Delboy Dave Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 ********. Its closed. Damn you new mods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vico Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Anyone got a link to the Lawro interview - heard so much about it but not seen it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese on Toast Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 I don't think it will go through in time :S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash City Saint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 just celebrated with a few Super Bocks..............****ing get in there !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 I don't think it will go through in time :S . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.comsaint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Anyone got a link to the Lawro interview - heard so much about it but not seen it!! 6m 40s http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19314163 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Delicious signing. He is a playmaker commonly compared to Kaka in playing style - but I find him more like Pastore as he lacks Kaka's once explosive turn of pace. Ramirez glides across the pitch. He has a languid, elegant style. He'll be turning up quite a lot on Sky's goal of the week polls too. On the negative side, I saw him play recently for Uruguay and he struggled quite a lot. He's a player who needs to be accommodated; a luxury. At Bologna, he played off the frontman in a 4-2-3-1 formation, being asked to do no defensive work. Similar to Ozil's role at Madrid. This suits him perfectly. It allows him to express his creativity without showing up his weaknesses (stamina, workrate, discipline) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSaint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 ... That formation sounds eerily similar to the one we're trying to play now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Aw. @MTFergie has deleted his twitter or changed his name. Bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordswoodsaints Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 They don't seem too impressed about him on talk sport which is a bit strange,they seem surprised about his price tag and said Uruguay were awful in the Olympics so we couldn't of based our decision to buy him on his Olympic performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 They don't seem too impressed about him on talk sport which is a bit strange,they seem surprised about his price tag and said Uruguay were awful in the Olympics so we couldn't of based our decision to buy him on his Olympic performance. But if he'd signed for Spurs or L'Pool they'd be lapping it up. Moaning about the price is lazy. Matt Jarvis for 11m. Or Ramirez for 11-12m? Err, exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 They don't seem too impressed about him on talk sport which is a bit strange,they seem surprised about his price tag and said Uruguay were awful in the Olympics so we couldn't of based our decision to buy him on his Olympic performance. Talksport generally have no idea...I think Saints are more clued up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 They don't seem too impressed about him on talk sport which is a bit strange,they seem surprised about his price tag and said Uruguay were awful in the Olympics so we couldn't of based our decision to buy him on his Olympic performance. Talksport, and everything to do with it, is a c*nt. Not worth listening to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Welcome Gaston - a really fantastic signing - just hope it all works out well for you here... I think Rickie and Adam are going to be sharing a lot of adoration now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gary Lineker@GaryLineker Best signing so far has to be Gaston Ramirez. If only because Lawro said he'd never sign for Saints. Such a shame he's not on MOTD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gary Lineker@GaryLineker Best signing so far has to be Gaston Ramirez. If only because Lawro said he'd never sign for Saints. Such a shame he's not on MOTD Fair play Lineker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 This deal is a surprise. perhaps the club is really going for it this season. Seems I may be wrong on one or two things. OMG I have been transported to a parallel universe, where Darlek admits he MAY be wrong. lol lol lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gary Lineker@GaryLineker Best signing so far has to be Gaston Ramirez. If only because Lawro said he'd never sign for Saints. Such a shame he's not on MOTD Like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 OMG I have been transported to a parallel universe, where Darlek admits he MAY be wrong. lol lol lol In fairness, I think he now concedes his prediction that we'd come 17th last season wasn't an absolute bullseye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Perhaps it was slow because the Italians and player got Saints confused with Portsmouth and didn't think that they ( the player and club ) would get paid all they were owed? Once they realised Saints are nothing like that other lot all changed for the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 and it was agreed 10 days ago Where did you see this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 But let's not forget Markus in all of this, it's his dream at the end of the day. Indeed. Remember when Markus said "I won't be buying Kaka" Not far off http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?14803-Markus-jokes-quot-I-won-t-be-buying-Kaka-quot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gary Lineker@GaryLineker Best signing so far has to be Gaston Ramirez. If only because Lawro said he'd never sign for Saints. Such a shame he's not on MOTD I do hope he gets pulled up on this next time he is on TV. Has he got a Facebook or Twitter account we can bombard ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raynesparksaint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 They don't seem too impressed about him on talk sport which is a bit strange,they seem surprised about his price tag and said Uruguay were awful in the Olympics so we couldn't of based our decision to buy him on his Olympic performance. Just because they get airtime doesn't make them experts. If London clubs aren't involved, Talksport really don't give a toss. Basing their judgment on three games...ridiculous. He didn't even play that bad at the Olympics from what I saw. Scored a great goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gary Lineker@GaryLineker Best signing so far has to be Gaston Ramirez. If only because Lawro said he'd never sign for Saints. Such a shame he's not on MOTD Fair play to the boy Lineacre. He should "have a word" in Lawro's shell like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese on Toast Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 6m 40s http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19314163 This is brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan17 Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 6m 40s http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19314163 Haha, what a pr1ck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 This is brilliant That MOTD3 clip makes my blood boil even worse each time I see it. Its the supreme arrogance and self-opinionatedness of the way he says it. C**t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 "Ramirez WILL NOT sign for Southampton" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Dowie suggests on SSN that Ramirez could disrupt the Saints dressing room - by putting Lambert's nose out of joint as the new "top dog". That's about the only coverage SSN have given the coup of this transfer window. Woeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Dowie suggests on SSN that Ramirez could disrupt the Saints dressing room - by putting Lambert's nose out of joint as the new "top dog". That's about the only coverage SSN have given the coup of this transfer window. Woeful. That was pretty bad wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Arguably Jason Roberts is a bigger helmet than Lawro in that interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Dowie suggests on SSN that Ramirez could disrupt the Saints dressing room - by putting Lambert's nose out of joint as the new "top dog". That's about the only coverage SSN have given the coup of this transfer window. Woeful. Really? I'd never even thought of that! - That's laughable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 I'm sure Lambert will be devastated to be playing in the top league with top quality players... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Liverpool fans still arrogant as ever http://kopworld.net/transfer-talk/gaston-ramirez-(fc-bologna)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian H. Cope Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 That was pretty bad wasn't it? Yes it was so bad, I self harmed. Let's all stop being so f*cking precious about the media treatment of Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroppie Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 But let's not forget Markus in all of this, it's his dream at the end of the day. Totally agreed. So sad he's not here to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Majestic Channon Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Liverpool fans still arrogant as ever http://kopworld.net/transfer-talk/gaston-ramirez-(fc-bologna)/ It all starts on page 8 of the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Liverpool fans still arrogant as ever http://kopworld.net/transfer-talk/gaston-ramirez-(fc-bologna)/ Makes me laugh. They are now a top 8 team. Nowhere near top 4. And they will struggle even more if they don't buy a striker in the next 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Liverpool fans still arrogant as ever http://kopworld.net/transfer-talk/gaston-ramirez-(fc-bologna)/ If the internet were around back then, can you imagine what people would have wrote about us getting Keegan ? Go back and have a shuftie through the first series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Jimmy Nail makes a few barbed comments about it in his Oz character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Liverpool fans still arrogant as ever http://kopworld.net/transfer-talk/gaston-ramirez-(fc-bologna)/ Tis moderately amusing how they go from how great he is to 'not sure we wre interested' when he signed him.... someone should remind them they blew over 40mil on Carrol and Adam and both now gone... superb signings.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggface Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gaston favorited my welcome tweet just after os confirmed. Now we're mates i will have to invite him round for a cuppa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 If the internet were around back then, can you imagine what people would have wrote about us getting Keegan ? Go back and have a shuftie through the first series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; Jimmy Nail makes a few barbed comments about it in his Oz character. Rememebr that - classic stuff - although signing Keegan was like us signing Messi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese on Toast Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Gaston favorited my welcome tweet just after os confirmed. Now we're mates i will have to invite him round for a cuppa. but what biscuits will you offer him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Liverpool fans still arrogant as ever http://kopworld.net/transfer-talk/gaston-ramirez-(fc-bologna)/ We are a "small puddle after light rain" type-club. Makes me laugh how their club has fallen apart in the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tttdcs Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Dowie suggests on SSN that Ramirez could disrupt the Saints dressing room - by putting Lambert's nose out of joint as the new "top dog". That's about the only coverage SSN have given the coup of this transfer window. Woeful. Dowie is an idiot as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katalinic Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Amazing signing and transfer window generally - great to see 99.9% of fans happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 I can gloat for voting yes. I assumed that all the hystrionics coming from the Bologna chairman and the comments in the Italian press were just tactical, in an attempt at brinkmanship, to get the player's profile raised and to up the buying price. I also came to the conclusion that as a fellow Italian, Cortese would be adept at playing this game of poker and when the chips were down, he wouldn't blink first. Although Ramirez is an unknown quantity in English top flight football, the fact that he did very well in Seria A and was on the radar of several other top clubs encourages me to hope that we might have unearthed a real diamond of a player. All those who muttered darkly about the lack of activity earlier in the window surely cannot be unhappy about the quality of these last few signings. Or would they have rather settled for some of those players who were signed earlier for other clubs who are likely to be in the bottom half of the table? IMO, the calibre of player that we have brought onto the bus amounts to a serious statement of intent by the club. All those supporters of other clubs who believed that Southampton are the same outfit that flirted with relegation most seasons in the Premiership and who didn't have two pennies to rub together, are starting to sit up and rub their eyes in bewilderment. It has also come as a surprise to some of our own fans too. Cortese with the backing of the Liebherrs, is starting to look like a man who doesn't make ambitious statements for the club without being deadly serious about them. Whether those ambitions can be achieved remains to be seen, but at least the signing of players of this calibre lends credibility to his aims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese on Toast Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 I can gloat for voting yes. I assumed that all the hystrionics coming from the Bologna chairman and the comments in the Italian press were just tactical, in an attempt at brinkmanship, to get the player's profile raised and to up the buying price. I also came to the conclusion that as a fellow Italian, Cortese would be adept at playing this game of poker and when the chips were down, he wouldn't blink first. Although Ramirez is an unknown quantity in English top flight football, the fact that he did very well in Seria A and was on the radar of several other top clubs encourages me to hope that we might have unearthed a real diamond of a player. All those who muttered darkly about the lack of activity earlier in the window surely cannot be unhappy about the quality of these last few signings. Or would they have rather settled for some of those players who were signed earlier for other clubs who are likely to be in the bottom half of the table? IMO, the calibre of player that we have brought onto the bus amounts to a serious statement of intent by the club. All those supporters of other clubs who believed that Southampton are the same outfit that flirted with relegation most seasons in the Premiership and who didn't have two pennies to rub together, are starting to sit up and rub their eyes in bewilderment. It has also come as a surprise to some of our own fans too. Cortese with the backing of the Liebherrs, is starting to look like a man who doesn't make ambitious statements for the club without being deadly serious about them. Whether those ambitions can be achieved remains to be seen, but at least the signing of players of this calibre lends credibility to his aims. Too long;Didn't read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted 31 August, 2012 Share Posted 31 August, 2012 Too long;Didn't read Infraction for Dune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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