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their best players are from non league (i think)

 

Yep. Boyd, McLean and Mackail-Smith.

 

Joe Lewis Signed for £500,000 due to promotion

Ryan Bennett Signed for £500,000

Gabriel Zakuani Signed for £375,000

George Boyd Signed for £260,000

Tommy Rowe Signed for £225,000

Toumani Diagouraga Signed for £200,000

Lee Frecklington Signed for £175,000

Dominic Green Signed for £175,000

Aaron McLean Signed for £150,000

Sergio Torres Signed for £150,000

Craig Mackail-Smith Signed for £125,000

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Lallana, Thomas and Bart

 

I can't see Thomas leaving, esp if we lose Trotman. We would have no reason to want to move him on and I really can't see anyone coming in for him. Lallana is doing ok at this level but struggled in the CCC, given this and the fact that Prem teams rarely buy from L1, I can't see him leaving either. Bart could well go, no great loss, Forecast is equally as good/bad.

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ITK or a guess

 

A guess of course;)

 

Thomas will leave this January, he really doesn't fit into the plans and AP has already said we can't really afford him,plus I think he is out of contract next summer and will probably not want to take a major wage cut. Lallana will want away because ...well he will ,trust me. Bart is probably a better keeper (on his day) than KD, but he isn't in the plans,or at least I don't think he is.

On the other hand I fully expect Saga to be still hanging around the place until June 2010. Nobody is going to pay him what we are so he might as well hang around and keep drawing his megabucks for another 6 months.If we want to get shot of him,well then we'll have to pay him off.

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Doubt it myself. You all like to think he will but he won't.It's not even about money, it's about recognition.

 

Surely SFC want to get the most money they can for Lallana.

 

 

Not sure they can offer him a contract that will acceptable to club and player.

 

 

Dont think SFC will wait to 2011 to see what happens

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I am not sure we need any loans at this stage , we have a huge squad and need to shift a number of players out, The smaller squad would lead to a greater competition for places. Even Sagger would start to fight for a place if he new he was close to playing first team football but as he isnt , he will not go that extra mile meanwhile he will happily pick up his salary week in week out

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I think he's long-sighted enough to know that a few more injuries like Kelvin's

....or Jaidi, or Lambert....might leave us in the sh*t.

 

That is ridiculous - he should plan for injuries that is the point of a squad.

 

 

 

For goodness sake we are only in League 1 and have a large staff compared with other teams

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Of mainly rubbish (comparatively.) outside the first team.

 

Most teams outside the top 10 in the prem rely heavily on the 1st team staying fit and in form. Teams like United and Chelsea will have strengh and quality in depth but not many sides have that.

 

L1 sides are lucky if they have a decent 11 - a strong back-up would be a real luxory in this awful league.

 

I think I could get in most sides and I don't play anymore.

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But we want to be better than other teams (we certainly have more resources.) We also want to not be severely weakened if one or two key players get injured.

 

I dont disagree with but football injuries and suspensions disrupt teams.

 

Well managed teams overcome problems better than others.

 

Getting Loan players to cover injuries is mostly a lottery really

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I dont disagree with but football injuries and suspensions disrupt teams.

 

Well managed teams overcome problems better than others.

 

Getting Loan players to cover injuries is mostly a lottery really

 

Well managed teams overcome problems better with players who are only a bit worse than the first team. We have the likes of Pulis and Molyneux FFS. We need to clear some of the exceptionally awful backup out and get some not bad backup in. I never mentioned anything about loans though I accept that that's what is in the title of the thread.

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Pardew knows what his best team is at the moment, but if we suffer from injuries and loss of form (Trotman?) we have very little backup. I think the only players on the bench at the moment who Pardew would consider as an adequate replacement are Thomas, Murty and Papa. We need a deeper squad, especially as the games are now coming thick and fast.

 

I don't think Pardew does know his best team at the present, it certainly looks like he knows the best payers but that is a different matter. Now with Murty back he may well find his best team, we should know in a few games.

 

 

I get the gut feeling that a quick defensive midfielder would be a good option for a loan signing as a bit of extra protection for our CB's who do lack pace but who is there ? Come January I would like to see Brett Pitman signed from AFCB. He could easily step up from L2.

 

Where exactly are you going to play Pitman, drop Lallana? I just cannot see the logic in fans saying we should go for Pitman? Yes he is a good player and scoring goals for Bournemouth, but he comes from the MLT school of putting a shift in. As for putting him as defensive midfield, Schniederlin would stand up better. We definitely need a cloned version of Hammond because we have no one capable of standing in for him, but it's not Pitman.

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Well managed teams overcome problems better with players who are only a bit worse than the first team. We have the likes of Pulis and Molyneux FFS. We need to clear some of the exceptionally awful backup out and get some not bad backup in. I never mentioned anything about loans though I accept that that's what is in the title of the thread.

 

I totally agree with you but I thought this thread was about getting in loans before the window closes tonight.

 

I cant see the point of that as it is unlikely that many decent players will be available but yes in the Window I would expect us to get in players.

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Leeds will win the league this year - im sure of that.

 

They have a decent team and have added value at every oppurtunity.

 

Some very astute signings and real intent shown.

 

Saints on the other hand seem lucklusture with our transfer targets - Feeney was a target but we missed out to Sheff Weds, likewise Max Gradel was on APs wanted list but again our leisurely pace lost him to Leeds.

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Saints on the other hand seem lucklusture with our transfer targets - Feeney was a target but we missed out to Sheff Weds, likewise Max Gradel was on APs wanted list but again our leisurely pace lost him to Leeds.

 

You have no idea as to our "pace" in transfer dealings...

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Leeds will win the league this year - im sure of that.

 

They have a decent team and have added value at every oppurtunity.

 

Some very astute signings and real intent shown.

 

Saints on the other hand seem lucklusture with our transfer targets - Feeney was a target but we missed out to Sheff Weds, likewise Max Gradel was on APs wanted list but again our leisurely pace lost him to Leeds.

 

Source?

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Saints on the other hand seem lucklusture with our transfer targets - Feeney was a target but we missed out to Sheff Weds, likewise Max Gradel was on APs wanted list but again our leisurely pace lost him to Leeds.

 

We don't need any more loanees, we've got 4 as it is! If we need to strengthen the team further, it will be permanent signings in January and extending the loan periods of those we already have, signing THEM on permanently or replacing them with other loans for the remainder of the season.

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Saints on the other hand seem lucklusture with our transfer targets - Feeney was a target but we missed out to Sheff Weds, likewise Max Gradel was on APs wanted list but again our leisurely pace lost him to Leeds.

 

Are you being serious or is this another one of your wind up posts?

 

Last time I looked Sheff Weds were a division higher.....tough choice for Feeney!

"Ok Max....Leeds who look like walking the league this year are interested in you or there is Southampton who are in the relegation zone"....you decide!

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We don't need any more loanees, we've got 4 as it is! If we need to strengthen the team further, it will be permanent signings in January and extending the loan periods of those we already have, signing THEM on permanently or replacing them with other loans for the remainder of the season.

 

Yes very true .

 

 

Perhaps a CB and Striker

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