derry Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 I do remember Lallana stating in an interview that the players had a pact about not being the first one to break up the group. Who knows what he meant by that and what the implications were. Look how that worked out, he really was the first to kick off about going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevy777_x Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Look how that worked out, he really was the first to kick off about going. It was Cork who said that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckenham Saint Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 It was Cork who said that. Why let the facts get in the way of a better story though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Apparently we're getting Saphir Taider on loan as part of the Osvaldo deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 My Villa supporting neighbour tells me that Ron Vlaar was in Southampton on Monday afternoon.Anyone see him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fork Handles Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 With Craig Gordon at Celtic it looks like they'll be selling Forster at some point before the end of the transfer window. I'm sure we can wait. I'd rather we spent £9m on Forster than £6m on Marshall. Let's hope for either a big Celtic win or loss tonight in their Champions League qualifier, then we'll get Forster otherwise I think it'll be after the second leg next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Spurs aren't, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man Utd are. How a player choosing to play for one of them is construed as being "in it together" I'm not sure. United aren't at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Don't know much about Saphir Taider - should have paid more attention to the Algerian games in the WC I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Don't know much about Saphir Taider - should have paid more attention to the Algerian games in the WC I suppose. I assume signing him would rule out any move for Jordy Clasie. Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soggy Bottom Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Hawksbee & Jacobs are talking about Saints incoming Transfers also about Pelle & Tadic to a Dutch correspondent later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintLondon Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 looks to me that Fonte is going nowhere - he loves it! http://instagram.com/p/rExdULzg1I/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Rojo and Vlaar would mean a great LB, a solid CB with Fonte and another emergency CB. But signing Van Dijk as well would mean excellent CB options. Sign those 3 and the keeper and we're defensively sorted IMO. That's the part of the team to sort ASAP and get playing together from day 1 hopefully. Very much this. I think those would be outstanding additions right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Is Taider an attacking mid/winger? Surely not a central midfielder when we have Wanyama, Cork, Davis, Reed, JWP and hopefully Morgan? From my brief foray on Google and YouTube he very much looks like a central midfielder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 looks to me that Fonte is going nowhere - he loves it! http://instagram.com/p/rExdULzg1I/ A hot tub in the garden would be a lot healthier for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 From my brief foray on Google and YouTube he very much looks like a central midfielder... Yeah, very much. I found these scouting reports on him last night. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...-saphir-taider http://www.squawka.com/news/inter-si...g-report/18545 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Gorilla 5 Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 From my brief foray on Google and YouTube he very much looks like a central midfielder... I get the feeling that Koeman will be playing with one midfielder sitting deep in a defensive role with the other two further forward. All will be playing centrally. The front 3 will include the two wide players and one central striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 I get the feeling that Koeman will be playing with one midfielder sitting deep in a defensive role with the other two further forward. All will be playing centrally. The front 3 will include the two wide players and one central striker. Not seen us play live yet but that is the impression I get too. In that case I would suspect having Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Cork, Davis, Ward-Prowse, and Reed is a good rotation there - two players for every position. Unless one leaves of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 looks to me that Fonte is going nowhere - he loves it! http://instagram.com/p/rExdULzg1I/ I saw him and his missus and nipper driving through Portswood yesterday, true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 @tancredipalmeri: Southampton have accepted to swap Osvaldo for Inter's Taider, according to Gazzetta. Not clear if it's a loan swap. To be announced soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratio_decidendi Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Not seen us play live yet but that is the impression I get too. In that case I would suspect having Wanyama, Schneiderlin, Cork, Davis, Ward-Prowse, and Reed is a good rotation there - two players for every position. Unless one leaves of course... For some reason, I can't shake the feeling that we may let Cork go and invest in a new midfielder. Just an instinct, so nothing substantial in there (except maybe the fact Jack hasn't been offered a new contract and we've been linked with Taider etc.) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JxgrSaint Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 @tancredipalmeri: For Saints fan asking: Taider is a CM pretty decent on a physical and tactical level, with lot of potential and that deserved more trust May signal the end for Cork? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 @tancredipalmeri: Southampton have accepted to swap Osvaldo for Inter's Taider, according to Gazzetta. Not clear if it's a loan swap. To be announced soon Anyone seen the white smoke yet? made me smile that quote last night regarding this deal. Looks decent and hopefully we will get more out of him than we did out of Captain Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 (edited) Glowing report about Koeman, Tadic and Pelle from this geezer on Talksport - Marcel whateverhisnameis Edited 30 July, 2014 by kpturner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Abroad Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Glowing report about Koeman, Tadic and Pelle from this geezer on Talksport - Marcelle whateverhisnameis It was. Please, Please may the Gods allow me to enjoy it for at least 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhari Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Glowing report about Koeman, Tadic and Pelle from this geezer on Talksport - Marcelle whateverhisnameis Nuts - just tuned in. What did he say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Patrón Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 @tancredipalmeri: For Saints fan asking: Taider is a CM pretty decent on a physical and tactical level, with lot of potential and that deserved more trust May signal the end for Cork? I'd be very happy with that if it was a permanent deal. Don't really want any loan deals though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 @tancredipalmeri: For