SB Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 And only one quality signing.. Pointless thread maybe but I'm not impressed, NA can't have the excuse that players didn't have time to gel as he only has himself to blame.. In my opinion all players should have Been signed before pre seasons tour, c'mon Nigel where are you! Let's me having you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 You are right. This is a pointless thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit2 Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Wait until they sell AOC and then they will spend money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Why? people keep raising this point but never give names or positions. We do not need lots of new signings, 2 or 3 - that's all. We have no reason to moan at all compared to the state of other clubs squads at the moment. Portsmouth still can't fill a bench for example. We need 1 or 2 more players, we'll get them before the end of the window. Having just 2 additions isn't going to need to gel, they should just slot straight in. If we had to build a brand new team I'd share you're nerves, but we don't. We already have that. People need to have more confidence in the guys we have at the club! they're good enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Shanks Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 And only one quality signing.. Pointless thread maybe but I'm not impressed, NA can't have the excuse that players didn't have time to gel as he only has himself to blame.. In my opinion all players should have Been signed before pre seasons tour, c'mon Nigel where are you! Let's me having you! Yep. You're right. It's all Nigel's fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Why? people keep raising this point but never give names or positions. We do not need lots of new signings, 2 or 3 - that's all. We have no reason to moan at all compared to the state of other clubs squads at the moment. Portsmouth still can't fill a bench for example. We need 1 or 2 more players, we'll get them before the end of the window. Having just 2 additions isn't going to need to gel, they should just slot straight in. If we had to build a brand new team I'd share you're nerves, but we don't. We already have that. People need to have more confidence in the guys we have at the club! they're good enough! That's not a fact, that's your opinion. Some (including myself) feel we need more signings than that; for a shot at promotion, anyway. Still, there's a perfectly good transfer thread which this could easily have gone into.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 I don't see any particular problem with the relatively quiet transfer window, the vast majority of the players we have signed in the last two years have been with a view to playing in the Championship anyway, so they should all be well-suited and perfectly capable of making that step up. The only position I feel we're a little bit light on at the moment is at centre-back, Fonte's a guaranteed pick, but there are a variety of pros and cons when you look at his potential partners, and it would appear as though the club is in agreement there having left the number 5 shirt vacant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 That's not a fact, that's your opinion. Some (including myself) feel we need more signings than that; for a shot at promotion, anyway. Still, there's a perfectly good transfer thread which this could easily have gone into.... Well it's fact as much as that's all Nigel thinks we need, and I personally think he's more qualified than any of us on here to make the call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Well it's fact as much as that's all Nigel thinks we need, and I personally think he's more qualified than any of us on here to make the call. It's still opinion though, isn't it? Besides, I don't think adkins has said "we only need 1 or 2 players then we're good enough to win the league". He's said that we'll be bringing in 1 or 2 more players. It's all opinion. S-Clarke may be right. Adkins may be right. Or I may be right. We'll know one way or the other in 9 or 10 months whether this squad (plus whatever additions we see) can make a challenge for the league. Just becsue I have a different opinion to how good our squad is, it doesn't make it invalid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 That's not a fact, that's your opinion. Some (including myself) feel we need more signings than that; for a shot at promotion, anyway. Still, there's a perfectly good transfer thread which this could easily have gone into.... But why??? Why is everyone thinking that we are aiming for Promotion. Consolidation this year. ****ing hell this forum annoys me. People get uppity that the kit isn't worth the hype. That is, the hype that we have built up, not the club. They then get uppity about the fact that we aren't signing players to have an all out assault at the title, again something that people on this site seem to think we should be doing. Ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 It's still opinion though, isn't it? Besides, I don't think adkins has said "we only need 1 or 2 players then we're good enough to win the league". He's said that we'll be bringing in 1 or 2 more players. It's all opinion. S-Clarke may be right. Adkins may be right. Or I may be right. We'll know one way or the other in 9 or 10 months whether this squad (plus whatever additions we see) can make a challenge for the league. Just becsue I have a different opinion to how good our squad is, it doesn't make it invalid. Nope you're opinion isn't invalid, I'm not saying that. I don't think we're aiming for the league title yet though, give it another season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 But why??? Why is everyone thinking that we are aiming for Promotion. Consolidation this year. ****ing hell this forum annoys me. People get uppity that the kit isn't worth the hype. That is, the hype that we have built up, not the club. They then get uppity about the fact that we aren't signing players to have an all out assault at the title, again something that people on this site seem to think we should be doing. Ridiculous. Although I agree with you, the club has a 5year plan, which yes could include a year in this league as consolidation. Though there is no secret that we have an ambitious chairman and an ambitious squad. One or two additions and we will be fighting at the top of the league, and I dont see why we should be looking to just survive in the NPC when we have a real opportunity to grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 West Ham & Leicester will be far too strong for us this season. With our lack of activity, can only pressume that mid-table is the target? