ADutchSaint Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Got to be something wrong with Ziyech, can't see how a guy of that age, available at that fee with the record he's had over the last few years not being picked up by someone. I mean he's got far more pedigree than Janssen and is cheaper. Twente is asking too much and Ziyech is pretty picky on what clubs he wants to go to. According to a journalist, who spoke to him and his agent, there's a lot of interest but they are all waiting until the last day cause Twente has to sell him and they think he will be cheaper at the last moment of this window. And another problem Ziyech has is that he choose to play for Morocco so he will be gone for like 2 months with the Africa Cup in the middle of the season. Not really ideal if you want him as a key player. Jansen had a good season and did good in the friendlies with the Dutch national team, where every club in Europe was sitting in the stance cause we played with the youngest national team ever (Wijnaldum was the oldest guy on the pitch with 26 or some). Ziyech just made two bad decisions in a row when it comes to his career, going to Twente while they already were in financial troubles and not having the patience to get called up again for the Dutch squad. And it will cost him. He will become a classic example of bad advice.
EBS1980 Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 So Wilson is head of Scouting and recruitment, so would he be needed if they were meeting a player in London? And do they need a finance guy for contracts? BTW going on a wild guess they might be meeting Stanciu, I can't see any direct flights from Bucharest to Southampton so would make sense for him to fly into London. Well they are playing man city tomorrow, maybe they are going to hijack his coach Upto Manchester instead...
SO16_Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Good effort SO_16 have you still got eyes on Les and Ross? Unfortunately not, my train is a little later and I had to do some work in Starbucks.
georgeweahscousin Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Unfortunately not, my train is a little later and I had to do some work in Starbucks. Can't believe you didn't bin off your plans to follow them all day...
Plastic Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Can't believe you didn't bin off your plans to follow them all day... Agreed. It's your duty to follow them and sack off work.
trousers Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Can't believe you didn't bin off your plans to follow them all day... This. FFS SO16_Saint. You had a once in a lifetime opportunity to stalk them the whole day and to get a bonefide Saintsweb ITK exclusive of who they are meeting and you flippantly discard the chance just to save your own job? Where's your dedication man....?! p.s. in all seriousness, good effort to get the photo. The amount of times we have people on here saying "I've just seen so and so...." and didn't take a quick snap with their camera phone to prove it. Nice one
trousers Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 I can't see any direct flights from Bucharest to Southampton so would make sense for him to fly into London. Calling the chap on here who seemingly has access to airline passenger lists to confirm which flight he's on. (Can't remember his user name)
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Get French Football @GFFN Chelsea, Tottenham, Watford & Valencia do not rule out moving concretely for Sofiane Boufal before the window shuts http://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2016/valencia-watford-tottenham-chelsea-remain-in-the-hunt-for-sofiane-boufal/ #BoufalWatch
Crab Lungs Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 (edited) Haller would be such an awful signing Stanciu on the other hand .... Edited 23 August, 2016 by Crab Lungs
notnowcato Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Unfortunately not, my train is a little later and I had to do some work in Starbucks. Disappointed in you Agent SO16. Anyone in the Waterloo area that can pick up the L&R trail?
SO16_Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Can't believe you didn't bin off your plans to follow them all day... Agreed. It's your duty to follow them and sack off work. This. FFS SO16_Saint. You had a once in a lifetime opportunity to stalk them the whole day and to get a bonefide Saintsweb ITK exclusive of who they are meeting and you flippantly discard the chance just to save your own job? Where's your dedication man....?! p.s. in all seriousness, good effort to get the photo. The amount of times we have people on here saying "I've just seen so and so...." and didn't take a quick snap with their camera phone to prove it. Nice one lol - if I didnt have an important client meeting, I'd have been on them... but then again, if I didnt have the client meeting, I wouldnt have been at the station and we'd all be ganging up on Glasgow...
thorpie the sinner Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Calling the chap on here who seemingly has access to airline passenger lists to confirm which flight he's on. (Can't remember his user name) Ulrich I believe Lord Trousers!!
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Ulrich I believe Lord Trousers!! Indeed! Ulrich van Gobbel
Charlie Wayman Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 All good stuff and well doe to our super sleuths. On a different note hope some of you were up at SMS last evening to see the kids? Stevens, Reed & Ollie were outstanding and more than ready for the bench, in fact Stevens looks a very good bet indeed should Fonte do a runner. Overall a mighty impressive performance especially in defence and Puel turned up to watch. The kid Johnson looks the real deal as well but Sims & Hesketh were ok but have some way to go before they can challenge for the bench. Does anybody know if fans can watch the U23's at Staplewood or are those games played behind closed doors?
