitude and his contract length, if he says he wants to go he will go and we all know it I can't think of any good examples of a club standing in a players way when one of the big boys comes knocking.

Decent low risk signing, he looked quality when he first broke through and if we signed him a couple of years ago people on this site would have been queuing up to sing his praises. He's gone a bit backwards since then but hopefully this move will reinvigorate him and we will see the player he could still be come out of him. Still hoping he is only one of two DC's and that Celtic are just delaying letting us have VVD but I already feel more confident about the defensive situation!

Still amazed he only got one international cap!

When oh when will people realise that if you don't feed a troll they disappear? I think we've had a good window so far the only losses have been expected and nothing on a par with last seasons shocks we have moved quickly for our preferred replacements and seem to have got good players for sensible money. We have added 3 other players who complement the squad well, we all know we are a centre back (or two) light but as RK said we are moving on that and again as well all know it's never easy to get top class players but I'm sure we will have a centre back (or two) signed before the real football starts. I wish people would just sit back and enjoy the close season with out the endless fretting over nothing come the end of August or start of September we will see the players we have available and we will see that we have another good side that should finish top 10+ As usual one or two clubs have been out splashing the cash and signing loads of players but again as usual I've not seen many sign players that I would have really wanted us to be in for!

I remember thinking he was going to be great then before you know it he was off to Oxford United and on his way to obscurity! I remember having similarly high hopes for Steve Basham before he disappeared to Preston and got injured! Those were the days!

Wow that is a spectacular fall I always thought he looked quality for us and was unlucky to be replaced by Fox!

So Newcastle have picked up Mitrovic will be interesting to see how he gets on, he is one I would have liked to see us pickup seems quality and not hugely over priced for a goal scorer although he could be the next Allback so who knows!

sadly washed up maybe we can get Kerlon and Freddy Adu to make a dream front three! He looked the real deal a while back but I can't see him suddenly refinding the desire and commitment necessary to get back to his best.

No you' take the mega pay day at Villa and the opportunity to prove yourself in the best paying league in the world

LOL not again!

We win some we loose some I'm sure we will have a new partner for Jose when the season starts so lets not worry about the one that got away it's not like he's the next Maldini. As for moaning about us not already having Schniederlin's replacement that is just LOL TROLL!

No unknown south Americans coming to England with the work permit rules! Vlaar had a great season before the world cup and looked great in Brazil, he hasn't been that bad in an awful Villa side this season and I think his injury record in the UK is decent would be a relatively low risk signing as he is on a free.

would be happy with the lad from Celtic to be honest he looks decent and should prove a good investment wouldn't say no to Vlaar as well provided wages are sensible he might not be absolutely top draw but he is a solid experienced defender at this level.

Doubt we will bring in two 15 million players and frankly given our success rate in that price bracket I's rather we didn't 8 million or so should see us a decent centre back and I'm expecting a similar amount for a midfielder. then we will add one or two younger others to bulk the squad and give us potential for the future.

Totally agree the close season just brings out the Muppets ad with no football going on to drown out their incessant nonsense it all gets a bit much. We are a good club with good players punching a bit above our weight we will never be Liverpool/Spurs we could build a 60'000 seat stadium but we'd never fill it except maybe when the big 4 come to town we just simply don't have the fan base. The only thing that could ever move us to the next level is a sugar daddy or an incredibly lucky class of '92 moment from the academy. Until then I'll carry on supporting the saints as we are, for so many years of my life we have been relegation fodder I never thought I'd see us challenging at the top of the table if we could add a cup (or two) this would easily be the most successful period in the clubs history and would leave me happy for along time if we returned to the other end of the league.

Dear god and I thought some of the efforts on here when we sign a new player were terrible, even the worst are a) better than that and b) thankfully not accompanied by a video! Where do I reclaim the lost seconds of my life and compensation for the damages sustained?

Which is the whole point in loans! If Elia had maintained the form he showed against Newcastle we would have had a 40 page thread saying sign him up, he didn't so we sent him back nothing lost and really a little gained as he had a positive impact in at least one game! Expensive gambles like Ramirez are what we need to avoid if we are spending 10-15 million we need to know what we are getting in future!

If he is as good as Telfer we have a steal, Telfs may never have been stellar but in his prime I'd have him back as reserve right back tomorrow! LOL Pullis has played a grand total of 90 games in his 10 year 'career' with 44 of those being for a second (EDIT Just realised they are third string in the US LOL) string US side? This lad may not be Gary Neville but he is already more successful than Pullis! LOL LOL ........um still LOL

The same way it happened with Billy Sharp every season before he disappeared out on loan when the real action started? I'm not saying we won't see Gaston in the stripes this season but I would be very surprised if he features regularly in the league!

Never believe anything said at this time of year there is so much smoke and mirrors rubbish going on that none of it means a thing! Maybe he sees Ward-Prowse growing into that role over the next season?

Are you really sure about that, for me he is just a dedicated troll. I think this is last roll of the dice stuff from saints like you say hoping to frighten spurs into thinking that they will have 15 million tied up in a player who is ineligible for half a season as we chase his registration through the courts. Personally I think if we want any chance of getting him we need to say to AM that we will match spurs bid and retract the threat of legal action if they sell to us otherwise this is just going to be an expensive court case that makes us look petty and actually gets us very little in real terms.

but but the Bournemouth game is the same price as man utd and I'd much rather watch united!

He's not good enough, he's been rubbish for a year idiot> lol please delete this thread RVP will never join Southampton.

Not convinced on Max looked brilliant when he first broke through but went badly off the boil and has a questionable attitude.