Summer 2022 Transfer Window

[SNSUN]

Good luck to Villa…

[Umlaut]

2 minutes ago, DT said:

Twat

Jan Bednarek on his move to Aston Villa: "It’s really important for me to move to a bigger club and to improve as a player, and Villa is the best place for me to do that." #saintsfc

Love it. Makes it more fun, no? 

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, hypochondriac said:

I never liked him. 

Unbelievable 

[sfc4prem]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Twat

Jan Bednarek on his move to Aston Villa: "It’s really important for me to move to a bigger club and to improve as a player, and Villa is the best place for me to do that." #saintsfc

You can't really disagree that Aston Villa are bigger than us, surely? He definitely needs to improve as a player, too. Only thing I have doubts about is his last comment 'best place for me to do that', as in reality that's surely in the Polish second division?

[Saint NL]

People are refreshing like crazy, 502 errors all over the place and posts being submitted multiple times 😂

 

Imagine what'll happen if we actually sign a last second striker

[Master Bates]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

10 mins left, a new striker is looking unlikely....

-3 minś left

[Saints foreva]

1 minute ago, DT said:

Twat

Jan Bednarek on his move to Aston Villa: "It’s really important for me to move to a bigger club and to improve as a player, and Villa is the best place for me to do that." #saintsfc

Likely to be back at Saints come July 2023. Awkward. 

[saintant]

1 minute ago, Saint NL said:

10 mins left, a new striker is looking unlikely....

To be fair nobody knows what deals may have been done late and not announced yet. Unlikely but it could still happen.

[Sidney Fudpucker the 3rd]

2 minutes ago, DT said:

Twat

Jan Bednarek on his move to Aston Villa: "It’s really important for me to move to a bigger club and to improve as a player, and Villa is the best place for me to do that." #saintsfc

Ask Danny Ings how that worked out for him. What a knobhead!

[Wade Garrett]

It’s very important that Bednarek improves.

He’s shit.

[Le Timmier]

4 minutes ago, Cascadia Saint said:

Yum. Who the shitting crikey is that?!

[Crab Lungs]

1 minute ago, EBS1980 said:

A little passing shot from Bednarek…

 

They are bigger, but no need for that comment…

… therefore, I’m going to be equally bitter. He’s utterly useless anyway. Clown defender.

[SNSUN]

Welcome Duje

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, DT said:

Twat

Jan Bednarek on his move to Aston Villa: "It’s really important for me to move to a bigger club and to improve as a player, and Villa is the best place for me to do that." #saintsfc

It's comments like that which make you wonder if he was the 'leak'. He's been a consistent cog in one of the worst defences the PL has ever seen, so he should have a look in the mirror before hitting parting shots.

A truly dire defender.

[Chez]

4 minutes ago, Klaus Schwab said:

Is there a more annoying pundit than Clinton Morrison? 

no.

However, if you want someone to simply repeat what the more eloquent commentator just said, he's your man.

[Chez]

2 minutes ago, Crab Lungs said:

They are bigger, but no need for that comment…

… therefore, I’m going to be equally bitter. He’s utterly useless anyway. Clown defender.

he certainly needs to improve. 

Shit on the villa. Shit on the villa tonight...

[CB Fry]

That is not a "parting shot" from Bednarek. They are quotes aimed a Villa fans, not us.

Villa is a bigger club than we are as well anyway, so it's just a fact.

Honestly, get over yourselves.

[davefizzy14]

Welcome onboard Caleta-Car - very exciting arrival

[Saint NL]

Sounds like Rodgers is about to be fired, he's pretty much criticized the owners for not backing him. Wouldn't be surprised to see him gone tomorrow.

[Saint Matty 76]

9 minutes ago, DT said:

Twat

Jan Bednarek on his move to Aston Villa: "It’s really important for me to move to a bigger club and to improve as a player, and Villa is the best place for me to do that." #saintsfc

Incredible comment by a dogshit player.

Can't believe the amount of people in here who've fought his corner the past few months. Immediately improved upon by an £8m 20 year old.

[Bad Wolf]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

That is not a "parting shot" from Bednarek. They are quotes aimed a Villa fans, not us.

Villa is a bigger club than we are as well anyway, so it's just a fact.

Honestly, get over yourselves.

This. He's hardly going to say "I could take them or leave them really." Is he?

