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He obviously follows your lead.

I really like the red training vest the players are wearing in the Germany Training Camp - However, I can't see them on the Store, any ideas please?

Yes, dead horses being flogged comes to mind as another analogy which fits the hapless DD. Seen enough of him to conclude he isn't going to make the grade; don't forget he scored a tidy pre-season goal 12 months ago v Girona? Club needs to find an exit for him, pronto.

Pillage

“Hardly answers a question when pushed and then pivots. “ I asked a straightforward question where did I pivot - you haven’t answered it

Buddy. I'll get back to you.

So you can’t answer the question?

I wouldn’t say that’s a multi club model benefit. They've bought players and sold them on for profit. Saints haven’t benefited from this.

Just ordered a third away shirt for £12 from DHGate on this forums' recommendation, thanks guys. Club hasn't lost out because there's no way I would pay 65 quid plus p&p.

The transfer fee we payed for him originally is kind of irrelevant now though isn't it? More relevant is that he would be free in terms of transfer fee if he stays now, whereas we would have to pay a significant fee for someone with equivalent ability to him and even more if you are right that we should aiming for someone a lot better. I guess we should be in a good place to assess how much of a risk he is now in terms of injury. But I would probably be in favour of him staying if he wants to, that way we can use that money in other positions where we might lose players before the end of the window.

Normally quite low during the summer holidays or struggle with sales.

Nice pivot buddy. Must be exhausting dribbling in circles just to stay on your high horse.

Not a bad shout. Let him train, if he breaks we let him go, if he is in good shape snap him up for a year.

Nope, this is not going to happen and it does not make any sense in more than one way!

Fair to a point but Goztepe have seen some of their Brazilians move on for decent fees. I expect the model would be better if there was a stable premier league club as a possible end point for some of the talent identified. Speculative on my part but I would suggest a fair assumption. I caveat this with knowing I’m a bit of a champion for the model in principle (if not always in practice!) which I know is not universally popular.

I wonder if we'll let him train with us in the hope he stays

Bolder thought, we actually can and should be aiming for a lot better than him. His record speaks for itself in terms of goals scored in minutes played, decent input. But does it make up for the heavy transfer fee, two and a half years injured, and his agents fannying around trying to get him more lucrative terms - no, no it doesn’t. Move on.

Plunder

While it’s likely better than him having been on a genuine holiday there is a lot of sport science specificity (beyond me) that goes into a preseason. Ross in particular would need careful management and fine tuning to see the best of him. Perhaps he is doing some of that without a club, perhaps not. The situation isn’t ideal for anyone involved at this point. That’s not even thinking about the dynamics and tactical side of things that’s being missed. I’m very much “Stewart in” but would much rather it happen sooner rather than later if it is going to happen.

There’s a lot of misses in the SR era 😢 Don't get me wrong we had a largely decent window last season. But in terms of the SR model of buying low and selling high, apart from a few players they have been largely terrible. 😂

Calling bollocks on this immediately. 😂

I wonder if @Sir Ralph is intelligent enough to understand the deep, deep irony and hilarious ignorance displayed in the first three sentences in that post.

What are current ticket sales looking like? I’ve got tickets through my hospitality season tickets but can’t view the page so hoping someone can enlighten me as need to purchase more on Monday.

WALOB 😂

Totally agree - especially when you can get that same entire kit from DHgate for around £15, and they’re still making a profit from that!