Miltonroader07 Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 We all keep talking about strengthening the defense in the Jan Window; does anyone have any players in mind that we should be looking to invest in as I have to say I don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Not surprised that you cannot think for yourself. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 No I cannot think of one player we should be looking to invest in; not one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Saint Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Michael Dawson Wilfred Zaha Scott Dann Mikael Silvestre on a free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Oh, Oh I know... No..... No...........it's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Man Do Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Michael Dawson or someone with an equal level of experience, I don't know a lot about European leagues but the Italians always seem to churn out decent centre backs. Probably a few good shouts in the Dutch league and they always seem to fit well into the English game. Matt Phillips or Tom Ince as we need pace out wide with this system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Any pompey player we can steal/loan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Pointless thread. No decent player is going to join a team so clearly Championship-bound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Pointless thread. No decent player is going to join a team so clearly Championship-bound. Not on a long contract no. But we could certainly get a couple of loans in, although then they would probably not be decent enough to keep us up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I can sense a frustrating window ahead. I can see some people already jumping up and down demanding signings on the 1st, and even if that would be ideal, it's never really going to happen. And with the position I believe we'll be in, our options will be limited to scraps at best. That's what worries me, we'll need to seriously gamble our finances in January in order to stay in this league. Decent players are only going to come here for money. I think we need 4 additions minimum. CB, LB, RW, CM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I can sense a frustrating window ahead. I can see some people already jumping up and down demanding signings on the 1st, and even if that would be ideal, it's never really going to happen. And with the position I believe we'll be in, our options will be limited to scraps at best. That's what worries me, we'll need to seriously gamble our finances in January in order to stay in this league. Decent players are only going to come here for money. I think we need 4 additions minimum. CB, LB, RW, CM. Agree with all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I can sense a frustrating window ahead. I can see some people already jumping up and down demanding signings on the 1st, and even if that would be ideal, it's never really going to happen. And with the position I believe we'll be in, our options will be limited to scraps at best. That's what worries me, we'll need to seriously gamble our finances in January in order to stay in this league. Decent players are only going to come here for money. I think we need 4 additions minimum. CB, LB, RW, CM. Yep, spot on and this is how I see it. I just can't see any proven premier league player coming here if things don't improve before January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I can sense a frustrating window ahead. I can see some people already jumping up and down demanding signings on the 1st, and even if that would be ideal, it's never really going to happen. And with the position I believe we'll be in, our options will be limited to scraps at best. That's what worries me, we'll need to seriously gamble our finances in January in order to stay in this league. Decent players are only going to come here for money. I think we need 4 additions minimum. CB, LB, RW, CM. CB and LB absolutely need to be prioritised. and brought in as early as possible. I can live without a CM, partiuclarly if Jack Cork can come back and make the impact we all hope he can and will. A RW, well that would be nice, but I'm not sure if I'd prioritise that position at all. In the short term its the only place on the pitch that Mayuka is going to play. If Theo Walcott can be turned from a young striker into a winger for Arsenal, then Mayuka can do that for us this season as far as I'm concerned. If finances are an issue (as they surely will be) I'd rather spend money on just 2 defenders than spreading it round for 4 new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEVMAN Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 players like Dawson have already priced themselves out of a move here with steep wage demands,as will any decent targets.I think its going to take some good loan deals to satisfy our needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 CB and LB absolutely need to be prioritised. and brought in as early as possible. I can live without a CM, partiuclarly if Jack Cork can come back and make the impact we all hope he can and will. A RW, well that would be nice, but I'm not sure if I'd prioritise that position at all. In the short term its the only place on the pitch that Mayuka is going to play. If Theo Walcott can be turned from a young striker into a winger for Arsenal, then Mayuka can do that for us this season as far as I'm concerned. If finances are an issue (as they surely will be) I'd rather spend money on just 2 defenders than spreading it round for 4 new players. Maybe RW was a litte more of a bonus signing, I'd like an upgrade on Puncheon eventually though, and I think we probably need a tad more cover on the flanks. If we can get Jack back then that'll be great, still think we need a bit more muscle in the middle though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 David Wheater, has experience and has shown potential in the past but never quite lived up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Pointless thread. No decent player is going to join a team so clearly Championship-bound. Another give up merchant post. Spineless. Bloody glad I don't have to rely on you in a difficult situation. Roll over, give up and moan about it ad nauseum. I expect at the end of the January window if we do you will tell us that he or they cannot possibly be any good, why would they join Southampton as we are obviously Championship bound. Then you will proceed to repeat in every thread until the end of the season. Totally regardless of our results of course. Then at the end of the season you will start bleating on about getting signings in quick for the next season even though you know that like every other club in the country we will not do that, and you will continue with this all summer long. God help us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 David Wheater, has experience and has shown potential in the past but never quite lived up to it. Remember seeing him linked a year or so ago. This is probably the type of player we'll need to target. I'll imagine we'll go back in for Boro's Rhys Williams as well, but he may well look at our situation and Boro's situation and think twice...