Osvaldo.......!!

[david in sweden]

OK ...he's an ex-player....is on the bench for Porto this evening, against Chelsea...( what's the betting he comes on and scores ..before getting a red card.)

[Mr X]

OK ...he's an ex-player....is on the bench for Porto this evening, against Chelsea...( what's the betting he comes on and scores ..before getting a red card.)

 

off the bench just in time to head butt his own team mate hey

[CB Saint]

Osvaldo, you owe us. Get on the pitch and knacker Hazard and Fabregas for the weekend and you can call it quits.

[Killers Knee]

He's on.....

[david in sweden]

with or without his help .....Porto win 2-1.

 

Mourinho is not a happy bunny tonight .....

[Suhari]

How many managers have quit or been sacked after losing against us?

 

Wonder if we'll get another scalp after the weekend?

[david in sweden]

How many managers have quit or been sacked after losing against us?

 

Wonder if we'll get another scalp after the weekend?

 

 

1).....not enough !

 

2)...perhaps shows that some clubs really do underestimate our abilities....

[Professor]

Osvaldo did come on as a sub but only the last 5 minutes so not even long enough to get a yellow card, but it does grate to see a player who caused our club a massive financial loss getting even a modicum of playing time in a Champions' League game.

[The9]

Osvaldo did come on as a sub but only the last 5 minutes so not even long enough to get a yellow card, but it does grate to see a player who caused our club a massive financial loss getting even a modicum of playing time in a Champions' League game.

 

Wait til Gaston leaves...

[Dark Munster]

How many managers have quit or been sacked after losing against us?

 

Wonder if we'll get another scalp after the weekend?

JM won them the PL (at a canter) along with the League cup last season. Only a lunatic would sack him straight after that. It would be almost as nuts as sacking your manager the season after he'd won you the Champions' league and the FA Cup. No one would be that insane.

 

Oh.

[angelman]

Looks like he is on the move YET again. So glad that we terminated things, took the hit and moved on.

http://talksport.com/football/former-southampton-flop-dani-osvaldo-set-leave-porto-serie-returm-151229179285?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TransferRumours+%28RSS%3A+Transfer+Rumours%29

[Mr X]

Looks like he is on the move YET again. So glad that we terminated things, took the hit and moved on.

http://talksport.com/football/former-southampton-flop-dani-osvaldo-set-leave-porto-serie-returm-151229179285?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TransferRumours+%28RSS%3A+Transfer+Rumours%29

 

He will never make the grade, despite his ability he's a lose cannon been at so many clubs and never settled at any as he wants constant attention & wants to be the centre of attention at any club he goes to!

[Mr X]

Still don't get why we took such a huge gamble on him when we knew his history

[SW5 SAINT]

Still don't get why we took such a huge gamble on him when we knew his history

 

Yea indeed, I thought the black box was supposed to look at things like a players character as well, before a decision was made to sign a any particular player.......

[david in sweden]

Still don't get why we took such a huge gamble on him when we knew his history

 

IMO ......the "we" was Nicola Cortese, who seemingly gave Pochettino the OK to buy one of his former players.

 

Apparantly, Dani was a bit of a handful as a youngster, but MP thought he could rehabilitate him. Think it shows pretty poor judgement on both their parts.

 

Must have been in the days before "The Black Box" was fully introduced, I really can't see Osvaldo turning up as a " player to buy " on that system.....or ?

[cobraBLACK]

Osvaldo scored about 1 in 2 in his time under him at Espanyol. Perhaps the optimism was justified.

[nta786]

Despite his antics, the sad thing is that he was rewarded for his time here with us by winning the Serie A.

[Saint Without a Halo]

IMO ......the "we" was Nicola Cortese, who seemingly gave Pochettino the OK to buy one of his former players.

 

Apparantly, Dani was a bit of a handful as a youngster, but MP thought he could rehabilitate him. Think it shows pretty poor judgement on both their parts.

 

 

Must have been in the days before "The Black Box" was fully introduced, I really can't see Osvaldo turning up as a " player to buy " on that system.....or ?

 

Why is it on both their parts it was porch who knew him and believed he was value for money the chairman backed his manager which is no bad thing the manager was wrong!

 

Had Cortese refused and bought his own player he would probably have alienated porch and many on here would have accuSend him of interference in areas he has little knowledge of

[david in sweden]

 

Why is it on both their parts it was porch who knew him and believed he was value for money the chairman backed his manager which is no bad thing the manager was wrong!

 

Had Cortese refused and bought his own player he would probably have alienated porch and many on here would have accuSend him of interference in areas he has little knowledge of

 

1)IF NC "knew" his football or not, and SFC were to employ him, then Cortese should've looked at Osvaldo's discipinary record before OK-ing a signing of that magnitude.

 

2) IF Pochettino " thought he knew the player" , and could handle him, then he grossly over-estimated his own abilities to rehabilitate Osvaldo. A total fiasco.

Either way it cost Saints the most..the fee plus how many years contract (?) that we had to pay off. Other clubs who 've employed him since have seen the light.