Saints fan asking: Taider is a CM pretty decent on a physical and tactical level, with lot of potential and that deserved more trust May signal the end for Cork? From Italian MLG: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Thats from FM13 and the 2012/13 season. Keep up, Tokyo-Saint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Thats from FM13 and the 2012/13 season. Keep up, Tokyo-Saint! You must be raging that all the ratings updates you've done for our best players are for the benefit of other teams now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 (edited) Thats from FM13 and the 2012/13 season. Keep up, Tokyo-Saint! Are you going to be out of a job MLG? I mean the way the side's shaping up, you'll know practically next to nothing about the new side Edited 30 July, 2014 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansums Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Is FM13 a radio station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 I'd be very happy with that if it was a permanent deal. Don't really want any loan deals though. Best of both loan with option to buy....if crap send him back if good we buy him we are not getting anything from Osvaldo so we might as well save wages and get him in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 You must be raging that all the ratings updates you've done for our best players are for the benefit of other teams now Are you going to be out of a job MLG? I mean the way the side's shaping up, you'll know practically next to nothing about the new side. The more players we sell, the less work there is for me to do for FM15. #everycloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnicoolas Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11700/9400067/transfer-news-southampton-close-on-swapping-dani-osvaldo-with-inters-saphir-taider-in-loan-deals Someone's even added saints to his Wikipedia.... Must be a done deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint in winchester Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Glowing report about Koeman, Tadic and Pelle from this geezer on Talksport - Marcelle whateverhisnameis Desailly? Marceau? Ross' monkey in Friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Nuts - just tuned in. What did he say? Expect it to appear here soon: http://talksport.com/football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 The Dutch journalist on talkSPORT was Marcel van der Kraan. Following on from that, van der Kraan thinks Koeman is the man to sort Saints out. He says that he spoke to Koeman after he joined Saints (they have a close relationship as VDK is a Feyenoord fan and reporter), and that Ronald told him he was perfectly aware of numerous potential departures. He said that Les explained who would go, and who might then become unsettled, but Ronald still wanted Southampton. He was told by his own people that if he waited, West Ham and Newcastle would likely become available and reignite an interest in securing his services, but he wanted to go to Southampton because he liked the challenge that was presented, of rebuilding the side as the club goes through a restructuring process. He really wanted to lead this club - especially due to the notoriety of our academy both in the United Kingdom and in Europe. He said the next few weeks will see how Koeman's season will go, but Ronald and Erwin have nothing but respect for the club and they are 100% determined to make things work out at Saints, regardless of how difficult the situation may have become. He says it won't put Ronald out of his stride. He says they have a good network and are working on a number of deals. He is certain Tadić will step up and impress us, and thinks Pellè can too. He also said that he knows Ronald well enough to know that any tweeted photos of the training ground would not be humorous, because he has too much respect for his club and his employers to every bring a joke upon them. Said he can be sarcastic and amusing now and then, but he wouldn't do something like that on social media for laughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washsaint Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 That is very encouraging.......seems like Reed was brutally honest with him and that is a good starting point for a relationship based on trust. I truly believe we may have found ourselves a great manager who is not going to be stirring the s**t (like Pochettino) and won't jump ship at the earliest opportunity. At least Koeman gets to build his own team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Desailly? Marceau? Ross' monkey in Friends? Except that Marcelle is normally a woman's name, feminine equivalent of Marcel really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Feyenoord close to signing a winger from Heerenveen...... Bõethius leaving....??... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Haven't we been linked to Taider before, couple of years back perhaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Haven't we been linked to Taider before, couple of years back perhaps. Yeah, we were. Took a look when we were pursing Gaston, they were both @ Bolonga together. He's one that's been on our radar for a bit I think, same as Redmond, Forster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Except that Marcelle is normally a woman's name, feminine equivalent of Marcel really.She had quite a deep voice by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Desailly? Marceau? Ross' monkey in Friends? It was a misprint, it should have been Mustsell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Back to Saphir Taider. Ex Bologna and a former team-mate of Gaston Ramirez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc6mufc3 Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 My Villa supporting neighbour tells me that Ron Vlaar was in Southampton on Monday afternoon.Anyone see him? unlikley as I heard on talk sport he is having contract talks with Villa this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Feyenoord close to signing a winger from Heerenveen...... Bõethius leaving....??... Perhaps but Feyenoord have lost a couple of players this summer already, normal that they sign a few replacements. Anyway if we sign Taider we don't need any more wide players, Tadic is wide man i think, or at least he was against Bournemouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Yeah, we were. Took a look when we were pursing Gaston, they were both @ Bolonga together. He's one that's been on our radar for a bit I think, same as Redmond, Forster. In fact I found a tribal football article linking us to him when MP was still manager, estimated a fee of about 5 million £ in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ART Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 unlikley as I heard on talk sport he is having contract talks with Villa this weekend. Currently in Holland n vacation, he will return to UK at the weekend where he will meet up with his agent to discuss Koeman and Saint's offer. He and his agent will then meet with Lambert to talk over his future, any contract extension on offer from Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangy Posted 30 July, 2014 Share Posted 30 July, 2014 Currently in Holland n vacation, he will return to UK at the weekend where he will meet up with his agent to discuss Koeman and Saint's offer. He and his agent will then meet with Lambert to talk over his future, any contract extension on offer from Villa. Have we actually put a offer in for him? Any idea on price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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