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Nope you're opinion isn't invalid, I'm not saying that. I don't think we're aiming for the league title yet though, give it another season. This is the weird thing I guess. There is the obvious 5 year plan, I completely recognise that. But that doesn't mean the aim is to just sit around for 2 years and then go for it properly in year 5, does it? Building a team for 2 or 3 years time is very dangerous; look at AOC right now to see how quickly a side can be destabilised by having key players turned to other clubs. I doubt Cortese is happy to say "yeah, we're going for mid-table consolidation this year". In fact I'm sure he has hinted before that we're aiming for promotion. I'm not advocating spending millions either, before that gets levelled at me. In the other transfer thread I highlighted how Norwich had gone up, by signing 7 new players relatively cheaply but still significantly improving the side and sqaud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_7051935,00.html could be us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 But why??? Why is everyone thinking that we are aiming for Promotion. Consolidation this year. ****ing hell this forum annoys me. People get uppity that the kit isn't worth the hype. That is, the hype that we have built up, not the club. They then get uppity about the fact that we aren't signing players to have an all out assault at the title, again something that people on this site seem to think we should be doing. Ridiculous. Calm down dear. And go and ask Cortese if he thinks we're not aiming for promotion this year. Or Adkins. I'm yet to see an interview where either of them say we're aiming to just finish 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Although I agree with you, the club has a 5year plan, which yes could include a year in this league as consolidation. Though there is no secret that we have an ambitious chairman and an ambitious squad. One or two additions and we will be fighting at the top of the league, and I dont see why we should be looking to just survive in the NPC when we have a real opportunity to grow. I would say it includes 2 years to consolidate in this League. The Championship is a notoriously hard league to get out off, especially this year. The expectation from Cortese will be to strengthen specific areas. We will do the same in January and next Summer. However, having a big turnover of playing staff is never a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrimd Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 This is the weird thing I guess. There is the obvious 5 year plan, I completely recognise that. But that doesn't mean the aim is to just sit around for 2 years and then go for it properly in year 5, does it? Building a team for 2 or 3 years time is very dangerous; look at AOC right now to see how quickly a side can be destabilised by having key players turned to other clubs. I doubt Cortese is happy to say "yeah, we're going for mid-table consolidation this year". In fact I'm sure he has hinted before that we're aiming for promotion. I'm not advocating spending millions either, before that gets levelled at me. In the other transfer thread I highlighted how Norwich had gone up, by signing 7 new players relatively cheaply but still significantly improving the side and sqaud. Name 7 positions that, with cheap signings, we can realistically improve our side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Calm down dear. And go and ask Cortese if he thinks we're not aiming for promotion this year. Or Adkins. I'm yet to see an interview where either of them say we're aiming to just finish 12th. The problem is you'll say it, then a bunch of morons will see it and think it is gospel etc, and soon enough we've got a situation where everyone thinks we're aiming for promotion with practically the same team as last year, and people start getting annoyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Adkins has already said that there is likely to be a couple of new faces soon and the number 5 shirt is vacant. Ox-C hasn't signed a new deal yet so if he is sold there will probably be a couple more arrivals. To be honest, if those sales figures are true for Saturday we the fans have far more to be embarrassed about than Adkins or Cortese. Surely we can do better than that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Let's be honest here if we don't make anymore signings and don't lose anybody most (me included) would be delighted with our squad. The bookies have made us 7th fav for a reason. Our strikers scored over 50 goals last year. One of the best set of strikers in the league. Our wingers scored 22 goals and 21 assists, One of the best set of wingers in the league. Central midfield we have two class youngsters in Cork and Morgan mixed with the experience of Hammond and Chaplow. One of the best midfields in the league. Defence we have Fonte who is in my opinion pl class, with Harding and Butterfield who are also pretty good defenders. A defence that only let in 38 goals for the entire season. Only one club in the whole of the football leagues had a better defensive record then us last year (QPR). It looks pretty good in my opinion. I am sure most teams in the league would kill to have our squad. The only position i think that needs a new signing is CB to play alongside Fonte. Jaidi at 35 won't be able to keep up with the pace of the championship every game. But for the start of the season he should