Mario Lemina - Official: Signs for Nice

[davefizzy14]

An exciting transfer, really happy with this. Lemina is the perfect partner for Romeu in the midfield. A big statement of intent. Welcome on-board Mario ☺

[Jackie@home]

Hopefully, the long awaited Morgan replacement. We've looked physically weak , especially in midfield, since Morgan and Wanyama's departure. It will also give us a bit more enthusiasm for the new season after all the Van Dijk crap.

[Saint Albert]

Anyone got a link to Les Reeds comments please?

 

They're in the club's presser. The juicy bit was quoted earlier.

 

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-08-08/southampton-mario-lemina-transfer-announcement

[Graffito]

Les Reed went to Europe

To buy a Ford Cortina

Instead he bought a midfield man

He calls himself Lemina

He passes to his left, he passes to his right

And if he ever scores a goal

We'll sing this song all night.

 

(Work in progress. I'll get my coat)[emoji23

 

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Italy, the home of The Ford Cortina.

[5string]

Lets just hope that he punches that c**t VVD in the nuts if he ever trains with Saints again like he did in a match once.

 

Sounds like a typical Saints signing and filling the sizeable hole left by Shcneiderlin/Wanyama.

 

Be interesting to see how MP keeps all our midfield options happy....certainly a choice from Boufal, Tadic, JWP, Davis, Romeu, mario, Clasie, PEH, Redmond would seem to indicate that at least 1 to 2 of these could be surplus to requirements in the near future.

 

My bet would be Clasie (pity, I like how he plays but he's not quite made it on a regular enough basis) and, in time, Davis (purely due to age - he's still very influential for us).

 

Quite excited for this new signing. Positive intent?

[ericb]

To the pina colada song.

 

We've got lamina the Gabon, he likes goals from long range.

 

He left the old lady, and flutes of champagne.

 

(Yes I am taking the ****)

 

 

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[Toadhall Saint]

Thank you for visiting our forum. Which club do you support?

 

Check his post history - I got through about 8 out of about 28.

[Verbal]

What brings you to this neck of the woods?

 

I'm always in this neck of the woods, just not subtracting from the sum of knowledge.

[Shroppie]

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[OttawaSaint]

Finally some good news. Welcome Mario, may you complete your first pass as a Saint lest Mr X and Batman write you off...

[Donatello]

My family Golden Retriever Alfie was put to sleep at 3pm today, and I'm having a rough day at work. This news has cheered me up no end!

 

Welcome Mario!

 

More signings of this calibre and we're in for a good season! (That's a CB or 2, a keeper, and another attacking player.)

 

Sorry for your loss. All the best moving forward

[Andy Durman]

Eric Black will play an important role in communicating his roles and responsibilities at Southampton.

[S-Clarke]

My family Golden Retriever Alfie was put to sleep at 3pm today, and I'm having a rough day at work. This news has cheered me up no end!

 

Welcome Mario!

 

More signings of this calibre and we're in for a good season! (That's a CB or 2, a keeper, and another attacking player.)

 

Sad news - sorry to hear that. Dog's are family.

[dronskisaint]

Happy with this ...thanks Saints :-)

[Faz]

Importantly he gives us another 6 footer in the side.

[tajjuk]

Hopeful about this one, whilst he wasn't a starter for Juve, he still got plenty of game time and you have to be decent for that happen, especially in recent years.

 

And as Les says, this is a guy who just played in the Champions League final. He might have more trophies won than our whole squad put together.

[Saint Albert]

Behind the scenes video here:

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/SouthamptonFC/status/895012795732946947/video/1

[Saint in Paradise]

My family Golden Retriever Alfie was put to sleep at 3pm today, and I'm having a rough day at work. This news has cheered me up no end!

 

 

Sorry for your loss SNSUN, we had our Golden Retriever put to sleep in July 1994 and we still talk

about him.

 

.

[Heisenberg]

My family Golden Retriever Alfie was put to sleep at 3pm today, and I'm having a rough day at work. This news has cheered me up no end!

 

Welcome Mario!

 

More signings of this calibre and we're in for a good season! (That's a CB or 2, a keeper, and another attacking player.)

 

One of my early memories on this forum... During match threads when you used to threaten to "kick the dog" if Saints conceded...... The LOLs from 10 years ago

 

Sorry for your loss buddy

[OttawaSaint]

One of my early memories on this forum... During match threads when you used to threaten to "kick the dog" if Saints conceded...... The LOLs from 10 years ago

 

Sorry for your loss buddy

 

I vaguely remember a parrot too!?!

[Heisenberg]

I vaguely remember a parrot too!?!

 

You might be right... Rings a bell.

 

Think he will kick anything

[suewhistle]

Les Reed went to Europe

To buy a Ford Cortina

Instead he bought a midfield man

He calls himself Lemina

He passes to his left, he passes to his right

And if he ever scores a goal

We'll sing this song all night.

