Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Everyone rattling on about the price, how many sources have confirmed it's going to be this sort of figure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I wasn't aware that we could compete with Liverpool in the transfer market. Yep, should have gone for Fraizer Campbell at £800K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Jim Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Because at the time their ambitions were far below ours. If we had been consistent relegation fighters then we would be probably thinking its a solid signing (though not at the prices mooted). Everyone is just disappointed that our strategy seems to have drastically changed and is now a reflection on our ambitions. But many naysayers on here believe we will be in a relegation battle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Jim Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Everyone rattling on about the price, how many sources have confirmed it's going to be this sort of figure? Exactly, and no-one knows how the deal will be structured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 People are saying not very good from the scouting network. But I would say the opposite. They obviously know something, as of all the players out there, he really wasn't on the radar of most people, so I would have to say that they know something that we don't. Well, that's my optimistic view on things. I actually like him as a player, but I think that the price is a little misleading (at least I hope it is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Exactly, and no-one knows how the deal will be structured. Hasn't stopped people rattling off the maximum amounts for outgoing players when justifying the club's sales. No one knows how those deals were structured too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I bet he scores more than Osvaldo did for us. And he's £2m cheaper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Properly on SSN headlines and everything now, including the fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 well i'm happy with him signing and dunno if its been mentioned but medical tomorrow. this my third post so goodnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchris Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Everyone rattling on about the price, how many sources have confirmed it's going to be this sort of figure? Actually it's not only the price people are talking about. It's the fact that he is far from a decent player . The price just makes the whole thing totally unbelievable... If not slightly bizarre .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Brett was a solid 8 a season hard worker with good link up play. You'd have to think he'd be worth a silly price today. All very well to just say 'that's market price now', but where does it end? I don't blame saints for holding out for high prices, or Hull, or Leeds. It's top down, as soon as you get £60m+ players each year there's a lot of money flowing around, from barca to liverpool to saints to hull or celtic etc and so on. And each year squeezing fans on ticket prices and shirt prices for the sake a tiny fractions of these figures. It's unsustainable. Brett Ormerod 8 a season? What? he scored 13 goals in 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Actually it's not only the price people are talking about. It's the fact that he is far from a decent player . The price just makes the whole thing totally unbelievable... If not slightly bizarre .. Indeed, mediocre player & a fee that is so massively inflated above his worth it's scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Brett Ormerod 8 a season? What? he scored 13 goals in 5 years. There was one season where he scored 2 in about 35 games. They were the days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Hooray for the internet http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/no-one-can-believe-southampton-are-about-to-pay-hull-12m-for-shane-long/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Actually it's not only the price people are talking about. It's the fact that he is far from a decent player . The price just makes the whole thing totally unbelievable... If not slightly bizarre .. He's not "far from a decent player" though is he? Try to be sensible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 well i'm happy with him signing and dunno if its been mentioned but medical tomorrow. this my third post so goodnight. Well that's depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAY-Z Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Actually it's not only the price people are talking about. It's the fact that he is far from a decent player . The price just makes the whole thing totally unbelievable... If not slightly bizarre .. I would be very confident that he will provide more for us than great saint cortese signings mayuka and osvaldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Hooray for the internet http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/no-one-can-believe-southampton-are-about-to-pay-hull-12m-for-shane-long/ Why does his opinion carry any weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakkoUK Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 He is a s-t-r-i-k-e-r NOT a winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Shane Long is worth £6m not £12m. If we end up paying that I will feel worse than any of the departures. At least we did the best thing possible with them, however £12m for a striker who scored 7 goals last season is just ludicrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Why does his opinion carry any weight? I was referring to all the posts, some of them are quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 well i'm happy with him signing and dunno if its been mentioned but medical tomorrow. this my third post so goodnight. So now we are down to hoping he fails the medical. Otherwise we've spent stupid money on utter mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggles31 Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Underwhelming but I'm more upbeat than some others on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I was referring to all the posts, some of them are quite good. You weren't referring to anything, you just posted a random link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 So now we are down to hoping he fails the medical. Otherwise we've spent stupid money on utter mediocrity. I'm with you on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Shane Long is worth £6m not £12m. If we end up paying that I will feel worse than any of the departures. At least we did the best thing possible with them, however £12m for a striker who scored 7 goals last season is just ludicrous. Shall we offer 6m then and be happy when they reject it and just carry on with one striker? To say you will be more upset with a signing than a sale is just odd. The money is nothing to you, it will never be in your account and you will never even know the terms of the deal. Is Long the best striker around? No. Is he better than what we have? Yes Does he have attributes none of our others do? Yes Will he give Koeman more options? Yes Has he got extensive experience of the PL? Yes Will he score some goals for us? Yes Is he overpriced? Yes Are all players overpriced at the moment? Yes Would we be a stronger squad for signing him? Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 You weren't referring to anything, you just posted a random link. I said hooray for the internet? That was in connection with the speed people picked up on it and came out with those posts, I'll try to be more clear in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Brett was a solid 8 a season hard worker with good link up play. You'd have to think he'd be worth a silly price today. :lol::lol: Please just don't make stuff up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olallana Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 well could at least say it seems to be one more very much under the radar, like Bertrand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heisenberg Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Fulham paid £11m for Ross McCormack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 OK - I have had a chance to think about it.......Hull pocket a tidy profit. But, it rather depends on who they get in to replace him and how much he costs. The whole market has changed recently and this might just be a realignment. So if they have to spend all the profit on getting someone in who may or may not be as good, then they are the losers in this. Everyone is saying that £12m is too much, but is it any worse than.... £8.5m Cornelius and Van Wolfswinkle £11m McComack £5.5m Assombalonga Some on the Hull forums are thinking about Rhodes, but last I heard was that his price was £15m. Still details of fees are notoriously guarded, so..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 well i'm happy with him signing and dunno if its been mentioned but medical tomorrow. this my third post so goodnight. Agreed, just wish the fee didn't seem so high. Nonetheless, welcome Saint Shane. May you have the best of luck in a Saints shirt, Sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Fulham paid £11m for Ross McCormack A team that spent stupid money and still got relegated. Then went out and spent even more and lost first championship game. Good team to emulate lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Iron Gonads Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I'm praying that I wake up tomorrow to find this has been a hilarious wind up. Shane effing Long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 There was one season where he scored 2 in about 35 games. They were the days. Loveable, though. Not sure that Long's price tag will provide the same level of empathy/forgiveness that Brett inspired. Maybe if Long fires us to Wembley, he will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Some can argue about the price tag and how good he is/isn't but it has to be admitted that our targets are a downgrade on what we've been used to recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 He's a decent player, will add pace and frankly a bit of nastiness to the team which we haven't had for a while. £12m is clearly a mental price though... If he's bought as Jay Rod replacement then we may as well give up now I agree,but as a replacement for Gallagher, good news. Now we need another striker for Osvaldo and to make sure Jay Rod keeps his head. Ings anyone!? We still have piles of cash to spend.... isn't that right Mr Krueger? £45m spent.... £50m odd to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 He's doing great things for me on FIFA 14, as us. Mind you, so did the pirate..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I'm more concerned about player than fee. ok sub, better than gallagher, but I thought we'd be doing far better business this summer. i thought tadic and pelle were the decent start leading to far better signings, but they were the peak. forster, taider and bertrand are all fine but it's impossible to make out we're near as good as last season. with the money coming in i thought we could solve the problem areas and look as good if not better overall. CB situation is a nightmare. As did I. I don't think anyone can dispute that our signings have seen a drop in quality this summer. We have lost top quality players and replaced with signings that are OK or good. At the least I wanted a player like Ings that had the potential to improve both in performance and value. The likes of pelle and long even if they perform OK are going to see their values decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Some can argue about the price tag and how good he is/isn't but it has to be admitted that our targets are a downgrade on what we've been used to recently. Was always going to be the case once Cortese left because we were apparently overspending. We are a different (more sustainable) club now. Re Long, worth everyone remembering it isnt his fault the fee is high. He deserves support the same as anyone else and if he does well fans will love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donatello Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Yep, should have gone for Fraizer Campbell at £800K. No, we really shouldn't have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 People were excited when Osvaldo signed, people were scathing when we got Crouch. You never know how it will turn out FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I love how this forum thinks it's amazing at identifying players, and then comes up with practically no-one who is better value. He's fine. 12m is a lot, but then markets gone mental and we NEED a striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Fulham paid £11m for Ross McCormack And that makes them ****ing stupid as well! Cringeworthy comparing one over priced **** play to another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Re Long, worth everyone remembering it isnt his fault the fee is high. He deserves support the same as anyone else and if he does well fans will love him. Well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 May be stating the obvious but anyway, this would be signing a player that will complement the team and how RK wants it to play rather than sourcing an individual that may be technically better but less likely to fit. £12m is bonkers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 I'm not convinced about the fee . Seeing as Alec crook is the journo who is spouting of about the price . Saints do not disclose the price or that's what I thought they said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mac Attack Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 He's quick, a handful for defenders and can play off a target man like Pelle. I'm pleased despite the slightly high fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc1976 Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 Really sad what has happened to us over the last couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 12 August, 2014 Share Posted 12 August, 2014 People suggesting Deeney and Wickham as alternatives? LOL. Long is proven at being 'alright' in the Prem. Wickham has a couple of goals here and there, Deeney hasn't played at this level and Ings doesn't want to pursue a move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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