Smirking_Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 No. His game isnt about bite. Chaplow's bite is lauded across the lower divisions. Anyone looking for bite this summer will have been onto his agent. Suarez' is better I have heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Meets the usual criteria - young, potential, likely to improve and therefore increase in value. The only criterion on this thread is to have two legs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Alas, Suarez is thought to want to showcase his bite at the top level. Chaplow is less picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerceSaint28 Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Buckley to Saints??? are you guys kidding...WE WONT BE SIGNING ANY DOMESTIC PLAYERS GUYS...get it Im sure we could go to La Liga and get a player twice as good for half the price...Laudrup has set the blueprint mark my words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 A bit slow to report this but it sounds like we had scouts at the Japan v Bulgaria match to watch Hiroshi Kiyotake? He replaced Yoshida at half time. See post 689, does that count as ITK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Buckley to Saints??? are you guys kidding...WE WONT BE SIGNING ANY DOMESTIC PLAYERS GUYS...get it Im sure we could go to La Liga and get a player twice as good for half the price...Laudrup has set the blueprint mark my words How on earth do you know? That doesn't fit with what we did last season anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Buckley to Saints??? are you guys kidding...WE WONT BE SIGNING ANY DOMESTIC PLAYERS GUYS...get it Im sure we could go to La Liga and get a player twice as good for half the price...Laudrup has set the blueprint mark my words Buckley is actually v good and has been for a few seasons now since getting into the Watford side. Better than Phillips imho (much better technique). Scores some stunners as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerceSaint28 Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 simple reason we will be largely ignoring championship is thus 1/ We no longer have an English manager at the helm therefore won't know the lower leagues and will have to rely on our scouts which he won't do as he is accountable for all signings 2/ The manager will want to make his own signings and stamp on the team and therefore go to a market that he knows well 3/ Laudrup effect has shown you can buy effectively and cheaply from Spain 4/ Over inflated prices domestically...Rodriguez worked but Adkins had a hard on for him for years...there are only a handful of Championship players who would be an up grade for us and they want silly money 5/ Suffering economies of Southern Europe...Spain, Italy, Greece etc are all in trouble and their football clubs are suffering too...means far better value 6/ Manager knowledge and scout internal scout knowledge - South America and Southern Europe There is 6 reasons...trust me we will not be buying Will Buckley from Brighton...that is a relic rehashed from the Adkins days boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 simple reason we will be largely ignoring championship is thus 1/ We no longer have an English manager at the helm therefore won't know the lower leagues and will have to rely on our scouts which he won't do as he is accountable for all signings 2/ The manager will want to make his own signings and stamp on the team and therefore go to a market that he knows well 3/ Laudrup effect has shown you can buy effectively and cheaply from Spain 4/ Over inflated prices domestically...Rodriguez worked but Adkins had a hard on for him for years...there are only a handful of Championship players who would be an up grade for us and they want silly money 5/ Suffering economies of Southern Europe...Spain, Italy, Greece etc are all in trouble and their football clubs are suffering too...means far better value 6/ Manager knowledge and scout internal scout knowledge - South America and Southern Europe There is 6 reasons...trust me we will not be buying Will Buckley from Brighton...that is a relic rehashed from the Adkins days boys the signings are not just the managers decisions we have a transfer comittee that will know the lower leagues, so your points are redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 the signings are not just the managers decisions we have a transfer comittee that will know the lower leagues, so your points are redundant. One that will sign players without the managers input as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 One that will sign players without the managers input as well... I almost add "in some cases not even the managers decision" but thought i'd be accused of trolling for saying something that people dont like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibden Purlieu Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 I almost add "in some cases not even the managers decision" but thought i'd be accused of trolling for saying something that people dont like. I can't believe you get accused of trolling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Was chatting to a Brighton friend last night, as spent the evening with him, and he said he likes Buckley and he's a good player, but he also said they'd be getting a very good deal if we bought him for £4m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 I can't believe you get accused of trolling... the definition of trolling on here seems to be saying things people dont want to hear, regardless of how accurate they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoneuelllfanclub Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 simple reason we will be largely ignoring championship is thus 1/ We no longer have an English manager at the helm therefore won't know the lower leagues and will have to rely on our scouts which he won't do as he is accountable for all signings 2/ The manager will want to make his own signings and stamp on the team and therefore go to a market that he knows well 3/ Laudrup effect has shown you can buy effectively and cheaply from Spain 4/ Over inflated prices domestically...Rodriguez worked but Adkins had a hard on for him for years...there are only a handful of Championship players who would be an up grade for us and