Saint_Ash Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Well they are playing man city tomorrow, maybe they are going to hijack his coach Upto Manchester instead... Was the name you were given that we were going to sign been linked in the press yet? Cheers.
St Chalet Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Bad news. Train ticket to London was £50 but Les would only offer £35.
suewhistle Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Disappointed in you Agent SO16. Anyone in the Waterloo area that can pick up the L&R trail? Good fieldcraft dictates that we should have a handover. SO16 taking photos was a bit of a giveaway. Just hope they don't give us the slip at Micheldever.. Anyway, thanks all for an entertaining tea break!
georgeweahscousin Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 (edited) BREAKING NEWS. Southampton can confirm the sale of a caramel latte to Costa Waterloo for £5.50. Caramel Latte had only joined Southampton from Starbucks for £3.50 earlier in the day. Edit - What a **** and obvious joke. Sorry. Edited 23 August, 2016 by georgeweahscousin Chastise myself.
tajjuk Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Twente is asking too much and Ziyech is pretty picky on what clubs he wants to go to. According to a journalist, who spoke to him and his agent, there's a lot of interest but they are all waiting until the last day cause Twente has to sell him and they think he will be cheaper at the last moment of this window. And another problem Ziyech has is that he choose to play for Morocco so he will be gone for like 2 months with the Africa Cup in the middle of the season. Not really ideal if you want him as a key player. Jansen had a good season and did good in the friendlies with the Dutch national team, where every club in Europe was sitting in the stance cause we played with the youngest national team ever (Wijnaldum was the oldest guy on the pitch with 26 or some). Ziyech just made two bad decisions in a row when it comes to his career, going to Twente while they already were in financial troubles and not having the patience to get called up again for the Dutch squad. And it will cost him. He will become a classic example of bad advice. Interesting thanks, didn't realise he could have potentially qualified for Holland. On Janssen I just means he'd only had one good season whereas Ziyech seems to have been doing well for a few years in a poor team. Well they are playing man city tomorrow, maybe they are going to hijack his coach Upto Manchester instead... Forgot that, weren't people talking about a potential Van Dijk situation where they didn't want to sell him until they had done their champs league qualifier. They are almost certainly out now, so will be interesting to see if he plays tomorrow. Calling the chap on here who seemingly has access to airline passenger lists to confirm which flight he's on. (Can't remember his user name) As far as I can see there are no flights direct from Bucharest to Manchester either, so I'd presume Steau are flying into London today before travelling up to Manchester. Just a guess but I'd say it's likely Stanciu is going to be in London at some point today. http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2016/08/22/report-southampton-close-to-signing-nicolae-stanciu-for-7-millio/ However, Steaua’s chances of reaching the group stages of the Champions League seem to be all but over after they suffered a 5-0 hammering at the hands of Manchester City in the first leg of the play-offs and now Romanian outlet Sport have gone on to provide a key update regarding Stanciu’s future. The report states that Steaua are finally ready to sell Stanciu following the second leg of the Champions League play-off against City on Wednesday and that the 23-year-old is set to join Southampton after the Saints placed a bid of around £7 million.
TheMidfieldGeneral Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Les Reed on his way to Zurich.... Would that be for any of the named targets?
notnowcato Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 BREAKING NEWS. Southampton can confirm the sale of a caramel latte to Costa Waterloo for £5.50. Caramel Latte had only joined Southampton from Starbucks for £3.50 earlier in the day. Edit - What a **** and obvious joke. Sorry. FFS. I've been working on a Song for Latte all morning.
Ulrich van Gobbel Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 So Wilson is head of Scouting and recruitment, so would he be needed if they were meeting a player in London? And do they need a finance guy for contracts? BTW going on a wild guess they might be meeting Stanciu, I can't see any direct flights from Bucharest to Southampton so would make sense for him to fly into London. Investigating..
MarkSFC Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Les Reed on his way to Zurich.... Would that be for any of the named targets? Meeting with the owner??
trousers Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 I can't see any direct flights from Bucharest to Southampton so would make sense for him to fly into London. Investigating.. Cheers! And this one too please kind sir... Les Reed on his way to Zurich....