be fine. The reality is we have a great squad already that does not need loads of signings. We need two players (CB/fast Striker) tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Name 7 positions that, with cheap signings, we can realistically improve our side? Why is it 7? I've never mentioned 7 for us. That was Norwich. For us I think we need less. At the risk of repeating my post on the other thread about Norwich; there are many, many similarities between us and them when they came up to the Championship. Points per game throughout the season (Lambert v Adkins) was extremely similar. So there's an argument we had similar strength sides. They then bouth 7 players, 6 of whom became regular first teamers throughout the season. And they earned promotion off the back of it. So there is a benchmark of how it CAN be done. Ours may well be another way for it to be done. I just have less faith in our approach, as I said on that thread I believed at the end of the season we were 5 players off of being a promotion-capable team. Cork is a great signing, but I still think we're looking for 4 more to challenge. If mid-table is accpetable then fine, we don't need any more players. I just don't think adkins or Cortese is targetting that, and I don't think you neccessarily have to "do a Leicester" to achieve success in this league. Lambert is a good manager and did it his way, Adkins is also a good manager; time will tell how successful his way is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 West Ham & Leicester will be far too strong for us this season. With our lack of activity, can only pressume that mid-table is the target? You would think WHU and Leiciester would do well but.... One of the WHU players went on record the other day saying they needed a lot more signings to ensure they get back up. Menwhile, Leicester fans are collectively unimpressed by what they call bargain basement signings from lower league sides. At 5pm on Saturday 6th August I will be quietly confident of the Championship. By 9pm I will be praying we just avoid relegation. That's what supporting Saints is all about for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merrimd Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Why is it 7? I've never mentioned 7 for us. That was Norwich. For us I think we need less. At the risk of repeating my post on the other thread about Norwich; there are many, many similarities between us and them when they came up to the Championship. Points per game throughout the season (Lambert v Adkins) was extremely similar. So there's an argument we had similar strength sides. They then bouth 7 players, 6 of whom became regular first teamers throughout the season. And they earned promotion off the back of it. So there is a benchmark of how it CAN be done. Ours may well be another way for it to be done. I just have less faith in our approach, as I said on that thread I believed at the end of the season we were 5 players off of being a promotion-capable team. Cork is a great signing, but I still think we're looking for 4 more to challenge. If mid-table is accpetable then fine, we don't need any more players. I just don't think adkins or Cortese is targetting that, and I don't think you neccessarily have to "do a Leicester" to achieve success in this league. Lambert is a good manager and did it his way, Adkins is also a good manager; time will tell how successful his way is. The point you seemed to be making was that we need to sign more players in order to have a successful season, and then highlighted Norwich and their 7 signings as proof of your argument. I was just pointing out that maybe we do not need 7 signings. If you are now saying we need less than 7, how many? 6, 5, 4, or maybe the 3 (Jack Cork + 2 others) that Adkins has said is on the way? Maybe Norwich had several players who left? If we lose no one, does that not mean we are in a better net position? I still have not seen anyone come up with a list of positions, other than a CB and a CF, that we need to spend money to improve. So whilst the numbers of transfers do not make you fall out of your chair, maybe, just maybe, we dont actually need loads of transfers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_7051935,00.html could be us? Hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 The point you seemed to be making was that we need to sign more players in order to have a successful season, and then highlighted Norwich and their 7 signings as proof of your argument. I was just pointing out that maybe we do not need 7 signings. If you are now saying we need less than 7, how many? 6, 5, 4, or maybe the 3 (Jack Cork + 2 others) that Adkins has said is on the way? Maybe Norwich had several players who left? If we lose no one, does that not mean we are in a better net position? I still have not seen anyone come up with a list of positions, other than a CB and a CF, that we need to spend money to improve. So whilst the numbers of transfers do not make you fall out of your chair, maybe, just maybe, we dont actually need loads of transfers. Have another read; I suggested we didn't need 7, but we did need 5. I did outline the positions on the other thread, I can't be bothered to type it out again so I'm just C&Ping. Well, we're talking an ideal world here, but I consider strengthening in these areas would put us up there with a team such as QPR, Swansea, Norwich etc from last year. But let me say that I think the current squad would finish between 10th and 16th, so its not as if I think we're in dire straits. Centre Midfield, for which we now have Cork. Very good signing. Centre Back, I think Jaidi will get exposed by a better quality of striker in this division and Fonte needs a better partner. Centre Forward, Adkins seems to agree with this one as we've apparently seen with the progress with Sharp and possibly Maynard. They're the most important 3. From there, I'm not overly impressed with our options at right back, particularly in an attacking sense, Butterfield and Richardson for me are lower level Championship / higher level League 1 players. And then, instead of last year's Forte & N'Guessan option, a better