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Never say never, but about half that fee (if that) given the baggage and upcoming court case. Good player, but doubt a Saints type signing...

WAG?? Osvaldo's Missus! He must be having a medical...

It was certainly more balanced and pro-Saints!...

Absolutely! We are Legion...

Jesus H Corbett! Is it WUM Wednesday yet?...

Spot on!...

A favourite story of mine is that we were visiting family who lived in Manchester in August 1981. I went to a local park for a kick about with my cousins and whilst there saw two local kids wearing Saints Admiral candy stripe shirts, both with a homemade number 7 on the back. Later we drove to a local pub and on the way passed another gaggle of kids with a football, amongst the Man U and Liverpool shirts, one was sporting a yellow and blue Saints away shirt. Success breeds success...

Would have been a throwback to the second Patrick kit. Much more acceptable...

Damned right!...

Watching Norway v Denmark in the women's football, and can't help thinking the red Adidas Denmark shirt with the black piping would have pleased most of the people most of the time. Combined with black shorts it would have been a good kit for Saints. Missed opportunity by the SFC sartorial junta...

Since supporting Saints in the late 70s Man City my memory is of Man City as a basket case of a club until the recent takeover. The same could be said for Chelsea in the same timescale. So, it must be possible for clubs to appear under the radar - Sheffield Weds or Leeds with a spendthrift Sheikh in tow perhaps? Looking at Saints recent signings / targets it looks like Cortese is going for a 'third way' buying / developing youngsters in the hope of a 'Busby Babes' alchemy scenario. Hasn't been done before, may not work, but the ride is fun, and for the optimists there is always an outside chance - league win, probably not, challenging at the top and ****ing over some 'big' clubs hopefully yes!...

This was on the back of Newcastle finishing second, he was probably dictating it, shouting with headphones on and eyes narrowed! Provincial clubs, like Saints, Sunderland, Newcastle, Leeds, Derby and Forest could never challenge for the league, the very concept is absurd...

Good shout Naughton, strong and quick and cover both sides. Would appear to be an excellent fit...

Thanks for posting FF, and well done to Tim and James for the updates and campaign...

There must be some room left for an optimistic hope for good old football alchemy. From the late 70s to the early 80s Notts Forest were the best side, and most successful club in British football. When Saints beat them following promotion it felt like a real scalp, akin to beating Chelsea 4-1 now. Forest stayed a good side through the 80s but have faded, and would not be on the 'big club' radar of young fans now. Everton and Spurs on the other hand have always been there or there abouts, but without sustained success (particularly in Europe) - Everton's last major trophy win was 1995, Spurs 1991. So the key would seem to be for the club to enjoy a period of sustained success via a talent catalyst, and then continue this for a number of years. The real cause for optimism is the fact that Cortese is not following any pre-conceived blueprint or 'respect' for history, so there is a chance - had we kept Bale, Walcott, and AOC on the books we would have been building on some foundation!...

The closest you could get would be to nail it to a tree in Dogsh*t Park...

This is why the c*nts are sponsored by Jobsite!...

Try typing it into Google - the first four pages are mostly from the past three years. Since the window opened there is a lot of use of Ambitious Southampton by the national media, mostly positive but some obviously tongue in cheek...

Having followed the last few weeks of VW transfer gossip it seems that Saints have finally shaken off the perpetual media moniker 'Struggling Southampton' (which has been used since the early 90s), to be replaced by 'Ambitious Southampton' - long may this continue!

Been thinking this over, and McMenemy had a cracking track record in getting value from big money and bargain basement signings. The only big money 'flop' that springs to mind is probably Charlie George (who still managed a goal every four games as an attacking midfielder), but that was mainly due to a horrendous run of injuries. You could argue that he always paid big money for proven 'thoroughbreds' but they always seemed to hold form or indeed improve at Saints, Shilton a case in point here. As for the bargain basements, starting at left back - how about 27 year old Ivan Golac from Partizan Belgrade for £50,000, or his replacement the 22 year old Mark Dennis for £30,000. What price now!...

Keegan cost Saints £400,000 from Hamburg in 1980, Armstrong £600,000 from Boro a year later...

The best in my time has to be Dave Armstrong - £600,000 and our club record, when the world record was £1000,000 and a brilliant player for us. If VW comes close to Armstrong's ability he will be a quality signing...

I seem to remember Dowie's first game (certainly the first game I saw him in) was a friendly against Gothenburg in which David Hughes also made his debut. Hughes looked amazing, best player on the park, and there was much excitement about him being the next great youngster. Dowie on the other hand looked a nightmare, at one point doing a 'tyro league' when trying to trap a dropping ball it bounced and he nutmegged himself! I used to often see him with Adams and Hurlock in Simons Wine Bar, and Dowie was a pleasant bloke off the park, honest and 100% on the park but never a top flight player. Anyone remember the 'header' at Man C away when a clearance hit him on the back of the head and looped over the keeper. Priceless!...

Got to get him over this week while to sun is shining, he'll think Southampton is the British version of St Tropez!...