simo Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 So with adam looking likely to leave with shaw and Rickie I make that 3 strikers a keeper a centre back an attacking midfielder and a left back so far or am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 looks like Lovren and Morgan could be following soon, so don't put away your wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Semi-skimmed milk and one of those bumper party-packs of Skips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Does the transfer list have a bargain bin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Lets raid those Dutch WC stars- as if. I can see us only spending around 30 odd million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 At least half the money will be wasted on shite. It always is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 At least half the money will be wasted on shite. It always is. Will need 8 players. If 5 are decent then that might do, much less and its going to be close. The absolute key, is that we need a striker who will score PL goals from day one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Will need 8 players. If 5 are decent then that might do, much less and its going to be close. The absolute key, is that we need a striker who will score PL goals from day one. Probably sign some guy from Eredivisie who gets found out at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 The absolute key, is that we need a striker who will score PL goals from day one. Don't be over-dramatic, we scored 54 prem goals last year and 17 are still here. You can pick up a lot of points, with 17 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Probably sign some guy from Eredivisie who gets found out at this level. We will get relegated unless we get a good striker who scores 15 league goals next season. Not the time for gambles. Currently have barely anyone who actually has anything like a goal record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benali-shorts Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Although I now fear we'll replace him with Immers and just be much, much worse. That's the moment I'd lose most my hope. immers signed a new deal at feyenoord this week, so don't worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 First signing will be A.Lallana from Bournmouth for £6.25m. Don't know much about him. I think he's a w(h)inger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 We will get relegated unless we get a good striker who scores 15 league goals next season. Not the time for gambles. Currently have barely anyone who actually has anything like a goal record. Here you go again. You must be related to Alpine surely? Do us all a favour will you and wait until we see who comes in before you post any more of this negative nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckenham Saint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Ings, Pellé, Rojo, Blind, Ochoa and Anthony Martial (French) please, plus stick a cheeky bid in for Shaqiri, Valbuena and then just a random Liverpool player to see how they deal with being the other side of paper talk! No idea who we are going to get, although I have no doubt we will be buying new players and don't see any more after Lallana and Shaw going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Here you go again. You must be related to Alpine surely? Do us all a favour will you and wait until we see who comes in before you post any more of this negative nonsense. He's right tho ain't it, losing ur 3 top scorers in one window is v.gamble. We will need to be either v.clever or v.lucky with whoever comes in! If we end up more Wolfswinkle than Bony we could easily get in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 He's right tho ain't it, losing ur 3 top scorers in one window is v.gamble. We will need to be either v.clever or v.lucky with whoever comes in! If we end up more Wolfswinkle than Bony we could easily get in trouble. Don't forget, we still have Billy Sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 He's right tho ain't it, losing ur 3 top scorers in one window is v.gamble. We will need to be either v.clever or v.lucky with whoever comes in! If we end up more Wolfswinkle than Bony we could easily get in trouble. Of course its right. Like if Liverpool sold Suarez and Sterling and then Sturridge was injured for ages. If we scored 54 goals and only have 17 of them available next season, less once Osvaldo goes then it clearly suggests that area should be the first priority and that whoever comes in cannot fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Ramirez looked good for Uruguay, creative midfielder. Who does he play for? Looked good? He has played 15mins for them over 3 games! Has also had two full seasons at Saints and done little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckenham Saint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Ramirez looked good for Uruguay, creative midfielder. Who does he play for? What was his first name? Gashton, wasn't it? Never seen him play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Ramirez looked good for Uruguay, creative midfielder. Who does he play for? Some club in the mountains of Austria I believe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Thank you, your identity is confirmed. You won't find many that think any different. Ramirez surely is running out of chances. As an aside, Billy Sharp will be at pre season training on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Saint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Ambition, resolve, and some nice silver spoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 27 June, 2014 Author Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Nice to see the club is the last to make any sort of announcement as per... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Nice to see the club is the last to make any sort of announcement as per... its only the press that have. which is very much the norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS1980 Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 De Vrij to replace Lovren Blind to replace Shaw Tadic to replace Lallana Pelle to replace Lambert Money left over to buy Claise and Martins Ini. Lose 4, gain 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingdomCome Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Whoop, we get to watch a team of "oh yeah didn't he play for someone else united"'s next year. I'd be happy to hear us sign any one at the moment. When's the tea lady's contract up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Whoop, we get to watch a team of "oh yeah didn't he play for someone else united"'s next year. I'd be happy to hear us sign any one at the moment. When's the tea lady's contract up? Liverpool have made an enquiry but apparently there is a sticking point about possible add ons. They are baulking at our wanting an extra £5k for her to provide of Victoria Sponge every afternoon on the trolley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 So with adam looking likely to leave with shaw and Rickie I make that 3 strikers a keeper a centre back an attacking midfielder and a left back so far or am I missing something? Before we sold anyone we needed: GK x1+ (possibly 2; Davis and Gazzaniga not up to it) LB x1+ (no cover for Shaw) CB x1+ (as Hooiveld and Yoshida aren't up to it) DM/CM/LM/RM x1+ (someone to replace Guly, and with Rodriguez injured) ST x1+ (to replace Osvaldo and maybe Forte/Barnard/Mayuka/Sharp/whatever). Since then we've sold a LB, an AM (soon), and a ST. So by my reckoning we need 1-2 GK 1-2 LB 1-2 CB (plus a Lovren replacement if he goes) 2 MID 2-3 STR Some of them may come from the academy, but I'm not sure (maybe Sims apart) we've got anyone else ready to step up yet. I genuinely don't understand the assumptions about Targett being ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 the players we get in aren't going to have a lot of time to gel now we've ripped the best part of our team apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Hernandez and Borini would cheer me up. Agreed, but if we were ever going to get them in, it would've been as part of the Shaw/Lallana deals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 I'm hoping for better things than Borini & Hernandez tbh! I'm prejudiced against Borini cos he seems light of goals. I'm prejudiced against Hernandez cos dwarf poacher strikers are v.unfashionable. Even the Mexicans think he's too wee to play lone striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Not so sure, gets messy and complicated. Especially Borini, as that would have messed up the sell on fee for Bournemouth. But yeah, both very unlikely. I'm not even convinced Hernandez would be great starting every week, but he'd keep us up and that's all that matters. I think a lot depends if we are going to with a '1' or '2' up top. Not convinced either are ideal as a lone striker... But both would be decent partner to Pelle as a partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 I worry about 2 up front full stop. No-one plays it, besides Man City at some sometimes. Think we'd be very short in midfield. Only positives I see about 3-5-2 are Chambers at RCB, Clyne a good RWB, and plenty of good strong central mid options. Not sure Rodriguez or Ramirez would fit it either. Just not sure we'd be very creative. I mean the formation gets a bit easier when you have Sneijder, Robben and Van Persie in the team. Yeah, I agree - 3-5-2 is quite a specialist formation. I hope we stick with 4-5-1 / 4-3-3. Suits the current personnel - Wit that said, we can check back here again in a couple of weeks and we might have a totally different set of players to talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Yeah, I agree - 3-5-2 is quite a specialist formation. I hope we stick with 4-5-1 / 4-3-3. Suits the current personnel - Wit that said, we can check back here again in a couple of weeks and we might have a totally different set of players to talk about. I had a conversation about tactics with a fellow soton fan ... I speculated that, considering we play the "saints way" from academy up, drastic changes to our style of play seems unlikely. But I have been wrong so often lately in regards to saints it is only a theory! As for shopping list still too early to say but I like Redmond, Hughes, Rodriquez (swiss), Ings, Bony, Borini ... dream signings post wc would be Cuadrado, would love him across