the definitive Romeu thread

[Saint-Armstrong]

£5m? Might just be one of the best deals of the window...

[John Cool]

As he's not very tall, I thought a Mr. Big song might be apt for him..

 

Step back inside left Romeu we said

Step back inside left take it on your head

Step back inside left Romeu

Take aim and blast it home!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnZ3HyHygfc

[adrian lord]

Not tall but imposing presence I thought.

[Crab Lungs]

Played like a slow-motion Schneiderlin but done very well today, dovetailing with a deep-lying Ward-Prowse (who, incidentally, had his best game in a Saints shirt in a deeper position, moving the ball the quickly and accurately; something he should have been doing since seasons past). Good performance, my only concern is that if he doesn't get to a tackle in time he either (a) ends up with a yellow card or (b) gets completely done and is too slow to recover the situation.

 

Promising signs though. Good range of passing, too.

[View From The Top]

Sterner tests ahead but it's looking promising.

[sotonist]

where is all this not tall stuff coming from? he looks a decent height to me. wikipedia and the premier league website has him down as 6ft tall which is taller than schneiderlin and schneiderlin always looked taller than wanyama (6ft2? my arse)

[John Cool]

My bad. I thought he looked average height (about 5 ft 10 in) but Wikipedia says he's 1.82 m which is just under 6 feet.

[Wiggles31]

My MOM and he was irerrestible at times. Won nearly ever header and his distribution was great pinging it wide into space. Best signing from what I've seen so far.

[Katalinic]

Was excellent again - great signing.

[DuncanRG]

£5m? Might just be one of the best deals of the window...

 

Nah, cheap option

 

Played like a slow-motion Schneiderlin

 

What a great way of putting it. Hopefully he'll pick the tempo up once he's settled, but it might be difficult unless he has a consistent midfield partner. He certainly made the role his own today after a few uncertain moments against Midtjyland.

 

Loved the way he sprinted half the pitch to go celebrate the first goal as well.

Edited 30 August, 2015 by DuncanRG

[Gorgiesaint]

Thought Romeo was immense today. Won nearly every tackle and header going and kept things ticking over with some good distribution. Looks a bargain at £5m.

 

Have to say that he came in at a difficult time, with Schneiderlein sold, Wanyama & Clasie ill and injured and into a team which had just lost form, Hopefully today will be a sign of things to come from him.

[Harry_SFC]

Didn't notice him give the ball away once today. Norwich gave us a lot of space in CM but he still had to do the job. Bargain at 5/6 million.

[John Boy Saint]

He made one tackle this afternoon that summed up what a great game he had, he bent his foot round the ball and whisked it away from the Norwich player.

After the 3 yellows he has picked up so far he seems to have gotten his sights calibrated: the Chelsea game will be interesting.

[Whitey Grandad]

Didn't notice him give the ball away once today. Norwich gave us a lot of space in CM but he still had to do the job. Bargain at 5/6 million.

 

How times have changed. Some of us remember our first £1 million pound player.

[TexasSaint]

I told my wife, he doesn't want to be our "new Schneiderlein", he wants to be our Romeu...he played like a DM who came up through Barcelona and Chelsea. Norwich ain't all that, but he dominated their midfield.

[Saint_Ash]

I can't remember a player that can distribute the ball like he can, from where I was sat it seemed he did about five 40 yards balls that were perfect. Brilliant player.

[nta786]

Only problem I see is that we only offered him a 3 year contract- if he continues playing like this then that could be a worry!

[Gemmel]

He was MOM.

[washsaint]

I really wish people would stop saying 'he's not Schneiderlin'....of course hes not, he's Romeu. And its nonsense to try and compare the two.

 

The way Romeu sprayed the ball around, nicked the ball of the toes of Norwich players and generally ran the game was mightily impressive and bodes well.

 

We looked way better without 2 dedicated DMs and ROmeu is the class that Wanyama is not, but thinks he is

[whelk]

Romeu is going to be player of the season or a close thing with Mane

Bargainated

[Saint Without a Halo]

Only problem I see is that we only offered him a 3 year contract- if he continues playing like this then that could be a worry!

 

You don't know that if I was his agent I would advise him to not sign up to more than three!

[david in sweden]

Impressed, got that element of the " hard man " about him, and he'll need to watch some of those tough tackles - but IMO looks good so far .

 

Was impressed by his U-Tube interview after signing. Seemed to know what football was about and could see the bigger picture, too.

[david in sweden]

How times have changed. Some of us remember our first £1 million pound player.

 

....or when Ron Davies' £55k signing was the club's record transfer fee.......

......but then again...my (late) father recalled the rejoicing in the club's Boardroom .....after we got £6000 from Arsenal for Ted Drake's signature..

[david in sweden]

Only problem I see is that we only offered him a 3 year contract- if he continues playing like this then that could be a worry!

 

..if he plays that well, give him an extension next summer...........

[Pierre]

How times have changed. Some of us remember our first £1 million pound player.

 

Wasn't that Alan McLoughlin, who turned out to be ****e. Our record of "record signings" isn't very good...

[CB Fry]

Only problem I see is that we only offered him a 3 year contract- if he continues playing like this then that could be a worry!

You have no idea what we offered him.

 

All you know is what he agreed to sign.

[Badger]

Wasn't that Alan McLoughlin, who turned out to be ****e. Our record of "record signings" isn't very good...

