trousers Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Cracking signing. Onwards and upwards. I may have to revise my "Saints to finish in the top 8" prediction at this rate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 That is polo Ralph Loren No it's definitely All Saints. His jeans are awful as well. He's got a lot to learn if he wants to be a success here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 @TomCoull: **EXCLUSIVE** Jay Rodriguez first Saints interview is now exclusively on Saints Player - http://t.co/m4ua3mmF #saintsfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 just one question for those who have seen him play - is he quick ? Not Jonno quick obviously but pacey will do !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 The following statement has been issued by the Burnley Football Club Board of Directors, following the confirmation of the sale of Jay Rodriguez to Southampton Football Club. "Burnley Football Club has a renowned tradition of producing talented young players, who have come through our youth system over many years. "Jay Rodriguez started his career with Burnley at a very young age and, throughout his time here, he has been a great player and excellent ambassador for the football club. "However, ambitious and talented young footballers want to play in the Premier League and we wish Jay every success in his career. "His rise in prominence is evidence that here at Turf Moor, the investment in our Youth academy provides a pipeline for players to the first team. "We have already seen the current youth team achieve tremendous success by reaching the FA Youth Cup semi finals this year, and through the club's ongoing commitment to youth development we hope this will help to produce more players like Jay Rodriguez." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 I've seen Lambert easily handled by the bottom clubs of the Championship. I saw division 3 saints play man U off the park for an hour. lambert was so poor, he was voted the best player in the whole division and topped the scoring charts and came 3rd in the assist charts. we also scored the most goals in the division and had one of the best goal differences...cant really say we are too far away from holding our own in the premier league. please, how have we thrown all our eggs in one basket...we have signed 3 new strikers this year....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 just one question for those who have seen him play - is he quick ? Not Jonno quick obviously but pacey will do !! He's not got ''out and out'' pace, but he has a nice turn of pace on him. Great on the deck with a lovely touch, great agility and he has terrific movement off the ball. Should be perfect and add more mobility to our front line. He's much more than just a striker, which is why I've always wanted him here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 best part is it shows we have the money behind us...6 million for first signing isnt bad As long as that isn't all the budget blown on one player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 This is a great and significant signing. I really believe others will follow now as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 @TomCoull: New Forest? Nah, I've never been there. Limewood Hotel? No, not heard of that. Black jacket with a red stripe? No, don't own one of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Great news that's the first one tied up. Welcome to Southampton Jay Rodriguez, here's to a long and prolific partnership with SRL, that will establish us back in the prem this year. Are RL and Jayrod too alike - on the first glance, they are. Guess we've now got two options to pump longballs into the backpost?! Do hope we smarten up on the wings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 @jackcork1: Great signing for us! Jay is a great player and will be great for us! Will be good to have my mate back and play in the same team again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 He's not got ''out and out'' pace, but he has a nice turn of pace on him. Great on the deck with a lovely touch, great agility and he has terrific movement off the ball. Should be perfect and add more mobility to our front line. He's much more than just a striker, which is why I've always wanted him here. That'll do for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 No it's definitely All Saints. His jeans are awful as well. He's got a lot to learn if he wants to be a success here. Its taken the edge off this signing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 We have the 2 strikers from last year's team of the year at our club now, impressive. Never a bad thing is it? I wonder if we'll reconstruct our right-hand-side with the players from that team? (Phillips & Clyne). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 why is he wearing an arsenal scarf? Is that David Moyes in the bush on the far left!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 adkins likes is forwards. thats 3 this year alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 That my friend is the power of mobile and social media. In 1980, you would have had to find Yellow Pages, find the number for a news outlet and then find a working public phone... And you would have phoned whom? And what would they have done, broken it on the same news programme on which the news was actually... er broken... An incredible transformation it bring as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Marco Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Great signing of intent by us. Welcome to the club Jay Rod!! Surprised nobody has bumped up that thread about how much people expect us to spend this summer on players! A few of our most vocal fans on here didn't think it was the clubs "policy" to spend so much on a player..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 TL, RL, BS and now JR for two places. Competition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 adkins likes is forwards. thats 3 this year alone He's got a great eye for a striker. He signed Hooper, Martin Patterson, Sharp first time at Scunny IIRC, Paul Hayes who did v well for them at the time...then got a big move to PNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint J 77 Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 At least we know he can head the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Anyone on Twitter who wants a laugh check this Burnley fan out: @itsBenCostello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Which players would you most like to sign based on their fashion sense? Did you like Barry Venison's suits? A lot of them are badly dressed fashion victims to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Never a bad thing is it? I wonder if we'll reconstruct our right-hand-side with the players from that team? (Phillips & Clyne). Would prefer Trippier for RB if I'm honest, but he's staying at Burnley afaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 No, but then you didn't arrive with a BT payphone in your pocket. I didn't need one, there were loads of direct phones in the airline offices where I was going to check the outbound load sheet.Although I had plenty of time I just didn't think it that significant. Saw it on TV that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Would prefer Trippier for RB if I'm honest, but he's staying at Burnley afaik. Nah, Clyne is a much better defender - and that's still the priority for a fullback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Are RL and