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Saint Since '51

Saint Since '51

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1 hour ago, SWLondon Saint said:

He mainly plays 4-2-3-1 or one of the variations on it according to most sources - but more importantly he's adaptable and uses whatever formation fits the players he's had. Would be nice to have a manager who's pragmatic rather than a system obsessive...

Some people saying mainly 4 at the back. Other people showing his Lens team with 5 at the back. That team translated into a Saints team - with wing-backs and no wingers. Other people saying AA won't play because Still does play wingers.

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play - and therefore what type of players he needs us to sell or buy in this transfer window.

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Saintsarmy

Saintsarmy

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Wondered what people’s opinions are; at what point do you consider us no longer in “the early days” of the transfer window? In my opinion we still need a minimum of 6/7 signings and with the season starting just over 5 weeks away wondered what people think 

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Turkish

Turkish

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3 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

It will probably change through the season but going by the way Lens set up for the final match of the season:

————————New GK———————-

——Quashie——THB—-New CB/Stephens—

————————Charles————————-—

—Sugawara—Downes—Fernandes-Manning-

————AA/Archer/Stewart—Downs———

 

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It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

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Saint Fan CaM

Saint Fan CaM

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24 minutes ago, Saint Since '51 said:

Some people saying mainly 4 at the back. Other people showing his Lens team with 5 at the back. That team translated into a Saints team - with wing-backs and no wingers. Other people saying AA won't play because Still does play wingers.

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play - and therefore what type of players he needs us to sell or buy in this transfer window.

As long as Manning is not playing ahead of Welington I’ll be satisfied. If not, I’ll lose a fair bit of respect for Still.

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sockeye

sockeye

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5 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

Thanks Eni Aluko

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Turkish

Turkish

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5 minutes ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

Nice maths there Turkish

 

2 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Thanks Eni Aluko

Carrillo logic chaps Carrillo logic 

Badger

Badger

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9 minutes ago, Turkish said:

It’ll be Downs and Archer surely 

Archer is a good championship striker 18 goals in 40 games which if you really think about is 2 goals a game 

 

3 minutes ago, sockeye said:

Thanks Eni Aluko

More Diane Abbot than anything else. 

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CSA96

CSA96

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41 minutes ago, Saintsarmy said:

Wondered what people’s opinions are; at what point do you consider us no longer in “the early days” of the transfer window? In my opinion we still need a minimum of 6/7 signings and with the season starting just over 5 weeks away wondered what people think 

When there's only three more friendlies before the season starts. Right now they've been training for two days and don't play a game for another 10 days, so still early days. Then the latter stage of the window is once the league games have started and there's about three/four weeks until the deadline

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Tommy Mulgrew

Tommy Mulgrew

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3 hours ago, Saint Since '51 said:

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play

Not really, that’s one of the advantages we have with WS as manager - it leaves our opposition guessing what our set-up will be and how to counter it.  It would be strange if we telegraphed our system to everyone else so that they had plenty of time to work out how to counter it (I’m looking at you, Russell).  As long as those doing our recruiting of players know what skills we need in our players, we should have no concerns.  Ever the optimistic 😇.

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Zorba

Zorba

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10 hours ago, Badger said:

 

More Diane Abbot than anything else. 

Getting into character for that job interview, Turkish?

Saint NL

Saint NL

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11 minutes ago, MarkSFC said:

Which 6 players? Its behind a paywall...

The article doesn't say which players, but it does say this about Rohl:

 

As Chansiri battles to avoid full-scale mutiny, with staff also unpaid, highly-rated manager Danny Röhl is also believed to be closing in on an agreement on a severance package after two seasons at the crisis club.

 

Röhl has held talks with his coaching staff and informed them that he will be leaving, following negotiations over a settlement. Henrik Pedersen, one of Röhl’s assistants, is in line to land the No 1 job if he receives certain assurances.

beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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15 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Marca reporting that Liverpools Diego Jota has been killed in a car crash. Damn.

