SotonianWill Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 On 04/10/2022 at 17:02, AlexLaw76 said: He is not even a striker, and we wanted Delap. DELAP!!! winchester folk won't like this bit and their point of view I can see, but motorways do come in handy for southampton exiles like me... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 11 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: There’s no ‘may’ about it. January only ever represents awful value for money, unless a player is out of contract in summer. Nobody wants to sell decent players and knowing the perilous situation we’re in will only push prices up ever further. That’s why we have to be extra vigilant not to get taken to the cleaners for somebody not especially good. Whoever we sign is likely to be overpriced, without chucking extra money at a deal just to get it done quickly. Even that assumes extra money WILL get a done quickly, rather than simply pushing demands up even higher. No doubt that’s true but that’s not to say those players were necessarily decent. We missed out on some young Polish lad called Kaputska, who went to Leicester for £8m. No doubt we could have gotten him if we’d offered £11m and a massive contract but he ended up being a complete flop an vanished without a trace. It would have been a complete waste of money and we’d never have signed Hojbjerg. Plus, you can’t just say that about the players we didn’t sign. We’d have ended up paying more for every other player we did sign, to the point we’d have had to sign fewer players. We also missed out on some fella called Marc Cucurella because we wouldn’t pay more than £15m, he signed for someone else for £16m wonder what happened to him? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 42 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: Imagine if they unveiled him before the game tomorrow. What a HUGE boost to the atmosphere that would be! No time for that sort of nonsense, we've got a fucking light show to watch. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaSaint Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 46 minutes ago, Bad Wolf said: One with a stutter FFFFFF FFFFFF SSSSSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 minute ago, The Cat said: No time for that sort of nonsense, we've got a fucking light show to watch. Maybe the wristbands will spell out the name of our new signing the length of the stand. just imagine how cool that would be 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 A N D Y C A R R O L L 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 minute ago, Turkish said: Maybe the wristbands will spell out the name of our new signing the length of the stand. just imagine how cool that would be If it was a good player it would be cool yes. But what if it was someone no one wanted. Imagine them anouncing Nathan Jones this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 8 minutes ago, The Cat said: Croatian women are the transfer version of nuns on the matchday thread. Jesus. Did someone say Croatians seem to go on forever? I don't think I could even go for five minutes with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 hour ago, Lighthouse said: Eric Djemba Djemba. Or Lua Lua Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 (edited) Positionally it would seem Orsic is very similar to Edozie, comes in onto his right foot from the left side. Wonder whether Edozie could be effective from the right, or whether they would end up sharing minutes? Vital to have good sub options and Edozie is certainly one of those if he doesn't start. Also, for balance, Ed Aarons tweeted yesterday to say Wolves want Alcaraz and that he would cost around £17m, so there are likely a few PL sides in for him. Since Brexit lots of teams have beefed up scouting in South America, lots of bargains to be had as proven by Brighton. Also.... Edited 3 January, 2023 by Dusic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyRWatson Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 If it turns out to be Bednarek turning on the lights, I fear there maybe a lynching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 46 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: It wasn't about the specific player, it was the principle. Given the situation we now find ourselves, we may now have to pay more than we otherwise would have done. There are clearly instances in the past where our reluctance to spend and our tendency to quibble over small amounts has led to us losing out on players. It's likely that we will not be able to afford to have that attitude so much in this window if we want any hope of survival. I think that principle is not unique to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Curse of St Mary's Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 https://twitter.com/JackRosser_/status/1610371645113536512?t=equQLpGVFnugmlD6HAK23g&s=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldnsaint Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 4 minutes ago, Ldnsaint said: Who is Jack Rosser? Sounds like an Eastenders character 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 28 minutes ago, Turkish said: We also missed out on some fella called Marc Cucurella because we wouldn’t pay more than £15m, he signed for someone else for £16m wonder what happened to him? No idea what your point is. Some of the players we didn’t sign might have come here if we’d offered more. Okay fine, but you can’t just apply that rule to only the players we want and didn’t sign. Using that same attitude we never sign Tadic or Mané because some other club offers £2m more to ‘just get it done’ before us, meanwhile we have to spend an extra £2m on Moi and Armstrong to ‘just get it done’. If we do that, so does everyone else, Saints aren’t unique. All you’re really doing after all is said and done is inflating overall prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBizzier69 Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 minute ago, Turkish said: Who is Jack Rosser? Sounds like an Eastenders character Or Cockney rhyming slang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Given the last window, I'm really pretty uninterested in links until they've actually signed. I was burnt too much in the summer. