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doddisalegend

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....I personally don't think saints need an extra players but it's interesting to see what some of the clubs around us are doing

 

Boro have brought in Adam Hammill from wolves

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17220389

 

and Birmingham have brought in three new faces (though one is the managers son so probably doesn't really count) in the form of Ramage, Folan & Hughton

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17210390

Saint Garrett

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Hammil is **** though...

 

And Birmingham's signings are hardly great. Caleb Folan who has hardly the best goalscoring record in the world. Ramage isn't a brilliant defender by any means, and the other bloke was on a free having been released by Lincoln...

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Sorry to disagree with the assumption that we don't need any additions to the squad. To miss out on promotion now, after having topped the table for most of the season, would be a huge mistake. Anything that can be done to make the promotion more certain should be done. We have an injured CB which is clearly justification to bring in an emergency loan. We have two first choice CBs who have both been out of the side due to injury. If we lose them both, even for a couple of games, it could be struggle just when clean sheets are being seen as so important for the run in.

Matt Mills has fallen out with Nigel Pearson at Leicester and there are major doubts over his future there. Matt’s Saints pedigree and his prem potential would make him an ideal loan signing with a view to transfer in the close season. Come on Nigel. You know it makes sense.

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Matt Mills has fallen out with Nigel Pearson at Leicester and there are major doubts over his future there. Matt’s Saints pedigree and his prem potential would make him an ideal loan signing with a view to transfer in the close season. Come on Nigel. You know it makes sense.

should imagine leeds may be a little ****eed off

I also imagine he went to leeds to play..not to sit on the bench

pingwing

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Matt’s Saints pedigree and his prem potential would make him an ideal loan signing with a view to transfer in the close season. Come on Nigel. You know it makes sense.

 

NO! Keep him away.

 

5.5m does not equal prem potential and being an ex saints player does not make him pedigree (unless its pedigree chum). I don't think its worth rocking the boat with an over inflated ego because we might just need him. We have 3 high quality cb's and 2 good cover cb's that should see out the rest of the season. No need to take on some cast offs "just in case"

Shroppie

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It's the time when clubs on parachute payments without which they can't survive go for bust to get back to the Prem.

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Windmill Arm 2

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....I personally don't think saints need an extra players but it's interesting to see what some of the clubs around us are doing

 

Boro have brought in Adam Hammill from wolves

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17220389

 

and Birmingham have brought in three new faces (though one is the managers son so probably doesn't really count) in the form of Ramage, Folan & Hughton

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17210390

 

Brum have also bought Erik Who's a c_unt in as well

Saint Garrett

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Brum have also bought Erik Who's a c_unt in as well

They have indeed...

 

http://www.birmingham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=274497

 

Portsmouth striker Erik Huseklepp says that he wants to help out his parent club while on loan with Birmingham City.

 

The Norweigian striker had to come to St Andrews although he admits it was a hard move to make, but while he is here at Blues he intends to help out Pompey by helping Birmingham beat teams who are, like Portsmouth struggling at the bottom of the table.

 

Speaking to the Portsmouth News he said: 'The move was a big surprise for me. It's done now, though. I have a new challenge and I have to focus on that but I can still help Portsmouth against teams at the bottom.

 

'I hope and think the club are good enough to survive. The team just need to get the players back from injury. I hope so much we stay up.'

 

Huseklepp would also love to see Portsmouth`s fierce rivals Southampton knocked out of an automatic promotion place by City.

 

'And I really hope to push Southampton out of second place. Stopping Southampton would be the best thing possible as a Portsmouth man. There's a gap but we have a game in hand. I'm focused on doing as well as I can and achieving that.'

 

 

TOSSER

doddisalegend

doddisalegend

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Hammil is **** though...

 

And Birmingham's signings are hardly great. Caleb Folan who has hardly the best goalscoring record in the world. Ramage isn't a brilliant defender by any means, and the other bloke was on a free having been released by Lincoln...

 

Wasn't passing comment on how good they're or aren't just interested to see what teams around us are doing. Weather they're good or bad signings will have to wait until the end of the season. If Hammill scores the winning goal that wind boro the play off final ....it won't matter if is ****.

 

I imagine in Birminghams case they need a few extra bodies to fill a thin squad and have to take what's out there thats cheap.

doddisalegend

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Sorry to disagree with the assumption that we don't need any additions to the squad. To miss out on promotion now, after having topped the table for most of the season, would be a huge mistake. Anything that can be done to make the promotion more certain should be done. We have an injured CB which is clearly justification to bring in an emergency loan. We have two first choice CBs who have both been out of the side due to injury. If we lose them both, even for a couple of games, it could be struggle just when clean sheets are being seen as so important for the run in.

Matt Mills has fallen out with Nigel Pearson at Leicester and there are major doubts over his future there. Matt’s Saints pedigree and his prem potential would make him an ideal loan signing with a view to transfer in the close season. Come on Nigel. You know it makes sense.

 

This argument comes round every season our squad it's getting pretty big now. Some decent players aren't even getting into the matchday squad bringing in more players will just rock the boat IMO.

