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hypochondriac

hypochondriac

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  On 21/08/2024 at 13:49, egg said:

Ha!! I sacked off the Ramsdale rumour the minute it started - he was never coming here. 

Not sure about this Biljow lad though. As good as he seems,  that injury record is a concern. 

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I think we coukd probably get away with McCarthy playing the odd game and it not completely feck up our survival chances. Hopefully the injuries were just freakish occurances. 

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SNSUN

SNSUN

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  On 21/08/2024 at 13:49, Saint Scott said:

She certainly likes her fruit 🍑 

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She's so thin, her necklace has slipped down.

And pockets on bikinis? What will they think of next!

(Does this officially make it more posts about Bijlow's missus than about Bijlow himself? 😁)

trousers

trousers

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  On 21/08/2024 at 13:51, hypochondriac said:

I think we coukd probably get away with McCarthy playing the odd game and it not completely feck up our survival chances. Hopefully the injuries were just freakish occurances. 

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I'm sure our crack* medical team are on the case.... ;) 

*interchangeable word

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Chewy

Chewy

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  On 21/08/2024 at 13:23, Patches O Houlihan said:

She appears to be a keen supporter of the Oranje 

 

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If she’s young, hungry and guaranteed to improve I look forward to seeing what she’s like with a couple more years development 

 

She might actually have made me forget about us not having replaced Danny Ings for 4 years.

manji

manji

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  On 21/08/2024 at 13:29, Charlie Wayman said:

If Saints keep going like this in the transfer market none of us will recognise the team that takes the field at our second home game. It will be Saints alright but not as we know them!

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Coming together very nicely

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gio1saints

gio1saints

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  On 21/08/2024 at 14:15, trousers said:

An actual centre-forward too.... blimey... :)

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He will cost north of €25M.
We quite literally have just released a young French striker with potential but the insanity virus still lurks that says we must get another young French 5ft 9” short striker in return and quickly - and even more expensive. Like we did not learn anything the first time.
 

For the same-ish money but more wages we could be getting Arsenals Eddie Nktieh (sp) - you know someone who is young gifted and has actually played and scored in the EPL….speaks English knows the game the football tricks of the epl  OR a whole raft of strikers in that €25-€30m category that have goals and medals and experience - not just potential. 
Buying potential for this CF role ( and the keeper) was for last year. This year we needs saves and we need goals- immediately. Not in six or twelve months. I doubt we will get a CF but this Dutch GK guy seems to fit the immediately starts bill. 

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egg

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  On 21/08/2024 at 14:29, gio1saints said:

He will cost north of €25M.
We quite literally have just released a young French striker with potential but the insanity virus still lurks that says we must get another young French 5ft 9” short striker in return and quickly - and even more expensive. Like we did not learn anything the first time.
 

For the same-ish money but more wages we could be getting Arsenals Eddie Nktieh (sp) - you know someone who is young gifted and has actually played and scored in the EPL….speaks English knows the game thee we football the tricks of the epl  OR a whole raft of strikers in that €25-€30m category that have goals and medals and experience - not just potential. 
Buting potential for this role ( and the keeper) was for last year. This year we needs saves and we need goals- immediately. Not in six months when they acclimatised to English football. 

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Err, you have realised that not all French strikers are the same? Henry was french. He was half decent. 

This lad may be a gem. 

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trousers

trousers

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  On 21/08/2024 at 14:29, gio1saints said:

We quite literally have just released a young French striker with potential but the insanity virus still lurks that says we must get another young French 5ft 9” short striker in return and quickly - and even more expensive. Like we did not learn anything the first time.

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Fair point, although this new fella appears to be a tad more prolific than Mara, looking at his goalscoring stats...

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gio1saints

gio1saints

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  On 21/08/2024 at 14:32, egg said:

Err, you have realised that not all French strikers are the same? Henry was french. He was half decent. 

This lad may be a gem. 

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Non!
 All young French strikers that we buy are no good. MF are fine. 😂.

Once bitten twice shy.

