Defectors Watch

[Whitey Grandad]

Much loved defector Lovren potentially on the move...

 

Does that price include his head?

[hasper57saint]

That's quite cheap for "one of the best defenders in the world"...

Who told you that?

[VectisSaint]

Schneiderlin might be off.

 

Well you got that right.

[skintsaint]

Dan Petrescu got a decent result last night, good to see him doing well.

[SuperSAINT]

https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/17843909.celtic-set-clinch-deal-southampton-forward-afolabi/

[igsey]

I thought Targett left for more game time? Kept out of the Villa side by a 30 year old Neil Taylor so far

[Lighthouse]

I thought Targett left for more game time? Kept out of the Villa side by a 30 year old Neil Taylor so far

 

TBF 30 is in his prime really, it's not as if he's 38. Targett will get his chance, especially if they keep shipping goals and losing.

[SuperSAINT]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/08/21/tottenham-talks-sell-victor-wanyama-club-brugge-around-11m/

[Faz]

Spurs will do well to get £11m for a crocked Vic

[Nordic Saint]

Schneiderlin seems to be Everton's equivalant of Clasie:

 

#bbcfootball or text on 81111 (UK only)

 

Don’t understand why Marco Silva bothered to put Morgan Schneiderlin back in, he goes backwards, looks a liability on the ball and players jog past him frequently.

[Lighthouse]

Targett on the other hand hasn’t even made the bench for Villa, not that Taylor looks anything special.

[saint1977]

Shocking miss from Theo, on a par with Ings’s Tyro League miss late on last week.

 

Potentially a bad result for Saints though

[Lighthouse]

Shocking miss from Theo, on a par with Ings’s Tyro League miss late on last week.

 

Potentially a bad result for Saints though

 

Everton look nothing special, if we get our arses in gear there’s no reason we can’t compete with them over the course of a season. All three of their fixtures have been easier than either of our two.

 

Waaaaaay too early to be hoping for relegation rivals to start losing.

[Snopper]

Ryan Tafazolli seems to have settled in at Hull

[HarvSFC]

Charlie Austin struggling to get into the West Brom starting eleven.

[Lighthouse]

Charlie Austin struggling to get into the West Brom starting eleven.

 

They were a goal down for 80 minutes of that match and he was an unused sub. Doesn’t bode too well.

[Faz]

Jacob Mellis

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49458309?ns_linkname=sport&ns_source=facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_match_of_the_day

[Matthew Le God]

Charlie Austin struggling to get into the West Brom starting eleven.

 

Probably because he didn't have a proper pre-season. No games played and joined West Brom late in the window.

[SNSUN]

Goal at last for Sam Gallagher for Blackburn.

[egg]

Matt Targett off injured in the 1st half for Villa. That lad has no luck.

[Nordic Saint]

José Fonte captained his Lille team to a 3-0 victory over Saint-Étienne tonight.

[Nordic Saint]

Tadic v Fonte in UEFA Champions League Group H

 

Chelsea

Ajax

Valencia

Lille

[CB Fry]

José Fonte captained his Lille team to a 3-0 victory over Saint-Étienne tonight.

Jesus wept.

[Koolman]

Wanyama leaving Spurs - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49434927

[LaptopSaint]

Artur Boruc having a party at Ibrox last night, in the crowd with the Legia Warsaw fans, leading the anti-Rangers chanting with a megaphone.

 

Eddie Howe not happy.

 

#legend

[OttawaSaint]

Went to Montreal Impact vs DC United today. Saphir Taider was absolutely gash in a 3-0 home defeat for Montreal.

 

The DC fans that traveled up were incredible though, sang, chanted and drummed for the whole time they were in the stadium, didn’t stop for a single minute. Constant noise.

[whelk]

Went to Montreal Impact vs DC United today. Saphir Taider was absolutely gash in a 3-0 home defeat for Montreal.

 

The DC fans that traveled up were incredible though, sang, chanted and drummed for the whole time they were in the stadium, didn’t stop for a single minute. Constant noise.

 

I so miss him

[Tamesaint]

Matt and Joseph Mills: ‘Our parents can drive to the same ground now’

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/matt-joseph-mills-forest-green-rovers-interview-bournemouth-carabao-cup?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_

 

An interesting read.

 

Matt Mills's move to Man City was controversial at the time. It never really worked out for him.

