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Have a word with yourself guys if your disappointed with today. Already we have two quality Man City youngsters and if the judgement is correct by the last two then the two new ones will be great as well. Then we have two quality players from Marseille and Arsenal and I honestly believe we have another player coming in tonight or a late, late deal sheet will be put in. Watching this space!

I’ve noticed Benfica have signed a top striker late last night. Maybe we have moved on from Cody and back in for Ramos?

I know some of you are hoping for at least 4 players in plus 5 or so out but this is Saints we are talking about. IMHO we are leaving things rather late and I think at this stage we will be lucky to get one in and hopefully 2 out.

I personally think we should of put a couple of strikers on with 10 minutes to go. They were blowing and I think Mara or even Theo would of drawn fouls.

Tank

Red herring from PSV to get a higher price from Utd IMHO. Time to move on as I’m sure we are onto the next one on the list.

Been looking at some football forums and they are raving about our recruitment drive. Young promising youngsters who are already playing first team football. Lavia (18) is already a cracking player and so is our keeper (18) The one they talk about most is Bella-Kotchap (20) plus we have Mara (20) Got me thinking about who we would be looking to sign in the next 24 hours that fits the bill and it really does rule out the likes of Iheanacho (26) & Kalajdžić (25) but Ramos (21) really does fit the bill but is a touch too expensive. Got to be some kid out there playing regular football that we’ve not spoken about yet that is aged 19 to 21?

The way I look at it is if Che Adams gets injured long term then we could be in serious trouble. We need a good target striker that can play alongside him or at least come off the bench to give us options.

He’s on BT sport in 15 minutes if you’re interested. I believe someone from Southampton will be watching the game…….. ME

Me too, part of the Bednarek deal as they are not getting all the Chelsea money up front.

Thought Bale signed for a US team?

You do sense that our loan choices have either gone elsewhere and we are scrapping for what’s left. I just hope our money offers for permanent players get accepted in the next couple of days otherwise we are going to come unstuck if Che gets injured.

Just think if Manchester UTD were looking for clues on what team we are going to put out. ’Sorry gaffer it’s either pre match thread or the after match that’s the best I can tell you?’

Benfica boss Roger Schmidt has been asked again about the future of Goncalo Ramos. The Portuguese side have now qualified for the Champions League group stages after seeing off Dinamo Kiev over two legs with a 5-0 aggregate scoreline. The centre-forward - who scored against Newcastle in pre-season during Benfica's 3-2 win in Lisbon last month - has been the subject of an offer from the Premier League this summer with the former European champions refusing to name which club. Newcastle are said to have an interest in Ramos but it may take a £35million bid to lure him to the Premier League. German coach Schmidt was asked about Ramos' future and said last night: "This is not just about money. Economic issues are very important, the money we have now is very important and gives another stability." When pressed on Ramos' next move, the ex-Bayer Leverkusen boss said: "We have two more weeks before entering the competition and we will see what happens until the end of the transfer window

As we can’t find a stream tonight then I’m hoping some of you will update us on Ramos tonight. If a deal is in place then surely he’s going to be waving farewell to the fans?

Interesting team. Looks like he’s going for it.

Any transfer news on Saints please as I would of gone to the Forest forum if I wanted to read all about them!

Very sad indeed. Never forget that goal vs Man UTD at The Dell when he arrived from nowhere and blasted it past the keeper. He also was heavily involved in our greatest goal ever scored by a Saint. (Channon vs Liverpool) RIP David and thank you for the memories.

I get the impression that bloke don’t like Ndidi.

Would love to stick with the first team but you need to put some in the shop window to sell surely. Mcarthy, Bednarek, Diallo, Stephen’s and Walcott will surely feature with a mixture of some younger squad players.

Very much summons it up for me too. It’s pretty obvious that he could be coming to us after the return leg next week. Will a club pay extra and demand that he joins ASAP? Its such a worry that if any club comes in then it could be back to the drawing board again for our next striker.

Indeed. I personally don’t think JWP is firing on all cylinders at the moment so RB for him and lets give Diallo a chance as he did well last time he stood in.

100% yes he will go. Would of gone this year if a champions league club came calling. Why next season? because he wants to set himself up for life plus he knows the club won’t stand in his way if they get a sensible offer.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2247562552063445/?ref=share £35 only plus they are getting orders in now. very, very good quality.

Correct. We must of known 3 weeks ago City were not going to sell him or loan him to us and that’s why we got Mara. Hoping we are looking at our next targets.