impact player to give a real option to Lallana & Chamberlain. That's the ideal world of course. Since then the AOC bus has rumbled on, so if he leaves I think we need a replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 We are going to pwn the January transfer window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFrost Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_7051935,00.html could be us? No better than what we got already, we need players that will take us forward not keep us at the same level. Besides I'm happy with our current squad as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COMEONYOUREDS Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 stop panicing! hysterics wont change anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Who's panicking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 I would suggest that the 1st team is settled now. Any further additions will be to strengthen options from the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Still feel we need a centre forward and perhaps a central defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avenue Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Let's be honest here if we don't make anymore signings and don't lose anybody most (me included) would be delighted with our squad. The bookies have made us 7th fav for a reason. Our strikers scored over 50 goals last year. One of the best set of strikers in the league. Our wingers scored 22 goals and 21 assists, One of the best set of wingers in the league. Central midfield we have two class youngsters in Cork and Morgan mixed with the experience of Hammond and Chaplow. One of the best midfields in the league. Defence we have Fonte who is in my opinion pl class, with Harding and Butterfield who are also pretty good defenders. A defence that only let in 38 goals for the entire season. Only one club in the whole of the football leagues had a better defensive record then us last year (QPR). It looks pretty good in my opinion. I am sure most teams in the league would kill to have our squad. The only position i think that needs a new signing is CB to play alongside Fonte. Jaidi at 35 won't be able to keep up with the pace of the championship every game. But for the start of the season he should be fine. The reality is we have a great squad already that does not need loads of signings. We need two players (CB/fast Striker) tops. Good post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windmill Arm 2 Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 And only one quality signing.. Pointless thread maybe but I'm not impressed, NA can't have the excuse that players didn't have time to gel as he only has himself to blame.. In my opinion all players should have Been signed before pre seasons tour, c'mon Nigel where are you! Let's me having you!Another pointless thread posted by another 9 year old clueless 'tard'. You know very little about football, please fook off ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 I'm very happy with Jack Cork. One or two more would be handy but we haven't sold anyone of any great loss. I'd be happy if we started the first game of the season with the squad we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Personally, I'm not worried about our transfer activity (or lack of) as of yet. There is still plenty of time to improve and we're only 2 or 3 players away from being very competitive. However, I notice that people aren't too concerned about our lack of wide players. The majority seem pretty unanimous in that we should sign a defender and a forward, but not a lot gets said about potential wingers. Granted, we've got Lallana and (for the time being) Chamberlain as first choice, but with the injury-prone Holmes, the inevitable departure of Puncheon and the questionable Forte as alternatives, I feel this is an area we need to strengthen. What are other people's thoughts on this? For what it's worth, I'd like to see us sign a centre-half, a wide player and a striker whilst keeping hold of the current squad. Then, we're good to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB Posted 21 July, 2011 Author Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Someone hasn't got laid recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerceSaint28 Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 I think we can debate this until we are blue in the face....personally i agree with the Kracken and feel we have a good squad but we need 2 real quality additions at least...3 if Alex goes.. My problem as i have stated before is the lack of ambition of some of our fans...which to be fair is a result of years of mediocrity...but my spin is this... We have a good squad...we all agree on that??...so why would we wait a year before making more of a dent on market in order to get promoted as some of you think? Surely we ride the momentum now...Alex has pinned his colours to the mast that he wants to leave...for me it is important we spend good money on 3 players before he leaves and clubs try to take us for a ride on transfers...surely we have got a contingency plan if he wants to leave... In terms of the players themselves...the British market is so inflated...i really would be happy to get a few foreign internationals from abroad and i think that is where the value is. It seems there could be something in this Tunisian link...so maybe that is the centre half... Well 2 in the building by saturday was the shout...no surprise to see it being thursday and no signings yet...fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 And only one quality signing.. Pointless thread maybe but I'm not impressed, NA can't have the excuse that players didn't have time to gel as he only has himself to blame.. In my opinion all players should have Been signed before pre seasons tour, c'mon Nigel where are you! Let's me having you! I don't think he is that way inclined I am afraid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 MerceSaint, good post. Just because we are in the midst of a 5 year plan, I don't see why so many people equate that to aiming for a mid-table finish. We had a 2 year plan to get