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It's probably worth mentioning that Nixon also said we're going back with an £8 million bid for Butland, but Liverpool now appear to be the favourites as they're prepared to loan him back to Brum for the season. The other clubs said to be in for him are Man City and Spurs.

My Bournemouth supporting mate said he had a really good game yesterday, chasing everything down in his usual way and generally looking a threat. Apparently Barnie is treating the loan as a way to get match sharpness with a view to coming back here in January to compete for a first team slot (although that's likely to be a tad optimistic).

I'm happy for us to take our time with this one if it ensures we get our man - we seem to have agreed terms with the player, convinced him to sign for us, and been told a fee by his club which isn't too far off our initial offer. The ball's in our court to just up the offer slightly, and the player's ours..

The reason he's playing in Orlando is because his aunt lives out there, I believe he went out there to visit and somehow blagged a trial. Think they're in the second tier of USA football, not a great standard, but who would honestly say they'd turn down a job like that!

If he hadn't had scored that goal against Arsenal, Spurs would have flogged him off to a team like Ipswich by now. He's still living off that reputation. And yes, I have seen him play live.

Good question, wasn't Fox number 21 as opposed to his usual 13. It seems as if that number has a vacancy to fill...

I too was wondering the same.. On a slightly unrelated note, I've just purchased a Nexus 7 tablet, does Saintsplayer work on Android?

Or going over to meet him? There wa s aflight from Soton to Amsterdam which left about an hour ago, from memory Eindhoven is only about 90 mins away...

Did Defoe get any game time for England this summer? If so could be him..

Did you not see the letter enclosed with your season ticket regarding this? The next move is to re-design the badge so that it also incorporates symbolic images from Dorset, Wiltshire & Berkshire to please our new wave of fans.

Another vote for Crouchie, I remember at the time it was us and Bolton who were after him, and I was gutted when we pipped them to the post & signed him. How wrong was I.....

How happy did Shaw look when he scored? Unless he did a windmill celebration and high fived every single member of the squad and coaching staff, then it definitely means he's off to Chelsea.

Very good offer, if I was able to attend the match I'd have snapped a couple of places up!

FFS hopefully we sign ex Coventry full back Richard Shaw now, because just today I got 'Shaw' printed on my brand new home and away shirts. Gonna have to pay another £1 parking fee at the Megastore to buy some new tops otherwise

Adkins was quoted as saying in the press conference earlier ""Aaron Martin, who has waited patiently on the bench, has gone to Crystal Palace for a half season or full season of games to aid his development." I read this as meaning we have the option to recall him in January (or indeed Palace can send him back), although I guess he may just have forgotten how long we loaned him for!

Peter Madsen, although my cult hero from the era was Viafara (although he doesn't fit in with this thread title because he obviously had a massive impact up at Derby!).

Good player, just not what we need at the present time.

I'd imagine if we were after him, it would be alongside another more established goalkeeper, probably with the view of loaning out Gazzaniga this season with the idea of him becoming our number 2 when Kelvin goes..

Out of the three I would prefer Clyne, but Trippier would probably be the most realistic.

Would probably had gone if it wasn't on tv, however I can't really justify spending £100 on the whole day if it's on tv. Will probably save the money for a trip to The Emirates in Sept....

Great signing, especially on a free. Now all we need (presuming Buttner is all but complete) is a GK, right sided midfielder, centre back and a right back who could ideally fill in at centre back when necessary. Not much to ask

I'm not sure about his confidence, but I'd be delighted if he came here and only let in 41 goals over the season!

To be fair, that evaluation is from the supporter of a team who were aiming for Champions League qualification last year. Lets be honest, our aim this season is just to stay in the league, and anything else will be a bonus.

Firstly sorry for your loss. I vaguely remember a story a few years ago about relatives of Man Utd season ticket holders renewing their tickets still under the name of the deceased, as there was no way of transferring the name on the ticket to somebody else. I could well be wrong, but I imagine you would be unable to officially change it, but the club would have no way of tracking whether it is your late sister who renewed the ticket & is attending games. I imagine someone on here has been in the same boat as you who could advise you better!

Being both an ex goalkeeper & physio, I would fully trust Adkins view on whether we should sign him or not.