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obelisk

obelisk

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This thread is a real rollercoaster of ups, downs and lengthy periods of tedium where nothing much happens. A bit like watching an actual game I suppose. 😁

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maysie

maysie

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5 minutes ago, Dman said:

My only assumption here, if this is true, is that the total package exceeds. Usually, release clauses are to be paid in full upfront. 

That makes sense, thanks. 

goodymatt

goodymatt

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Would be nice for this saga to end in our favour for a change, would do well to boost Spors reputation amongst fans. Can he deliver a player we shouldn’t really be able to attract at championship level?

spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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43 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

They didn’t get him for peanuts. £7m for a Championship LB back then was a very good price.

But we got £1m rated Tommy Fourpast as part of the deal.
A hell of a bargain!!!!!!!!!!

Chez

Chez

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19 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

€14000001 

The old Arsene Wenger special 😂

I never understood why this got so much criticism. Why would you offer more than you have to? What was I missing?

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Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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2 hours ago, ErwinK1961 said:

I’m not saying I don’t think we need one, just saying there’s no way we’re signing another centre forward this window with current numbers we have.

We have Stewart, Downs, Armstrong, BBD and Archer. It would take two, maybe three of those to leave for us to bring in another. 


Always injured, young prospect, 4ft tall, donkey, 4ft tall 

 

I also think we need another striker, personally. I’d be happy to let most of ours go if we can bring in one more good one. 

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Dusic

Dusic

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5 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

He's also saying he hopes the owner accepts the offer which just contradicts this because if he had a release clause it wouldn't matter what the owner says. 

He has said the report of the new bid came from Ivan Karpov - an apparently reliable jounalist in Russian football so added to the extensive quotes from the agent earlier it probs has truth to it.

The release clause was mentioned by Armeniefootball in a reply to someone so separate source. I imagine he is a fan who might have some limited info but mostly aggregates others as is the case here.

Seems clear we want him, he wants Saints but unsuprisingly a Russian club isnt easy to take their best player and captain from.

saintant

saintant

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1 minute ago, Osvaldorama said:


Always injured, young prospect, 4ft tall, donkey, 4ft tall 

 

I also think we need another striker, personally. I’d be happy to let most of ours go if we can bring in one more good one. 

Amen to this. Spot on.

Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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1 minute ago, Osvaldorama said:


Always injured, young prospect, 4ft tall, donkey, 4ft tall 

 

I also think we need another striker, personally. I’d be happy to let most of ours go if we can bring in one more good one. 

Did that stop him from scoring 24 Championship goals to help get us promoted?

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Chez

Chez

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2 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

I also think we need another striker, personally. I’d be happy to let most of ours go if we can bring in one more good one. 

Who doesn't want a "good striker", but I am not sure the club is fighting off bidders, so "letting them go" is harder than you are making it sound.

trousers

trousers

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Interesting comment from Still in today's pre-macth press conference: "It's difficult when you've got international managers telling players they need to play in a higher league than the Championship" (paraphrasing)... not sure who he's talking about there?

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Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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Haha. I really like will still already. 
 

He sounds so bored of the transfer window 😂
 

Can tell he’s thinking “this is fucking pointless get me to the training ground” constantly

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CSA96

CSA96

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2 minutes ago, trousers said:

Interesting comment from Still in today's pre-macth press conference: "It's difficult when you've got international managers telling players they need to play in a higher league than the Championship" (paraphrasing)... not sure who he's talking about there?

Fernandes...

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CSA96

CSA96

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Will Still on Issa Kabore...
Yeah, we have spoken to him. I've had quite a few players from City over the past couple of years, I've always worked well with them. He is an option, but again, we're just negotiating and trying to find a way for it to work for all parties. Issa is a good player, he's got a few qualities. It's ongoing.
 

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sockeye

sockeye

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Still mentioned agendas and difficult negotiation tactics re: Speetsyan. Adds credibility to the idea Krasnodar’s prez is getting in the way

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Chez

Chez

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35 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Not a Top league according to this vodka breather.

Below all the teams in Champs that have a higher av attendance than Krasnador (plus the league overall av is 13k  - 2nd pic) and secondly our dug outs are older than theirs !!!!!!

Does he not know how this works, we are a bigger club and have the older dug outs !!

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I had no idea Krasnodar was that big a club and got that many fans through the gates. Give us a season or two in the championship and that 27k average might be similar. Bigger ground than ours too. TV money on a different scale of course.