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 minute ago, hypochondriac said: Given the last window, I'm really pretty uninterested in links until they've actually signed. I was burnt too much in the summer. Yea I’m with you on that. It’s too exhausting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: No idea what your point is. Some of the players we didn’t sign might have come here if we’d offered more. Okay fine, but you can’t just apply that rule to only the players we want and didn’t sign. Using that same attitude we never sign Tadic or Mané because some other club offers £2m more to ‘just get it done’ before us, meanwhile we have to spend an extra £2m on Moi and Armstrong to ‘just get it done’. If we do that, so does everyone else, Saints aren’t unique. All you’re really doing after all is said and done is inflating overall prices. Because you plucked a random name out of the sky of a player who was a flop and said if we’d have paid more we could have ended up with him. So I did the same with a player who we missed out on for the sake of £1m who was a huge success. I’d have thought that would have been obvious. You pay more for good players improve your team, generally these players attack a lot of interest which pushes the price up, crap players cost less and don’t have the same level of interest it’s kind of how a transfer market works. Edited 3 January, 2023 by Turkish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 3 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: Given the last window, I'm really pretty uninterested in links until they've actually signed. I was burnt too much in the summer. I have been like that for years but every now and again there is a morsel to get me excited 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 2 minutes ago, Turkish said: Because you plucked a random name out of the sky of a player who was a flop and said if we’d have paid more we could have ended up with him. So I did the same with a player who we missed out on for the sake of £1m who was a huge success. I’d have thought that would have been obvious. You pay more for good players improve your team, generally these players attack a lot of interest which pushes the price up, crap players cost less and don’t have the same level of interest it’s kind of how a transfer market works. It was an example of why this idea won’t work, because you only want to apply it in a certain way which positively affects Saints and nobody else. You want to live in a world where only Saints spend an extra £2m on getting Cucurella, Ramos and Gakpo, whilst nobody else hijacks deals for our best signings and we don’t splash out on some duds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 8 minutes ago, whelk said: I have been like that for years but every now and again there is a morsel to get me excited True but I was absolutely convinced we would sign a striker in the summer. Even when it got to the last day I was sure we would get someone. I suppose it was similar when we failed to replace Fontebut at least then we got in a loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: It was an example of why this idea won’t work, because you only want to apply it in a certain way which positively affects Saints and nobody else. You want to live in a world where only Saints spend an extra £2m on getting Cucurella, Ramos and Gakpo, whilst nobody else hijacks deals for our best signings and we don’t splash out on some duds. yet you’ve provided several examples of it only working negatively, along with you little made up bonkers scenario were for some reason we spend millions more on players we signed anyway leaving nothing left. you want to live in a world where we refuse to pay any more than we want to for good players. A world that is our current reality and it’s going bloody brilliantly. Edited 3 January, 2023 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 3 minutes ago, Turkish said: yet you’ve provided several examples of it only working negatively, along with you little made up bonkers scenario were for some reason we spend millions more on players we signed anyway leaving nothing left. you want to live in a world where we refuse to pay any more than we want to for good players. A world that is our current reality and it’s going bloody brilliantly. This is inflation in its very basics. It’s like a guy who works in McDonald’s saying he wishes he got paid £1m a year, so he could buy a Ferrari. Wonderful idea but if you do that, all the doctors, lawyers and bankers earn £5m and Ferraris cost £10m. So the world stays the same but with different numbers. However you want to present it, we’re one of the poorest teams in the league and we will, generally speaking, get the worst player as a result. There is no realistic scenario in the world whereby serious targets for Champions League clubs come to Saints. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 3 minutes ago, whelk said: I have been like that for years but every now and again there is a morsel to get me excited As you say, it happens all the time, that’s the trouble with transfer rumours, they are rumours. Sometimes they happen. Often they don’t. Remember the protracted Promes debacle? It’s all a part of the rich pagent that is part and parcel supporting a football club. If it becomes too much for the nervous system, perhaps threads that cover transfer rumours are best avoided 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: This is inflation in its very basics. It’s like a guy who works in McDonald’s saying he wishes he got paid £1m a year, so he could buy a Ferrari. Wonderful idea but if you do that, all the doctors, lawyers and bankers earn £5m and Ferraris cost £10m. So the world stays the same but with different numbers. However you want to present it, we’re one of the poorest teams in the league and we will, generally speaking, get the worst player as a result. There is no realistic scenario in the world whereby serious targets for Champions League clubs come to Saints. Another completely bonkers point 🤣 Some seem to still think £12-£15m is big money for us, we were spending that 10 years ago on the likes of Ramirez and Osvaldo. If you want to buy quality it costs money and sometimes you have to pay a bit more than you’d like it’s a very simple concept however much you want to blather on about Burger flippers buying Ferraris or something Edited 3 January, 2023 by Turkish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally_uk Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Get ready for the cheesey promo when we unveil the 2nd coming of Danny... " INGGGGGZZZZZZ can only get better " " I'm back biatches ! " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 