 

(Work in progress. I'll get my coat)[emoji23]

 

 

Les Reed went to Europe

To ski some at Cortina

 

or

 

To buy some Fontina *

 

Any more er.. improvements? ;-)

 

*a cheese also occasionally available in Lidl

[FloridaMarlin]

Italy, the home of The Ford Cortina.

 

Named after the Dolomite ski resort, Cortina d'Ampezzo.

 

Perhaps he should leave out the car resort, and stress that.

 

"Les Read went to Italy,

Ski-ing in Cortina.."

 

But why would he be shopping for midfield players when he could be spending all day pounding the slopes?

 

I'm confused.

[Faz]

Les Reed went to Europe

To buy some Orangina

They didn't have that flavour

So instead he bought Lemina

 

Obvious.

[nta786]

MarioLemina_13

MarioLemina_13 @LeminaM_13

·

2h

Heureux de rejoindre le @SouthamptonFC pour 5 ans.

 

 

If my French is correct, he has tweeted 'Happy to join Southampton for 5 years'

 

 

Let's see if he is actually here for 5 years :lol:

[angelman]

Yup, let's see what he feels like in a year,

[suewhistle]

Better than our suggestions Faz! LOL

 

Skied at Cortina many years ago, never seen so many fur coats in my life as down the main street and there was a lovely wine bar. Les has obviously been shopping in expensive and classy places.

[Bad Wolf]

Nice, good news! When that tweet came in and it was ''@LeminaM_13 on a''....i read it quickly and thought for a second it was a 13 year contract...! I thought we'd gone fully mental for a second.

 

5 year is sound though.

 

Same here!

 

Glad we got this one over the line before the end of the week. I'm guessing we'll see him about 75 minutes in on Saturday.

[austsaint]

lets not talk length of contracts shall we ? Not at the moment, it's all to raw

 

Made me chuckle. Good news signing - everyone needed a lift after the "Coq au Van Diik" saga and Mr Mario Lemina looks like the midfielder we've needed for ages. Let's hope he can play!

[Shance]

They're in the club's presser. The juicy bit was quoted earlier.

 

https://southamptonfc.com/news/2017-08-08/southampton-mario-lemina-transfer-announcement

 

Thanks pal.

[Graffito]

Named after the Dolomite ski resort, Cortina d'Ampezzo.

 

Perhaps he should leave out the car resort, and stress that.

 

"Les Read went to Italy,

Ski-ing in Cortina.."

 

But why would he be shopping for midfield players when he could be spending all day pounding the slopes?

 

I'm confused.

 

That'll teach me to make clever d1ck comments. Apologies to Shroppie for ridiculing his lyrics.

[SNSUN]

Sorry for your loss. All the best moving forward

 

Sad news - sorry to hear that. Dog's are family.

 

Sorry for your loss SNSUN, we had our Golden Retriever put to sleep in July 1994 and we still talk

about him.

 

.

 

One of my early memories on this forum... During match threads when you used to threaten to "kick the dog" if Saints conceded...... The LOLs from 10 years ago

 

Sorry for your loss buddy

 

I vaguely remember a parrot too!?!

 

Thanks all. Hit my Dad (69yo) hardest.

 

Yeah it was the parrot that gets the kicking. There's two of the buggers now.

 

 

On topic, was Pellegrino bluffing the other day when he played down the Lemina transfer? Or did he not know about it?

[rooney]

Happy with this signing. Seems just what we need.

[Lighthouse]

On topic, was Pellegrino bluffing the other day when he played down the Lemina transfer? Or did he not know about it?

 

Pretty obvious he was bluffing I'd have though, there's no way a manager wouldn't have heard about a player who's name is all over the press as signing.

 

Also in that video MP says, "welcome, NOW I can say it," or words to that effect. Suggests to me they had been in contact for a while previously.

[whelk]

Named after the Dolomite ski resort, Cortina d'Ampezzo.

 

Perhaps he should leave out the car resort, and stress that.

 

"Les Read went to Italy,

Ski-ing in Cortina.."

 

But why would he be shopping for midfield players when he could be spending all day pounding the slopes?

 

I'm confused.

 

A lot doesn't add up. Do we know if he ever got a Lamborghini or any similar sports car?

[Shroppie]

Les Reed went to Europe

To ski some at Cortina

 

or

 

To buy some Fontina *

 

Any more er.. improvements? ;-)

 

*a cheese also occasionally available in Lidl

I did consider "to buy some semolina" [emoji3][emoji3]

 

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[Shroppie]

Les Reed went to Europe

To buy some Orangina

They didn't have that flavour

So instead he bought Lemina

 

Obvious.

7/10. Good effort. Just needs finishing.

