Olallana Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Didn´t think I´d ever say it but I think I´d prefer a punt on Guidetti instead for £5-7m... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I bet he'll end up better value than Osvaldo or Gaston . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Didn´t think I´d ever say it but I think I´d prefer a punt on Guidetti instead for £5-7m... I wouldn't. Really think he's overrated and has had some serious injury issues in his short career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I bet he'll end up better value than Osvaldo or Gaston . You are probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I see the strategy. Koeman is looking to spend £12 m on Long to show Schniederlin how little the Spurs rate him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Surely not? Isn't Remy £8.5M? Long? **** no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Welcome in board the Barge Steve if this is true I'm surprised at the amount of negative comments in here though . He score a few goals for Ireland as well and scored in the 1 - 1 draw against England If he becomes a saint he has my total support , I would like Ings as well . As I rate Ings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_ed Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Surely not? Isn't Remy £8.5M? Long? **** no. Only to top 4 clubs. His release clause is a sliding scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Not a bad player at all, but certainly not anywhere near the same quality that we've let go this summer. And at 12m it makes our board look right fools. We've sold excellent players and replacing them with alright ones. Booooo Still, welcome Shane it's not your fault Les Reed is a nutjob! Handy squad player (on a free or minimal fee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Not a bad player at all, but certainly not anywhere near the same quality that we've let go this summer. And at 12m it makes our board look right fools. We've sold excellent players and replacing them with alright ones. Booooo Still, welcome Shane it's not your fault Les Reed is a nutjob! Handy squad player (on a free or minimal fee) This. The problem being of course that if we are stupid enough to spend £12m on him we'll have to bloody start him in the hope that Scousehampton will continue their policy of overpaying for Saints players next Summer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Are we going to spend £12m and not play him? Pelle on the bench? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Hope we get Townsend and Nolan in. Proper football. Get the ball out wide and get it in the mixer.....4-4farking2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Welcome in board the Barge Steve if this is true I'm surprised at the amount of negative comments in here though . He score a few goals for Ireland as well and scored in the 1 - 1 draw against England If he becomes a saint he has my total support , I would like Ings as well . As I rate Ings Who is Steve and why are you welcoming him into your barge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toussaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Spending that much on Long would be the worst bit of business we've conducted this Summer. Fact. I wanted to express a contrary opinion, but you used the word fact, which means you win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Are we going to spend £12m and not play him? Pelle on the bench? I like how you were crying about us not spending the money that we've gathered from player sales this summer, and as soon as a relatively large sum is about to be spent on a player you're questioning whether it's right to be spending that amount on someone who's not a guaranteed starter. Plus, I highly doubt he will cost £12m, probably more like £9-10m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Win over with a scoring rate of a goal every 4 games or so and cost nearly as much as Chambers? Set the world alight at Hull (or not as the case may be). Hopefully he will be a success but not a very inspiring summer and Reed is looking a bit foolish saying we had top players from across Europe interested in playing for us. Ireland is in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Ireland is in Europe. As is Hull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I'd be more than a bit underwhelmed by Shane Long if we signed him to be honest - and a bit horrified if we paid anywhere near £10 million for him. He may have pace and be a workhorse but that's about it. Anyway why would he leave Hull - an upwardly mobile club playing Europa League football and a club that have actually won something for us - a club with no real ambition and a team very much on the down and set for a relegation battle. Whatever the truth may be that is how it looks to the rest of the football world right now. How about Fabio Borini, Danny Ings, Luc Castaignos, John Guidettii or Jeremain Lens instead? Any two of those would do me right now. I hope our board have learnt the lesson - don't sell before you buy - but I would guess they have as they are trying to buy before they sell Rodriguez and Schneiderlin at the end of the transfer window. I think they also might have learnt there is no point in chasing players like Hernandez or Rojo when you've already sold players like Shaw, Lambert, Lallana, Lovren and Chambers - it doesn't show any ambition and players like that want big clubs and/or champions league football - or Europa at least. I have to ask what has happened to our scouting network Les Reed was so proud off - and our much vaunted Director of Football / Technical Director set up? Surely we should have had a whole list of great young players we were going to bring in to replace those who have departed. It looks a little bit like we are in panic mode and without much idea of what we are doing. It should really have mattered who the manager was - we should have had our transfer targets sorted - and our succession plans in place. The sooner FK sells up and the joke board of LR RK and the others with her the better. Really don't care if we end up back in the 3rd tier as long as those losers are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Jim Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Sure there are 'better' forwards out there for 12m but and certainly players with a better scoring ratio but I doubt we're interested in him just to score goals. We're probably interested in him for certain attributes he possesses and he'll probably be our workhorse for Pelle (different type, but the role Ormerod played for Beattie), a role a lot of these 'better' players can't play. I think 12m is overpriced but until we know the structure of the deal we can't judge if it is good business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 [/b]The sooner FK sells up and the joke board of LR RK and the others with her the better. Really don't care if we end up back in the 3rd tier as long as those losers are gone. Who is FK and wha should they be selling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 [/b]The sooner FK sells up and the joke board of LR RK and the others with her the better. Really don't care if we end up back in the 3rd tier as long as those losers are gone. Seriously? I assume you're a parody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 If Long does join I for one will be delighted. I mentioned on here