whiteleySaint30 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 When did this happen - must have missed it My point - it's still not done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 The trouble is - we will get to the summer and still do nothing...... our fans bore me, how many times are we prepared to make excuses for our owner - it taken over a year to ge mahele done - people said last Jan ot would get down on the summer, now Jan and it goes on..... Good point well made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Is that a guess? Or fact?No facts just seeing logic in it Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 My point - it's still not done... Do we know for certain that the club are actively trying to buy him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLee Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 What happened with that player from France we had wrapped up? Not heard anything since yesterday morning. can you shed any light on who he is / When we will announce it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 What happened with that player from France we had wrapped up? Not heard anything since yesterday morning. can you shed any light on who he is / When we will announce it?Agents travel for talks with clubs all the time. From what LeG said, it could just be no more than that. Its a short transfer window and the Manager has guarenteed we will be active. Likely anything that we do will be in the media first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLee Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Just seen this on twitter, looks like a good player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Just seen this on twitter, looks like a good player It's clearly rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K,Billy's supersound Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 What happened with that player from France we had wrapped up? Not heard anything since yesterday morning. can you shed any light on who he is / When we will announce it? Wouldnt get yourself over excited he isnt gonna be a well known or big name. Another youngster in for cover another danso like deal if it even happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Wouldnt get yourself over excited he isnt gonna be a well known or big name. Another youngster in for cover another danso like deal if it even happens. How depressing Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disconnect Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Agents travel for talks with clubs all the time. From what LeG said, it could just be no more than that. Its a short transfer window and the Manager has guarenteed we will be active. Likely anything that we do will be in the media first. I’m pretty sure he said it was a done deal?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guan 2.0 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 What happened with that player from France we had wrapped up? Not heard anything since yesterday morning. can you shed any light on who he is / When we will announce it? (This will make sense when we sign him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Well, it's hardly cryptic, not that I know anything about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Mitchell loaf?? Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Well, it's hardly cryptic, not that I know anything about him.Who is it? Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Is it Phil Baps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 http://www.ohmygoal.co/actus/mitchell-baker-psg-ajax-recrue.html Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Who is it? Lyn Oslo striker Tubold Breddi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 January, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 January, 2020 (This will make sense when we sign him) *Googles 'Mitchell Baker' Full back* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Lyn Oslo striker Tubold BreddiNot Mitchell bakker Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints1988 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Mitchell Bakker - left back at PSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Mitchell Bakker - left back at PSGSeems pointless. Is he better than Vokins or are we loaning him out?? Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints1988 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Seems pointless. Is he better than Vokins or are we loaning him out?? Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Would rather see Vokins given minutes, but moving from Ajax to PSG means he obviously has something about him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Seems pointless. Is he better than Vokins Was just about to say that. Ralph made it clear at the fans forum that Vokins isn't 'premier league ready' yet, so we needed to get someone in who is. Not sure how a 19 year old that hasn't yet featured for PSG would tick that box either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Former Ajax "wonderkid". Does have 'typical Saints transfer' written all over it I guess. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/9455348/psg-bakker-transfer-de-ligt-ajax/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Was just about to say that. Ralph made it clear at the fans forum that Vokins isn't 'premier league ready' yet, so we needed to get someone in who is. Not sure how a 19 year old that hasn't yet featured for PSG would tick that box either... https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/totalfootballanalysis.com/player-analysis/mitchel-bakker-ajax-tactical-analysis/amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/totalfootballanalysis.com/player-analysis/mitchel-bakker-ajax-tactical-analysis/ampCheers - good analysis. Sounds like a good fit for our system. Seems highly rated as an attacking defender but question marks over his defensive qualities. Still seems more 'one for the future' than the 'here and now' though...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Raiola is his agent so must be mustard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 January, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Raiola is his agent so must be mustard I thought the same thing. Lets hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 On the plus side, we are a much more attractive side to sign to for compared with 6 weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 January, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Did we ever hire the 'recruitment expert' that was often mentioned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 It could be that Bertrand's fate has been decided and this bloke is being brought in to compete with Vokins for a starting spot next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Did we ever hire the 'recruitment expert' that was often mentioned? No because he isn’t available as per fans forum Martin Glover doing January recruitment Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 11 January, 2020 Author Share Posted 11 January, 2020 No because he isn’t available as per fans forum Martin Glover doing January