Proud of Saints - the definition of a progressive club

[washsaint]

Unlike other clubs, we go about our business quietly and, on the whole, away from the media spotlight.

 

Unlike clubs like West Ham who seem to tweet about every player on the planet they are interested in, we go and find players that are not the finished article and improve them so that when, or if, they move to a massive club we make a huge profit and reinvest in 2 players to improve the squad.

 

The fact that we constantly seem to find these hidden gems and don't pay over the odds, say 30 million for Deeney, means we will only continue to become stronger.

 

It could be, although time will tell, that Puel could be a masterstroke. With his reputation for developing players this could be a great fit - dare I say it like when Pochettino was here? As great as Koeman was for us I think you would find it hard to argue that he developed players significantly.

 

Hopefully 2 more players and we will be well set for another cracking season.

[badgerx16]

You clearly don't understand that the summer is for meltdowns and the squad being decimated. Stop this positive thinking.

[trousers]

You clearly don't understand that the summer is for meltdowns and the squad being decimated. Stop this positive thinking.

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[Saint Without a Halo]

People are still struggling with the fact our strategy is to find young undervalued players with potential give them a shop window train and allow them to flourish and then sell them on for a profit

 

If we didn't allow players to leave ambitious young players would be less likely to come

This strategy is markedly different from nearly all other clubs which is why they and the multitude of Journos just don't get it!

 

The point is it seems to work

We are now an established top ten club, good young players seek us out, the owner and club make a profit year on year, and our wage and running bills are reasonable this seems an ideal strategy for a club of our size and allows us to continue improving commercially in small steps year on year as we eat into the differential between us and the big boys

 

Koeman whilst an excellent manager was not in line with the strategy as he had his own personal ambitions to improve at a faster and obviously less affordable rate in order to secure his top job with a Barcelona level club

 

Hence we were not to concerned about him leaving when he was unwilling to commit

 

This year we will have a new manager a different but attractive style a European run and a few more good young ambitious players to watch and next year we will again be that little bit more better off commercially

Edited 10 July, 2016 by Saint Without a Halo

[baggytrousers]

People are still struggling with the fact our strategy is to find young undervalued players with potential give them a shop window train and allow them to flourish and then sell them on for a profit

 

If we didn't allow players to leave ambitious young players would be less likely to come

This strategy is markedly different from nearly all other clubs which is why they and the multitude of Journos just don't get it!

 

The point is it seems to work

We are now an established top ten club, good young players seek us out, the owner and club make a profit year on year, and our wage and running bills are reasonable this seems an ideal strategy for a club of our size and allows us to continue improving commercially in small steps year on year as we eat into the differential between us and the big boys

 

Koeman whilst an excellent manager was not in line with the strategy as he had his own personal ambitions to improve at a faster and obviously less affordable rate in order to secure his top job with a Barcelona level club

 

Hence we were not to concerned about him leaving when he was unwilling to commit

 

This year we will have a new manager a different but attractive style a European run and a few more good young ambitious players to watch and next year we will again be that little bit more better off commercially

 

Agree with most of this except that I think our new direction is to make more of an effort to keep those that are successful and encourage them to sign long-term deals (Foster, VVD, JWP). If they don't want to (Wanyame, Mane) then we get as much as we can for them and move on with suitable replacements.

 

Also think they're looking to get a critical mass of talented young players who can come through together and try and get some of that Leicester spirit going. If Hojmbjerg signs then we've got him, Redmond, JWP, Cedric, Reed, Targett all in the 20/21 year age group and in or around the first team. Throw in the likes of Foster and VVD who are only a bit older and hopefully some talented academy kids coming through behind and there's a core group there that might be more inclined to stick with the club for a fair bit longer.

 

Don't think we're a 'selling club' anymore but we are a pragmatic one.

[Batman]

Unlike other clubs, we go about our business quietly and, on the whole, away from the media spotlight.

 

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err, no we dont.

 

use our mouthpiece in the telegraph a fair bit, our players openly tap up others on international duty and Les Reed like a youtube vid.

[Turkish]

We are sellhampton, a club built on selling from the begging. We don't buy success we sell it. We are sellhampton, it's not just a name it's who we are. We will be in that number we will sell on.

[Fan The Flames]

People are still struggling with the fact our strategy is to find young undervalued players with potential give them a shop window train and allow them to flourish and then sell them on for a profit

 

If we didn't allow players to leave ambitious young players would be less likely to come

This strategy is markedly different from nearly all other clubs which is why they and the multitude of Journos just don't get it!

 

The point is it seems to work

We are now an established top ten club, good young players seek us out, the owner and club make a profit year on year, and our wage and running bills are reasonable this seems an ideal strategy for a club of our size and allows us to continue improving commercially in small steps year on year as we eat into the differential between us and the big boys

 

Koeman whilst an excellent manager was not in line with the strategy as he had his own personal ambitions to improve at a faster and obviously less affordable rate in order to secure his top job with a Barcelona level club

 

Hence we were not to concerned about him leaving when he was unwilling to commit

 

This year we will have a new manager a different but attractive style a European run and a few more good young ambitious players to watch and next year we will again be that little bit more better off commercially

 

its not about making a profit each year. Our wage bill is a top ten wage bill so we are not trying to do things on the cheap, we do not have brilliant commercial revenues outside of the TV deal and we have spent a lot on facilities. So we are using transfer fees in to pay for the wages and investment.

 

I get it that fans want the big splash of a top signing, but ultimately we support the club for what it can do on the pitch between August and May, not for a summer transfer buzz. Why spend loads on transfer fees when with a bit of work we can get the same quality, other teams in other country operate like this and it's ok.

 

Koeman had his own agenda and we need to stick to ours.