goodymatt

I like Edozie, fantastic dribbler, but the end product is often not there. Is he improving in that regard? I’m not too sure.

1-0 Oxford, deflected into their path to score against our 10 men.

Not ideal that 2 of our potential sales have walked off injured

Pretty sure it was Russ that converted him.

Just isn’t going to happen for him at Saints.

He does spend the majority of his time in CM when playing FB tbf 😂

Came through academy footy as a CM player, I believe.

It’s crazy that Sam Amo-Ameyaw is better than Sulemana.

If only it was that simple.

https://x.com/solentsport/status/1817984206179549439?s=46&t=7raSKCMt6LV8RJ1C2d39WQ BBC Radio Sheffield’s Andy Giddings on BBD and if he’s a good signing.

⚫️🟡 #BVB -Talent Youssoufa Moukoko (19/ 🇩🇪 ) should and wants to leave. The statements from agent Patrick Williams were clear. It is still unclear whether it will be a loan or a permanent sale. This will be discussed in the next few days and weeks - depending on the club and the situation. According to Sky Infos, Girona, Betis Sevilla and Real Sociedad as well as Southampton and Rennes are among those interested in the talented striker. Other clubs could get involved... The young attacker wants to play in the new season - and preferably outside of the Bundesliga. A move to FC St. Pauli is out of the question. @SkySportDE @berger_pj

£8m (plus £2m add ons - assume linked to promotion), plus wages 😥

Sangare work permit led us to go for Diallo. Lamine Camara would have been a much more exciting singing than Diallo IMO. Always a risk they don’t fulfil that potential though and Martin certainly prefers a British core. If we could only have one I’m sure Martin would want O’Riley but it seems unlikely if the Italian press are right about his preferences. Could be back to square one for Saints.

You’re right that there are similarities supporting a team that isn’t local to you. I’m just suggesting the reasons for supporting that team can be very different when you are comparing the big clubs and Saints. Ultimately people can support whoever they like though.

It’s different because there is usually a good reason for supporting Saints if you’re not from Southampton, and it’s not just a default selection due to a team winning everything at the time. Nobody could call any Saints fan a glory hunter. You have to be a ‘proper fan’ to support us through league one and back etc. For me it’s a family thing and it’s nice to share this hobby across generations.

Gakpo x G.Ramos x O’Riley. Pain.

He’s giving me Jay Rodriguez vibes, think he will do well.

Interesting video on how the Chile opportunity came about.

Thought this was worthy of its own thread now he appears to be joining Saints. Here are all his goals at Blackburn Rovers: I also found 5 of his 6 goals for Sheffield United: I think for £7m rising to £8m (assume that’s if we stay up), its a very sensible signing. He looks like a player that can score all types of goals. Has good strength, can hold it up but also runs in behind well. At 25 years old there is still scope for further development too. Only question is if he will play wide striker or as our main striker, he seems to do well from LW.

Iheanacho to Sevilla (Fabrizio Romano). One free agent a few had mentioned on here as a potential option.

Lovely assist from Yaki there, great free kick

How good is it to listen to Martin talk the players through the game.

Guy finally got his act together, shame we couldn’t benefit

I agree he’s not a bad player when used on a style that suits his strengths. But in the context of Southampton FC, we signed him to score the goals to keep us up, then decided he didn’t fit the style. 11 apps, no goals and circa €10m loss. Bit of a disaster signing!

We paid €18m (plus add ons which I would assume have not been met) for Onuachu on a 3.5 year deal. Books wise he’s amortised at €5.14m per season. Loan fee last season was €1.5m. Sounds like €7m is the most we will achieve on a transfer fee. So €9.5m loss minimum. Transfermarkt values him as €13m. He’s definitely making the list as one of our worst signings ever.