 

The "Callum Chambers" of 2005 ????

[SuperSAINT]

Matt and Joseph Mills: ‘Our parents can drive to the same ground now’

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/27/matt-joseph-mills-forest-green-rovers-interview-bournemouth-carabao-cup?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_

 

An interesting read.

 

Matt Mills's move to Man City was controversial at the time. It never really worked out for him.

 

The "Callum Chambers" of 2005 ????

 

Good read! A club captain & player-coach. They’ve done ok for themselves. Good to see.

[Saint_clark]

I remember thinking that Mills and Cranie - being first choice for England under 18s and under 21s, with Cranie being the captain - were going to be an amazing pairing for us moving forward. Shame it never worked out that way.

[Sheaf Saint]

Slightly tenuous, seeing as it's getting on for 30 years since he left, but Neil Ruddock is on Celebrity Masterchef.

 

Pretty obvious he likes his food too. Hard to believe he used to be a professional sportsman.

[HarvSFC]

A young 21-year-old centre-back, Ben White, who's on loan from Brighton has been named Leeds' player of the month as they sit in third place in the Championship. What does it have to do with us? Well, he was released by Saints just five years a go at 16.

[Danbert]

Matt Targett has yet to play for Villa, he can barely make the subs bench. If only we had 13 million to **** up the wall on a reserve left back who never gets a game.

[the saint in winchester]

Matt Targett has yet to play for Villa, he can barely make the subs bench. If only we had 13 million to **** up the wall on a reserve left back who never gets a game.

 

You have to feel sorry for Matt. He was probably sold the idea he would be either first choice, or at least competing (alternating) with Taylor. I guess he has to wait for his chance, then take it.

[SuperSAINT]

https://www.ytfc.net/news/2019/september/news--seager-heads-to-havant-on-loan/

[Heisenberg]

Matt Targett has yet to play for Villa, he can barely make the subs bench. If only we had 13 million to **** up the wall on a reserve left back who never gets a game.

 

Better to spend 13m and have them on your bench than our recent mode

 

We have wasted c£80m on players that couldn't even make our bench and now out on loan.

 

Moi, Carrillo, Lemina, Hoedt, FF

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Better to spend 13m and have them on your bench than our recent mode

 

We have wasted c£80m on players that couldn't even make our bench and now out on loan.

 

Moi, Carrillo, Lemina, Hoedt, FF

 

:(

[OldNick]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/football/england-u21s-failed-at-euro-2019-due-to-overconfidence-bordering-on-arrogance-says-fa-chief-les-reed/ar-AAGPRVY?ocid=spartanntp Bloody hell Reed talks about arrogance lol

[Sheaf Saint]

You have to feel sorry for Matt. He was probably sold the idea he would be either first choice, or at least competing (alternating) with Taylor. I guess he has to wait for his chance, then take it.

 

Chatting to a Villa fan at work, he said they are just waiting for him to 'get up to speed'.

 

They'll be waiting a while then. Pace was never one of his attributes.

[Lighthouse]

Slightly tenuous, seeing as it's getting on for 30 years since he left, but Neil Ruddock is on Celebrity Masterchef.

 

Pretty obvious he likes his food too. Hard to believe he used to be a professional sportsman.

 

Have you seen Lambert recently? Now there’s a sturdy unit.

[Badger]

A day of developments for former Saints, now in the manager stakes:

 

Garry Monk

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49610317

 

And Kevin Bond.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49538878

 

Neither of whom I'd regards as "defectors" as players, but Bond's association with Redkn0b and his following him from and back to the skates does make him fair game for this thread.

[SuperSAINT]

Why did Southend think Kevin Bond would be a good appointment?

[John Boy Saint]

Looks like Dusan Tadic has tipped his Ajax mates off as to how to run circles round Fonte

[trousers]

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[John Boy Saint]

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HaHa thats going to be interesting Tadic is going to be right in the refs ear tonight, better mind his effin and jeffin though!

[Saint_clark]

Van Dijk doing well.

 

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[SuperSAINT]

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-to-fast-track-youngster-into-first-team-squad-after-he-impresses-neil-lennon-in-training-1-5006256

[SuperSAINT]

Jake Flannigan signs for Havant & Waterlooville.

[SuperSAINT]

[Batman]

 

Bertrand on the verge of the same treatment.

Then again, we had to push him out