SO16_Saint01 Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Les Reed on his way to Zurich.... Would that be for any of the named targets? Unless there is a picture of him checking using the self service machines, this is bullschitt
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Les Reed on his way to Zurich.... Would that be for any of the named targets? Probably depositing the Mane money into Kat's bank account.
tajjuk Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 No direct flights from Southampton to Zurich either! So if they are going to Zurich they would need to go to a London airport. Plot thickens. If anyone knows any Romanian and there is a Steau Bucharest forum they could probably work out where there team is.
Shroppie Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 FFS. I've been working on a Song for Latte all morning. There's a Starbucks waiting in the sky He'd like to be our player But I think he'd blow our mind. I'll get my coat. Sent from my D6503 using Tapatalk
SonicBoom Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 There are also comments in the press that Everton have been talking to Ghazzal for the last two weeks at Lyon but haven't secured a deal yet.
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Loving this thread this morning. We've got eyes on the ground, eyes in the air. We've got it well covered If Les is off to Zurich, maybe he's heading off to "Scrooge McDuck" our riches?
Give it to Ron Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 BREAKING NEWS. Southampton can confirm the sale of a caramel latte to Costa Waterloo for £5.50. Caramel Latte had only joined Southampton from Starbucks for £3.50 earlier in the day. Edit - What a **** and obvious joke. Sorry. Costa Liverpool One have bid £10 for Caramel Latte
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Investigating.. Morning Ulrich, have a good weekend mate?
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 There are also comments in the press that Everton have been talking to Ghazzal for the last two weeks at Lyon but haven't secured a deal yet. Liverpool also mentioned. Arsenal & West Ham also feature this morning as having interest.
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Investigating.. *Awaits verdict of investigation*
eelpie Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Costa Liverpool One have bid £10 for Caramel Latte Is the with or without?
SO16_Saint01 Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Wonder if the conversation went like this: Ross: Les, fancy a Costa? Les: That lad from Chelsea? Ross: Huh? Les: What? Ross: Costa. Coffee. For the trip. Les: oh, yeah. But let's go to Starbucks. Ross: OK. After all, were good at getting a Star for a few Bucks Les: Shut up Ross
ashnats Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Loving this thread this morning. We've got eyes on the ground, eyes in the air. We've got it well covered If Les is off to Zurich, maybe he's heading off to "Scrooge McDuck" our riches?
Ashby Saint Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Obligatory Youtube video of Latte. Looks good.
SuperSAINT Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Les Reed on his way to Zurich.... Would that be for any of the named targets? Grasshoppers play Fenerbache on Thursday in Europa league qualifying
S-Clarke Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Or for the Europa League draw...... Seems a bit early to be going out there just for that.....but I would expect club rep's to be out there for that draw in the audience. Maybe he has other business with Kat and her banking password first.
Juventus Fan Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Zaza is a good player, He is fast and has good finishing, and I am sad to see him leave but he is too good for being fourth striker in rotation, so is Mandzukic, so we have to realease one. Too bad its zaza, but I believe we are keeping Mandzukic because of his experience in the highest level, so there is no reason to think he is much better than Zaza. Anyway guys, I hope if its not Juve for Zaza, its Saints, cuz i like Saints and how they threat players, I see simmilarities in two systems. GL and meet Sassuolo in EL's final.
hutch Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Seems a bit early to be going out there just for that.....but I would expect club rep's to be out there for that draw in the audience. Maybe he has other business with Kat and her banking password first. And it's in Monte Carlo.
Juventus Fan Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Also Zaza always makes impact from the bench, he has one of the better goals/minutes ratio, he is cappable to score a magnificent goal against a good team with being brought to the game ar 80th minute. A supersub when needed, a durable, commanding forward when given a chance
Saint IQ Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Zaza for Jay Rod..... Then Boufal and Ziyech/Stanciu to add goals and improve creativity = Good window.
CB Fry Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Wonder if the conversation went like this: Ross: Les, fancy a Costa? Les: That lad from Chelsea? Ross: Huh? Les: What? Ross: Costa. Coffee. For the trip. Les: oh, yeah. But let's go to Starbucks. Ross: OK. After all, were good at getting a Star for a few Bucks Les: Shut up Ross This made me actually laugh far more than it should have done. Great work.
Batman Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 I'd like Zaza for no other reason than the cool name. in additional to him 'smashing' our transfer record
saint lard Posted 23 August, 2016 Posted 23 August, 2016 Just don't let Zaza near penalties. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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