Dazza82 Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Is there any academy players that we have let go over the years that you have thought i would of liked to see them play for Saints? This doesnt include players like Walcott or Bale who we got a fee for. For me i would of liked to see Tim Sparv and Cedric Baseya Tim Sparv now plays for FC Groningen and nearly qualified for the Uefa cup last season Cedric Baseya is a squad player at Lille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Nile Ranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 leon best was great at volleying the ball...the way he hit that beauty from the outside of his boot into the top corner at pride park was excellent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammysaint Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Tim Spav acoring to football manager 11 would be a quality championship midfielder and good back up midfielder for the prem , in all seriousness he would be class and also Nile Ranger, hes already scored in the prem and would be a quality championship player and prem player in the future if he gets a full season of playing time. We let NR go because of attitude and behaviour and Spav at the time i believe we were under redknapp who disliked youth despite relegation and felt he wasnt good enough even tho clearly he was.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopkins Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Nile Ranger is technically horrendous. Classic case of player scoring goals at youth level because of his phsyical attributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Does Blackstock count? Always liked him. Turned himself into a good championship striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Tim Sparv has turned into an excellent player, would have liked to see him get a chance at Saints. Matt Mills....? If redkrap had actually given him a chance we'd probably have had him for a bit longer. Captain material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchi Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 Matt Mills, Blackstock and Best - all successful championship players, would have been nice to keep, particularly Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Minus10 Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 The way Matt Mills was treated was horrendous. Whenever he played he looked good yet he ended up behind Jacobsen and Davenport in the pecking order - two of the worst defenders we've ever had. We did however get a modest fee for him, as we did with Dexter Blackstock. Woudl like to have seen Mark Peters get given a go. By all accounts he was a dickhead but you never know, throw him in and he may have been brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 The way Matt Mills was treated was horrendous. Whenever he played he looked good yet he ended up behind Jacobsen and Davenport in the pecking order - two of the worst defenders we've ever had. We did however get a modest fee for him, as we did with Dexter Blackstock. Woudl like to have seen Mark Peters get given a go. By all accounts he was a dickhead but you never know, throw him in and he may have been brilliant. For Matt Mills see also Martin Cranie. Hardly played yet when he did was a good centre half as proven in the second leg of the Play offs against Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 I'd have liked to see what Matt Mills, Martin Cranie and Tim Sparv could do for us in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Stimp Posted 19 June, 2011 Share Posted 19 June, 2011 According to Wiki, Baseya is yet to score a professional goal. Played once for Lille, been on loan at Le Harve, scored for neither. Looks like you're overrating him a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 20 June, 2011 Share Posted 20 June, 2011 Does Blackstock count? Always liked him. Turned himself into a good championship striker. At the time of his departure..Blackstock was the (youngest) and FIFTH choice striker at Saints...and the fee was too good to refuse. But you can't keep players forever without playing them, and then expect them to come on and be top class in the middle of a game on a wet November afternoon. Good for Dex that he 's got a career now, (but I have to say his "goalkeeping " sub appearance v. Newcastle (?) in that televised game was almost beyond description.. (At the time, people praised him for being brave enough to stand on the line, but his performance was atrocious). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketphilly Posted 20 June, 2011 Share Posted 20 June, 2011 Dennis Wise, Kevin Phillips...? (both as youngsters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 20 June, 2011 Share Posted 20 June, 2011 Darren Anderton? Or is that blasphemy...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_bert Posted 20 June, 2011 Share Posted 20 June, 2011 At the time of his departure..Blackstock was the (youngest) and FIFTH choice striker at Saints...and the fee was too good to refuse. But you can't keep players forever without playing them, and then expect them to come on and be top class in the middle of a game on a wet November afternoon. Good for Dex that he 's got a career now, (but I have to say his "goalkeeping " sub appearance v. Newcastle (?) in that televised game was almost beyond description.. (At the time, people praised him for being brave enough to stand on the line, but his performance was atrocious). Did you expect him to be the next Gordon Banks? He is a centre foward for goodness sake?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 June, 2011 Share Posted 23 June, 2011 Darren Anderton? Or is that blasphemy...? ....surely Anderton was a youth player at Pompey - wasn't he? ..... although I know he was born in So'ton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 June, 2011 Share Posted 23 June, 2011 Did you expect him to be the next Gordon Banks? He is a centre foward for goodness sake?! I didn't expect him to go in goal at all...tbh. He was the last player I would have put in. Surely there was a better choice from the other 10 on the field. My point was that while some fans praised his " non-existant " goalie skills, it was obvious that he'd never played there before -even in training. It was not a criticism of Blackstock but those fans who thought .." he was good in goal ". Do teams no longer train with having outfield players in goal for kick-abouts in training ? In bygone days we always managed to find suitable replacements in emergencies, but nowadays with 7 subs to choose from and one of them a goalie ... obviously no-one does so anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsdinho Posted 23 June, 2011 Share Posted 23 June, 2011 Cosimo Sarli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 25 June, 2011 Share Posted 25 June, 2011 Dennis Wise, Kevin Phillips...? (both as youngsters) you're right, but then again they must have looked like midgets to Lawrie Mac, who was manager at that time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 25 June, 2011 Share Posted 25 June, 2011 ....surely Anderton was a youth player at Pompey - wasn't he? ..... although I know he was born in So'ton. Bitterne Park boy who played for Southampton boys but not signed by the mighty Saints and instead went to Portsmouth.. Similar miss with Graham Roberts....Weston Park boy and Southampton boys.....not signed by Saints.. Went to Dorchester , Weymouth and ended up playing for Spurs Chelsea and Glasgow Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 25 June, 2011 Share Posted 25 June, 2011 Cosimo Sarli Yep, would have liked to see him in the first team as well as that Spanish winger (forget his name). The Russian/Ukranian fella Pereplotkin had a fair amount of hype as well. I assume they've all had average careers though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 25 June, 2011 Share Posted 25 June, 2011 (edited) Yep, would have liked to see him in the first team as well as that Spanish winger (forget his name). The Russian/Ukranian fella Pereplotkin had a fair amount of hype as well. I assume they've all had average careers though? The Pereplotkin affair was bad on all sides. In 2003, the lad came as a 17 year old and had Academy type status and was MOM nearly every game. But after his time was up, The Home Office refused him a visa to stay on and he had to leave. I think he tried a few games with an Irish outfit who were well below standard and he was released and returned to him Homeland . Though he was born in the Ukraine. Now aged 26 he qualifies for Latvia for whom he has made 28 international apps. since 2007. ( I think Pahars name was mentioned somewhere because he used to play for Skonto in Riga) . Edited 25 June, 2011 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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