Smirking_Saint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 You need to make your mind up mate You've done well trawling glasgow but the sarcasm has woooshed over your head mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint-crinny Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 BBC's Nabil Hassan tweeting the Long deal is completed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 @solentsport: BREAKING: Sources tell us Shane Long has completed his move to #SaintsFC (via @NabilHassan79) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Hull City manager Steve Bruce says Southampton's £12m bid for striker Shane Long was too good to turn down. According to the Hull Daily Mail, Southampton's initial bid was close to the £7m Hull paid to sign the 27-year-old striker from West Bromwich Albion in January, but when that was rejected the offer rose to £9m and then on to the figure which was accepted by the club on Tuesday night. "We'd not been looking to sell Shane but it's a fantastic offer and we've decided to accept it, and to be honest with you, we'd have accepted 10m" Bruce tells the newspaper. "The challenge is always to become bigger and better and this money will be put towards strengthening again. Whether you are Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, everyone in football has got their price. Myself and the owners didn't want to lose Shane but we accept it's a very good offer, especially when you consider what we paid in January. I've got no issues." What wasn't said in bold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Sibley has just started following Shane Long therefore done deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome aboard, Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Just saw that the club accounts had started following Shane Long, so of course it could only mean one thing. Welcome aboard Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasaint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 ??? woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 At least he looks like a foreign national. Pleased to have him on board, but - agree with most of you - £12M is way too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 More competition for places, good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckenham Saint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Have warmed to the idea of Shane Long playing for us, although was massively against it when the reports first came out regarding our interest. Hope he does well for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grezz Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 No point crying over spilt millions now. Welcome aboard Super Shane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Doesn't matter how much he cost, he is a Saints player now so let him get on with it. Fee not in any way determined by him, he just needs to go and play his normal game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 At the end of the day, he's signed now, we've paid the money and so the fee should become irrelevant. We have another hard working, good quality striking option. Let's support him. I'm excited to see him play for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 I am pleased - think he will do well for us. Welcome Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Well bang goes my theory ....... Thought this was all about forcing Burnley's hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madruss Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Great signing. Welcome aboard Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hoff Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/14082014-announcement-shane-long-southampton-1828920.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 His hair is okay but not keen on the jumper over shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingdomCome Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 He's got no control over how much we pay for him, so will get full support as deserved. Think £12m is far too much but no doubt a reflection of a number of factors pushing the price up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Abroad Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 I see his twitter handle has his Secret Service number, 009, part of it. Was it 009 who died in one of the Roger Moore movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedyfly Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome Shane! I'll be as much of a **** as everyone else in the rumours and build up, but once signed you have my full support! Can't doubt his energy and workrate, antithesis of Osvaldo and I have a feeling he'll beat his goal tally! In fact, I bet Long scores more for us than Osvaldo does for Inter this season. Maybe just. Another super underwhelming signing. Welcome aboard I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pap Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Good signing for us, although watching the armchair football managers pretend they'd know what the fúck to do with £12m was a grim spectacle to see. Very different types of threat going forward now, which could be very interesting. Welcome aboard, Mr Long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Good first few comments from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS_SFC Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome Shane... Ignore those who are going to slag off you and the fact you have signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washsaint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 good luck to the guy - not his fault we have paid massively over the odds for him. Just the stupid, unsustainable nature of todays market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Awesome, welcome Shane! Great signing - just the type of striker we needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome aboard Shane, 12 goals this season please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome aboard Shane and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Poor signing imo. Will have to score a lot of goals to justify that massive fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Ignoring the fee I think he's a good signing and very much the sort of player we need. I do still think we are missing another winger and another centre back after Gardos. I fully expect a winger/AM to come in though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome Shlong! Be interested to see what shirt number he's given, if he doesn't get 7 that might indicate a marquee signing on the horizon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentry Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Good luck SHane. Lot of money, but it is now a days to get a striker from the prem. If he gets 12+ will be worth it. Still a good age. ANd has potential re-sale. In the right team he should do well. Not the next level signing I was hoping for, but a solid signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome Shlong! Be interested to see what shirt number he's given, if he doesn't get 7 that might indicate a marquee signing on the horizon? Hope he doesn't get 7 because loads of wally Saints fans will give him stick about it and heap even more pressure on him than his price tag has. He has never scored 10 PL goals in a season before, if he does this year then he has done his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 gr8 signing he's always been my #1 transfer target. What a coup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 I notice he mentions the formation will suit him. Not quite sure where he's been signed to fit into the formation, unless it's instead of Pelle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATERSIDEIFASAINT Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome Shane. Happy with the signing. We have got top dollar prices for our players who have left and in a massively inflated market we have to expect paying some silly fees for players we want. Cant have it both ways!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Great signing, well happy with that, no worries about learning the prem, can imagine Long to start on Sunday now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welbeck isn't leaving Man Utd. See this....http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2724399/Danny-Welbeck-targeted-Hull-Man-United-striker-faces-bit-role-new-boss-Louis-van-Gaal.html and this... http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-uniteds-danny-welbeck-transfer-4046635 Watch them be taken down by this afternoon. See.... (Mirror will be down tomorrow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 I notice he mentions the formation will suit him. Not quite sure where he's been signed to fit into the formation' date=' unless it's instead of Pelle?[/quote'] I assumed he'd be running the channels or whatever, is that not his game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 gr8 signing he's always been my #1 transfer target. What a coup! Definitely a coup. Apparently beaten off competition from a host of top European clubs to land him. Have tracked him for a number of years. Proper coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restark19 Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Decent signing all said. Get ings signed up in Jan to join next year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Average player - hugely overpriced. Thought our club was different to the others. Oh well. 12m is a fortune to spend on a player who wont get in the team, however a decent enough alternative to Pelle for £5/6m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSt Peter Saint Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Welcome to Saints, Shane. I hope you become a very important player for us this season, regardless of the fee we paid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solentstars Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 good signing and suits our style despite the bedwetters who seem to post such negative rubbish on this forum over the last month,thank god they don,t manage the club . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simondo Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 v happy with that! will be awesome along side JRod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 His hair is okay but not keen on the jumper over shirt. yeah, wearing a jumper at this time of year is a no, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeintheslowlane Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Think we've paid over the odds to ensure we quickly get a man who RK thinks fits into our style of play. Welcome Shane hope you prove the doubters wrong...but don't worry, whoever you were there would always have been doubters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 14 August, 2014 Share Posted 14 August, 2014 Will help defend from the front at Liverpool at least. Hope he gives Lovren a torrid, David Luiz-type time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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