Bloody hell, he only got married a few days ago.

Absolutely tragic, terrible news. 😢

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ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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47 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

The article doesn't say which players, but it does say this about Rohl:

 

As Chansiri battles to avoid full-scale mutiny, with staff also unpaid, highly-rated manager Danny Röhl is also believed to be closing in on an agreement on a severance package after two seasons at the crisis club.

 

Röhl has held talks with his coaching staff and informed them that he will be leaving, following negotiations over a settlement. Henrik Pedersen, one of Röhl’s assistants, is in line to land the No 1 job if he receives certain assurances.

Rohl got to be going to Leicester then surely.

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BERMUDASAINT

BERMUDASAINT

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21 hours ago, Saint_lambden said:

Sunderland about to sign Petrovic (GK) from Chelsea. I wonder if that will lead us to stepping up our interest in Anthony Patterson who's been linked with us the past couple of transfer windows. Would represent pure profit from a PSR point of view for them and he's likely now to be back-up there which - at 25 - I doubt he would want. 

 

Right on time.....

Southampton plotting to sign Sunderland star Anthony Patterson

https://www.footballinsider247.com/southampton-plotting-to-sign-sunderland-star-anthony-patterson/

Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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25 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said:

One basket case club to another.

'Welcome to Leicester Danny! Must be good to have escaped that madhouse!'

'Ja'

'Oh and by the way we're broke, we're starting with a 12 point deduction, the owner sold the club yesterday and the new Chairman has said he's not convinced you're the right man for the job'

'Scheiße'

Edited by Midfield_General
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Chez

Chez

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4 hours ago, Saint NL said:

Sheffield Wednesday didn't even pay us the loan fee for Shea last season. They're in deeeep trouble...

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/07/02/six-sheffield-wednesday-players-hand-notice-unpaid-wages/

 

Southampton are understood to be due money from midfielder Shea Charles’s loan fee and salary last season.

 

 

We'll get paid at some point. The league won't let them do anything unless football creditors like us get fully paid.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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10 minutes ago, Chez said:

We'll get paid at some point. The league won't let them do anything unless football creditors like us get fully paid.

As a club at the Eastern end of the M27 found out.

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Pat from Poole

Pat from Poole

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Glasgow Rangers fans seem to be getting excited at the potential prospect of Brooks signing for them. 

Bizarrely, Brooks has been quoted as saying he would play for Brent for life. 

What an odd thing to say. 

He appears to have succumbed to the cult. 

Possible typo in that last sentence….

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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13 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:


Glasgow Rangers fans seem to be getting excited at the potential prospect of Brooks signing for them. 

Bizarrely, Brooks has been quoted as saying he would play for Brent for life. 

What an odd thing to say. 

He appears to have succumbed to the cult. 

Possible typo in that last sentence….

Would be a great signing for them on paper, until he lets them all get unfit and then makes them all look stupid with how he tells them to play.

But it looks like he's getting all his affordable mates back together, so hopefully the call for the Wee Man™ is coming in 3, 2, 1... 

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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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4 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Would be a great signing for them on paper, until he lets them all get unfit and then makes them all look stupid with how he tells them to play.

But it looks like he's getting all his affordable mates back together, so hopefully the call for the Wee Man™ is coming in 3, 2, 1... 

Isn't Brooks still cup tied ?

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coalman

coalman

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35 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Would be a great signing for them on paper, until he lets them all get unfit and then makes them all look stupid with how he tells them to play.

But it looks like he's getting all his affordable mates back together, so hopefully the call for the Wee Man™ is coming in 3, 2, 1... 

Then he'll need a really commanding ball playing centre back that can step into midfield to dominate the game.

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gio1saints

gio1saints

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16 hours ago, Saint Since '51 said:

Some people saying mainly 4 at the back. Other people showing his Lens team with 5 at the back. That team translated into a Saints team - with wing-backs and no wingers. Other people saying AA won't play because Still does play wingers.