our front three, or Blind for lb but I admit both are unrealistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 To give us some attacking options (both strikers and attacking midfield) I'd like to see Nathan Redmond, Saido Berahino, Nathan Dyer and Bony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 De Vrij to replace Lovren Blind to replace Shaw Tadic to replace Lallana Pelle to replace Lambert Money left over to buy Claise and Martins Ini. Lose 4, gain 6. Interseting wishlist, although I suspect Blind is out of our grasp. For me its: GK : 1 (Marshall, or Forster ?) LB : 1 (Robertson or Tim Kolo ?) CB : 2 ? (De Vrij, Martins Indi, or Van Dyke, also paper report re Caulker) MF : 1 assuming no further transfers out but no idea who, other than Clasie although Tadic is rumoured on here, and a previous link to Grenier( might be good if Morgan stays) Strikers : 2 Pelle & Ings , unless RK can persuade one of the Dutch kids such as Depay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentsaint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Marshall Clyne Moreno Lovren (de vrij if he goes) Blind Scheiderlin Wanyama Gaston Feghouli Valbuena Origi Boruc Chambers Fonte Cork Jwp Ings Gallagher (j rod to come back into the team when fit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 It should be made a condition of their contract for new signings that they never kiss the badge. Ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roo1976 Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 De Vrij to replace Lovren Blind to replace Shaw Tadic to replace Lallana Pelle to replace Lambert Money left over to buy Claise and Martins Ini. Lose 4, gain 6. and there in lies the problem for the england national team non of which would help in the slightest and so it goes on and when teams such as ourselves do develope them we cant keep hold of them long enough to reap and silverware and rewards,only it seems financial and some high praise from other so called expert pundits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintoaks Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 If Pelle signs, i will definitely look forward to his interviews Take a look at this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnkFfPUxf5o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentsaint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Just another osvaldo, don't want him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Tony Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 At least 6 players from Krul, Shawcross, Caulker,Ricardo Rodriguez, Ings, Bony, Redmond,Griezmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 At least 6 players from Krul, Shawcross, Caulker,Ricardo Rodriguez, Ings, Bony, Redmond,Griezmann Griezmann is probably out of our league TBH. Caulker would be quality though, forget last season and look at how he did with Swansea a few years back - top quality. Shawcross would cost too much and is a bit of a lumbering oaf to be honest. Rodriguez is my personal pick to replace Shaw...but reckon it will be Kolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenagegsaint Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Outs- Lallana Lambert Shaw Ins- Back-up for Boruc... not sure who! Martins-Indi Van Dijk Finnbogasson Tadic Pelle Clasie Would be over the moon with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Do we have an embargo preventing us from signing anyone apart from Dutch players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Seems strange that RK is seemingly ok watching his team get raped. Concerned that we might end up with a team of dutch hopefuls finding their feet in the PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Seems strange that RK is seemingly ok watching his team get raped. Concerned that we might end up with a team of dutch hopefuls finding their feet in the PL. I think we're a bit more shrewd than that. Being a dutch manager doesn't mean he just signs dutch players by the way....he will have contacts all over the world. I'm sure RK has been briefed on these deals, because he's been told he will be able to reinvest the fees to replace the players that are going. Personally, I believe Shaw and Lallana have been done for a while in all but signatures, I'm sure RK was aware when he got the job that they were not going to be around. The Lovren/Morgan/Cork/Fonte situations are slightly more interesting and RK may have a little more pull in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 27 June, 2014 Share Posted 27 June, 2014 Would love Caulker, but can see him ending up at QPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 28 June, 2014 Share Posted 28 June, 2014 Would love Caulker, but can see him ending up at QPR. Maybe, but a Ferdinand/Caulker CB partnership would get raped by any forward with half decent pace... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 28 June, 2014 Share Posted 28 June, 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/tottenham-launch-transfer-raid-swansea-3777939 If Ben Davies is available for £8m then we should definitely be getting him in as a Shaw replacement. Sign him up RoKo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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