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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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1 hour ago, Saint NL said:

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Bournemouth getting ripped apart (I know Kepa was only a loan). 

Remember the glory days when it used to be us getting dismantled by the bigger teams? 😢

Yeah and they’ve gone to PSG, Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid. Goes to show how good their recruitment has been. 

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Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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🚨 West Ham's opening bid for Mateus Fernandes was £28m + £2m in add-ons, to which Southampton quoted £50m –– there is a sizeable gap in valuations & a compromise is not close, with West Ham now prepared to cool their interest & explore alternatives #saintsfc @JacobSteinberg

Seems to be going the same way as Dibling. Said club realises they can't get the player on the cheap so give up.

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RedWillie

RedWillie

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1 hour ago, Saint NL said:

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Bournemouth getting ripped apart (I know Kepa was only a loan). 

Remember the glory days when it used to be us getting dismantled by the bigger teams? 😢

It's why they go there as they know they will get a bigger move. No one goes to play for Bournemouth to stay there and play in their 11k B & Q shed with the granny ultras. Fair play to their recruitment team, mind.

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sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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Just now, RedWillie said:

It's why they go there as they know they will get a bigger move. No one goes to play for Bournemouth to stay there and play in their 11k B & Q shed with the granny ultras. Fair play to their recruitment team, mind.

Classic shop window scenario

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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2 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

🚨 West Ham's opening bid for Mateus Fernandes was £28m + £2m in add-ons, to which Southampton quoted £50m –– there is a sizeable gap in valuations & a compromise is not close, with West Ham now prepared to cool their interest & explore alternatives #saintsfc @JacobSteinberg

 

I would think the club are making the fairly solid assumption that he doesn't want to go to West Ham that much.

Harry_SFC

Harry_SFC

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Just now, CB Fry said:

I would think the club are making the fairly solid assumption that he doesn't want to go to West Ham that much.

I saw it mentioned (not sure where) that he actually prefers a move abroad if anywhere.

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Maggie May

Maggie May

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To the song Rasputin by Boney M:

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Russian goal machine

He takes the piss and he scores for fun

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Russian goal machine

He’ll fire us back to where we belong

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LegalEagle

LegalEagle

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3 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

To the song Rasputin by Boney M:

 

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Russian goal machine

He takes the piss and he scores for fun

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Russian goal machine

He’ll fire us back to where we belong

Pure shite

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kitch

kitch

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15 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

Imagine signing James Ward-Prowse for £30m and then thinking you can get Fernandes at the same cost.

and after two years of inflation...

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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24 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

To the song Rasputin by Boney M:

 

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Russian goal machine

He takes the piss and he scores for fun

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Russian goal machine

He’ll fire us back to where we belong

Not to be MLG but he plays for the Armenian national team.

Verbal

Verbal

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20 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Not to be MLG but he plays for the Armenian national team.

Doesn't scan though, so Russian he is. 

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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3 minutes ago, lambtiss said:

So MLG

Listen i havent got time to be MLG, I'm sending unsocilitated dick pics to the forum members and also researching penis extensions in turkey....

or is that what MLG does.... please confirm.

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Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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9 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:


Yeah it does: 

Eduard Spertsyan

Southampton’s Armeni-an

 

Yeah but then the whole Rasputin reference becomes redundant with no Russian connection.

How about we just scrap the idea completely. 

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SW5 SAINT

SW5 SAINT

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1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

🚨 West Ham's opening bid for Mateus Fernandes was £28m + £2m in add-ons, to which Southampton quoted £50m –– there is a sizeable gap in valuations & a compromise is not close, with West Ham now prepared to cool their interest & explore alternatives #saintsfc @JacobSteinberg

Seems to be going the same way as Dibling. Said club realises they can't get the player on the cheap so give up.

Next we will hearing is that wham have said ‘take it or leave it’…..

lambtiss

lambtiss

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15 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Listen i havent got time to be MLG, I'm sending unsocilitated dick pics to the forum members and also researching penis extensions in turkey....

or is that what MLG does.... please confirm.

So MLG

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Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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19 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Listen i havent got time to be MLG, I'm sending unsocilitated dick pics to the forum members and also researching penis extensions in turkey....

or is that what MLG does.... please confirm.

Am in Turkey at the moment, will let you know!

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ChrisPY

ChrisPY

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Think we need to get back in touch with Everton and West Ham to sincerely apologise for the liberties we’re taking with our valuations.

