Charlie Austin

[thesaint sfc]

Thanks Saints. I feel like this is the first time since I've been supporting that we've signed the obvious candidate needed. Stunned at what a low price.

[Saint Charlie]

Good interview. Seems genuinely pleased to be at Saints.

[thorpie the sinner]

Good interview. Seems genuinely pleased to be at Saints.

 

Spoke very well and actually seemed very down to earth

[musesaint]

I thought the big question about Austin was his temperament ?

 

Saints are presumably happy that at 26 he's more settled. Otherwise this signing would be slightly off the "Southampton Way"

[VectisSaint]

My bro is a QPR fan so I watch QPR any chance I get.

 

It's a great signing - and he's fantastic in the air as well, which he doesn't always get credit for.

 

Just DON'T let him near the penalties. He cost QPR a lot of points last season in missed pens. Usually in tight games at 0-0 or 0-1.

He missed one, and that cost QPR one point. Missed against Hull as far as I can see (unless the stats are wrong). Only previous miss was in 2011 for Swindon. Scored 17 from 19 in his career. Doesn't sound too shabby.

Seems like he also missed one against West Ham, don't know why the stats didn't include that, so that would be 3 points he "cost" Rangers. Still not too shabby. Still happy to have someone rather than Tadic to take pens if JWP is not on the pitch.

[IOWSaintDaz]

A Great signing, which was always on the cards......Can't wait to see him demolish Manure and that watch that deluded ***** Van Gaal suffer more next weekend, hopefully it'll end their top 4 finish ambitions too.

 

Whats also good about this signing is in the summer we will probably offload the then 32 year old knee crocked Pelle back to Italy to some gullible serie A club for around £4M-£5M where it will mess with his head and his form will hopefully take a dive just in time for Euro's and will totally screw up Italy's game plan as they rely on him the goals anything which gives England a better chance is ok with me..... Who knows maybe if Charlie can score a hat full of goals for us maybe he'll get his chance in an England shirt.

[S-Clarke]

His scoring record is simply immense.

 

226 goals in 366 games over his entire career so far (inc. non league).

 

Appearance record doesn't look bad in all honesty, think a lot has been made of his injury record.

[Whitey Grandad]

why would we receive a fee for a player that was never ours?

 

We would have paid, or agreed to pay, a fee for Caulker for the entire season so we might get a refund or at least not have to pay the one part and we will be saving his wages from now on. I doubt we would have received any direct money but we have freed up some savings.

[St Chalet]

Assuming Austin is in £80k per week, and Long believed to be circa £50k

 

Charlie Austin £4m + £18m wages for 4.5 years

Shane Long £12m + £10m wages for 4 years

 

Same cost over their contract.

[tajjuk]

Would we really pay Austin 80k a week? At best I'd reckon he's on £50k, from the noises he's made he wants to play in the league, wants to be down south and wants to get in the England team I don't think we needed to throw a massive wage at him, sounds more like he's made the move because it's a good one for his career.

 

I found it very odd after his excellent season last year in a trash team that no one went for him in the summer.

 

Top signing I can see him potentially being a 20 goal a season man for us, he's a very good finisher and we create a decent amount of chances.

[St Chalet]

I'd be surprised if we had paid £80k. He was rumoured to be circa £50k at QPR so it may be somewhere in the middle.

[SaintBitterne]

Good interview by him on the YouTube and it feels weird to have such a solid squad as well as just first team.

[Redslo]

Not been able to see his tweets for months as he blocked me for calling him out when he was WRONG yet again. The guy is a clueless chump masquerading as a journalist.

 

can't you see his tweets via the regular internet without logging into your twitter account?

[Chez]

I'd be surprised if we had paid £80k. He was rumoured to be circa £50k at QPR so it may be somewhere in the middle.

 

As I understood it that's why he didn't get a move in the summer. His £85k a week wage demand combined with the transfer fee were too much. The fee has fallen, but I suspect the wages won't be far off.

[angelman]

I thought the big question about Austin was his temperament ?

 

Saints are presumably happy that at 26 he's more settled. Otherwise this signing would be slightly off the "Southampton Way"

 

As he said, family outside of football is important. I think too many fans over look that, save for when X wants to go to London not least because their Mrs wants to. He's got a 3yo (?) kid, his parents are in B'mouth. Nice enough area to bring your kid up in. He's local-ish. He will be well paid and as the top 4 didn't seemingly want him, we seem to be a pretty decent option for him. I think it was Ferguson who often looked at whether a player was married, and often went for those as they were more "mature".