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Another give up merchant post. Spineless. Bloody glad I don't have to rely on you in a difficult situation. Roll over, give up and moan about it ad nauseum. I expect at the end of the January window if we do you will tell us that he or they cannot possibly be any good, why would they join Southampton as we are obviously Championship bound. Then you will proceed to repeat in every thread until the end of the season. Totally regardless of our results of course. Then at the end of the season you will start bleating on about getting signings in quick for the next season even though you know that like every other club in the country we will not do that, and you will continue with this all summer long. God help us. Yep, I reckon its a lost cause. IMO we will be more adrift come the window opening than Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio, so no f**ker is going to come for anything but a quick buck/final pay day a la Olivier Bernard, Calum Davenport and Jamie Redknapp. You can call me all the names under the sun and anticipate all my future posts if that makes you feel better and more hard-core über fan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 (edited) Michael Dawson on loan with an option to buy if we stay up - I could see that happening as he's not playing much at Spurs. I'd love to see us sign Butland and Zaha for the future but I just can't see it Other than that I think we're looking at Championship players who want too step up to the Premier League and might stay with us or a season if we do -,and maybe one or two unknowns from Holland or Italy. Matt Phillips for pace on the right - and because it looks like we'll lose Mayuka to the African Nations Cup for a month if not 2 at the end of January. Charlie Austin would be another good signing - he's looking too good for the Championship and is going to want out of Burnley - and they'll probably need to sell. Maybe Scott Dann or Curtis Davies to strengthen the defence. I'd love to see Douglas Franco Texeira but again not sure it will happen for us. We desperately need a left back - Erik Pieters from Holland would be top of my list but I again I can't see it happening for us. Maybe we'll seal the deal for Nicolai Boilesen instead. At the same time we need to move some of the deadwood out. De Ridder and Hooiveld back to Holland. Dickson and Seabourne back to League 1. Butterfield back to the Championship. And Do Prado back to Brazil. Maybe send Tandanari Lee out on loan as well to get some more experience of English Football back in the Championship. Edited 4 November, 2012 by Rebel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Matty Phillips is still very much on our radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 No need to rush in January for new signings, as the only winnable game we have is Wigan. The rest will all be bonus points in reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Matty Phillips is still very much on our radar. Good, but I hope we have defneisve priorities in front of him. Any other rumours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 No need to rush in January for new signings, as the only winnable game we have is Wigan. The rest will all be bonus points in reality. I don't think we can look at it like that anymore. As Noriwch and Wigan have shown, if you're well drilled and catch them on and off day then they're as winanble as any other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 CB and LB absolutely need to be prioritised. and brought in as early as possible. I can live without a CM, partiuclarly if Jack Cork can come back and make the impact we all hope he can and will. A RW, well that would be nice, but I'm not sure if I'd prioritise that position at all. In the short term its the only place on the pitch that Mayuka is going to play. If Theo Walcott can be turned from a young striker into a winger for Arsenal, then Mayuka can do that for us this season as far as I'm concerned. If finances are an issue (as they surely will be) I'd rather spend money on just 2 defenders than spreading it round for 4 new players. I'd go along with that but finding it hard to believe it will happen... Like why it didn't in the summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junction 9 Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Titus Bramble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Matty Phillips much more likely than Zaha. The big guns are lining him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Kucho Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 A leftback and a two decent centre backs! Bruno Martins Indi from Feyenoord would be a good shout, young strong CB who at 20 has already been capped for the Dutch national side, only problem could be that he signed a new 4 year contract in Februari, though Feyenoord do need money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughba Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Dede, Dawson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Angelo Ogbonna. Quality centre back. He signed a long contract earlier this year though so might be pricey. Gary Caldwell. Leader, organiser and very experienced. Jean Armel Kana-Biyik. We were in for him in the summer and should go back. Quality player. Martin Olsson. Like Clyne, but on the left. Liam Trotter. Physical yet technically good. Would shore up the midfield and very versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumush Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I would scour eastern europe and buy 2 of the biggest meanest mudda-fokkers to play in the middle of defence, you know a pair of knuckle draggers who will scare the £30 m pretty boy premiership forwards sh**less, add to that a slightly more mobile left footed evil bas**rd to play left back and maybe a vicious but fair midfield destroyer to break things up in front of them. I still think Boruc will come good especially if the mongs give him a chance and we have enough going forward to score regularly in this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I would scour eastern europe and buy 2 of the biggest meanest mudda-fokkers to play in the middle of defence, you know a pair of knuckle draggers who will scare the £30 m pretty boy