Lighthouse Posted 27 December, 2022 Share Posted 27 December, 2022 33 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: hows that working out? Does your keeper give you a biscuit every time you post about Romeu leaving? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 27 December, 2022 Share Posted 27 December, 2022 Biggest mistake of the season so far. Our midfield is non existent without him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 27 December, 2022 Share Posted 27 December, 2022 6 hours ago, beatlesaint said: Biggest mistake of the season so far. Our midfield is non existent without him. The mistake was not replacing him, not letting him leave. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 21 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said: The mistake was not replacing him, not letting him leave. We did replace him with AMN. He’s just shite, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said: We did replace him with AMN. He’s just shite, Then we're incompetent. Anyone that saw him play in the middle before he signed for us would immediately have known he couldn't play as a holding midfielder. I was bewildered with the comments saying he was the Romeu replacement. He's a completely different player. Edited 28 December, 2022 by Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 1 hour ago, Saint Garrett said: We did replace him with AMN. He’s just shite, Exactly. That’s what I mean about not replacing him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 4 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said: Exactly. That’s what I mean about not replacing him We replaced him with Lavia… who is a much better player, should OR hsd stayed and RL stayed fit then OR wouldn’t have gotten a sniff I absolutely cannot blame SR for that. The big issue was signing AMN or not getting rid of Diallo and signing a back up DM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 2 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: We replaced him with Lavia… who is a much better player, should OR hsd stayed and RL stayed fit then OR wouldn’t have gotten a sniff I absolutely cannot blame SR for that. The big issue was signing AMN or not getting rid of Diallo and signing a back up DM how many teenagers, in the their breakthrough premier league season, stay fit and maintain form for much of a season? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 Just now, AlexLaw76 said: how many teenagers, in the their breakthrough premier league season, stay fit and maintain form for much of a season? Probably enough when you consider we had AMN and Diallo behind him, I do agree we possibly needed to have a back up DM somewhere but realistically had Lavia stayed fit then OR wouldn’t of got much of a look in Romeo was poor last year, too slow for a two man midfield really, hence why plenty of us were asking for an able replacement and we found a great one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 7 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: We replaced him with Lavia… who is a much better player, should OR hsd stayed and RL stayed fit then OR wouldn’t have gotten a sniff I absolutely cannot blame SR for that. The big issue was signing AMN or not getting rid of Diallo and signing a back up DM I’d have played Lavia & OR and let Golden Boy go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 Just now, Smirking_Saint said: Probably enough when you consider we had AMN and Diallo behind him, I do agree we possibly needed to have a back up DM somewhere but realistically had Lavia stayed fit then OR wouldn’t of got much of a look in Romeo was poor last year, too slow for a two man midfield really, hence why plenty of us were asking for an able replacement and we found a great one But he was never ever going to stay fit and maintain the form. Rarely does that happen, even with the very best 18 year olds in world football I'd have Romeu over diallo and AMN, any day of the week. Letting him go, even whilst Lavia was injured, has proven to be ridiculous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 1 minute ago, Lord Duckhunter said: I’d have played Lavia & OR and let Golden Boy go. Thanks for pointing that out. We'd never in a million years have guessed your view on the matter otherwise... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 38 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: But he was never ever going to stay fit and maintain the form. Rarely does that happen, even with the very best 18 year olds in world football I'd have Romeu over diallo and AMN, any day of the week. Letting him go, even whilst Lavia was injured, has proven to be ridiculous I don’t think its beyond the realms of possibility that he’d of stayed fit enough to play the majority of games, he hasn’t got a particularly bad injury record He’s twice the player of Romeu already and OR wanted to go, also got us Edozie and Larios It obviously looks awful now, because of Lavias long term injury concerns, but like I said, wasn’t like OR was pulling up any trees last year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 21 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: I don’t think its beyond the realms of possibility that he’d of stayed fit enough to play the majority of games, he hasn’t got a particularly bad injury record Do you really think the Chelsea rumours came out of thin air? You can bet your life he’s agreed to go there and bet your life his “injury “ record will be poor until he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 1 minute ago, Lord Duckhunter said: Do you really think the Chelsea rumours came out of thin air? You can bet your life he’s agreed to go there and bet your life his “injury “ record will be poor until he does. I doubt he’ll be here in 6-9 months time, lads certainly good enough Not sure how pretending to be injured for 6 months really helps his cause though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 2 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: I doubt he’ll be here in 6-9 months time, lads certainly good enough Not sure how pretending to be injured for 6 months really helps his cause though I’d be surprised if he’s here at the dnd of January. Been linked with Chelsea for months, is apparently fit, however not been in either squad so far. All sounds very familiar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 