Saints after Hayden Mullins

[NickG]

AP signed him for WHU as his first signing and is to bid £1m

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1269622/Southampton-want-1m-Portsmouth-star-Hayden-Mullins.html?ITO=1490

Edited 28 April, 2010 by NickG

[Tokyo-Saint]

Ketchup or brown?

[Tac-tics]

£1million is way to much and he is utter tripe

[SuperSAINT]

Ketchup or brown?

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1269622/Southampton-want-1m-Portsmouth-star-Hayden-Mullins.html?ITO=1490

[Kaiser Soze]

Saw him in a nightclub in Swindon not too long ago, the bloke is a total muppet.

[Tokyo-Saint]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1269622/Southampton-want-1m-Portsmouth-star-Hayden-Mullins.html?ITO=1490

 

Supprised the mail have any jounalists free what so ever. Brown calling someone a biggot today must have sent them into over drive.

 

Btw the guy from the mail who does the paper review on ssn on Tuesdays has to be one of the biggest idiots in football. If he is in charge of their football section then god knows why anyone would read it. He still thinks we play at the dell.

[Saint_lambden]

Pardew must like him- he was prefering Hayden to Mascherano at W.Ham in 06/07.

 

Plenty of experience but not really the type of midfielder we're looking for

and £1 million would put huge pressure on him to do well especially as he's currently a skate.

[Colinjb]

A sound replacement for Wotton. A strong DM. And nothing says F-you to your local rivals then you being able to sign a player from them for a seven figure sum while being two league below.

[NickG]

can alsp play RB

[saint_stevo]

please god no

 

 

EDIT- but better than wotton

[Matthew Le God]

£1m for a 31 year old is never going to happen.

 

Would be a very good signing if much cheaper.

Edited 28 April, 2010 by Matthew Le God

[Andy_Porter]

Would be a decent signing IMO.

 

Would be happy to have a rotation between Mullins, Schneiderlin and Hammond with possibly a more attack minded midfielder brought in as well.

 

Offers the experience we will need to help pull Lallana, Morgan and Puncheon through some niggly games.

[Tokyo-Saint]

By the look of his wiki page, pardew is a big fan.

[Evil Monkey]

An ageing overpriced sk*te is just what we need.

[The Kraken]

Rubbish paper talk on the value. Pompey have, in their ridiculously inflated valuation of their squad, put him at £1M. In no way whatsoever will we pay that much. Decent signing at a knockdown price, which is what we'd look to go for.

 

And just because he's played for them down the road, it doesn't mean he's a skate. Do we have to go through this tedious rubbish every time? Crouch and Fuller had to put up with needless sh!t before they proved they more than up to it, why do it again?

[Saint_clark]

For under £500k he would be a good signing, but we could get better with that amount of cash.

[Appy]

Between 200k-500k would be a great shout, but as stated there are younger and quite frankly better players that we could get for a million.

[Saint Mikey]

Would be a good signing for about 250K-500k. Over that and I'd be thinking we could get better for the price. No-one, is going to pay a mill for him.

[Justin C]

For 500K he would be good for us.

[The Kraken]

Let's not forget what wages Mullins will be on. First lets consider that he's been part of the insane revolution down there that has allegedly seen such luminaries as John Utaka on 80k a week. Then previously Crouch, Defoe, Johnson, Krancjar, Muntari, Diarra et al have been on God knows what. Who knows what Mullins is on, but it's bound to be way in excess of our higher earners. And he's not even out of contract, so can just sit on his arse and see out his contract for many thousands per week.

 

I'd say that, unless he fancies a challenge at a lower level, our price structure just won't fit in with hi,

[Crab Lungs]

200K tops, no way a £1m player. I'd dread to think of his wage demands too. Plenty knocking around in the Champ and possibly L1 who could be considered but value for money..

[NickG]

regular prem league player at peak of his career linked with league 1 side - either true or says a lot about us.

 

most transfer speculation is started by agents to stoke interest - can't imagine a prem league agent wanting to link his player with league 1 rivals!

[Iowsaintsfan]

£1m for a 31 year old is never going to happen.

 

Would be a very good signing if much cheaper.

 

 

we will drop our ask for the 35k they owe us in exchange for him ;);)

[sidthesquid]

As one of the skate posters said on one of their sites - the biggest mystery in all the financial mismanagement is how anyone ever thought Mullins was worth ten grand a week

[S-Clarke]

The skates would have a good laugh..he is worth 250k at most.

[BILLY]

If we could get him for about £400K then I think that would be a great deal. Don't forget we are still 3rd Div team but it would be great to get a half decent player from the Blue Few.

[Saint Fan CaM]

I think we can ignore the £1m - they owe us money that they do not have, so will offer a player plus cash to offset. Watch out for the 'undisclosed sum'.

 

Mullins is one of their lesser players who they can do without - we need a Hammond replacement if injured. Might be true. If he wants to put on a Saints shirt and give his all for AP then that's OK for me as long as he's not a lazy bugger. We would still need a CM playmaker as cover for Schneiderlin though.

[stevegrant]

If there is a genuine interest there, we should be looking to take advantage of Pompey's financial situation. They still owe us money, so we should go in with a tiny offer, say £65,000 with the agreement to write off the £35,000 they owe us, making the total value of the deal £100,000.

