Foxstone Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 (edited) For what it's worth, from our end at Celtic all the whispers have been that they'll go if we get knocked out on Wednesday, which looks very likely. I'd imagine it will be over the coming weekend. Southampton seem to have been strongly linked with both players, especially Forster and he looks like he'll head down to you. Not sure about Van Dijk as he'll have a lot more interest than Forster - though not sure who it will be who'll bid for him. Would be surprised if you didn't sign at least one of them. Thanks Mulgrew and welcome. I had read somewhere that Van Dijk got on well with Koeman which might place us at an advantage should he become available. If that did happen then I would be really chuffed if he joined us - He has looked good for you over the past season. I too think there is more in the Forster rumour and that we might well win his signature should your CL foray end early and Celtic make him available - I guess that seems more likely with you getting Gordon in early on. Edited 4 August, 2014 by Foxstone Wrong Goalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 A bloke over at the UI just posted this: "Stefan Kießling - Striker, 6'3", 30yrs old from Leverkusen. Supposedly due for medical today 14m Euros." Would seem odd to let a similar aged Lambert (who is prem proven) go for £4m & then buy this guy for £10-11M? On the positive side this guy has played 6 times for the German national side (but never scored, unlike Lambert). Lambert has scored for Germany too? Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Prolific. Best way to describe Kiessling. Bit of a strange one though considering we already have Pelle, and it's a lot for a 30 year old. Fingers crossed we're actually signing Bender from Leverkusen instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 no point in letting lambert go if this is the scenario what a fuking farce He might be better though... Or just a fans-appeasing panic buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 no point in letting lambert go if this is the scenario what a fuking farce He's 3 years younger and scored a lot more than Lambert. Plus Lambert went because we let him, not because we didn't want him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 He's 3 years younger and scored a lot more than Lambert. Plus Lambert went because we let him, not because we didn't want him. he scored 15 goals last season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pimpin4rizeal Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 no point in letting lambert go if this is the scenario what a fuking farce Seriously? This guy was top scorer in bundesliga in 2012. Over the likes of lewendowski..sounds a bit better then lambert :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Kiessling can get goals without putting the ball inside the posts so get him in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 he scored 15 goals last season And how many did Lambert score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Seriously? This guy was top scorer in bundesliga in 2012. Over the likes of lewendowski..sounds a bit better then lambert :-) he has had two good season no way enough to suggest that much for a 30 year old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 he has had two good season no way enough to suggest that much for a 30 year old Like Rickie.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulgrew21 Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Cheers Mulgrew21' welcome to the mad house. Cheers mate. Is Forster any better than Boruc would you say mulgrew? I spose you've seen a fair bit of both. Also what's the skinny on Van Dijk, is he Big Dijk or more Limp Dijk? It's a hard one. Forster makes less mistakes than Boruc did but Artur was capable of absolutely magnificent saves. Forster's technical ability is atrocious at times (I believe he didn't take up football until his late teens) so Artur is probably a better bet if Southampton continue to play the ball out from the back because Forster isn't good enough with his feet to start passing the ball out. If I was in charge I'd save my transfer funds for other positions. Van Dijk is our best player by an absolute mile for me. Also brilliant on the ball and great for a goal. He's capable of smashing 30 yard free kicks into the top corner. Obviously it's difficult to tell up here how good a player really is but I'd rather have him than Wanyama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 And how many did Lambert score? 13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 he has had two good season no way enough to suggest that much for a 30 year old Thats one more than Lallana who cost more than twice as much. Well done Les Reed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 And how many did Lambert score? I think he would be a decent signing personally..... But not at a reported 14m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Like Rickie.... then why have we let lambert go to spend £10m more on a player with zero prem experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 It's got to the point where I don't care what we pay for players, just that we get them in, especially at CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Seriously? This guy was top scorer in bundesliga in 2012. Over the likes of lewendowski..sounds a bit better then lambert :-) Don't let the facts get in the way of a good betwetting moment for the resident babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintSteve Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Seriously? This guy was top scorer in bundesliga in 2012. Over the likes of lewendowski..sounds a bit better then lambert :-) Obviously better than Lambert .