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Huseklepp would also love to see Portsmouth`s fierce rivals Southampton knocked out of an automatic promotion place by City.

 

'And I really hope to push Southampton out of second place. Stopping Southampton would be the best thing possible as a Portsmouth man. There's a gap but we have a game in hand. I'm focused on doing as well as I can and achieving that.'

 

Can't argue with him. He's been draining them dry out of money they don't have - He is a proper Portsmouth man :)

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Wouldn't say Hammil is sh!t... he had a few good games for Wolves last season for them in the Prem and was great for Barnsley before he went to Wolves. People just seem to remember his awful loan spell here and not everything he's achieved since!

doddisalegend

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Blackpool have Robbie Fowler training with and looking to join them.

 

WTF really ??? how old is he? I know Kevin Phillips is still knocking them in while clutching his zimmer frame but Fowler. What's Hollowhead trying to do build a veterans team...

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WTF really ??? how old is he? I know Kevin Phillips is still knocking them in while clutching his zimmer frame but Fowler. What's Hollowhead trying to do build a veterans team...

 

They could play Kevin Phillips, Robbie Fowler and Brett Ormerod up front.... :lol:

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WTF really ??? how old is he? I know Kevin Phillips is still knocking them in while clutching his zimmer frame but Fowler. What's Hollowhead trying to do build a veterans team...

 

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They could play Kevin Phillips, Robbie Fowler and Brett Ormerod up front.... :lol:

 

A combined age of about 110 if my calcs are right!

Clapham Saint

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They have indeed...

 

http://www.birmingham.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=274497

 

Portsmouth striker Erik Huseklepp says that he wants to help out his parent club while on loan with Birmingham City.

 

The Norweigian striker had to come to St Andrews although he admits it was a hard move to make, but while he is here at Blues he intends to help out Pompey by helping Birmingham beat teams who are, like Portsmouth struggling at the bottom of the table.

 

Speaking to the Portsmouth News he said: 'The move was a big surprise for me. It's done now, though. I have a new challenge and I have to focus on that but I can still help Portsmouth against teams at the bottom.

 

'I hope and think the club are good enough to survive. The team just need to get the players back from injury. I hope so much we stay up.'

 

Huseklepp would also love to see Portsmouth`s fierce rivals Southampton knocked out of an automatic promotion place by City.

 

'And I really hope to push Southampton out of second place. Stopping Southampton would be the best thing possible as a Portsmouth man. There's a gap but we have a game in hand. I'm focused on doing as well as I can and achieving that.'

 

 

TOSSER

 

I wonder how the Brum fans feel about that quote.

 

No metion of wanting to play for Brimingham at all other than an inferred side effect of doing well for P*mpey.

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Worth pointing out that Fowler was at Cardiff in 2007/8 and did nothing of note for them - 4 league goals in 5 months and then no appearances after Xmas. That was 4 years ago and he was past it then.

 

In fact I seem to recall a bet I had that Fowler would play fewer games than (I think it was someone like) Rasiak would score goals.

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On the "loan" front, unless Saints can find an out-of-favour Prem player who is probably under 28 and is an improvement on what we've got, I can't see us signing anyone.

Smirking_Saint

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I wonder how the Brum fans feel about that quote.

 

No metion of wanting to play for Brimingham at all other than an inferred side effect of doing well for P*mpey.

 

TBF sharps never said how exciting it is to play for us, just looking forward to forwarding his career

VectisSaint

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Atleast Pompey are now actually getting rid of their highest earners. This happened straight away when we went into admin!

Will they actually have any players left soon? Or at least enough to fulfil fixtures? There are 19 shown on their web site now, including 2 keepers, and some of those are injured. Do they still have some yoofs who could be played? I don't actually wish liquidation on them, but it really is looking more and more likely that they will fold very soon, maybe even before we get to play them

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TBF sharps never said how exciting it is to play for us, just looking forward to forwarding his career

 

Smirkers picked up on something there that I thought at the time Billy signed. I know he had other things on his mind, and God knows they were far more important than football matters, but in his interview after signing for us I dont ever remember anybody coming across as so utterly underwhelmed about his transfer here. He actually seemed thoroughly gutted about it to me.

Smirking_Saint

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Thought the same, I take the fact that we are possibly seen as a stepping stone, but I dont want to hear about it in an interview, I was left as underwhelmed as Scotty, he needs to get fit and toe the line

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Well Blackpool now have played 34 games and were held to a 1 - 1 draw tonight playing Hull. Of course now one's interested that they're 6 points behind us having played 34 games.

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Fowllyd

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Dobbie is a great player.

 

He did a fantastic job in a very tricky away fixture at Malfoy Towers, but I think the knife he took in the guts in that game had a disastrous effect on his career.

david in sweden

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NA is always commenting on the balance /harmony of the squad, so it's a tribute to that philosophy that he can say " we don't need any more " - whilst our nearest rivals are scratching round to find extra players ......for the final push.

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