Summer Transfer Window 2023

[LegalEagle]

13 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Why have you posted a no-eyed stag?

It’s not. Barry Venison is coming out of retirement.

[Chez]

47 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Couple of U21’s are out on trial, I believe.

Is Simeu classified as an u21? He's 21, so wasn't sure.

[Maggie May]

39 minutes ago, Master Bates said:

 

Bald Faced Stag was a great little pub.

[Lee On Solent Saint]

18 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Why have you posted a no-eyed stag?

No eye dear

[Badger]

17 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

I saw this before other posts and worried that, despite how much we've got in fees, that a target was ...

Too dear. 🙂

Are we moving back nearer The Antelope Ground ?

[Farmer Saint]

I get posting with pictures is fun, but whatever you do, DO NOT do it when talking about this Downes kid. 

[Miltonaggro]

24 minutes ago, Maggie May said:

Bald Faced Stag was a great little pub.

A hub no less 🍻😊

[Jeremy Corbyn]

53 minutes ago, Chez said:

I think he has been well liked by the fans at clubs due to good social media, but not sure he has been hugely impressive. 

Small had a woeful loan at Port Vale (not getting in the match day squad) and then a difficult loan in Scotland, getting sent off a couple of times.  Still only 19, so could still come good, but needs to start making progress.

Think it was discussed previously but there is a change Small was a very good 17 year old rather than a 17 year old with high potential, which are very different things. The fact that, ironically, he's a big lad will have given him a short term advantage.

[Convict Colony]

I get Martin's point about Armstong and Che and how many goals theyve scored so far but as a saints fan I can't help but expect that this is some sort of highpoint and as soon as the transfer window is shut they will be utter shit again.

[woodsaint1]

3 hours ago, Golac's Cunning Stunts said:

 

Devastated......

We havent had much success with the Belgian league anyways. Tall Paul and Djenepo proof of that

[Polaroid Saint]

Can we keep it on topic?

These dear puns are roe-ful.

[FarehamSaintJames]

Never seen so many people on social media get excited in their pants over a Genk player they’d probably never heard of 48 hours ago. 😂

[Master Bates]

1 hour ago, sfc4prem said:

Why have you posted a no-eyed stag?

 

1 hour ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

No eye dear

I have no idea either, it should have been a no eyed deer.

Edited 16 August, 2023 by Master Bates

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

 

Buck? Bruce Buck, so something to do with Chelsea...

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

 

Buck? Bruce Buck, so something to do with Chelsea...

[AlexLaw76]

are we signing any of these players who are waiting for us, or anyone at all? 

We are light at CB and CM

[Saint Garrett]

7 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

are we signing any of these players who are waiting for us, or anyone at all? 

We are light at CB and CM

Chill. 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, Master Bates said:

 

A stag - we are signing someone from Mansfield, interesting… 

[VectisSaint]

1 hour ago, Chez said:

Is Simeu classified as an u21? He's 21, so wasn't sure.

He was u21 in Junuary, which I think is the "cut-off". Contract is up next summer, so perhaps we are looking to move him on. Hasn't appeared an any squads so far, 1st or u21, maybe he is injured.

[Turkish]

5 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

Chill. 

Chill, we are signing someone from Chile? we need a striker with championship experience, a Chilean?

We are signing Ben Brearton-Diaz? 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

24 minutes ago, Polaroid Saint said:

Can we keep it on topic?

These dear puns are roe-ful.

If a player is reluctant to come here, I'm happy we move onto other targets. Our big outlay last January was pretty much a disaster. So, it's not all about the doe.

[Chez]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

A stag - we are signing someone from Mansfield, interesting… 

no, it's probably someone from Kashima Antlers

[Yorkshire Saint]

1 hour ago, Maggie May said:

Bald Faced Stag was a great little pub.

The Stag between Salisbury and Downton. Probably the shitest beer in the world. 

[Toussaint]

I’ve heard we are signing Rodri

[Roo1976]

3 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

No eye dear

he was playing hide and seek.........1...2....3....4....

[ElTrinidad]

I wonder if we'll see anything of these two this season.

Simeu was captian of the chelsea youth squad that produced Tino, always suprised me how differently their respective careers have panned out since joining.

[The Juice]

4 hours ago, Master Bates said:

 

We are signing someone from Kashima Antlers?

That's my guess... am I in the circle of (Lizz) Truss now? 

[The Juice]

20 minutes ago, ElTrinidad said:

I wonder if we'll see anything of these two this season.

Simeu was captian of the chelsea youth squad that produced Tino, always suprised me how differently their respective careers have panned out since joining.