 

He was, but the thing that surprised me with his signing, is that he was never allowed to play in a free role that he had at Swindon but was played in a wide position, and his effectiveness was lost (assuming he could have made the transition to the higher league anyway, that is).

 

Then Branfoot arrived, and McLoughlin didn't suit his hoof and physical approach (Paul Moody & Dowie were preferred). Added to which we had a clause to pay a further installment to Swindon once he reached a set number of appearance, and once that was near he was not near the first team again.

 

All in all, the transfer was a failure.

[TwoPints]

Wasn't that Alan McLoughlin, who turned out to be ****e. Our record of "record signings" isn't very good...

I've often thought this. Wasn't Delap a record signing for us too and Osvaldo!

[Whitey Grandad]

I've often thought this. Wasn't Delap a record signing for us too and Osvaldo!

 

And Gastón.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I'm more than a little relieved to see that virtually everyone on here who has actually seen Romeu play properly says that he's a decent player, because every time I see him on MOTD he is engaged in giving the bloody ball away.

 

I'm planning on getting back to St Marys soon - and if he's as terrible as the TV makes him look then you lot are in for a rocket!

[Saint-Armstrong]

Oriol reflects on his start to life at Saints...

 

[Lighthouse]

I've finally figured out who he reminds me of

 

[Shance]

His play switches aren't just nice to watch, they hugely relieve the pressure on our midfield. He's a very tidy player and atm he's giving Koeman a hard decision to make as Classie isn't far away from a return.

[SuperSAINT]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3257681/Meet-Southampton-player-former-managers-include-Luis-Enrique-Pep-Guardiola-Rafa-Benitez-Jose-Mourinho.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

[a1ex2001]

I've often thought this. Wasn't Delap a record signing for us too and Osvaldo!

 

And Gastón.

 

and David Hirst who only had one leg! Breaking our transfer record is never a good thing!

[Mystic Force]

If he had asked i am sure one of us would have got the dog for him.

[VectisSaint]

If he had asked i am sure one of us would have got the dog for him.

 

That was my thought when I read it, kind of little job I could do with now I've semi-retired. Very reasonable rates :-)

[SuperSAINT]

http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/10015533/southampton-style-suits-romeu

[SuperSAINT]

So he's been here a year... I believe he signed a 3 year deal so he's now in that 2 year window.

 

What do we think? Sign him up on a new one? Or is he destined to be the next Jack Cork, where we love him, but we lose him.

 

I say sign him up on a new deal.

[davefizzy14]

So he's been here a year... I believe he signed a 3 year deal so he's now in that 2 year window.

 

What do we think? Sign him up on a new one? Or is he destined to be the next Jack Cork, where we love him, but we lose him.

 

I say sign him up on a new deal.

 

Definitely sign up long term, Oriol is a top player.

[sotonist]

think oriol is a more complete player than JC. would keep him definitely.

[Charlie Wayman]

So he's been here a year... I believe he signed a 3 year deal so he's now in that 2 year window.

 

What do we think? Sign him up on a new one? Or is he destined to be the next Jack Cork, where we love him, but we lose him.

 

I say sign him up on a new deal.

 

If you are looking for endorsement, you've got it! Great player plagued by injury and being associated with Chelsea. Sound familiar? Ryan Bertrand, Jack Cork, Oriol Romeu. Scousers rob us, we rob Chelsea sounds like a deal.

 

I have always thought Romeu to be a better than Wanyama but not given the best chances through Koeman's erratic judgements of individuals, one day your crap the next day the bees knees. Give the lad a five year deal if he'll take it, we will likely depend upon him and Jordie Clasie this year.

[SW5 SAINT]

think oriol is a more complete player than JC. would keep him definitely.

 

but we won't, probably have a brilliant(hopefully) season and we will be forced to do a cut price deal next summer...........

[Spoonman]

Like him a lot. Lot of potential there. I say sign him up, could even be future skipper material...

[david in sweden]

If you are looking for endorsement, you've got it! Great player plagued by injury and being associated with Chelsea. Sound familiar? Ryan Bertrand, Jack Cork, Oriol Romeu. Scousers rob us, we rob Chelsea sounds like a deal.

 

I have always thought Romeu to be a better than Wanyama but not given the best chances through Koeman's erratic judgements of individuals, one day your crap the next day the bees knees. Give the lad a five year deal if he'll take it, we will likely depend upon him and Jordie Clasie this year.

 

Yes ..... and I noticed that a few of our Academy scholars were formerly " Chelsea rejects ", but are doing quite well in our U18 side.

[SuperSAINT]

Reading the recent news about Cedric / Fonte / Tadic being offered new deals reminded me about Romeu's status that I posted earlier this month.

 

A little surprised he's not on the list? (That we know of).

[austsaint]

I really rate him, should be the first defensive midfielder picked - depending on how good Pierre turns out to be.

[SuperSAINT]

For those who were at the game today - How did Romeu do in the DM role?

[S-Clarke]

For those who were at the game today - How did Romeu do in the DM role?

 

He was really poor today, passing was rubbish, didn't win enough and lost Capoue for the goal.

 

Poor show.

[shurlock]

For those who were at the game today - How did Romeu do in the DM role?

 

In general , I like the player and his all-round game; but not convinced he is quick or athletic enough to play DM by himself. Poor performance today.