recruitment Wasn't that referring to Matt Crocker? (Recruitment guy was supposedly a separate appointment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Wasn't that referring to Matt Crocker? (Recruitment guy was supposedly a separate appointment) No Crocker is replacing Les new guy Wilson I think Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint77 Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Did we ever hire the 'recruitment expert' that was often mentioned? New guy is with a club until summertime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Mitchell Bakker - left back at PSG Is this intended as a loan ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Mockles Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 The trouble is - we will get to the summer and still do nothing...... our fans bore me, how many times are we prepared to make excuses for our owner - it taken over a year to ge mahele done - people said last Jan ot would get down on the summer, now Jan and it goes on..... Ahhh good. The adults are speaking. Totally agree. Some people have such low expectations, you question their agenda or mindset as it’s rare for fans at ground level (ie: the pub, social circles, the stadium) to have such a patient or pro club stance looking at recent history. Maybe they just simply have low aspirations and no ambition and there is nothing wrong with that. As a club, we constantly move the goal posts. Or the rumour mill does because we can’t ever blame the club as they rarely ever speak. So, the clue is to never utter a word and you can’t be blamed for anything. Politicians take note. DT - I find it strange also how rumours came into the press from some source about 30 - 35 million. War chest was an inappropriate superlative used. Maybe total fabrication press tripe, paper selling conjecture. Now we have 1 player, possibly. It’s ever changing. You can’t pin the club to anything as they never attribute words or interviews to anything, not directly anymore. We can plenty of conflicting, third hand rumour. Hence the Vladislav Surkov analogy. Boring I know. Please just sign a full back. Contrary to some of the less considered comments, we desperately need cover & it should be equal to or an upgrade from Bertrand. Even Ralph himself acknowledges this. RB position is weak too as is CB but January is not ideal to address all 3. Maehle sounds a much better bet than this utility full back from Bordeaux but i’m hoping this is a smokescreen. When clubs offer out a player, it makes me immediately apprehensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Mockles Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 Did we ever hire the 'recruitment expert' that was often mentioned? I think the board will likely appoint him in February. That seems their mentality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 11 January, 2020 Share Posted 11 January, 2020 I think the board will likely appoint him in February. That seems their mentality Watch the fans night YouTube thingy. Won’t happen til the summer as the clubs target(s) are currently with other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Mockles Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 Watch the fans night YouTube thingy. Won’t happen til the summer as the clubs target(s) are currently with other clubs. Do you have a link? Assume you mean the playing trading/recruitment head akin to the Ross Wilson role. Hoping the defenders will be brought in as I don’t think the fans have much patience left for these ever diminishing carrots the PR groups like to dangle and decrease in stature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 Do you have a link? Assume you mean the playing trading/recruitment head akin to the Ross Wilson role. Hoping the defenders will be brought in as I don’t think the fans have much patience left for these ever diminishing carrots the PR groups like to dangle and decrease in stature There’s a thread on here with a link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 Do you have a link Go on YouTube and type in 'Southampton FC fan forum' into the search bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBenali Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 From that link on Bakker: “Mitchel Bakker is quick, both in terms of physical pace and in-match intelligence. Combine this with his good passing technique and you get a very competent left-back in a high-pressing, ball-playing-focused defensive line.” Clear concerns around a lack of experience, but in terms of a player profile that sounds spot on. Interesting either way! Wonder whether it’s a loan/ perm / loan with perm option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 Still seems odd though, if it's a loan with no option to buy then we are getting cover at left back that has no top flight experience at all, to help develop a player for PSG. If he's moving for more chance at first team football and there is a deal to buy/loan with option to buy etc. , then he must know he is moving as back up and we must not have much hope in Vokins if we are getting someone pretty much the same age, and we are still getting a back up with no experience. You also have to wonder at the mentality of a player who gave up probably one of the best routes from academy to first team football in the world at Ajax to move to money bags PSG where he would have far less chance of first team football as they buy ready made defenders. He's not even played for Holland U19s, U20s or U21s either and second division football in Holland is probably League 2 level at best. Doesn't fill me with much hope, the most positive thing I can say about him is he's big for a full back, 6' 2". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza82 Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 Go on YouTube and type in 'Southampton FC fan forum' into the search barU really are a bell[emoji773] Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingeletiss Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 From that link on Bakker: “Mitchel Bakker is quick, both in terms of physical pace and in-match intelligence. Combine this with his good passing technique and you get a very competent left-back in a high-pressing, ball-playing-focused defensive line.” Clear concerns around a lack of experience, but in terms of a player profile that sounds spot on. Interesting either way! Wonder whether it’s a loan/ perm / loan with perm option. Google has said this is a loan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 Still seems odd though, if it's a loan with no option to buy then we are getting cover at left back that has no top flight experience at all, to help develop a player for PSG. ". It's really not that odd being that people suggest and recommend we do exactly the same thing with our own young players all the time for years and years and years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 January, 2020 Share Posted 12 January, 2020 U really are a bell[emoji773] Sent from my SM-G960F using Tapatalk If he does what I said he'll get the video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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