[The Kraken]

Just now, Saint NL said:

Sounds like Rodgers is about to be fired, he's pretty much criticized the owners for not backing him. Wouldn't be surprised to see him gone tomorrow.

Wouldn’t be surprised, other comments from him suggest that he’s lost the dressing room, lots of infighting and players wanting to get away.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

That is not a "parting shot" from Bednarek. They are quotes aimed a Villa fans, not us.

Villa is a bigger club than we are as well anyway, so it's just a fact.

Honestly, get over yourselves.

Yeah they are a bigger club, but when what is essentially still a club employee comes out with that comment, he should expect a bit of shit 

[Saints foreva]

Very pleased with the signings we've made this window. Can't quite shift the nag about us not signing another forward but it seems like we put all our eggs in one basket there. Not many games until the January Window opens so quick turnaround, hopefully we stay injury free up top and Che can hit one of his scoring runs. 

[Baird of the land]

Really happy seeing bednarek go. Extra so after those comments. Just a shame that it is a loan and we’re likely going to have to do it again after he slinks back.

[Saint Matty 76]

3 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

That is not a "parting shot" from Bednarek. They are quotes aimed a Villa fans, not us.

Villa is a bigger club than we are as well anyway, so it's just a fact.

Honestly, get over yourselves.

Don't be silly. That's a terrible comment to make regarding your parent club when you've gone out on loan to a club who will never take up the option.

Appease their fans or not, don't be a prick.

[Appy]

Excellent window, would’ve wanted another forward player but glad we didn’t just splash the cash on just anyone when Gakpo didn’t happen, wait for the right one. 

[Bad Wolf]

2 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Sounds like Rodgers is about to be fired, he's pretty much criticized the owners for not backing him. Wouldn't be surprised to see him gone tomorrow.

You'd think he'd know better since Parker was sacked for that.

Unless he's trying to get himself canned? Gets to avoid a relegation battle and also gets a pay off

[hypochondriac]

Sounds like we are done then according to the Athletic. Quite hard to rate the transfer window as a whole without looking at the three areas of the team. 

 

Defensively we have had an amazing window. We've pretty much sorted the defense and strengthened in every area. I'd be tempted to give it a 10 but certainly a 9.

 

In midfield we have made some decent signings and have made a real upgrade with Lavia. Shame we couldn't offload a few more of the deadwood but superb that we kept jwp for another year. I'd give us an 8.5-9

Attacking wise we've bought in Mara who looks promising and Aribo who looks quite good but maybe a bit inconsistent. Overall we are weaker in this position and I can't be the only one who is very disappointed that we couldn't get anyone else over the line. We probably won't get relegated but we won't do as well as we could have done with that extra signing which imo is a missed opportunity. I think I'd give us a 6.5 or 7 in this area and I think there will be games like united where we rue not getting someone in. I expect the mood would have been very different had we not had such a good start to the season. 

Overall probably 7.5-8 which is still really good but then it probably needed to be given where we were at the end of the season. I wonder if we tried for anyone else after Gakpo fell through. 

 

 

Edited 1 September, 2022 by hypochondriac

[Sfcphilc]

Blackmore says we're done.

[St. Neil]

We tried to get Max Aarons and or Matheuzinho in as well.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I half expected a last gasp Broja bid, with Chelsea bringing in a forward.

I'm quite fond of a lot of the outgoing players, but the new owners have certainly pushed on with a refresh. Not all kids either,but older players with untapped potential too.

I wonder if the Redmond deal will go through.

[S-Clarke]

3 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

That is not a "parting shot" from Bednarek. They are quotes aimed a Villa fans, not us.

Villa is a bigger club than we are as well anyway, so it's just a fact.

Honestly, get over yourselves.

I don't think people are denying that Villa are a bigger club, they are. But he needs to employ a bit of common sense with his comments given that he's still contracted to us, this is only a loan at the end of the day.

But given his defending over the last so many (too many) years, he doesn't seem to have any common sense so probably no surprise.

[LGTL]

A striker short of a 10/10 window. 

[Daft Kerplunk]

8.5/10 window if we don’t sign a striker/centre forward/false 9/10 killer combo player, and because we didn’t shift Redmond and Walcott. 9.5 if we still get the above miracle player. 
 

Some very exciting signings for a club like us, although they will no doubt have their ups and downs due to their young age, and that they’ve largely gone unnoticed by the national media, who’ll continue to be shocked because they can’t see very far beyond the more media popular teams and thus have a limited understanding of football. 
 

