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OldNick

OldNick

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25 minutes ago, tajjuk said:

He's got a point though, look at Everton, Moshiri has spent millions to get them to where exactly? Slightly upper mid table. They have done no better with all that investment than we did with just good scouting a few years ago.

Even if we got a billionaire owner who invested in the club I seriously doubt we could match the Man Citys, Chelseas, PSGs, Man Utds, the money is just off the scale. These clubs can spend £250 million a window.

Realistically the best we can hope for is a Leicester like owner to come in, who doesn't throw money at the club but invests for the long term and wants to be here for the long term, builds the club off the pitch and we make good signings on it that put us in a position to take advantages of when the big boys have bad seasons and maybe win a domestic cup here and there. Then even longer term than that set us up as the go to place for developing young talent like say Dortmund. 

But I just can't see us ever going anywhere near the top ever unless there is dramatic shift in how football is run and it not all being about money. 

I mean sadly we had that owner and I think had Marcus still been alive we would probably be a similar position to Leicester right now. 

I agree, all the time and effort the club takes in trying to get new supporters to our fanbase is eroded by defeats like saturday and the kids heroes keep moving on. My family are like many on here been persuaded to support saints, but there are more who would rather like happy weekends and so support the top 3 or 4 clubs

Turkish

Turkish

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Oh how i miss the days of the cute, naive optimism on here when we were on an unstoppable march to the champions league in our newly expanded 50,000 capacity stadium with our team of academy graduates who would stay here forever to play with their friends all their careers. Didn't they once say man would never walk on the moon was the sole logical reason behind it and why anyone who said it was pie in the sky were negative trolls with an anti club agenda.

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tajjuk

tajjuk

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1 minute ago, OldNick said:

I agree, all the time and effort the club takes in trying to get new supporters to our fanbase is eroded by defeats like saturday and the kids heroes keep moving on. My family are like many on here been persuaded to support saints, but there are more who would rather like happy weekends and so support the top 3 or 4 clubs

I play footie like 2-3 times a week and often the kids are training before us, and you see most of them in Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea shirts. 

Saint-Reece

Saint-Reece

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2 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Is he ITK? Or does he just guess?

Pretty sure he just guesses for attention, covers himself with the below tweet - I think I could guess we will sign a CB 'soon' eg. before the window shuts!

"Even if it isn’t wrapped up by Sunday it will be completed soon. Martin is working so hard on it. Deserves all the praise."

Turkish

Turkish

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4 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Is he ITK? Or does he just guess?

He tweeted on wednesday "we aren;t signing a centre back are we" With the photo of Simeu from the club twitter feed. He's guessing.

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Piran

Piran

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2 hours ago, OldNick said:

Your post shows how futile being a Saints fan is. We can hope to stay up and just be the cannon fodder for the top boys. The football season comes around and my mood slips to a depressed state as all I expect is more of Saturdays disappointment. In the past I would hopeful that we could steal or deserve a win, now all Im hoping for is that we dont lose by more than 4. 

It looks as if the problem lies with your expectations, Nick. Don't let your mood slip into a depressed state. Follow Adrian's suggestion and accept the Saints' position! It is far more enjoyable and realistic point of view, and occasionally you'll have a pleasant surprise! And a little tip - avoid like the plague the in-match forums, where all the pessimists gather like vultures - your mood will thank you.

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SuperSAINT

SuperSAINT

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4 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

He’s a complete bullshitter.

1st time I saw him hint at something was a while ago & I’ve got a vague memory it didn’t happen and then he pretended he was joking.

Saint86

Saint86

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1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Cahill to Bournemouth on a one year deal. Cant help but feel we've missed a trick here.

Depends what we end up with. I hope we can do better than Cahil though.

Toussaint

Toussaint

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2 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Depends what we end up with. I hope we can do better than Cahil though.

Hasn't Cahill just gone to Bournemouth?

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Saint86

Saint86

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28 minutes ago, InvictaSaint said:

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So we're working hard on making a new singing, name drops the vice chairman, and can't give a firm date. Literally anyone on here could have typed that 🙄

But for sure, Rob is ITK 😆

Saint86

Saint86

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3 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Hasn't Cahill just gone to Bournemouth?

Yes. I was replying to Turkish who was saying he thought we'd missed a trick in not getting him.

Dusic

Dusic

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Just to save anyone waiting til tomorrow's press conference, I have seen Ralph's notes:

"Its clear we need to do something. We will have a look and if something fits to us we will do it."

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Convict Colony

Convict Colony

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Seriously who thinks if fun to try and make out your in the know for transfer rumours, it must just be for people with low self esteem trying to get their likes.

