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18 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Oh yes, that's certainly annoying. I mean, if there were cash on the line then fair enough. I regularly bet against Saints to cushion the fall if we lose and it does work but I certainly couldn't extend that to a fantasy football league.

So making money on a bet against your team is ok, but getting fantasy football points against them is wrong? Each to their own. 

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1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Hopefully not. Not many things wind me up more than losing a game and some prat saying "well at least i've got (insert name of opposition goalscorer) in my fantasy team"

I hope Broja joins another Premier League team soon, he won't get much game time at Chelsea and I have him in my fantasy team. 👲

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Dusic

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Fofana signed a new contract fairly recently and is extremely highly rated.

I think Leicester would want mega money (£70m+)to sell him, even with Colwill in exchange.

Can't see it myself this late on, but maybe Leicester would see itbas a way to spend without investing anything perhaps - think they are the only PL side not to have signed anyone so far.

Re Colwill, surely we have to sell a defender or even two to create a space for him (probably Bednarek, Lyanco or Stephens) as already have six senior CBs given the emergence of Valery as a CB in a 3 and there are currently no strong links at all.

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david in sweden

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18 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

How many 16 or 17 years olds have Chelsea used in the 1st team in recent years? There is a big difference from the level to be in our first team vs Chelsea's.

It's also true that  almost ANYONE looks good playing in a good side.  Teenagers getting a bit of game time with a big club don't become game-changers.

I recall Luke Shaw looked great with Saints, but he got lots of support playing alongside Fonte & Co.  After moving to MU he was out of his depth when left

" on his own "  to DAJF them at LB.    It took time for him to develop and with all the MU managerial changes MU,  he's lucky to still be at Old Trafford.

There are a host of youngsters at Chelsea who get minutes in Prem. and Cup games but they are hardly upto taking a major role in " an average Prem. side ".

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5 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

Rico Lewis.

Signed a new 5 year contract for City, attacking right back who would be a loan option only.

Was City’s under 18 player of the year and is highly rated.

5 days ago played against Bayern Munich and had everyone purring after a mazy run beating 3 players and hitting the post.

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11 hours ago, SNSUN said:

I hope Broja joins another Premier League team soon, he won't get much game time at Chelsea and I have him in my fantasy team. 👲

I thought Winks and Broja would and so had them in my draft team, cheap if they do get moves

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2 hours ago, pimpin4rizeal said:

It’s all gone a bit quiet lately, is this what we are starting the season with now do u think ?

was hoping for a decent striker along the lines of delap,broja or even Dembélé or Kalajdzic but all very quiet 

maybe we have got to the pojnt in the window where we are going for players that are part of a chain or that other Prem teams actually want to buy, so selling clubs will wait for a `too good to be true' bid.

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I noticed Leicester have turned down a bid for Maddison from Newcastle, sounds like there is a deal to do there though.

They remind me of us a few years ago, couple of shitty transfer windows and they're having to sell their best assets to create the wage/finance wiggle room to add new targets.

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13 hours ago, egg said:

So making money on a bet against your team is ok, but getting fantasy football points against them is wrong? Each to their own. 

Well yeah, I mean if you value fantasy football points above actual legal currency then obviously fill your boots. But have you ever tried to pay your mortgage with fantasy football points? Think Leicester fans were able to offer their pride as part of their latest bill settlement when they won the league?

Obviously I want Saints to do well but if I can feel less upset when they don't by profiting, of course I'll go for it.

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1 hour ago, S-Clarke said:

I noticed Leicester have turned down a bid for Maddison from Newcastle, sounds like there is a deal to do there though.

They remind me of us a few years ago, couple of shitty transfer windows and they're having to sell their best assets to create the wage/finance wiggle room to add new targets.

I was reading the Foxes forum, it doesn't look like they're short of cash, the owner is still rich but they have to abide by FFP. The chaff they've bought in the last few windows (mainly from us!) Is costing them.

 

Hopefully Chelsea sign Fofana then they can come for Bednarek. 😁

47 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Just seen a tweet from a German barber with 147 followers that we have agreed a fee with Chelsea, must be something in this

German barber... the shop name Herr Hair writes itself.

 

2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

How do we cover his £270,000 per week wages?

He is supposedly willing to take a half pay cut so I read somewhere. Still out of our budget but not far. Not that I believe for a second he's a target, just reiterating what I saw.

 

12 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Loan or permanent? Another one from city 🤣

I'd take any full back right now, but a loan over a permanent makes sense for a right back... however if we brought a left back (doubtful) I'd rather it was permanent. (I'm aware that Colwill can play left back comfortably should that ever happen.)

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10 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

No Liam Delap in the Man City  line up today. Cannot make the bench for the Charity Shield? Either injured or….

Maybe he isn't very good?

Not saying that's the case but he's played two professional games in his life and scored 0 goals.

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5 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Maybe he isn't very good?

Not saying that's the case but he's played two professional games in his life and scored 0 goals.

Four. Played 1 fa cup game (zero goals) and one League cup game (1 goal against Bournemouth).

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18 minutes ago, gio1saints said:

No Liam Delap in the Man City  line up today. Cannot make the bench for the Charity Shield? Either injured or….

... or on his way to Burnley

7 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said:

Maybe he isn't very good?