 

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[Shroppie]

That'll teach me to make clever d1ck comments. Apologies to Shroppie for ridiculing his lyrics.

No problem. I'm used to being ridiculed. [emoji6] And we need a few more suggestions.

 

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[Shroppie]

Pretty obvious he was bluffing I'd have though, there's no way a manager wouldn't have heard about a player who's name is all over the press as signing.

 

Also in that video MP says, "welcome, NOW I can say it," or words to that effect. Suggests to me they had been in contact for a while previously.

In his interview, Lemina mentions having talked to the manager and being impressed. (Obviously only after proper contact and agreement. [emoji6])

 

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[OldNick]

Les Reed went to Europe

To ski some at Cortina

 

or

 

To buy some Fontina *

 

Any more er.. improvements? ;-)

 

*a cheese also occasionally available in Lidl

Les Reed to Fords in Swaythling to buy a Cortina, is that it.....oh they did Transits there

[southamptonfc]

Wikipedia mentions

 

"Despite his talent, he has also earned a reputation for having a temper and for lacking concentration at times"

 

Saints record signings of late:

 

Lemina

Boufal

Osvaldo

Ramirez

 

I'm seeing a pattern here....

[Saint Fan CaM]

Very good signing- just what we need (on paper). Good luck Mario.

[eddie]

Interesting signing as it reveals quite how little I know about what goes on behind the scenes.

 

My assumption was that the board considered Davis, and then PEH/Clasie capable of being the starting partner alongside Romeu in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with no need to seek additional transfers.

 

I had hoped they would strengthen central midfield but Reed's comments last year didn't give me a lot of hope.

 

But it seems the board was largely on the same page - not wholly convinced by PEH/Clasie and planning for the future with Davis departure.

 

I wouldn't be surprised to see additional transfers now.

 

That gives me a lot more confidence about the board than I had before.

[Shroppie]

Interesting signing as it reveals quite how little I know about what goes on behind the scenes.

 

My assumption was that the board considered Davis, and then PEH/Clasie capable of being the starting partner alongside Romeu in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with no need to seek additional transfers.

 

I had hoped they would strengthen central midfield but Reed's comments last year didn't give me a lot of hope.

 

But it seems the board was largely on the same page - not wholly convinced by PEH/Clasie and planning for the future with Davis departure.

 

I wouldn't be surprised to see additional transfers now.

 

That gives me a lot more confidence about the board than I had before.

They have said that largely concludes our business, but I'm hoping that's a smokescreen to stop prices of players, especially CBs, going up because we're known to be in the market.

 

I'm hoping for a decent CB, good backup keeper to challenge FF and maybe the loan (with option to buy) of a young AM that's been hinted at.

 

With Clasie and Gardos leaving if there's interest.

 

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[Gingeletiss]

They have said that largely concludes our business, but I'm hoping that's a smokescreen to stop prices of players, especially CBs, going up because we're known to be in the market.

 

I'm hoping for a decent CB, good backup keeper to challenge FF and maybe the loan (with option to buy) of a young AM that's been hinted at.

 

With Clasie and Gardos leaving if there's interest.

 

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We have 26 to fill 25 positions, so to buy, we have to sell. Simples! don't get your hopes to high.

[Shroppie]

We have 26 to fill 25 positions, so to buy, we have to sell. Simples! don't get your hopes to high.

I did say hoping, not expecting. I think the CB will only happen if VVD leaves, and I now don't think he will, and somehow he will have to get back to playing.

 

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[Smirking_Saint]

We have 26 to fill 25 positions, so to buy, we have to sell. Simples! don't get your hopes to high.

 

Under 21 players under certain conditions do not have to be 'registered' so itll be interesting to see what the actual 25 looks like but basically it means we don't 'have' to sell to bring players in.

 

There'll be a couple more loans and at the very least Clasie will leave too

[way down south]

After signing hoj and lemina im thinking We now seem to have a different mould of players on our radar. Under utilized 20-25 year olds who moved to big clubs too soon and who are open to move inorder to prove themselves and probably move to another big club where they'll be certain starters in a couple of seasons.

 

Which IMO is an exellent model because they are more likely to succeed than young players from unknown leagues and clubs. And their price isnt too astronomical and neither is their wages. Plus when they do move on from us they'll move for some nonsensical prices. For example if and when lemina starts tearing up the pl in the next couple of seasons we are defo getting 70mil + for him. Rinse and repeat until we change our model again if we get some actual investment and we start offering 100k+ wages and we win a couple of silverwares.

[Manuel]

Quite interesting vid of Lamina vs Spurs pre-season. Gave the ball away a fair bit. Certainly tricky. Finds space. Couple of crosses. Reminds me of Boufal.

 

[BallBoy]

I like the look of this lad. He is not the finished product (who is?) but he is what we need. A quick. strong, mobile ball carrier. Something we definitely did not have before.