a couple of times last season that Long looked a great fit for us and I was disappointed to see him join Hull. Great pace, great touch, superb engine and excellent vision. Oh he can finish too. What's not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Who is FK and wha should they be selling? Pretty sure this is the new flavour of the day being "Fat Kat" Not really fair at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 If Long does join I for one will be delighted. I mentioned on here a couple of times last season that Long looked a great fit for us and I was disappointed to see him join Hull. Great pace, great touch, superb engine and excellent vision. Oh he can finish too. What's not to like? The fee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Who is FK and wha should they be selling? The K is Kat cant say what the F is already got a 4 point infraction but just add the last 2 letters after K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Who is Steve and why are you welcoming him into your barge? Funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 The reported fee... Fixed it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 The fee... We live in strange times..... OK fee if you compare to McCormack Good fee (maybe) if you compare to Lallana Bad fee if you compare to what Hull paid 8 months ago. That is if the reported fee is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 The K is Kat cant say what the F is already got a 4 point infraction but just add the last 2 letters after K Ah right, brilliant humour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Sale on at Tottenham! Who would you take? Hotspur Related @HotspurRelated 9m Telegraph claim Townsend, Lennon, Soldado, Dawson, Ekotto, Naughton, Chiriches, Sandro, Capoue, Chadli and Dembele are all up for sale. Lennon maybe? Chiriches? Dembele? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Seriously? I assume you're a parody. Yeah seriously they don't seem capable of running a **** up in a brewery and you really should look up parody in a dictionary. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Rojo to Man U - demanding the move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Sale on at Tottenham! Who would you take? Lennon maybe? Chiriches? Dembele? Soldado and Chiriches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Sale on at Tottenham! Who would you take? Lennon maybe? Chiriches? Dembele? Dawson plus £15m for Schneiderlin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Sale on at Tottenham! Who would you take? Lennon maybe? Chiriches? Dembele? Some good players there, can't see them off-loading more than half of them as we're this far into the transfer window. Chiriches would be good for us, can't see us going for any of them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Dawson, Townsend, Lennon, Soldado and Dembele! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Why would anyone want Soldado? He'll go back to Spain where his game is suited. From all I saw of him last year, he is not a premier league striker and is certinly not a '1 up top' striker. He would be £15-20m, and I reckon Shane Long has more chance of scoring more than him. Chiriches would be one I'd look at, maybe Dembele - but we're already over crowded there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 There is another Dawson at WBA just sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Dembele is a silky player, still has so much potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Chadli and Dembele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaroid Saint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 There is another Dawson at WBA just sayin Quality player too. I was surprised to see Burnley had offered 3m for Dawson. If we double that he would still represent good value. Dembele is a silky player, still has so much potential. Dembele would be a partial sweetener, I think, if any deal saw Morgan head the other way. (Not looking forward to that Bitter Pill at all). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Why would anyone want Soldado? He'll go back to Spain where his game is suited. From all I saw of him last year, he is not a premier league striker and is certinly not a '1 up top' striker. He would be £15-20m, and I reckon Shane Long has more chance of scoring more than him. Chiriches would be one I'd look at, maybe Dembele - but we're already over crowded there. Yeah, think you're right about Soldado actually. Chiriches I'm not sure I've ever seen him play... is he any good? Or just hype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarniaSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Quality player too. I was surprised to see Burnley had offered 3m for Dawson. If we double that he would still represent good value. Agree with that and we don't want or need any spids rejects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpin4rizeal Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Ok the thing is buying players like ramirez osvaldo tadic abroad for these types of fees there is a chance they can come here and be world class, with long we just know we are getting a bog standard bottom half of the premiership player.and hes 27 not much potential in this deal really is there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Gardos went back home sunday so not sure whats happening with him. Work permit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Actually, its 11 goals. From 47 caps. A lot of them off the bench. Should be £3M when he reaches 10 caps for Saints! Don't think he will get that many - he is utter tosh. I live in Ireland and no one can believe he gets in to the Irish team, never mind play for a PL team. You employ a striker to score goals - simple! Not to be a fast donkey! How people can be happy from talk of potentially challenging for top 4 (or even the tittle) to being happy at getting SL - let alone at £12M in less than 6 months is totally beyond me - did I just wake from a coma for the last 5 years?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Work permit? Romanian, part of the EU innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Should be £3M when he reaches 10 caps for Saints! Don't think he will get that many - he is utter tosh. I live in Ireland and no one can believe he gets in to the Irish team, never mind play for a PL team. You employ a striker to score goals - simple! Not to be a fast donkey! How people can be happy from talk of potentially challenging for top 4 (or even the tittle) to being happy at getting SL - let alone at £12M in less than 6 months is totally beyond me - did I just wake from a coma for the last 5 years?? Out of interest, who do the Irish think should be picked for them ahead of Long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 In a vain attempt to get over my dejection on the Shane Long deal, here's some positive news about a player who's actually good and will get better in the future... "@FourthOfficial_: Southampton will make a new and much improved offer for Leeds' Sam Byram in an attempt to land him before the weekend #SaintsFC #LUFC" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Also, some perspective has helped me... "@FourthOfficial_: Billy Sharp having a medical with Leeds tomorrow, fee agreed of around £5million #LUFC #SaintsFC" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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