[scotty]

can't you see his tweets via the regular internet without logging into your twitter account?

 

Why would anybody want to?

[Wade Garrett]

Brilliant bit of business. Probably the best deal in the window.

 

Well done Saints for completing this signing and making me look a bit of a **** in the process!

[Fan The Flames]

He seems delighted to get starting with the lads.

[Saint Charlie]

 

Good video, a few against us in here!

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Bargain at that price, keep him fit and with his record we will get goals

[Wes Tender]

I loved reading all the comments from fans, many from the glory teams, opining that it should have been their clubs who signed him, and asking how we managed to get him so cheaply. Also there was amazement at how we managed to get it over the line without it being highlighted in the press for weeks beforehand. I really love the way that we do our business behind closed doors. One in the eye for those journos with an agenda against us.

[CB Fry]

I loved reading all the comments from fans, many from the glory teams, opining that it should have been their clubs who signed him, and asking how we managed to get him so cheaply. Also there was amazement at how we managed to get it over the line without it being highlighted in the press for weeks beforehand. I really love the way that we do our business behind closed doors. One in the eye for those journos with an agenda against us.

...which is pretty much no journalists, anywhere, at all.

[sadoldgit]

I'd be surprised if we had paid £80k. He was rumoured to be circa £50k at QPR so it may be somewhere in the middle.

 

I read somewhere that he was on £75k at QPR. Could be why some clubs waited for the asking price to come down?

[Saint Fan CaM]

Pleased with the signing, however a slight word of caution. I believe he has little/no knee cartilage remaining and I would expect at £4m he will not be starting every game - far from it and he'll be rotated with Long if it's true. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm?

[whelk]

Pleased with the signing, however a slight word of caution. I believe he has little/no knee cartilage remaining and I would expect at £4m he will not be starting every game - far from it and he'll be rotated with Long if it's true. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm?

 

I would assume the medical he passed may have looked at this is in some detail.

[for_heaven's_Saint]

Pleased with the signing, however a slight word of caution. I believe he has little/no knee cartilage remaining and I would expect at £4m he will not be starting every game - far from it and he'll be rotated with Long if it's true. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm?

 

Where does this belief come from? Is it David Sullivan? Austin himself pretty strongly dismissed that he has any reoccurring injury issues:

 

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/20/charlie-austin-david-sullivan-west-ham-qpr

[Saint Charlie]

Adds a nice extra spice to his first home game. He will be even more keen to score.

[Golden Balls]

 

Good video, a few against us in here!

 

A hat trick against Pompey too by the looks of it.

[Chez]

Brilliant bit of business. Probably the best deal in the window.

 

32;

 

Feels so unSaints like does it? Great though. Hope it works out.

[VectisSaint]

His scoring record is simply immense.

 

226 goals in 366 games over his entire career so far (inc. non league).

 

Appearance record doesn't look bad in all honesty, think a lot has been made of his injury record.

Closing in on Ronald's tally then...

[VectisSaint]

Pleased with the signing, however a slight word of caution. I believe he has little/no knee cartilage remaining and I would expect at £4m he will not be starting every game - far from it and he'll be rotated with Long if it's true. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm?

Maybe our medical staff who gave him a clean bill of health would be a good source.

[Dig Dig]

He miss more shots on target than any other premier league side so far this season. Added to Pelle's knee issue, I think he's going to be a huge signing and hopefully makes an immediate impact this season.

[Katalinic]

One of the dildo twins has been spouting off, I doubt very much we are paying CA £100k a week

http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/west-ham/west_ham_chief_questions_charlie_austin_wage_bargain_after_southampton_move_1_4382457

Edited 17 January, 2016 by Katalinic

[Saint Charlie]

The Telegraph article said around £80k a week which is probably more likely.

[S-Clarke]

One of the dildo twins has been spouting off, I doubt very much we are playing CA £100k a week

http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/west-ham/west_ham_chief_questions_charlie_austin_wage_bargain_after_southampton_move_1_4382457

 

I'd cringe if he was our chairman, he is so unprofessional. And to that his kid spouting off, christ, what a dream team that is.

[Chez]

One of the dildo twins has been spouting off, I doubt very much we are playing CA £100k a week

http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/west-ham/west_ham_chief_questions_charlie_austin_wage_bargain_after_southampton_move_1_4382457

 

Why would he lie? Why is it so hard to believe? Feels like saints fans only believing the stories they like. He will be on a bloody fortune.