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulgrew21 Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Thanks Mulgrew and welcome. I had read somewhere that Van Dijk got on well with Koeman which might place us at an advantage should he become available. If that did happen then I would be really chuffed if he joined us - He has looked good for you over the past season. I too think there is more in the Forster rumour and that we might well win his signature should your CL foray end early and Celtic make him available - I guess that seems more likely with you getting Gordon in early on. Both will go but there is no way the board will sell them until our Champions League fate has been sorted. We're 4-1 down before we play at Murrayfield on Wednesday so it looks like we'll be out, but if we do turn that around then they'll 100% still be here until after the final qualifying round. It's just whether Southampton or other interested clubs want to wait the extra couple of weeks or whatever it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 he has had two good season no way enough to suggest that much for a 30 year old 2014 he scored 13 in 27 2013 he scored 25 in 34 2012 he scored 16 in 34 2010 he scored 21 in 33 Do you like coming across as an idiot or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 It's a hard one. Forster makes less mistakes than Boruc did but Artur was capable of absolutely magnificent saves. Forster's technical ability is atrocious at times (I believe he didn't take up football until his late teens) so Artur is probably a better bet if Southampton continue to play the ball out from the back because Forster isn't good enough with his feet to start passing the ball out. If I was in charge I'd save my transfer funds for other positions. Van Dijk is our best player by an absolute mile for me. Also brilliant on the ball and great for a goal. He's capable of smashing 30 yard free kicks into the top corner. Obviously it's difficult to tell up here how good a player really is but I'd rather have him than Wanyama. Thanks buddy, I will forward your comments onto our directors. Expect derisory bids by return of fax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 2014 he scored 13 in 27 2013 he scored 25 in 34 2012 he scored 16 in 34 2010 he scored 21 in 33 Do you like coming across as an idiot or something? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Kie%C3%9Fling ok, look forward to him powering more goals than lambert last season no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 13. So which number is higher? I assume they taught you how to count on das boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Kie%C3%9Fling ok, look forward to him powering more goals than lambert last season no problem Why are you attaching a link that proves my point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 2014 he scored 13 in 27 2013 he scored 25 in 34 2012 he scored 16 in 34 2010 he scored 21 in 33 Do you like coming across as an idiot or something? i notice you've missed 2011 out. Talk about being selective. I'm with Shatman.......let the soiling of underwear commence. Also, waaaaaahhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 So which number is higher? I assume they taught you how to count on das boat. why are so aggressive? just because I do not rate this fella at £14m and do not think he would provide any more than the bloke we just let go for a fraction of that warrants you being all hard about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 2014 he scored 13 in 27 2013 he scored 25 in 34 2012 he scored 16 in 34 2010 he scored 21 in 33 Do you like coming across as an idiot or something? G-wizz! Is that really his record? Surely he's too good for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 i notice you've missed 2011 out. Talk about being selective. I'm with Shatman.......let the soiling of underwear commence. Also, waaaaaahhh! Yeah, cos Batman said he'd only ever had 2 good season's, so I was showing he had more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 (edited) Can't see it - How would he fit with Pelle? Surely they're too similar? Unless we're going Blackburn circa 1994. Edited 4 August, 2014 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 why are so aggressive? just because I do not rate this fella at £14m and do not think he would provide any more than the bloke we just let go for a fraction of that warrants you being all hard about it? I think it's the fact that you made **** up to prove your point, and questioned me about what I said when it was blatantly true (ie quantitative not qualitative). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 I take it Kießling is based on a post on that football rumours site, where his name was mentioned earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 I think it's the fact that you made **** up to prove your point, and questioned me about what I said when it was blatantly true (ie quantitative not qualitative). why have you missed season out in your list? he is decent in a different country and over 30 to sign him for £14m is madness compared to what we have let go if he was half that price, that would be different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 G-wizz! Is that really his record? Surely he's too good for us? He's a very good striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 2014 he scored 13 in 27 2013 he scored 25 in 34 2012 he scored 16 in 34 2010 he scored 21 in 33 Do you like coming across as an idiot or something? You've got to remember that Batman knows more about football than our coach, director of football or tea lady. If he were running this club we would not only be in the Champions League we'd have won it every year. Why don't the numpties at the club l listen to him? Running a football club is really simple. Why don't they listen? Why? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 We should buy whoever Leverkusen are planning to replace him with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 then why have we let lambert go to spend £10m more on a player with zero prem experience Playing Devils advocate but Kiessling does have 2/3 years of youth over Rickie and is at the peak of his powers, Rickie I believe is just past his peak. 15-20 goals per season over two and a bit years would pay for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 why have you missed season out in your list? he is decent in a different country and over 30 to sign him for £14m is madness compared to what we have let go if he was half that price, that would be different Because you said he'd only ever had 2 good seasons so I was listing his good season's. Had quite a bad injury in 2011 though and missed a lot of that season season. It's not £14m it's Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 You've got to remember that Batman knows more about football than our coach, director of football or tea lady. If he were running this club we would not only be in the Champions League we'd have won it every year. Why don't the numpties at the club l listen to him? Running a football club is really simple. Why don't they listen? Why? Why? its called an opinion remember being completely derided suggesting that the press report were indeed true about players leaving when it all started in january with posts like this yet here we are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 its called an opinion remember being completely derided suggesting that the press report were indeed true about players leaving when it all started in january with posts like this yet here we are How is saying he's only had 2 good seasons (when he's had more) an opinion when you blatantly know nothing about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 I dont know why so many care about the fees we are paying (or allegedly paying)? If the player is any good, lets just get them in. let the club/owners worry about fees/finances. All this nonsense about - "id be happy for him to sign, but no for £14m" STFU!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 (edited) Looks like he was still training with Leverkusen this morning though, that's him number 11 right ? Would be a good signing though, too good for us perhaps. We'll see. Edited 4 August, 2014 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 I dont know why so many care about the fees we are paying (or allegedly paying)? If the player is any good, lets just get them in. let the club/owners worry about fees/finances. All this nonsense about - "id be happy for him to sign, but no for £14m" STFU!! Agreed. We have zillions. Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatboy Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 How is saying he's only had 2 good seasons (when he's had more) an opinion when you blatantly know nothing about him. Couple of redundant words at the end of that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackedoff Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 It,s getting to the point where people will be delighted with panic buys which to be honest is all the club could probably manage. The reason signings cannot get " over the line" is that anyone half decent would not want to get involved with this crock of ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 I take it Kießling is based on a post on that football rumours site, where his name was mentioned earlier. Can you not wait till we've finished arguing before telling us it's bolllocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 (edited) Jeff sounds like a starved rat scrapping over morsels. Tuck in! Edited 4 August, 2014 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis17 Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 A bloke over at the UI just posted this: "Stefan Kießling - Striker, 6'3", 30yrs old from Leverkusen. Supposedly due for medical today 14m Euros." Would seem odd to let a similar aged Lambert (who is prem proven) go for £4m & then buy this guy for £10-11M? On the positive side this guy has played 6 times for the German national side (but never scored, unlike Lambert). Having watched him play last season he's less mobile than Lambert. Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 Having watched him play last season he's less mobile than Lambert. Just saying... In which games, on what dates and how many did he score? You should know SWF has form when it comes to "I have seen him play" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchen Posted 4 August, 2014 Share Posted 4 August, 2014 It,s getting to the point where people will be delighted with panic buys which to be honest is all the club could probably manage. The reason signings cannot get " over the line" is that anyone half decent would not want to get involved with this crock of ****. Yes that's it. Because the board is either incompetent or secretly trying to sell the club or take the maximum amount of money out of it but they still care enough about fan opinion to get a couple of panic buys in to keep us happy. Who would want to be involved with a club like Saints? Why don't we chill and let the club do what it has to do and then judge? We don't know what is going on being the scenes. We've signed a couple of good players and the club says more are coming. I'm happy to accept that until it proves to be false. I can't influence it either way. I'm as impatient as the next person for news of signings but I don't feel that the club needs to tell me all the details until deals are done. The board may be lying , although that would make the signings they've already made a bit of a mystery, or they may be incompetent. But why not wait a little before rushing to judgement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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