CSA96

CSA96

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Here's a type up of all of Will Still's answers on transfer-related questions in the press conference just now

on the pace of progress in the transfer window...
I feel as if we've had the same conversation since the start of pre-season. It is what it is, the market is what it is. There's stuff being worked on and there is stuff moving but it's just taking longer than most of us hoped and longer than Johannes hoped as well. The situation is what it is, we're waiting and hoping to unlock things and make things happen but it is a bit of a fight at times, yes.

on the frustration of waiting for new arrivals and players to leave...
I'm ignoring it, to be totally honest. As difficult as that is, I'm only focusing on the players that are here, the players that want to play and want to win games for us and parking that side of things to one side of my head and letting the people upstairs crack on with that. I can't control it anyway.

on trying to get players out of the club almost being more frustrating than incomings...
Yes, that is moving. There will be stuff that happens before the end of the week but there's just a load of things that you have to face and a load of situations that come up and you think 'okay...' like national team coaches telling people that they need to be in first division clubs or top five leagues to be in contention and thought about for World Cups and stuff. The transfer window is what it is, it creates a load of situations. But we're working on it. There is activity within the club, it's just a complicated market at the moment, I think.

on the Championship being equal to some of the top five European leagues...
Yeah, that's what I don't get. But that's for other people to debate about.

on Issa Kabore...
Yeah, we have spoken to him. I've had quite a few players from City over the past couple of years, I've always worked well with them. He is an option, but again, we're just negotiating and trying to find a way for it to work for all parties. Issa is a good player. He's got a few qualities. It's ongoing.

on Finn Azaz...
We've got a new name every week, don't we? The list is long and we want good players and we're looking at good players. But we want good players in the right conditions and that are going to fit what we're trying to do, not just on a footballing level but also on those human skills. Finn's scored goals, he's a good player and he knows he is. Yeah...

on whether that has been any progress on Eduard Spertsyan...
Slow. It's just that people have got agendas and negotiating skills that can be difficult. We're being open and very honest with things but people tend to struggle with all of that.

on whether Eberechi Eze's move opens up the market for Tyler Dibling...
I don't know, I've no idea. You'd have to ask Crystal Palace, Arsenal or Tottenham. I read all of this stuff at the same moment you guys do and I saw on Sky Sports News at 8am this morning with breaking news, but yes, it is what it is. Tyler's fine by the way. He's trained really well, he's totally fine and he's relaxed. Same thing goes for Mateus. If something does happen, you'll probably know before I do!

on whether MF and TD continue to be available for selection...
Yes, 100 per cent. We've got a squad of 24 players that are fit and are ready to play. We know that we can only take 18 on our team sheet, so we're going to make choices about the football side of it and ignore the rest of it. Players need to be ready, they need to be fit and they need to be wanting to win football games. We'll base our decisions on training and football and not all the speculation.
 

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skintsaint

skintsaint

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7 minutes ago, Chez said:

I had no idea Krasnodar was that big a club and got that many fans through the gates.

They have a nice stadium, think was built for the World Cup a few years back.

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Chez

Chez

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4 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Here's a type up of all of Will Still's answers on transfer-related questions in the press conference just now

on the pace of progress in the transfer window...
I feel as if we've had the same conversation since the start of pre-season. It is what it is, the market is what it is. There's stuff being worked on and there is stuff moving but it's just taking longer than most of us hoped and longer than Johannes hoped as well. The situation is what it is, we're waiting and hoping to unlock things and make things happen but it is a bit of a fight at times, yes.

on the frustration of waiting for new arrivals and players to leave...
I'm ignoring it, to be totally honest. As difficult as that is, I'm only focusing on the players that are here, the players that want to play and want to win games for us and parking that side of things to one side of my head and letting the people upstairs crack on with that. I can't control it anyway.

on trying to get players out of the club almost being more frustrating than incomings...
Yes, that is moving. There will be stuff that happens before the end of the week but there's just a load of things that you have to face and a load of situations that come up and you think 'okay...' like national team coaches telling people that they need to be in first division clubs or top five leagues to be in contention and thought about for World Cups and stuff. The transfer window is what it is, it creates a load of situations. But we're working on it. There is activity within the club, it's just a complicated market at the moment, I think.

on the Championship being equal to some of the top five European leagues...
Yeah, that's what I don't get. But that's for other people to debate about.

on Issa Kabore...
Yeah, we have spoken to him. I've had quite a few players from City over the past couple of years, I've always worked well with them. He is an option, but again, we're just negotiating and trying to find a way for it to work for all parties. Issa is a good player. He's got a few qualities. It's ongoing.

on Finn Azaz...
We've got a new name every week, don't we? The list is long and we want good players and we're looking at good players. But we want good players in the right conditions and that are going to fit what we're trying to do, not just on a footballing level but also on those human skills. Finn's scored goals, he's a good player and he knows he is. Yeah...

on whether that has been any progress on Eduard Spertsyan...
Slow. It's just that people have got agendas and negotiating skills that can be difficult. We're being open and very honest with things but people tend to struggle with all of that.

on whether Eberechi Eze's move opens up the market for Tyler Dibling...
I don't know, I've no idea. You'd have to ask Crystal Palace, Arsenal or Tottenham. I read all of this stuff at the same moment you guys do and I saw on Sky Sports News at 8am this morning with breaking news, but yes, it is what it is. Tyler's fine by the way. He's trained really well, he's totally fine and he's relaxed. Same thing goes for Mateus. If something does happen, you'll probably know before I do!

on whether MF and TD continue to be available for selection...
Yes, 100 per cent. We've got a squad of 24 players that are fit and are ready to play. We know that we can only take 18 on our team sheet, so we're going to make choices about the football side of it and ignore the rest of it. Players need to be ready, they need to be fit and they need to be wanting to win football games. We'll base our decisions on training and football and not all the speculation.
 

