Defectors Watch

[Matthew Le God]

12 hours ago, HnycS said:

Thierry Small do we have a buyback 😃? He was tidy in PNE beating LFC, including an assist.

We can't have a buy back clause for him from a club we did not sell him to.

We didn't sell him to Charlton, he was released and then joined them. He has then joined Preston North End.

Edited August 17 by Matthew Le God

[HnycS]

3 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

We can't have a buy back clause for him from a club we did not sell him to.

We didn't sell him to Charlton, he was released and then joined them. He has then joined Preston North End.

Thanks for that. Some information for you is the 😊 indicates someone is joking. 

[goodymatt]

15 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

It’s interesting he left Saints for a better pathway to first team football. Now finds himself on loan playing for the manager that didn’t give him that pathway at Saints. Think that confirms he just left Saints for the better financial package, which is fair enough.

[S-Clarke]

1 hour ago, goodymatt said:

It’s interesting he left Saints for a better pathway to first team football. Now finds himself on loan playing for the manager that didn’t give him that pathway at Saints. Think that confirms he just left Saints for the better financial package, which is fair enough.

As always will be the case, the pathway stuff is just nonsense. Kemi Doyle is another one, went to Brighton for a supposed pathway. He's never played for Brighton, 2 years there, and I think he's on loan at L1 Reading now.

It's always about money. Always.

Edited August 18 by S-Clarke

[Baird of the land]

12 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

As always will be the case, the pathway stuff is just nonsense. Kemi Doyle is another one, went to Brighton for a supposed pathway. He's never played for Brighton, 2 years there, and I think he's on loan at L1 Reading now.

It's always about money. Always.

At the end of the day if there's no pathway at either destination, that just simplifies the choice go where the pay is higher.

[S-Clarke]

34 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

At the end of the day if there's no pathway at either destination, that just simplifies the choice go where the pay is higher.

There was a pathway here though, he was given minutes in the early pre-season when we were relegated. Martin would have included him in the Championship squad for sure, and he'd have featured in the cups. (as per Dibling). 

So if it was down to pathway only, he had an opportunity here - more so after we'd been relegated.

[OldNick]

5 hours ago, goodymatt said:

It’s interesting he left Saints for a better pathway to first team football. Now finds himself on loan playing for the manager that didn’t give him that pathway at Saints. Think that confirms he just left Saints for the better financial package, which is fair enough.

Is that the Meghoma that was at Saints who went on loan to PNE? As i feel there was another player at Brentford with a similar name

[S-Clarke]

10 minutes ago, OldNick said:

Is that the Meghoma that was at Saints who went on loan to PNE? As i feel there was another player at Brentford with a similar name

Maybe you're thinking of Thierry Small?

We got him from Everton as a highly rated kid, he had a loan at Port Vale and then up in Scotland, didn't ever kick on here and left for Charlton to work under Europe's greatest manager.

Charlton sold him in the summer to PNE.

[OldNick]

15 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Maybe you're thinking of Thierry Small?

We got him from Everton as a highly rated kid, he had a loan at Port Vale and then up in Scotland, didn't ever kick on here and left for Charlton to work under Europe's greatest manager.

Charlton sold him in the summer to PNE.

No im thinking of Meghoma (Spelling), he left us for Brentford and went on loan to PNE (I think). My granddaughter went to school with his sister, near Romsey

Edited August 18 by OldNick

[goodymatt]

2 hours ago, OldNick said:

Is that the Meghoma that was at Saints who went on loan to PNE? As i feel there was another player at Brentford with a similar name

Yes it’s Jayden Meghoma who left us for Brentford, then went on loan to Preston and is now on loan at rangers. Brentford also have Paris Maghoma, similar but slightly different surname.

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Bedders impressing at Porto: two clean sheets and

https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-dubbed-the-king-as-he-impresses-everyone-following-southampton-exit/

👍👏👏👏

[Holmes_and_Watson]

17 hours ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Bedders impressing at Porto: two clean sheets and

https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-dubbed-the-king-as-he-impresses-everyone-following-southampton-exit/

👍👏👏👏

King sized Beds. 🙂

[trousers]

17 hours ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Bedders impressing at Porto: two clean sheets and

https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-dubbed-the-king-as-he-impresses-everyone-following-southampton-exit/

👍👏👏👏

Good to see that he's found his level 👍🏻

 

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Moussa Djenepo’s decline continues - he has just completed a free transfer from Standard Liege to Esteghlal, an Iranian team.  Sad, really.  I loved his attitude and occasional brilliance but we coached that out of him and he became Bambi on ice; at least the weather in Iran will melt the ice.  Cue the modern version of the Egyptian Sand Dance (one for our older readers).

https://getfootballnewsbene.com/former-southampton-winger-set-to-depart-standard-liege-for-the-second-time-with-iran-the-destination/

[Willo of Whiteley]

Has anyone ever had a Google on how Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Kamari Doyle are doing? Or Alexander Jankewitz? 