18 minutes ago, Turkish said: I’d be surprised if he’s here at the dnd of January. Been linked with Chelsea for months, is apparently fit, however not been in either squad so far. All sounds very familiar Ive always hated Chelsea but I have all the more reason to hate them lately especially with Boehly basically playing FM You’re likely right, lets hope we sting them for north of 50m if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 28 December, 2022 Share Posted 28 December, 2022 1 hour ago, Smirking_Saint said: Ive always hated Chelsea but I have all the more reason to hate them lately especially with Boehly basically playing FM You’re likely right, lets hope we sting them for north of 50m if possible I think City get 20% sell on, so unless he goes for mental money, we’re never making huge amounts out of the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santolijador Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 Looks like he might have a shot a going back to Barça this summer, what a career trajectory and clearly a very important player on the pitch and in the dressing room when he was here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 Damn, when I saw this thread bumped I was hoping he was quoted somewhere saying he wants to come back and help us get promoted! 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swannymere Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 Future Southampton Manager. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 8 minutes ago, swannymere said: Future Southampton Manager. Is that to replace Fonte when he leaves for the Portugal job ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugenhagen Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 39 minutes ago, Badger said: Is that to replace Fonte when he leaves for the Portugal job ? No, it's when Fonte leaves for the West Ham job 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 The club totally underestimated the impact of letting him leave. He's had a positive influence at Griona and for him I really hope he ends up at Barca, it would be fantastic to see him go full circle. Genuinely one of the good guys in football. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Curse of St Mary's Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 Another Rasmus clusterfuck. He overruled Ralph and Semmens and granted Romeo is wish to return home back to Spain allegedly 😣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 3 hours ago, S-Clarke said: The club totally underestimated the impact of letting him leave. He's had a positive influence at Griona and for him I really hope he ends up at Barca, it would be fantastic to see him go full circle. Genuinely one of the good guys in football. we had fans cheering on his departure. Literally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said: we had fans cheering on his departure. Literally. It'll be the same with Moi - you mark my words. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 1 minute ago, revolution saint said: It'll be the same with Moi - you mark my words. imagine that 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 8 minutes ago, revolution saint said: It'll be the same with Moi - you mark my words. There will have to be lot of humble pie to go round when he also joins Barcelona. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted 30 June, 2023 Share Posted 30 June, 2023 1 minute ago, Badger said: There will have to be lot of humble pie to go round when he also joins Barcelona. I haven't seen much of Barcelona recently but the idea of Moi working against the ball in a side that never loses it strikes me as quite funny. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 Ori absolutely bossed it for Barca in the US mock up El Clasico. only a friendly, granted, but just how bad a transfer this was by us is being painfully highlighted. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 27 minutes ago, saintscottofthenortham said: Ori absolutely bossed it for Barca in the US mock up El Clasico. only a friendly, granted, but just how bad a transfer this was by us is being painfully highlighted. He wanted to go, no? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 On 30/06/2023 at 16:13, Badger said: There will have to be lot of humble pie to go round when he also joins Barcelona. What as, a stadium guide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 6 hours ago, Maggie May said: He wanted to go, no? so what if he did? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARCELONASAINT Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 those that keep saying we should not have let OR go are deluded. He wanted to leave, he had had enough of the Premier league very much like tadic. He had served this club very well and it was the right thing to do to let him go. I follow Barca and Spanish football in general and OR has stepped down to where he can still perform. La Liga is a slower tempo, players have much more time on the ball and are not continuously being marked tightly. He was a great servant to us but he knew his time had come and wanted to go home. Except it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 52 minutes ago, BARCELONASAINT said: those that keep saying we should not have let OR go are deluded. He wanted to leave, he had had enough of the Premier league very much like tadic. He had served this club very well and it was the right thing to do to let him go. I follow Barca and Spanish football in general and OR has stepped down to where he can still perform. La Liga is a slower tempo, players have much more time on the ball and are not continuously being marked tightly. He was a great servant to us but he knew his time had come and wanted to go home. Except it. You can also add in the fact that he had moved down the pecking order, he was no longer first choice and he didn’t start any of the last 4 games of the season he was here before his transfer. Can’t blame him in the slightest for moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 4 minutes ago, The Kraken said: You can also add in the fact that he had moved down the pecking order, he was no longer first choice and he didn’t start any of the last 4 games of the season he was here before his transfer. Can’t blame him in the slightest for moving. That doesn’t alter the OP’s opinion that the transfer was a painfully bad piece of business from a Southampton perspective…. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, SW5 SAINT said: That doesn’t alter the OP’s opinion that the transfer was a painfully bad piece of business from a Southampton perspective…. More so as Lavia was injured and expected to be out for a while when he was sold. Ridiculous transfer, in a year of many ridiculous transfers and decisions by the club Edited 30 July, 2023 by AlexLaw76 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Gotsmanov Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 12 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: More so as Lavia was injured and expected to be out for a while when he was sold. Ridiculous transfer, in a year of many ridiculous transfers and decisions by the club I would suspect it was reward for being a good servant to the club. He wanted to return home and it might have soured the dressing room if they had not let him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 6 hours ago, Miltonaggro said: What as, a stadium guide? You know he's actually signed for and is currently playing for Barcelona, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 5 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: You know he's actually signed for and is currently playing for Barcelona, right? Indeed I do. You know the comment and my reply was about Elyounoussi, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 3 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said: Indeed I do. You know the comment and my reply was about Elyounoussi, right? One slice of humble pie for me, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 16 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: One slice of humble pie for me, thanks. No worries mate, happens to the best of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 2 hours ago, SW5 SAINT said: That doesn’t alter the OP’s opinion that the transfer was a painfully bad piece of business from a Southampton perspective…. There was nothing wrong with allowing Romeu to leave at all, our problem was Diallo continuing to be crap and AMN being useless in every position he played, including DM. Nobody ever talks about how ridiculous it was to sell Lallana, Lovren or Shaw, and they were much better players than Rom was in his last season. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellman Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 15 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: There was nothing wrong with allowing Romeu to leave at all, our problem was Diallo continuing to be crap and AMN being useless in every position he played, including DM. Nobody ever talks about how ridiculous it was to sell Lallana, Lovren or Shaw, and they were much better players than Rom was in his last season. The most ridiculous sale was Mane but pundits on this site were only too pleased to see him go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 16 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: There was nothing wrong with allowing Romeu to leave at all, our problem was Diallo continuing to be crap and AMN being useless in every position he played, including DM. Nobody ever talks about how ridiculous it was to sell Lallana, Lovren or Shaw, and they were much better players than Rom was in his last season. It was exactly this.. we replaced Romeu with Lavia, and IMO that was exactly the correct thing to do, Lavia’s more dynamic than Romeu and there were signs season before last that he was slowing down, he also wanted to leave and I think it was fair to a player who was a great servant Our issue was we, as Lighthouse said, believed AMN and Diallo were enough cover and.. tbh.. should Lavia have not got injured we’d of been fine but hindsight is a wonderful thing Im sure if we held on to Oriol and he sat on the bench there would be a portion of the fans that would bemoan the fact we didn’t respect his wishes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Lion Tamer Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 4 hours ago, BARCELONASAINT said: those that keep saying we should not have let OR go are deluded. He wanted to leave, he had had enough of the Premier league very much like tadic. He had served this club very well and it was the right thing to do to let him go. I follow Barca and Spanish football in general and OR has stepped down to where he can still perform. La Liga is a slower tempo, players have much more time on the ball and are not continuously being marked tightly. He was a great servant to us but he knew his time had come and wanted to go home. Except it. Not sure this is actually true - he said the only club he would leave for was Girona and otherwise saw himself at Saints for the rest of his career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: It was exactly this.. we replaced Romeu with Lavia, and IMO that was exactly the correct thing to do, Lavia’s more dynamic than Romeu and there were signs season before last that he was slowing down, he also wanted to leave and I think it was fair to a player who was a great servant Our issue was we, as Lighthouse said, believed AMN and Diallo were enough cover and.. tbh.. should Lavia have not got injured we’d of been fine but hindsight is a wonderful thing Im sure if we held on to Oriol and he sat on the bench there would be a portion of the fans that would bemoan the fact we didn’t respect his wishes It is hardly hindsight about Lavia’s injury when he was already injured before Romeu left. Edited 30 July, 2023 by AlexLaw76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 7 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said: It is hardly hindsight about Lavia’s injury when he was already injured before Romeu left. Lavia got injured in the match on the 30th August and Romeu’s transfer was verified on the 1st September… I think people are being a bit disingenuous here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 30 July, 2023 Share Posted 30 July, 2023 11 minutes ago, Smirking_Saint said: Lavia got injured in the match on the 30th August and Romeu’s transfer was verified on the 1st September… I think people are being a bit disingenuous here Yep. We could have pulled the plug anyway . Matters not now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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