Cheers.

He's pretty open about the players linked to us - it seems like they are all pretty genuine.  

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Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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1 hour ago, Chez said:

How many logins does MLG have? 😉

So the price was comparable then to the Dibling move. Excellent. Helps with the comparison. Any insight as to how Spurs fans felt about the Bale signing? 

Nah Lighthouse is real, I played in midfield with him for one of the Saints fan games once 😂

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trousers

trousers

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22 minutes ago, trousers said:

Interesting comment from Still in today's pre-macth press conference: "It's difficult when you've got international managers telling players they need to play in a higher league than the Championship" (paraphrasing)... not sure who he's talking about there?

 

20 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Fernandes...

By my reckoning (courtesy of Wikipedia), 17 out of the 36 players listed in the Portugese international squad play in leagues ranked lower than the Championship. You can therefore understand Still's obvious frustration that you've got Roberto Martinez seemingly / effectively attempting to encourage Fernandes to leave the club....

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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5 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said:

Assuming its due to the club being russian and the issues surrounding the war etc

Issue, not an issue. Who knows!? Sunderland were able to sign Wilson Isidor from Russia, so it is possible.

 

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SaintN14

SaintN14

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Hello, 

Long time reader of the forum, first time poster....

There seems to be a slight pattern in Saints' recent transfers...I noticed with that Finn Azaz is represented by Unique Sports Group, an agency which also represents Will Still, THB, Archer, Quarshie as well as recent players such as Adams and Cornet (lol). 

TransferMarkt lists other players represented by Unique Sports Group

https://www.transfermarkt.com/unique-sports-group/beraterfirma/berater/4142 

I am not ITK - but maybe something to keep an eye on re other potential targets for this window and next?

Up the saints, 

SN

 

 

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maysie

maysie

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6 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Issue, not an issue. Who knows!? Sunderland were able to sign Wilson Isidor from Russia, so it is possible.

 

Well now I’m more confused than a man with no arms watching porn.

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Farmer Saint

Farmer Saint

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1 hour ago, John B said:

But they are not getting Dibling for peanuts if he goes and they thought they were getting an experienced International  player like Eze  with 147 appearences and 34 goals

I'd like to see you justify that...

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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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I said the other day I wonder what the situation is with giving money to a Russian club.

It’s hardly surprising.

The most surprising thing will be if they didn’t foresee this as an issue in the first place.

CSA96

CSA96

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Just now, Willo of Whiteley said:

I said the other day I wonder what the situation is with giving money to a Russian club.

It’s hardly surprising.

The most surprising thing will be if they didn’t foresee this as an issue in the first place.

Lawyers will have been looking at it for weeks 

trousers

trousers

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5 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

The first rule of ITK club is you don't talk about ITK club

Unless you're double-bluffing of course...

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Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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10 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I said the other day I wonder what the situation is with giving money to a Russian club.

It’s hardly surprising.

The most surprising thing will be if they didn’t foresee this as an issue in the first place.

Signs for Goztepe loan to us with buy option - Turkey to Russia money ok 🙂

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Forester

Forester

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4 hours ago, Eagle778 said:

All I will say re Azaz, quality player at this level. Good signing.

On a non footballing level, i hope Saints evaluate the religion factor too, specifically during today’s world context, of having people from different religious backgrounds (jews and muslims mixing together) and its not going to affect squad morale. 
Have had the case at work and they just ignore each other.

 

Well that is quite the first ever post….👀👀👀

Pat from Poole

Pat from Poole

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26 minutes ago, SaintN14 said:

Hello, 

Long time reader of the forum, first time poster....

There seems to be a slight pattern in Saints' recent transfers...I noticed with that Finn Azaz is represented by Unique Sports Group, an agency which also represents Will Still, THB, Archer, Quarshie as well as recent players such as Adams and Cornet (lol). 

TransferMarkt lists other players represented by Unique Sports Group

https://www.transfermarkt.com/unique-sports-group/beraterfirma/berater/4142 

I am not ITK - but maybe something to keep an eye on re other potential targets for this window and next?

Up the saints, 

SN

 

 

Very interesting.

And let me guess, is Ankersen a shareholder in Unique Sports Group?

OldNick

OldNick

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3 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Just ridiculous we are never going to agree to that. Wasting our time. 

My sources tell me that they have offered £32m and a selection of their saucy magazines

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OneMrsWallace

OneMrsWallace

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59 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Did that stop him from scoring 24 Championship goals to help get us promoted?

Not the point. I distinctly remember him missing at least 20 open goals from crosses that were 4' 6'' off the ground. Any other striker gets us 44 and automatic promotion. He's a liability. 

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OldNick

OldNick

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18 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I said the other day I wonder what the situation is with giving money to a Russian club.

It’s hardly surprising.

The most surprising thing will be if they didn’t foresee this as an issue in the first place.

There is a lot of business done with Russia at presnt, it is not a blanket ban as far as Im aware

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