premiership forwards sh**less, add to that a slightly more mobile left footed evil bas**rd to play left back and maybe a vicious but fair midfield destroyer to break things up in front of them. I still think Boruc will come good especially if the mongs give him a chance and we have enough going forward to score regularly in this league. I like the sound of this plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 We all keep talking about strengthening the defense in the Jan Window; does anyone have any players in mind that we should be looking to invest in as I have to say I don't Riquelme or Saviola f'sure. perhaps Maradona in an ambassadorial role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I would scour eastern europe and buy 2 of the biggest meanest mudda-fokkers to play in the middle of defence, you know a pair of knuckle draggers who will scare the £30 m pretty boy premiership forwards sh**less I think 6ft 6 Yevhen Khacheridi fits the bill. Here he is putting Andy Carroll on his arse at the Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 More Attacking players lets no worry about defending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restark19 Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 How about Roger Johnson from Wolves, seemed pretty solid when i saw him last year, obvious downside that he got relegated but definitely better than what we have currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 Depending on whether we have managed to win some games in November, I'd imagine we are seriously re-looking at our finances and chosing a path that doesn't leave us with a millstone round our neck for the foreseeable future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumush Posted 4 November, 2012 Share Posted 4 November, 2012 I think 6ft 6 Yevhen Khacheridi fits the bill. Here he is putting Andy Carroll on his arse at the Euros. Exactly - 2 of these please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 I would be really disappointed if we don't get them in straight away rather than haggle over the price with several options in mind. Like to see Phillips for the right flank and any defender than can (a) Head a ball (b) does not score own goals © can pass to a team mate (d) not give away stupid penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 Persuade Ledley King to give it one last go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 I don't get it. That has nothing to do with saints, players join relegation fighting clubs every season, clubs have overhauled their team in January and signed excellent players. Some like a challenge, some like the money, some just want football. Put Saints aside for a moment and think about what you've said, because I refuse to believe you're stupid enough to ignore the dozens of seasons you've witnessed that completely go against your point. Yes, I am sooooo looking forward to us signing the Mark2 versions of Bernard, Redknapp and Davenport..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 Arsene Wenger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 Pointless thread. No decent player is going to join a team so clearly Championship-bound. pointless comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 pointless comment You can consider my opinion to be pointless if you wish; nevertheless it is my opinion. Gonna do anything about wild-saint's abuse breaking the rules you are supposed to be upholding ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 You can consider my opinion to be pointless if you wish; nevertheless it is my opinion. Gonna do anything about wild-saint's abuse breaking the rules you are supposed to be upholding ? Quoting you just in case some of the Mods have you on ignore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBenali Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 No need to rush in January for new signings, as the only winnable game we have is Wigan. The rest will all be bonus points in reality. The Wigan game is at the beginning of Feb, in January comes include Villa away and Everton at home, surely they'd be considered winnable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 (edited) can't give you names, but AT LEAST ..three or four defenders....and even ** a top class keeper. (not another... I hear someone say...). BUT even if we say that Kelvin's time has gone (though not necessarily) ....neither Gazza or Cropper are going to be in the running for a year or two.....depending on where we are then, and Boruc has had no chance to prove himself properly yet. I'm sure he, too would like a stronger defence in front of him. ** even the world's best keeper can't do everything single-handed. When Saints signed England World Cup goalie Peter Shilton in 1982.....our defence leaked in 18 goals in the first 7 games (!) .....Mind you, we played 5 of the top 6 clubs in those opening fixtures ...(if that scenario sounds familiar?) Edited 5 November, 2012 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkenSaint Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 Michael Dawson or someone with an equal level of experience, I don't know a lot about European leagues but the Italians always seem to churn out decent centre backs. Probably a few good shouts in the Dutch league and they always seem to fit well into the English game. Matt Phillips or Tom Ince as we need pace out wide with this system Tom will be Man Utd bound but Phillips would be a good buy but im not sure where he'd fit in with Ramirez , lallana, lambo upfront and his obsession in playing JRod anywhere just to recoup some money back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild-saint Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 You can consider my opinion to be pointless if you wish; nevertheless it is my opinion. Gonna do anything about wild-saint's abuse breaking the rules you are supposed to be upholding ? oh dear crying an whinnying like a girl. 2 separate infractions for the same insult. Well done mods, great work. I take it you forgot about the blantant trolling being against the rules as well? chuffing spineless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 5 November, 2012 Share Posted 5 November, 2012 oh dear crying an whinnying like a girl. 2 separate infractions for the same insult. Well done mods, great work. I take it you forgot about the blantant trolling being against the rules as well? chuffing spineless Doesn't quite work like that. If you insult someone the same way 5 times, it doesn't count as one offence. As for your first sentence, I think you're both guilty of that in all honesty. I don't know why you let someone you've never met in a different country rile you up like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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