hour ago, Dusic said: Positionally it would seem Orsic is very similar to Edozie, comes in onto his right foot from the left side. Wonder whether Edozie could be effective from the right, or whether they would end up sharing minutes? Vital to have good sub options and Edozie is certainly one of those if he doesn't start. Also, for balance, Ed Aarons tweeted yesterday to say Wolves want Alcaraz and that he would cost around £17m, so there are likely a few PL sides in for him. Since Brexit lots of teams have beefed up scouting in South America, lots of bargains to be had as proven by Brighton. Also.... Edozie isn't ready to start imo, but is great as a bench option. Orsic looks like a proper player and is exactly what we need - someone who'll improve our starting team, can create, and knows where the goal is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 i’ve heard this before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 2 minutes ago, ally_uk said: Get ready for the cheesey promo when we unveil the 2nd coming of Danny... " INGGGGGZZZZZZ can only get better " " I'm back biatches ! " “it’s great to be back at my hometown club” cliche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 minute ago, SotonianWill said: i’ve heard this before Here we go, We won't be held to ransom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Just fill the team with Croats and Serbs. Hardened, efficient, no nonsense. That'll toughen us up. On that theme, Uros Racic (Braga) for DM please 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 hour ago, Turkish said: Who is Jack Rosser? Sounds like an Eastenders character Clearly very well connected, knows his onions, top barnet in the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Katalinic's 'tache Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 4 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: i’ve heard this before There's me boys, bang on it as usual. 😂 #SemmensMasterclass 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Orsic is a class act, just the sort of player we should be signing in this window. Thus, not a fucking hope Hinge and Bracket will get this over the line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 56 minutes ago, hypochondriac said: True but I was absolutely convinced we would sign a striker in the summer. Even when it got to the last day I was sure we would get someone. I suppose it was similar when we failed to replace Fontebut at least then we got in a loan. Which sensible follower of football would’ve thought we’d start the season with number of goals in the squad that we did. Terrible work by the recruitment team, they owe the club big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 hour ago, Dusic said: Positionally it would seem Orsic is very similar to Edozie, comes in onto his right foot from the left side. Wonder whether Edozie could be effective from the right, or whether they would end up sharing minutes? Vital to have good sub options and Edozie is certainly one of those if he doesn't start. Also, for balance, Ed Aarons tweeted yesterday to say Wolves want Alcaraz and that he would cost around £17m, so there are likely a few PL sides in for him. Since Brexit lots of teams have beefed up scouting in South America, lots of bargains to be had as proven by Brighton. Also.... If you check the video at dinamo he seems to play more on the right and cut in a la robben. He can of course play on the left as he did for Croatia but I'd think we are looking for him to address the right side issue given the goals and assists he gets from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 8 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: i’ve heard this before same old story. this is absolute pennies in this league. cheapskates. what a joke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 hour ago, The Cat said: Croatian women are the transfer version of nuns on the matchday thread. Let's combine the two phenomena I say... https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253133/they-re-epic-battles-croatian-nun-discusses-relationship-between-spiritual-life-soccer 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 minute ago, DT said: same old story. this is absolute pennies in this league. cheapskates. what a joke Yeah and while we dither some other club will nip in and beat us to his signing. We are at the stage where we need to be proactive and get some deals across the line even if it means paying more than we'd like. Penny pinching will be our downfall if we aren't careful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 6 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said: Clearly very well connected, knows his onions, top barnet in the photo. he looks like a younger version of Mark Labbett off the chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 2 minutes ago, DT said: same old story. this is absolute pennies in this league. cheapskates. what a joke We'll be haggling over a million whilst Leeds or someone else bang 10m big ones on the table. But we tried, that's the main thing Semmens will tell us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Let's not follow every single random tweet and take it as gospel, that's just the route to insanity. When they're signed, they're signed. The nonsense played out on twitter before that is irrelevant to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 12 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: Oh, go on then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 We offered less than 6m euros. Just asking for someone else to come in and take him what a bunch of incompetents 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said: "In the next few days"...?! FFS... How long does it take to send another fax...? (Or are we still using pigeons?) Edited 3 January, 2023 by trousers 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Yeah no urgency lads. Next few days. Should be enough to allow every other prem team in. Nice one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted 3 January, 2023 Share Posted 3 January, 2023 Just now, SuperSAINT said: if that's true, its truly pathetic. This is exactly the sort of signing we need. If we have to pay over the odds, we simply have to just do it. we haven't got the time to dick around for the sake of saving a couple of million. Does Semmens know what relegation even means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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