It's strange that we really seem to have no idea what system Still will play - and therefore what type of players he needs us to sell or buy in this transfer window.

It’s only strange because EVERYONE and his dog knew how we were going to play under RM. 

If it seems like it’s unclear what system Still is going to use I’d say thats a good thing and I hope he keeps everyone guessing all season. It may just be you’ve identified his system - no system just do what’s specifically needed to win v each opponent. 


WRT to transfers I think we have a very good idea of the player characteristics SFC will prefer in general :  height, pace, athleticism. 

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beatlesaint

beatlesaint

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1 hour ago, Pat from Poole said:


Glasgow Rangers fans seem to be getting excited at the potential prospect of Brooks signing for them. 

Bizarrely, Brooks has been quoted as saying he would play for Brent for life. 

What an odd thing to say. 

He appears to have succumbed to the cult. 
 

It's an odd thing to say given Russball strangled his more natural creative instincts. He looked a different player for Bournemouth last season with the shackles of RM cast off.

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Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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1 hour ago, Pat from Poole said:

Glasgow Rangers fans seem to be getting excited at the potential prospect of Brooks signing for them. 

Bizarrely, Brooks has been quoted as saying he would play for Brent for life. 

What an odd thing to say. 

He appears to have succumbed to the cult. 

Possible typo in that last sentence….

He hasn't got a beard though, has he?

ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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3 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

One basket case club to another.

People said that two years ago about Leicester, when Maresca joined - no points deduction and they romped the league.

Still don’t believe they’ll get one this time around.

Pamplemousse

Pamplemousse

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56 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

It’s only strange because EVERYONE and his dog knew how we were going to play under RM. 

If it seems like it’s unclear what system Still is going to use I’d say thats a good thing and I hope he keeps everyone guessing all season. It may just be you’ve identified his system - no system just do what’s specifically needed to win v each opponent. 


WRT to transfers I think we have a very good idea of the player characteristics SFC will prefer in general :  height, pace, athleticism. 

Absolutely agree. It'll be interesting to see how we set up against let's say Eastleigh (where you'd assume we want to dominate) and the game against Brighton, where you'd expect we'll be on the backfoot.

saintant

saintant

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4 minutes ago, Chez said:

I don't know anything about him, but if he is any good, why would Sunderland let him go? Even if they sign a new keeper, in the PL, you still want/need a decent number 2. Is he not that great?

I think Sunderland are looking at signing a new keeper and, if they do, Patterson is thought very unlikely to stay and play second fiddle. Patterson is an excellent keeper so would be a good replacement if Ramsdale leaves.

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Chez

Chez

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8 minutes ago, saintant said:

I think Sunderland are looking at signing a new keeper and, if they do, Patterson is thought very unlikely to stay and play second fiddle. Patterson is an excellent keeper so would be a good replacement if Ramsdale leaves.

If he is excellent, why do they want a new number 1? If he's not `excellent', just good, then won't he be their ideal number 2?

Players that have helped their sides get promoted tend to be very reluctant to depart before getting the chance to show they can play at that level. 

I will bow to those that know more about him and the position, but if Sunderland don't think he is good enough for the Prem, is that not a red flag? We have lots of championship type players (players that have shown they cant make the step up). Perhaps we should be signing players that we think are going to be good enough for the PL, but others just haven't seen it yet.

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Chez

Chez

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2 hours ago, Pat from Poole said:

Glasgow Rangers fans seem to be getting excited at the potential prospect of Brooks signing for them. 

Bizarrely, Brooks has been quoted as saying he would play for Brent for life. 

What an odd thing to say. 

He appears to have succumbed to the cult. 

Possible typo in that last sentence….

I thought he wanted to move up norf to be closer to family? Glasgow is a bloody long way from Warrington (assuming that is where his family is from).