Weren’t a couple of those in the same age group as Tyler Dibling and Jay Robinson?

[S-Clarke]

10 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

Has anyone ever had a Google on how Jimmy-Jay Morgan and Kamari Doyle are doing? Or Alexander Jankewitz? 

Weren’t a couple of those in the same age group as Tyler Dibling and Jay Robinson?

Jimmy-Jay Morgan is nowhere near the Chelsea side, he had a loan at Gillingham last season where he made 16 apps. 19 years old

Doyle has been thrown around on several L1/L2 loans. Crawley, Exeter and now at Reading this year. Hasn't ever played for Brighton. 20 years old

Looks like Jankewitz is now a squad player at FC Winterthur in the Swiss 1st Div.  23 year old.

 

I think it's fair to see that all 3 have monumentally failed since leaving us. But as long as $$$ is thrown around in these players faces, it won't change. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

JJM wanted something like £10K a week from what I heard as a 16 year old and the club rightly laughed him off.

Another one that was poorly advised, but again he probably is more than comfortable on Chelsea salaries.

[S-Clarke]

37 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

JJM wanted something like £10K a week from what I heard as a 16 year old and the club rightly laughed him off.

Another one that was poorly advised, but again he probably is more than comfortable on Chelsea salaries.

He always came across as the sort who'd thrive in the ''Made in Chelsea'' environment, not talking football, but everything else.

[Tamesaint]

It is disappointing how those youngsters who formed such a good team had their heads turned so quickly. I remember the squad being paraded round the ground just before they appeared in a youth final. Was it due to agents, greedy parents, lack of a perceived pathway or just heads being turned by the prospect of £££? 

There was a video on here of JJM standing with Everton away supporters flicking V's at home fans. Without wanting to sound too much like an old fogey, it is a shame how few of the players felt any loyalty  to the club that nurtured them. 

[Channons Windmill]

Richard Dryden appointed interrim manager at Yeovil Town following the sacking of Mark Cooper

[Lighthouse]

Looks like the Shepherd’s Pie is on Josh

https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/somerset/news/yeovil-town-first-goalscorer-sack-of-spuds

[sockeye]

On 20/08/2025 at 14:18, Tommy Mulgrew said:

Bedders impressing at Porto: two clean sheets and

https://sportwitness.co.uk/player-dubbed-the-king-as-he-impresses-everyone-following-southampton-exit/

👍👏👏👏

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The representative also revealed his client snubbed Leeds United and West Ham to join Porto.

West Ham love their ex-Saints.

[Whitey Grandad]

Elyounoussi started for FC København this evening. 

[Willo of Whiteley]

Danny Ings at Sheffield United.

Nathan Redmond also training there

[Tamesaint]

Jason Wilcox under pressure atm. 

[LiberalCommunist]

Defectors watch used to sting more. 

[qwertyell]

Thierry Small called up by England u21s.

Looked for all the world like your typical talent waster who never really improves on their early promise, kicks around the lower leagues for a while, and then vanishes. But since leaving us, he's put in the work and started to get back on track. 

Fair play to the lad.

Dibling and Max Alleyne in the squad too, completing the ex-Saint trifecta. 

[S-Clarke]

18 minutes ago, qwertyell said:

Thierry Small called up by England u21s.

Looked for all the world like your typical talent waster who never really improves on their early promise, kicks around the lower leagues for a while, and then vanishes. But since leaving us, he's put in the work and started to get back on track. 

Fair play to the lad.

Dibling and Max Alleyne in the squad too, completing the ex-Saint trifecta. 

Does he have to give our old friend Nathan Jones credit for kicking his career into gear? He was drifting until that point. 

Edited Friday at 18:06 by S-Clarke

[Tommy Mulgrew]

Tall Paul scores again in a 1:0 win for Trab.  And SAA provides an assist for Strasbourg’s first goal in a 3:2 defeat.