Anyway i just saw a cloud that looks like a centre back float past - so done deal

 

Turkish

Turkish

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16 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

Seriously who thinks if fun to try and make out your in the know for transfer rumours, it must just be for people with low self esteem trying to get their likes.

Anyway i just saw a cloud that looks like a centre back float past - so done deal

 

good in the air, yes?

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nta786

nta786

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59 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Just to save anyone waiting til tomorrow's press conference, I have seen Ralph's notes:

"Its clear we need to do something. We will have a look and if something fits to us we will do it."

did you ever manage to find Mr Krueger's five pledges too? 😉

qwertyell

qwertyell

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6 minutes ago, TWar said:

Better source on this. Looks like a decent bit of business.

Too much "could" and "considering". Nothing in it aside from speculation, from that article at least.

egg

egg

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33 minutes ago, TWar said:

Better source on this. Looks like a decent bit of business.

It does, but we need players who are first team ready. We can't hope that unproven kids will step up to the first team - for every Livramento, there's half a dozen Vokins or Valery's. 

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david in sweden

david in sweden

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5 hours ago, InvictaSaint said:

Seems to think he is clued in, mentioning Semmens. Wonder who it is.....

sure to be yet another 18 year old genius who will go directly into the B team as "one for the future".......

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Ex Lion Tamer

Ex Lion Tamer

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1 hour ago, egg said:

It does, but we need players who are first team ready. We can't hope that unproven kids will step up to the first team - for every Livramento, there's half a dozen Vokins or Valery's. 

I think it sounds like a good transfer for back up at left back but obviously we still need a high quality centre back

egg

egg

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2 minutes ago, Ex Lion Tamer said:

I think it sounds like a good transfer for back up at left back but obviously we still need a high quality centre back

An unproven 17 year old is not who a premier league club should be signing as back up. Crazy strategy. 

Vokins was highly rated before he played. Then he played. Etc. 

hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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20 minutes ago, egg said:

An unproven 17 year old is not who a premier league club should be signing as back up. Crazy strategy. 

Vokins was highly rated before he played. Then he played. Etc. 

Not sure I agree with that, particularly if the alternative is no one and someone played out of position like we have had at lb for a while. 

Baird of the land

Baird of the land

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22 minutes ago, egg said:

An unproven 17 year old is not who a premier league club should be signing as back up. Crazy strategy. 

Vokins was highly rated before he played. Then he played. Etc. 

Are you unhappy we signed the unproven livramento?

egg

egg

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4 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Not sure I agree with that, particularly if the alternative is no one and someone played out of position like we have had at lb for a while. 

The solution is a left back who's played mens football at a level where they've shown that they can play in the PL. Not an unproven kid, or someone out of position. 

egg

egg

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4 minutes ago, Baird of the land said:

Are you unhappy we signed the unproven livramento?

Oh, so this lad is another Livramento, gotcha. 

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Baird of the land

Baird of the land

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5 minutes ago, egg said:

Oh, so this lad is another Livramento, gotcha. 

No clue. But given livramento looks fab the club has earned a bit of credit in the bank with me if they decide this lad for £5m is worth it too.

egg

egg

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1 minute ago, Baird of the land said:

No clue. But given livramento looks fab the club has earned a bit of credit in the bank with me if they decide this lad for £5m is worth it too.

Each to their own. Livramento is special and different and if the Everton lad is Livramento mk 2 that'd be great, but give me some experienced back up all day long...particularly as Perraud looked like a fish up a tree on Saturday and has yet to settle at this level. 

hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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12 minutes ago, egg said:

The solution is a left back who's played mens football at a level where they've shown that they can play in the PL. Not an unproven kid, or someone out of position. 

My point is that we will most likely get in a CB and muddle through without a lb if we don't get this guy in. Given that fact, I'd rather get in a promising youngster as backup. 

Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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🚨| Marseille centre-back Duje Caleta-Car wants to move to the Premier League this summer; Southampton have been mentioned as a possible destination for the 24-year-old #saintsfc [@footmercato]

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Saint Billy

Saint Billy

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8 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

🚨| Marseille centre-back Duje Caleta-Car wants to move to the Premier League this summer; Southampton have been mentioned as a possible destination for the 24-year-old #saintsfc [@footmercato]

Many have been mentioned if NewsNow is the source, unfortunately 99.9% of it is just created bullshit. 

SuperSAINT

SuperSAINT

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1 minute ago, Saint Billy said:

Many have been mentioned if NewsNow is the source, unfortunately 99.9% of it is just created bullshit. 

 Caleta-Car is definitely on our list.  He's just one of the pricier ones.

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