 

I'd be amazed if they didn't seriously consider it, more important than the short-term cashflow, they'd be shedding a £1m salary from their books. We obviously wouldn't pay him anywhere near that amount, but I'm sure he's well aware he's not likely to find any club stupid enough to pay him that sort of money anymore.

[OldNick]

if we pay £1m for Mullins a-p layer who is 31 and just average from a club who needs money and so not in the business to hold out, it is AP out. I think NC is too clever to go for that.

[Saint Fan CaM]

if we pay £1m for Mullins a-p layer who is 31 and just average from a club who needs money and so not in the business to hold out, it is AP out. I think NC is too clever to go for that.

 

What are you talking about?!? AP will not be involved in a decision on transfer fee - that will be NC's call. Some people will do all they can to bash our manager.

[OldNick]

What are you talking about?!? AP will not be involved in a decision on transfer fee - that will be NC's call. Some people will do all they can to bash our manager.

Lol, it was a throw away comment. My mistake I thought people might get it.

[krissyboy31]

I think that the report has caught on to AA's valuation of the player and not the actual price anyone would be prepared to pay for him. Always thought he was distinctly average but that is at Premier League level and may be a good player in L1.

[Toomer]

If there is a genuine interest there, we should be looking to take advantage of Pompey's financial situation. They still owe us money, so we should go in with a tiny offer, say £65,000 with the agreement to write off the £35,000 they owe us, making the total value of the deal £100,000.

 

I'd be amazed if they didn't seriously consider it, more important than the short-term cashflow, they'd be shedding a £1m salary from their books. We obviously wouldn't pay him anywhere near that amount, but I'm sure he's well aware he's not likely to find any club stupid enough to pay him that sort of money anymore.

 

I think you have got it about right Steve, he could be the sort of of player that would help us get out of League 1 and the CCC.

[John B]

I think you have got it about right Steve, he could be the sort of of player that would help us get out of League 1 and the CCC.

 

Yes I agree all Pardew's signings have so far been OK so if he rates Mullins thats Fine by me

[Thedelldays]

would easily stand out in league 1...LOL at anyone who thinks otherwise

[Glasgow_Saint]

would easily stand out in league 1...LOL at anyone who thinks otherwise

 

You can't make it up sometimes..........

 

Same as when 70's Mike suggested Michael Brown you had tons of 'No thanks' messages.

 

I think some forget we are L1 and expect us to sign players like Gerrard and Lampard.

[Thedelldays]

You can't make it up sometimes..........

 

Same as when 70's Mike suggested Michael Brown you had tons of 'No thanks' messages.

 

I think some forget we are L1 and expect us to sign players like Gerrard and Lampard.

 

if antonio (who was non league last season) can stand out..im sure an experienced premier league player wouls also stand out..

[Daren W]

200K tops, no way a £1m player. I'd dread to think of his wage demands too. Plenty knocking around in the Champ and possibly L1 who could be considered but value for money..

 

And let's not forget the skates are desperate... 100k please.. in installments...

[the big red & white 1]

NO, surely not. we can get better than him. 31 years of age, and a SKATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO NO NO NO

[Thedelldays]

NO, surely not. we can get better than him. 31 years of age, and a SKATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NO NO NO NO

yes..why would we want an experienced premier league player in a position we REALLY need to get cover for..

 

especially as we could get him at a cut price deal

[Hatch]

£150,000 signing fee.

 

£4,000 wages tops all inclusive.

 

Maybe consider it then

[rolosfc]

If we can right off the 35K debt I'd be happy to have him! Would never pay £1m for him though, towards the end of his career and not in the same bracket as Lambert and Fonte

[Durleyfos]

yes..why would we want an experienced premier league player in a position we REALLY need to get cover for..

 

especially as we could get him at a cut price deal

 

Don't you get it? He's a SKATE. Therefore he's automatically shyte.

 

All players that have played for P*mpey are shyte, even the good ones.

 

That's some peoples blinkered view on here, TDD.

 

You should know that by now.

[S-Clarke]

I think if we were signing him for 250k-300k, then people would look at it in a different light.

 

£1m is an extreme amount of money to throw away on someone like him.

 

I would hazzard a guess that the valucation may be from Android, rather than from us as a club - they overpriced all their players in that ''fax'' sent around.

 

get the price down by 75% and it'll be fine.

[OldNick]

Listening to AP after the last game he said he wanted to build a promotion side that was also ready for a CCC protion side. I dont thinkHM fits that bill and would be surprised if he is indeed interested.

[Daren W]

If we can right off the 35K debt I'd be happy to have him! Would never pay £1m for him though, towards the end of his career and not in the same bracket as Lambert and Fonte

 

Now that's a bloody good point, they owe us money... Now let's exploit it!

[Ken Tone]

Transfer fee, whether £1million (as if!) or 1p isn't the point with potential signings like this. Wages are the big issue.... and indeed are the reason why very few Pompey players will generate much in transfer fees, since they are mostly overpaid.

 

K.

[Saint_clark]

I'd like to see Jhon Viafara back. Why was he allowed to leave for free?

 

He wanted to go back to Colombia so his child would be brought up as a Columbian.

Now plays for Juan Aurich FC in Peru, after a year or so with Once Caldas.

[Scudamore]

Was just thinking what an utter c::nt he looked in the semi final against Tottenham.

 

Got to say i agree with Dulldays on this one though...the fact that some of you can't decipher the gulf between being an average player in the Premier League and the standard of player in League One is really quite disturbing.

[St. Neil]

Should bring back Quashie while they are at it.