Not saying that's the case but he's played two professional games in his life and scored 0 goals.

Good enough for them to turn down our offer (however it was structured)

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5 hours ago, SNSUN said:

I was reading the Foxes forum, it doesn't look like they're short of cash, the owner is still rich but they have to abide by FFP. The chaff they've bought in the last few windows (mainly from us!) Is costing them.

Leicester are £270m in debt and with King Power suffering during Covid, perhaps belts need to be tightened all round.

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15 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Why would it indicate that? Livramento is supposed to be out until after the World Cup, Saints need another fullback to cover until then.

It was a question, not a statement. "No" is a valid answer.

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Dusic

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18 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

Alan “£10m” Nixon strikes again.

In all seriousness, I hope we aren’t thinking of selling, for me he’s the best striker we have at the moment (not great competition).

The fee is a nonsense, but no sign of a new contract and there is definitely something RH isnt sure about as he fell out of favour end of last season and hasnt figured in pre season very much alongside the seemingly preferred XI.

Would be stupid to sell to a relegation rival, but wouldn't suprise me all that much if he did go somewhere.

Surely we can't spend £60m+ without any major sales?

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44 minutes ago, Dusic said:

The fee is a nonsense, but no sign of a new contract and there is definitely something RH isnt sure about as he fell out of favour end of last season and hasnt figured in pre season very much alongside the seemingly preferred XI.

Would be stupid to sell to a relegation rival, but wouldn't suprise me all that much if he did go somewhere.

Surely we can't spend £60m+ without any major sales?

TBF I'm sure Leeds would like to do business for 10 million. 

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16 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

In what way have we squeezed Adams down the pecking order. Since last season we have lost Broja and Long. As things stand I would say he is #1 striker.

And yet he didn't even get onto the pitch yesterday in our final pre-season match, when we were chasing the game.....

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19 minutes ago, CamSaint said:

And yet he didn't even get onto the pitch yesterday in our final pre-season match, when we were chasing the game.....

Yeah but there's chasing, and then there's chasing. How much would we really be chasing a pre season friendly ? Especially if he sees Che starting next week. Tbh, I think the whole article, for many reasons, is nonsense.

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2 minutes ago, Hawkswood said:

Yeah but there's chasing, and then there's chasing. How much would we really be chasing a pre season friendly ? Especially if he sees Che starting next week. Tbh, I think the whole article, for many reasons, is nonsense.

So he rested Che during much of the pre season so that he’ll be fit for the spurs game? Yeah that makes sense.

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19 minutes ago, CamSaint said:

And yet he didn't even get onto the pitch yesterday in our final pre-season match, when we were chasing the game.....

That's more of an issue with Ralph than it is with Che id suggest. Its been clear since Ings left Che is the most important striker we have, his movement, ability to hold the ball up and the layoffs and through balls is what brings other players into play and makes us a better team. He was criminally underused last season for no sensible reason that i can see. Just one of the many reasons why Ralph shouldn't be at our club anymore. All the clamour to give him a transfer window where he can set his mark on the team without restrictions, well the season starts next week and where are we.

Dont get me wrong i like the transfer business we have done, it looks like great forward planning  and we have got some impressive youngsters come in and we can be rightly excited about them but how many are cast iron starters right now, id suggest not one. Aribo will get a lot of game time but will probably be rotated. ABK likely to be the same. We have fundamentally failed to change the squad in a way that fixes the glaring problems that the team has for the start of the season.

 

FFS he looks like going to try and play Djenepo at left wing back again, seriously what is wrong with this man.  

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1 hour ago, Appy said:

Has Alan Nixon ever been right about a rumour for us?

 

He makes Alex Crook look like David Ornstein sometimes

Ironically, Ings / Che / Arma he was consistent about.

The Che fee is nonsense, but Che / Leeds rumour has been around every single window (doesn’t mean it’s, true but he’s def been on their list before). 

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6 minutes ago, kelkel31 said:

That's more of an issue with Ralph than it is with Che id suggest. Its been clear since Ings left Che is the most important striker we have, his movement, ability to hold the ball up and the layoffs and through balls is what brings other players into play and makes us a better team. He was criminally underused last season for no sensible reason that i can see. Just one of the many reasons why Ralph shouldn't be at our club anymore. All the clamour to give him a transfer window where he can set his mark on the team without restrictions, well the season starts next week and where are we.

Dont get me wrong i like the transfer business we have done, it looks like great forward planning  and we have got some impressive youngsters come in and we can be rightly excited about them but how many are cast iron starters right now, id suggest not one. Aribo will get a lot of game time but will probably be rotated. ABK likely to be the same. We have fundamentally failed to change the squad in a way that fixes the glaring problems that the team has for the start of the season.

 

FFS he looks like going to try and play Djenepo at left wing back again, seriously what is wrong with this man.  

Improved our GK (Bazunu), CB (ABK) attacking midfielder (Aribo) and potentially striker in Mara but too soon to tell yet. How have we not tried to fix the glaring problems? We just lost to the champions league semi finalists last season ffs. Wasn’t a bad performance and the Monaco 2nd half showed there’s plenty to look forward to. Were you expecting us to dick them 5-0? As for djenepo, have you watched any pre season as he actually looks quite good there as an attacking option, just needs to work on his finishing

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