From my (albeit limited) experience, the slight issue with Thierry Small is that he is really not a very good player and this, in turn, has created a significant barrier to his doing overly well as a football player. 

[Crouchie's Lawyer]

https://twitter.com/FutSheriff/status/1691933746826457538?s=20

[kristian]

54 minutes ago, ElTrinidad said:

I wonder if we'll see anything of these two this season.

Simeu was captian of the chelsea youth squad that produced Tino, always suprised me how differently their respective careers have panned out since joining.

Simeu was never that highly rated and was never bought by us to become a senior figure but rather plug a gap in our academy for a season at CB. Whereas Tino was always one of the standouts from u16 up to u21 at Chelsea and was expected to go onto become a PL player/international.

[Wade Garrett]

1 hour ago, Toussaint said:

I’ve heard we are signing Rodri

Rodri Trotter?

[kristian]

34 minutes ago, The Juice said:

From my (albeit limited) experience, the slight issue with Thierry Small is that he is really not a very good player and this, in turn, has created a significant barrier to his doing overly well as a football player. 

Small is incredibly gifted athletically and physically for his age (only turned 19 this month compared to someone like Simeu who is 22 this season), he's also pretty good technically when it comes to taking players on and finishing. His attitude and positional sense are lacking hugely which is why I don't understand why he's not permanently converted to an Adama Traore-type winger.

[skintsaint]

Have to laugh..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66528976

Bit of a comedown.

[Convict Colony]

5 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Have to laugh..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66528976

Bit of a comedown.

I await the mental gymnastics to be performed to turn this into a "smart buy" "world class" and my favourite "bundesliga gem"

[SNSUN]

All clubs thank Sheffield United for signing Tom Davies.

[SWLondonSaint]

10 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Never seen so many people on social media get excited in their pants over a Genk player they’d probably never heard of 48 hours ago. 😂

In fairness that is quite a niche category to measure

[Toussaint]

8 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

Rodri Trotter?

Funny you should say that, I didn’t even realise you could buy professional footballers at a market stall, cracking deal though!

[Wade Garrett]

14 minutes ago, Toussaint said:

Funny you should say that, I didn’t even realise you could buy professional footballers at a market stall, cracking deal though!

and Trevor Francis tracksuits.

[DT]

9 hours ago, skintsaint said:

Have to laugh..

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66528976

Bit of a comedown.

Wataru? More like Whoareu?

[Mr Brightside]

[Give it to Ron]

🚨 Tottenham are looking for a suitable destination to send full-back Djed Spence on loan, & Southampton are interested #saintsfc @FootballLeagueW

[AlexLaw76]

Just now, Give it to Ron said:

🚨 Tottenham are looking for a suitable destination to send full-back Djed Spence on loan, & Southampton are interested #saintsfc @FootballLeagueW

now that would be a great signing

[coalman]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

now that would be a great signing

Indeed but only if there was a sane buy clause at the end. Knowing Levy we'd get screwed one way or the other.

[CamSaint]

4 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

now that would be a great signing

I thought that I had read somewhere that although he is a very good player, he has major 'attitude' problems?

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

14 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

🚨 Tottenham are looking for a suitable destination to send full-back Djed Spence on loan, & Southampton are interested #saintsfc @FootballLeagueW

Likely he will go somewhere like Palarse. Very good player

[skintsaint]

No point getting Spence unless we are offloading some more right sided players.

Edited 17 August, 2023 by skintsaint

[hypochondriac]

5 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

No point getting Spence unless we are offloading some more right sided players.

I expect that's because we will. KWP going surely. 

[The Kraken]

4 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

No point getting Spence unless we are offloading some more right sided players.

I reckon there’s a chance KWP is headed for the exit door so it would leave Bree as the only natural RB.

[Chez]

10 hours ago, kristian said:

Simeu was never that highly rated and was never bought by us to become a senior figure but rather plug a gap in our academy for a season at CB. Whereas Tino was always one of the standouts from u16 up to u21 at Chelsea and was expected to go onto become a PL player/international.

Transfemarkt suggests there was a €1.75m fee. If that is correct, it seems a considerable amount to fork out to `plug a gap' in the u21s. Not sure why you would offer a three year contract either unless you had serious hopes of him progressing into our first team. 

[coalman]

23 minutes ago, Chez said:

Transfemarkt suggests there was a €1.75m fee. If that is correct, it seems a considerable amount to fork out to `plug a gap' in the u21s. Not sure why you would offer a three year contract either unless you had serious hopes of him progressing into our first team. 

Wasn't he Tinos buddy at Chelsea?