[Chalkboy]

Why would he lie? Why is it so hard to believe? Feels like saints fans only believing the stories they like. He will be on a bloody fortune.

 

There may be a few supporters around the country questioning why their club didn't sign him, one way to placate them is to suggest his wage demands were extortionate. Maybe Gold is doing just that, then he and their fans can believe whatever story they like, just like us.

[Lallana's Left Peg]

Great signing - ticks a lot of the boxes we needed ticking and gives us extra leverage in the summer if any club is interested in Pelle and when clubs make formal approaches for Mane. Can't argue with that price. Great work from the club.

[Verbal Kint]

Why would he lie? Why is it so hard to believe? Feels like saints fans only believing the stories they like. He will be on a bloody fortune.

 

It's quite stupid to talk about a 4m fee and 100k a week wage for an 'injury prone' player as too much, but yet the 15m fee and 100k a week for Andy Carroll, with such a great fitness record, wasn't a problem...

 

He won't be on that much anyway, probably more like 80k as was reported, and that sort of wage won't be beyond any PL club once this tv deal kicks in

[Wes Tender]

...which is pretty much no journalists, anywhere, at all.

 

[whelk]

I'd cringe if he was our chairman, he is so unprofessional. And to that his kid spouting off, christ, what a dream team that is.

 

Charlie should tweet back at the old cnt. Clearly some history and sleight from this old duffer.

[Eric The Red]

Re the WHam Chairman's tweet, perhaps Charlie Austin's agent quoted £100k a week when they enquired in the Summer. Doesn't mean that's what was agreed - also CA may not have been keen on a stay in East London so ratcheted up his wage demands. Lastly we've given him a 4 and a half year deal meaning any 'signing on' fee will be spread over more seasons and so less 'per week' as the press (and us) like to describe any deal. All of which means only those genuinely 'ITK' will know how much he is on - though it will be soooo much more than any of us 'experts' on here

[wild-saint]

Pleased with the signing, however a slight word of caution. I believe he has little/no knee cartilage remaining and I would expect at £4m he will not be starting every game - far from it and he'll be rotated with Long if it's true. Perhaps someone with more knowledge can confirm?

 

you believe? where did you hear that from? twitter gossip?

[whelk]

Re the WHam Chairman's tweet, perhaps Charlie Austin's agent quoted £100k a week when they enquired in the Summer. Doesn't mean that's what was agreed - also CA may not have been keen on a stay in East London so ratcheted up his wage demands. Lastly we've given him a 4 and a half year deal meaning any 'signing on' fee will be spread over more seasons and so less 'per week' as the press (and us) like to describe any deal. All of which means only those genuinely 'ITK' will know how much he is on - though it will be soooo much more than any of us 'experts' on here

 

Alex Crook says he was asking for £60k this summer.

He is normally the authority on such matters

 

[VectisSaint]

Why would he lie? Why is it so hard to believe? Feels like saints fans only believing the stories they like. He will be on a bloody fortune.

London weighting. 20% higher salaries needed to live in London

[CB Fry]

How does that, or his original wrong tweets, constitute an "agenda" against us? He's just wrong about stuff all the time.

[ART]

An incredible signing I had hoped we'd have made when QPR got relegated. When

Ronald Koeman said we weren't interested in him, it really angered me so much and increased my feelings towards Koeman that I was convinced he wasn't the manager to take Saints forward. I'm still not convinced but far more than I was prior to us signing Charlie.

 

Sad that we've not gone for Sam Byram. I'm sure he'd have been a top long term signing for us.

[John Boy Saint]

One of the dildo twins has been spouting off, I doubt very much we are playing CA £100k a week

http://www.london24.com/sport/football/clubs/west-ham/west_ham_chief_questions_charlie_austin_wage_bargain_after_southampton_move_1_4382457

He got his crotch less knickers in a knot in a TV interview when we signed Gaston Ramirez (?), banging on that we no way had that kind of money to buy and pay the reputed wages.

[notnowcato]

I couldn't give 2 sh1ts what he's on. Welcome Charlie.

[Saint Without a Halo]

I would assume the medical he passed may have looked at this is in some detail.

 

He failed one previously hence part of the reason for the cheap price (as well as the 4 and half year contract). He is a bit of a risk medically apparently however doesn't seem to have effected his QPR performances much

(On 8 July 2013, a fee was agreed between Burnley and Premier League club Hull City for Austin. However, on 9 July 2013, Austin failed his medical and Hull pulled out of the deal)

They then bought Long!

Edited 17 January, 2016 by Saint Without a Halo