Saint Scott

These wiki peeps don't mess about. Give it 5 minutes and there will be a poor photoshop head on a saints strip.

Ha! Just blow the budget on delboy and gaston. We'll just out score the opposition.

Yes him and Cortese are best pals

The race to an 80 page thread begins

If he were to sign for argument sake, what sort of wage would he demand? Surely too much for us?

“@SimonPeach: Oh, at The Ship in Wandworth should anyone want to come get me a drink. I will divulge transfer info for cider. Seems a fair deal.” Someone get down there and get this man a drink.

Skacel?

Well it seems that way. We were being linked with players daily in tabloids and there has been nothing other than articles on Ramirez in the last few days.

He hasn't but the fact we were rumoured at some point to be chasing him and Phillips. My point was we will miss out on our short list for concentrating purely on this deal.

I really hope we wrap this up now. Jarvis is reported to be under going a medical at Wet Spam and Swansea have declared their interest in Tom Ince. If they were both to happen I think we'd find it even hard to prize Phillips away from Holloways clutches.

Is his interview on saints player yet. Im on a iPhone and the new website is terrible on them. (On desktop's too)

No, talks about our two goals at the etihad making us a big threat and they will have to cope with the added pressure that its the first game at St Marys. Also mentions some potentially big players for them that are nursing injuries and have 48 hours to try and get them fit.

Just above current form there is a video above Wigan saying "23 Aug: Martinez Press Conference" Nice words about us and thinks it will be a great fixture.

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Adkins refused to be drawn on Ramirez, Phillips or Olsson, but did say #SaintsFC "need to bring another centre-half if not two".

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Nigel Adkins is hopeful that #SaintsFC will be "very active" in the transfer market before the window closes next week. BBC Sport: A hacker is being blamed for breaking into Real Madrid's club website and creating a profile page for Croatia international Luka Modric. The 26-year-old is being heavily linked with a transfer to the Bernabeu but remains a Tottenham player. Full story: Metro Maybe someone should do the same and people on this thread will stop biting each others heads off.

Solent Sport posted that 20 minutes prior to Simon's tweet.

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Just finished up with Nigel Adkins. Spoke Gaston, transfer targets & the like. Will report what he said once I have filed #SaintsFC No closer then I imagine.

Southampton FC ‏@officialsaints Nigel Adkins is next up as he looks ahead to #SaintsFC's first @premierleague home game in over seven years: Lets hope he lets on a little more today. If he is still coy about it then I think its still on, he usually opens up a little bit more when they fall through.

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach Rodriguez has just finished the press conf. Told me he doesn't speak Spanish so would struggle to help Gaston. The players think hes still going to sign?

I'm sorry but Kelvin looked a nervous wreck against City, which to be fair is pretty understandable. However to say he did okay is bizarre. He spilled every shot that came near him, didn't deal with crosses and should of done better for the first goal. Although Davis is still a great keeper in my opinion and I think we have to stick by him and let him settle down. I think the Kelvin we'll see on Saturday will be a completely different man.

Why has every signing this window dragged on so much. Jay Rod, Clyne and this. Plus you could include Buttner in that. It's one thing being precautious and not being mugged off by the selling club, but NC just seems to want everything on his terms with no room for movement. I assume that's why we missed out on Butland and maybe Hooper last year. We need a conclusion to this deal now, if your not willing to pay more put it to bed and spend the next 9 days getting the right players in. The last thing we want is panic buying on deadline day and getting even more conned.

Can we just get this thread locked until we know either way what the outcome is. People's jobs are at risk FFS.

How many times has that been posted in this thread!

I wish we knew which of these Italian journos actually have credible sources.

Sky claim QPR have bid £5.5mil for Dawson. I know he's getting on a bit but still a very good player. I wish we were being linked with some quality CB's!