According to Michael Dawson on Sky, we shouldn’t have asked for so much because we only got 12 points last season.

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Chez

Chez

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2 hours ago, SW5 SAINT said:

Next we will hearing is that wham have said ‘take it or leave it’…..

followed by friendly journalists suggesting we are wrong to price players under contract out of moves. 

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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6 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Would be a really smart signing, Championship ready (one of the best Championship players in his position) and a PL upside to him if coached properly - he's still only 23/24.

One of the midfield signings I wanted us to make, we defo need cover in the CM area.

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Turkish

Turkish

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1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

Would be a really smart signing, Championship ready (one of the best Championship players in his position) and a PL upside to him if coached properly - he's still only 23/24.

One of the midfield signings I wanted us to make, we defo need cover in the CM area.

I don’t know much about him, who would he replace as he won’t be coming here to sit on the bench 

SuperSAINT

SuperSAINT

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2 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

Would be a really smart signing, Championship ready (one of the best Championship players in his position) and a PL upside to him if coached properly - he's still only 23/24.

One of the midfield signings I wanted us to make, we defo need cover in the CM area.

He’s an advanced 8, right?  Rather than a 10?

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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1 minute ago, Turkish said:

I don’t know much about him, who would he replace as he won’t be coming here to sit on the bench 

I think he'd rotate with Downes, and potentially start in a 3 if we ever reverted to that (and dropped the 3 at the back crap). He's more energetic than Downes I'd say, more of a goal threat from late runs. I wouldn't call him a 10, defo a CM with an attacking upside.

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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1 minute ago, SuperSAINT said:

He’s an advanced 8, right?  Rather than a 10?

That's what I'd call him, yeah. A more attacking Downes, or an upgrade on Smallbone if you like.

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Saint Matty 76

Saint Matty 76

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2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I don’t know much about him, who would he replace as he won’t be coming here to sit on the bench 

He’s pretty much like for like on Fernandes, unless we changed up system.

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Yep, I'd suggest a Fernandes replacement...

I mean, Fernandes can also do a 10. I wouldn't discount us continuing with Fernandes and having Rudoni too. We'd just have a really strong attacking base. (still need to improve the wide areas).

What I would say though, if we get Rudoni and keep Fernandes, that almost certainly equals the end to that Eduard move - if it was ever on in the first place.

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tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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1 minute ago, Harry_SFC said:

Yep, I'd suggest a Fernandes replacement...

Yep, don’t want to sell MF but we will for 40m and spend 10, nice tidy profit for SR

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Chez

Chez

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13 minutes ago, Turkish said:

I don’t know much about him, who would he replace as he won’t be coming here to sit on the bench 

He's a Charles/Fernandes box to box type, rather than holding midfielder or an in-the-hole.

 

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Chez

Chez

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10 minutes ago, tdmickey3 said:

Yep, don’t want to sell MF but we will for 40m and spend 10, nice tidy profit for SR

covers the annual operational losses for one year.

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Badger

Badger

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9 minutes ago, S-Clarke said:

 

What I would say though, if we get Rudoni and keep Fernandes, that almost certainly equals the end to that Eduard move - if it was ever on in the first place.

Doesn’t Eduard play as more of an advanced MF than either Rudoni or Fernandes, or possibly a wide MF ? 
 

I can see a role for him, but can’t see us spending big on two midfielders, assuming Fernandes stays. Then we have the puzzle of where does Dibling play if he stays, wide right presumably. 

Chez

Chez

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1 minute ago, Badger said:

Doesn’t Eduard play as more of an advanced MF than either Rudoni or Fernandes, or possibly a wide MF ? 
 

I can see a role for him, but can’t see us spending big on two midfielders, assuming Fernandes stays. Then we have the puzzle of where does Dibling play if he stays, wide right presumably. 

better to have several irons in the fire in case we need one or two due to departures. 

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saintant

saintant

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2 hours ago, ChrisPY said:

Think we need to get back in touch with Everton and West Ham to sincerely apologise for the liberties we’re taking with our valuations.

According to Michael Dawson on Sky, we shouldn’t have asked for so much because we only got 12 points last season.

He's far from the sharpest tool in the box.

Chez

Chez

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2 minutes ago, Ekelund said:

Games gone. Centre mid then yeah?

yeah, but more Bryan Robson than Steve McMahon.

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ErwinK1961

ErwinK1961

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43 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

 

Not sure we need another box to box midfielder at the moment tbh. 

Still think we’re missing a proper defensive midfielder.

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