Better coaching and support for Ralph seems to be in place. We should be able to avoid relegation. 

[Chez]

6 minutes ago, Saint NL said:

Sounds like Rodgers is about to be fired, he's pretty much criticized the owners for not backing him. Wouldn't be surprised to see him gone tomorrow.

he'll get another job soon enough. Everyone, including himself, thinks he's gods gift to management.

Edited 1 September, 2022 by Chez

[Dragon_man]

No new striker is a real dissapointment. Only had 3 months FFS. If AA, Che or Marra get injured were screwed. Event if they say fit, we have limited options for rotation. It's a lot on those three shoulders, especially as AA doesn't really know where the net is, Che will only get 6-8 goals realistically and Marra is somewhat of an unknown at this level.

Have to hope these two city boys who've never played at the top level will turn out to be OK. Caleta-car looks good swap for Bednarek.

 

[CB Fry]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

I don't think people are denying that Villa are a bigger club, they are. But he needs to employ a bit of common sense with his comments given that he's still contracted to us, this is only a loan at the end of the day.

But given his defending over the last so many (too many) years, he doesn't seem to have any common sense so probably no surprise.

Just to confirm, you can all say how shit he is over and over again but wah wah wah wah he's said on the Villa website that he pleased to sign for Villa how dare he.

As I said, get over yourselves.

[Fitzhugh Fella]

Signed a lot of promising players but not signing a decent forward might well come back to haunt us. Adams and Armstrong are  good players but 38 games?

[Wade Garrett]

Fucking good window.

[SNSUN]

That’ll be that then. A very good window, one of our best ever and extremely needed just to keep up. 
 

A GK, 2 CB’s, a LB, 2 CMs, 2 AMs and a striker (and Lis!) Also some deadwood shifted out. Probably we needed an extra striker or AM and a shame the Gakpo deal failed but it has to be an 8/10 window for me.

 

As someone said earlier, only 13 games and then the window opens again so it’s nice to know we’ll have money to spend then if needed.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Just to confirm, you can all say how shit he is over and over again but wah wah wah wah he's said on the Villa website that he pleased to sign for Villa how dare he.

As I said, get over yourselves.

I think you are missing the point

[Baird of the land]

Very tough to gauge the window until we see what level the 2 city kids are at. Maitland niles at least seems a decent Romeu replacement. Need to really hope Che stays fit.

[maysie]

1 minute ago, CB Fry said:

Just to confirm, you can all say how shit he is over and over again but wah wah wah wah he's said on the Villa website that he pleased to sign for Villa how dare he.

As I said, get over yourselves.

Think you’re on your own here, lacks a bit of class in my book.

[saintwbu]

Bednarek’s comments showing a level of stupidity completely reflective of a defender with virtually zero footballing intelligence whatsoever. Wish we’d just have cancelled his contract instead of loaning him, awful player, awful attitude.

[saintant]

Great window overall. Striker would have been the icing on the cake but I guess we'll see how it goes and then maybe if necessary do some business in the next window which is not far off. Seems there is money to spend for the right player and I understand us not rushing things after the Gakpo deal went south.

[woodsaint1]

We have improved at GK

We have improved at CB

We have improved at DM

While we havent improved at CF we have added exciting young players across the front line.

We have also managed to ship out a number of players who arent good enough.

9/10 window for me. Had we also moved Redmond and Walcott on, while also bringing in a CF then it would have been a 10/10 window. Fair dues to Sport Republic, they've meant business and it is refreshing to see

[Dellman]

Just now, Fitzhugh Fella said:

Signed a lot of promising players but not signing a decent forward might well come back to haunt us. Adams and Armstrong are  good players but 38 games?

This guy is never happy, I'm really sorry for him

[Sfcphilc]

Just now, CB Fry said:

Just to confirm, you can all say how shit he is over and over again but wah wah wah wah he's said on the Villa website that he pleased to sign for Villa how dare he.

As I said, get over yourselves.

What's your problem? 

Many of us thought he was abit of a twat before, that comment just sealed it. 

Glad he's moved onto a "bigger club", as he's been a liability for too long now.

[Wade Garrett]

Just now, Fitzhugh Fella said:

Signed a lot of promising players but not signing a decent forward might well come back to haunt us. Adams and Armstrong are  good players but 38 games?

Mara looks good, and will be better once he gets used to the speed and physicality of the English game.