Wade Garrett

Wade Garrett

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1 hour ago, ErwinK1961 said:

People said that two years ago about Leicester, when Maresca joined - no points deduction and they romped the league.

Still don’t believe they’ll get one this time around.

You’re probably right.  I reckon their lawyers could get a not guilty for Hitler.

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Doctoroncall

Doctoroncall

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26 minutes ago, Chez said:

If he is excellent, why do they want a new number 1? If he's not `excellent', just good, then won't he be their ideal number 2?

Players that have helped their sides get promoted tend to be very reluctant to depart before getting the chance to show they can play at that level. 

I will bow to those that know more about him and the position, but if Sunderland don't think he is good enough for the Prem, is that not a red flag? We have lots of championship type players (players that have shown they cant make the step up). Perhaps we should be signing players that we think are going to be good enough for the PL, but others just haven't seen it yet.

In the article, the reporter stated there was a concern but didn’t mention specifically what it was 🤪

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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2 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said:

People said that two years ago about Leicester, when Maresca joined - no points deduction and they romped the league.

Still don’t believe they’ll get one this time around.

Yeah, this is my feel. It's the story of the points deduction which never comes.

Lots of chatter, but ultimately never happens. It won't happen this time round either. I don't think they'll be able to spend a great deal or have much flexibility on that front though, I think they'll be quite skint...but they do have a decent level squad if they keep it together. As proven last time, way too good for this league.

Still a long time to go in the window though, we've got some PL players who will leave and I'm certain they will have departures too. It'll be interesting to see how both squads stack up in September.

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Danbert

Danbert

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"Things are heating up for Adriano Bertaccini! Coventry, Norwich, and Southampton have made enquiries with the player’s entourage, no direct contact with STVV yet.

"Anderlecht are not out of the running yet. Asking price: £6-7m."

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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7 minutes ago, Danbert said:

"Things are heating up for Adriano Bertaccini! Coventry, Norwich, and Southampton have made enquiries with the player’s entourage, no direct contact with STVV yet.

"Anderlecht are not out of the running yet. Asking price: £6-7m."

Can you provide a link to the source?

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goodymatt

goodymatt

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Ipswich forum speculating that Downes has been to their training ground this week. He’s been involved in our preseason training in London so most likely rubbish, but he did nearly sign for them when he joined us and he wanted to go there in January.

I thought this was an interesting tweet from the club on Tuesday, certainly gives the impression that they are both key players for us next season. 

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CSA96

CSA96

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Positional rival to Damion Downs at USA level is moving to Derby - has been starting games in the Gold Cup, with Downs coming off the bench

 

tisspahars

tisspahars

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13 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

Yeah, this is my feel. It's the story of the points deduction which never comes.

Lots of chatter, but ultimately never happens. It won't happen this time round either. I don't think they'll be able to spend a great deal or have much flexibility on that front though, I think they'll be quite skint...but they do have a decent level squad if they keep it together. As proven last time, way too good for this league.

Still a long time to go in the window though, we've got some PL players who will leave and I'm certain they will have departures too. It'll be interesting to see how both squads stack up in September.

Based on the assumption of a points deduction, Leicester are around three times the price of Saints and Ipswich for the league making them a hell of a bet for those convinced it won't happen.....

Chez

Chez

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9 hours ago, goodymatt said:

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Ipswich forum speculating that Downes has been to their training ground this week. He’s been involved in our preseason training in London so most likely rubbish, but he did nearly sign for them when he joined us and he wanted to go there in January.

I thought this was an interesting tweet from the club on Tuesday, certainly gives the impression that they are both key players for us next season. 

He can't be in two places at once. But he could train with us in the morning and visit their training ground in the afternoon. We'd have to allow it though.

The social media team might not be fully aware of the Downes 'situation', should there be one now, but someone at the club would be aware he was in talks with Ipswich/going to be visiting their training ground, so would stop this tweet. Unless of course the social media team don't need authorisation for every single tweet (seems unlikely that there's not some review policy).

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