they want silly money 5/ Suffering economies of Southern Europe...Spain, Italy, Greece etc are all in trouble and their football clubs are suffering too...means far better value 6/ Manager knowledge and scout internal scout knowledge - South America and Southern Europe There is 6 reasons...trust me we will not be buying Will Buckley from Brighton...that is a relic rehashed from the Adkins days boys Think you are spot on with this. No evidence to suggest we are looking at the domestic market. funny enough we havent really been linked with domestic players since adkins reign. pretty clear adkins and the "transfer committee" had different agendas and visions which may have contributed to his dismissal. happy to have foreign players come in as long as we have home grown players as well coming through. We are fortunate enough to have a thriving academy set up that allows us to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Was chatting to a Brighton friend last night, as spent the evening with him, and he said he likes Buckley and he's a good player, but he also said they'd be getting a very good deal if we bought him for £4m. Oh yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Buckley to Saints??? are you guys kidding...WE WONT BE SIGNING ANY DOMESTIC PLAYERS GUYS...get it Im sure we could go to La Liga and get a player twice as good for half the price...Laudrup has set the blueprint mark my words Wow calm down. Unless you're on the transfer committee you know about as much as the rest of us. La Liga may have proven to be good value for money lately but we wont be the only ones looking there and a quality player at the right price is available anywhere, even england. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Looks like Sunderland are signing Modibo Diakité from Lazio, decent signing for them IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 A bit slow to report this but it sounds like we had scouts at the Japan v Bulgaria match to watch Hiroshi Kiyotake? He replaced Yoshida at half time. Honda? Can only dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Honda? Can only dream. Wasn't playing, so yes it was a dream. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wireframebox Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Honda? Can only dream. http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130527-00000210-sph-socc Article suggest Kiyotake, Honda would be awesome though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 bloke on twitter has just posted pic of a Porsche (I think) parked at Ocean Village with PIRLO as number plate. This would be the best transfer in the history of the club/world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Stefan Kibling of Bayern Leverkusen being approached by Southampton for 18m. Top scorer/striker in Bundesliga this season & wants a route into Premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 bloke on twitter has just posted pic of a Porsche (I think) parked at Ocean Village with PIRLO as number plate. This would be the best transfer in the history of the club/world.... Why would he have a british number plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
positivepete Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 simple reason we will be largely ignoring championship is thus 1/ We no longer have an English manager at the helm therefore won't know the lower leagues and will have to rely on our scouts which he won't do as he is accountable for all signings 2/ The manager will want to make his own signings and stamp on the team and therefore go to a market that he knows well 3/ Laudrup effect has shown you can buy effectively and cheaply from Spain 4/ Over inflated prices domestically...Rodriguez worked but Adkins had a hard on for him for years...there are only a handful of Championship players who would be an up grade for us and they want silly money 5/ Suffering economies of Southern Europe...Spain, Italy, Greece etc are all in trouble and their football clubs are suffering too...means far better value 6/ Manager knowledge and scout internal scout knowledge - South America and Southern Europe There is 6 reasons...trust me we will not be buying Will Buckley from Brighton...that is a relic rehashed from the Adkins days boys Mostly right. The key point wrong is point one. We no longer have the structure of a manager, we have adopted the continental approach where the club decides the style hires the players and the coach is hired to coach those players. He will have some input, but he will not decide the playing style or hiring strategy. We pick a coach who fits our strategy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Stefan Kibling of Bayern Leverkusen being approached by Southampton for 18m. Top scorer/striker in Bundesliga this season & wants a route into Premier League How do you know that Jamie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 And again, how on earth is this a new thing when clubs have been buying good and bad value players from Spain and other countries for many years? Because Swansea got Michu for £2m so naturally there are dozens of players like him available for nothing. I like the fact that we seem to look for young talented British players in the Football League, most clubs at this level tend to ignore them unless they're truly exceptional (Walcott, Bale and Chambo being 3 such examples). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Also here's your obligatory Kiyotake video. Very good at set pieces! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAjD2_Z7tHM&feature=youtube_gdata_player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Stefan Kibling of Bayern Leverkusen being approached by Southampton for 18m. Top scorer/striker in Bundesliga this season & wants a route into Premier League Great player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Also here's your obligatory Kiyotake video. Very good at set pieces! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAjD2_Z7tHM&feature=youtube_gdata_player I'd not heard of him, just looked him up & found this description on a scouse forum... He's an 23 year old ACM who can play wide as well. I've only seen highlights from Numberg games but he looks a good player! He only moved there last summer but has had a great first season, 10 assists, 4 goals, 81% pass completion rate, very tricky and loves a tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Stefan Kibling of Bayern Leverkusen being approached by Southampton for 18m. Top scorer/striker in Bundesliga this season & wants a route into Premier League Source please Brett? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Source please Brett? Google "Southampton transfer rumours" It's all there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Bear been on the Photoshop again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingwing Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Bear been on the Photoshop again ? Poor effort, not even a left hand drive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Why would Pirlo drive over FFS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Car belongs to Domenico Pirlo, an Italian man who owns a series of hair salons in the South. So not the footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Stefan Kibling of Bayern Leverkusen being approached by Southampton for 18m. Top scorer/striker in Bundesliga this season & wants a route into Premier League £18m would be a little to much, if it´s €18m it´s IMO maximum they would get for him. He´s had a very good season but is 29 and has not played in the national team since 2010. (I know it´s Germany and the competition is extremely hard but that still adds value if he would be in the national team). For me it´s a very good signing for maximum £10-12m, otherwise I´m not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Bear been on the Photoshop again ? Shouldn´t this be in the who ate all the pies thread from the other day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 I think we need a token signing by let's say Monday next, boost morale a bit. Weren't we interested in Aurelien Chedjou...signed for Galatasary, where do those Turks get all of their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSaint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130527-00000210-sph-socc Article suggest Kiyotake, Honda would be awesome though! Kiyotake is no mug, 10 assists last season and one of the best crossers in the Bundesliga. would be a v good addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel=God-Poyet=Sod Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Anyone heard anything about Jeremain Lens? Was linked with us last summer and in January, has publicly stated he wishes to leave this summer to the Premier League, and would be relatively affordable (around £7-10M). He would probably be my number one REALISTIC and QUALITY target over the summer, in an attacking sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 (edited) Anyone heard anything about Jeremain Lens? Was linked with us last summer and in January, has publicly stated he wishes to leave this summer to the Premier League, and would be relatively affordable (around £7-10M). He would probably be my number one REALISTIC and QUALITY target over the summer, in an attacking sense. let's face it we have heard anything about anybody as of yet.We have players lined up apparently and I guess we'll find out about them when all is settled. However Lens has (or had) problems with his federation for some "grabuge" in the tunnel a while back. Edited 31 May, 2013 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edprice1984 Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Stefan Kibling of Bayern Leverkusen being approached by Southampton for 18m. Top scorer/striker in Bundesliga this season & wants a route into Premier League If we signed Stefan Kibling I think I may do a little dance in the middle of my office! A silly silly rumour, but would love it if were true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Here's the Pirlo car leaving Southampton. The owner was an old guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Here's the Pirlo car leaving Southampton. The owner was an old guy I'm sending this image to the police pal. No phone use whilst driving. Call your solicitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Sad stalking of some poor old man in a nice car. How desperate are we for news on this forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 P1 RLO eh RLO, oh no it's a takeover, we're being taken over by Arlo Guthrie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpweySaint Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Parr at palace. Sky sports reckons he may be on the move to another premiership side with a year left on his contract. All honesty I haven't seen much of him myself but heard good things, meant to be Norway's first choice lb (Nobody say Forren!) and capable of playing left mid. If the price is right he could be an option for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoneuelllfanclub Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Will saints reveal new kit before announcing any new signings as they typically have new players posing with or wearing the current shirt? International transfers cannot officially be completed until 1st July but clubs can announce beforehand although not sure they go as far as having a contracted player photographed. I see Monaco announced an agreement with Porto on Rodriguez and Moutinho but players not photographed or quoted. Last season we revealed new kit on 29th June so be interesting to see what comes first new kit or new players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 31 May, 2013 Share Posted 31 May, 2013 Will saints reveal new kit before announcing any new signings as they typically have new players posing with or wearing the current shirt? International transfers cannot officially be completed until 1st July but clubs can announce beforehand although not sure they go as far as having a contracted player photographed. I see Monaco announced an agreement with Porto on Rodriguez and Moutinho but players not photographed or quoted. Last season we revealed new kit on 29th June so be interesting to see what comes first new kit or new players. nah they've all been on TV at Monaco, including Falcao, Isimat-Mirin signed for them today as well.It's just that we don't do things in the same way. We haven't announced any signings because we haven't made any yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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