Jayrod too alike - on the first glance, they are. Guess we've now got two options to pump longballs into the backpost?! Do hope we smarten up on the wings... Possibly Sherlock, but neither play as out & out old style number nine. Both seem intelligent footballers with good movement, both pull wide create chances for others & I can see them working well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Think people might end up surprised how well a championship Allstars team might do in the top flight. Ao many players with great potential and ability to step up. Odds are at least 1 of Rodriguez, Sharp and Lambert will score in the top flight regularly. The bottom half of the Premier League has been quite average for some time. We'll have to get used to the fact that there's 3 or 4 clubs who can genuinely challenge for the title; another 2 or 3 who are a bit further behind, 1 or 2 comfortable top ten clubs and then really not much to choose between the rest. You could argue to argue that, on any given day, a Championship play-offs team would stand up against a bottom half Premier League team. Cherry picking the Championship's best players is a decent transfer strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Would prefer Trippier for RB if I'm honest, but he's staying at Burnley afaik. Who knows ? Trippier was quoted earlier in the summer as happy at Burnley, not looking to move etc. But with some former team mates here to whisper, tweet, text etc ? Having said that I doubt Burnley will be keen to lose another player, especially to us. Bet 'loyal Eddie' regrets "turning us down" now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Got a big northern contingent now...Rickie, Chaplow, Sharp, Jay, Richardson, Fox. Should help him settle with old Burnley mates as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSFC Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 The bottom half of the Premier League has been quite average for some time. We'll have to get used to the fact that there's 3 or 4 clubs who can genuinely challenge for the title; another 2 or 3 who are a bit further behind, 1 or 2 comfortable top ten clubs and then really not much to choose between the rest. You could argue to argue that, on any given day, a Championship play-offs team would stand up against a bottom half Premier League team. Cherry picking the Championship's best players is a decent transfer strategy. Particularly the young early to mid twenty year old ones who are definitely going to get better..... Probably be wise though to get a couple of similar age ones but who have been in the prem like Scott Dann and Mark Davies for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb.html Top story on the premier league home page, nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 (edited) Particularly the young early to mid twenty year old ones who are definitely going to get better..... Probably be wise though to get a couple of similar age ones but who have been in the prem like Scott Dann and Mark Davies for example. Agreed. i think we need a little more experience in the spine of the team. Cork and Schneiderlin are great but both only 22, so it would be good to see someone brought in there. And while Fonte & Hooiveld will do a job I'd definitely like to see a CB come in, even if its a signing of the likes of Jaidi when we got him. Chuck in Tom Ince, Matt Jarvis and a new keeper (Butland maybe) and that would be a pretty damn good window. Edited 10 June, 2012 by The Kraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 (edited) Possibly Sherlock, but neither play as out & out old style number nine. Both seem intelligent footballers with good movement, both pull wide create chances for others & I can see them working well together. Will be very interesting to see what happens - could certainly work but both Lambert and Rodriguez drop deep and work well when there are players getting further forward - one reason why Lee was a breath of fresh air and Rodriguez worked well with Austin, another busy, mobile striker. Or think Sheringham, JayRod's role model- and Andy Cole etc etc. If we play both RL and Jay Rod, it puts more pressure on our flanks to get beyond the strikers (and RM is still our weakspot) and stop defences pushing up - its not like any of our current CMs will. Edited 10 June, 2012 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSFC Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Agreed. i think we need a little more experience in the spine of the team. Cork and Schneiderlin are great but both only 22, so it would be good to see someone brought in there. And while Fonte & Hooiveld will do a job I'd definitely like to see a CB come in, even if its a signing of the likes of Jaidi when we got him. Chuck in Tom Ince, Matt Jarvis and a new keeper (Butland maybe) and that would be a pretty damn good window. Think that would be perfect.....being greedy....chuck in a right back too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Good news. lets hope he goes on to fullfil his obvious potential. good to see us get some business done early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Does anyone know if he's related to Peter Rodriguez? Would be cool if it was his son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Just backed him to be top Premiership scorer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Does anyone know if he's related to Peter Rodriguez? Would be cool if it was his son. Afraid not. His father is perhaps unsurprisingly, Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Nice bit of business, welcome Jay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Afraid not. His father is perhaps unsurprisingly, Spanish. Is his dad Luis Amore Rodriguez that used to play for Harchester United? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Afraid not. His father is perhaps unsurprisingly, Spanish. you sure he's not Welsh ? It gets a bit multi-cultural around Tiger Bay in Cardiff you know. Only a p!ss take btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Is his dad Luis Amore Rodriguez that used to play for Harchester United? Yeah, Lynda Block is his mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Yeah, Lynda Block is his mother. Thank god the plot to shoot him after the cup final got foiled then. No Jay if that had happened. It's good to see Lynda Block recovered from being mugged off by Prashand though and now owns an underwear manufacturer near Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Is his dad Luis Amore Rodriguez that used to play for Harchester United? Turkish, are you relaxed about the polo shirt he was wearing for the signing photo ? And, anyone know if he was looking at quilted jackets in WEst Quay ? If so, I think we should be told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Is his dad Luis Amore Rodriguez that used to play for Harchester United? The one that got assasinated after the '97 cup final? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Is his dad Luis Amore Rodriguez that used to play for Harchester United? Rumour that we could also be signing the Big Busted Red Indian Squaw as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 10 June, 2012 Share Posted 10 June, 2012 Turkish, are you relaxed about the polo shirt he was wearing for the signing photo ? And, anyone know if he was looking at quilted jackets in WEst Quay ? If so, I think we should be told. If only I'd known stonewashed jeans were coming back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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