out of League 1; despite the -10 in the first year we know all about Cortese's ambitions to achieve promotion in 1 year if we could. Some people seem to expect the club to go into an almost dormant state for 2 years, stating that is "consolidation". Cortese has never IMO seemed the type of person that would accept that. He's a realist I'm sure, and thinks it may take more than just one year to get promoted. But the best way, surely, to improve year upon year is to be up amongst the mix of the promotion zone. Not sitting around unpressured in mid-table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Can anyone 'aiming for a mid-table finish' make themselves known? Check out post 10, in reply to my original post. By far not the only one I've seen when discussing this previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 (edited) Can anyone 'aiming for a mid-table finish' make themselves known? Adkins and Cortese aren't, that's clear. I'm not, many of the you aren't. There's a difference to not being devastated by mid-table and aiming for it. If we're 10th, my reaction will be slight disappointment and missed opportunity. If we play to potential we can make the playoffs, but I hope we're aiming for promotion. Why the hell not? You don't keep Lallana, sign Fonte, Guly, Cork and Lambert just to sit in the Championship. Timescales are for Cortese. For the moment it's all about 2011/12, we can assess 5 year plans next May can't we. Me.......purely for selfish reasons I like going to watch saints play if they get promoted chances are I won't be able to afford to go and watch saints play. Therefore I'm happy with a mid top table finish (no promotion), winning more than we lose and finishing above Pompey (and Brighton)............Of course if we get promoted I'm sure I'll be happy about it (sort of) Edited 21 July, 2011 by doddisalegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petersfield Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 You would think WHU and Leiciester would do well but.... One of the WHU players went on record the other day saying they needed a lot more signings to ensure they get back up. Menwhile, Leicester fans are collectively unimpressed by what they call bargain basement signings from lower league sides. At 5pm on Saturday 6th August I will be quietly confident of the Championship. By 9pm I will be praying we just avoid relegation. That's what supporting Saints is all about for me! And me! Summed up perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Saint Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 West Ham & Leicester will be far too strong for us this season. With our lack of activity, can only pressume that mid-table is the target? This is an absurd statement frankly. No-one can say how any particular team will do before a ball is kicked. These sides ought to be good on paper but on grass? As it happens one of these sides is riven with internal tensions and has an interfering chairman who knows nothing about football. I remember a certain team coming down from the Premier about whom it was said that they were far too good for the Championship and would walk the league. But they were riven with internal tensions and had an interfering chairman who knew nothing about football and three years later they were in League 1 with a 10 point penalty. The other side you mention is managed by someone whose recent record is poor and who believes in throwing money at the team rather than thinking about what makes for good team dynamics. My prediction (and it is only that and you can throw it back at me when I am wrong) is that Saints will be closer than either of these clubs to automatic promotion. I also suspect that we will do this with only two more additions to the squad before the season starts - a centre-half in the prime of his career and a promising, quick young forward with clear Championship credentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 The thing is right if you went back to the start of last season i doubt many people would of said Norwich and Swansea would be going up. On paper i think our squad is better then Swansea's was at the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Bald_Si Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Another pointless, pointless thread. Given the crazy spending when we first landed in the championship, I'm happy we're being more cautious with our signings this time around. It's not like we don't have money to spend if we're bidding £3.25 million for the likes of Billy Sharp. No point adding players just for the sake of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Personally, I'm not worried about our transfer activity (or lack of) as of yet. There is still plenty of time to improve and we're only 2 or 3 players away from being very competitive. However, I notice that people aren't too concerned about our lack of wide players. The majority seem pretty unanimous in that we should sign a defender and a forward, but not a lot gets said about potential wingers. Granted, we've got Lallana and (for the time being) Chamberlain as first choice, but with the injury-prone Holmes, the inevitable departure of Puncheon and the questionable Forte as alternatives, I feel this is an area we need to strengthen. What are other people's thoughts on this? For what it's worth, I'd like to see us sign a centre-half, a wide player and a striker whilst keeping hold of the current squad. Then, we're good to go! Best post on this thread Bailey. Holmes delivers a beautiful cross but like some players we've had over the years - David Hughes for example - his body just isn't capable of any more than a dozen games a season. I'd like to see a CB (so would the club judging by the squad numbers), a quick striker and a winger but if Chamberlain goes - well, when - there might be a bit available for a second new winger as Lallana may want to move infield at some stage in his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 21 July, 2011 Share Posted 21 July, 2011 Dear OP, Shut up. Regards, SSOTN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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