I dont like the Frenchmuch anyway  - ever since a Parisian waiter was haughty with me at a Paris boulevard cafe when I asked for butter with my croissant and he tried to explain to me that the croissant already had butter in it, which I knew , but he obviously considered me an ignorant English whatever back in 1985 so anyway I digress the less of them in the squad the better. This is my unbiased option of course. 😂. I don’t mind pommes frites. Nor a decent white ( or red) Burgundy. But I draw the line at their footballers. ❤️

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SNSUN

SNSUN

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  On 21/08/2024 at 14:54, sfc4prem said:

I mean, Sudocrem? Couldn't you have changed that, if you were going to change it to his missus anyway?!?!? 

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I could change it to Marmite, it'd still be me doing the slathering.

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gio1saints

gio1saints

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  On 21/08/2024 at 14:49, Patches O Houlihan said:

Not a fan of Morgan Schneiderlin then?

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Nah he was a good player. But wasn’t  a centre forward. It’s them centre forwards I’m not in favour of. I’m just being joking around being hyperbolically zenophobic for the sake of it. 

For the record: I do not care what country what colour what religion what sexuality what politics even what hair style or range of tats or taste in food and music * our players have as long as they give 100% for Saints on the pitch. 
 

NB. Some tastes in music can be right dodgy though and it does make you wonder. 😂

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Turkish

Turkish

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my sources tell me the fee for our new Dutch keeper will be c£10m. We aint paying that and he aint coming here to be back up to Baz. If he's better than shit he'll be number one long term.

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OldNick

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  On 21/08/2024 at 15:11, Turkish said:

my sources tell me the fee for our new Dutch keeper will be c£10m. We aint paying that and he aint coming here to be back up to Baz. If he's better than shit he'll be number one long term.

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Shush LLSS

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CSA96

CSA96

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  On 21/08/2024 at 15:32, Rebel said:

I think the problem with Eddie Nketiah is his wages - he's supposedly on £120K a week at Arsenal.   

 

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Same reason they have been struggling to shift Reiss Nelson by all accounts

Saint Scott

Saint Scott

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  On 21/08/2024 at 15:11, Turkish said:

my sources tell me the fee for our new Dutch keeper will be c£10m. We aint paying that and he aint coming here to be back up to Baz. If he's better than shit he'll be number one long term.

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You must both have the same sauce 

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Pat from Poole

Pat from Poole

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  On 21/08/2024 at 15:11, Turkish said:

my sources tell me the fee for our new Dutch keeper will be c£10m. We aint paying that and he aint coming here to be back up to Baz. If he's better than shit he'll be number one long term.

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"If he's better than shit...."

😃😃😃

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John B

John B

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  On 21/08/2024 at 15:36, Lee On Solent Saint said:

If these guys want to play football, they are going to have to drop their demands. The clubs that are interested in them are never going to be able to match those wages. 

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Football is their job they are not playing football as a hobby so why move

CSA96

CSA96

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:12, John B said:

Football is their job they are not playing football as a hobby so why move

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Yup. There's no real reason to walk out on their salary, the club agreed to it after all. So they either get loaned out and get to play and their parent club offset the salary for a season or receive a contribution to reduce the outlay, or they get sold and the selling club has to help subsidise for a while

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Bad Wolf

Bad Wolf

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:12, John B said:

Football is their job they are not playing football as a hobby so why move

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He said IF they want to tbf.

I'm fully supportive of players who want to do nothing and just take the money for the contract they signed. I'm also supportive of those who want to play football for less money. 

Whether money or playing time is their priority then good luck to them either way. But they can't have it both ways.

Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:12, John B said:

Football is their job they are not playing football as a hobby so why move

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I get that, and I realise its a short career, but surely these guys want to play every week? You train every week, then it comes to Saturday, at best a sub or at worst watching from the stands. Maybe my viewpoint is too simplistic. 

egg

egg

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  On 21/08/2024 at 15:36, Lee On Solent Saint said:

If these guys want to play football, they are going to have to drop their demands. The clubs that are interested in them are never going to be able to match those wages. 

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Nah, they'll get a loan with a wage split between their club and the other club. Absolutely no point clinging on to a player you don't want/need and paying all his wages. 

egg

egg

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:45, Lee On Solent Saint said:

I get that, and I realise its a short career, but surely these guys want to play every week? You train every week, then it comes to Saturday, at best a sub or at worst watching from the stands. Maybe my viewpoint is too simplistic. 

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Retire with healthy knees and ten mil invested, or with knackered knees and 3 mil in the bank? Over simplified yes, but playing becomes insignificant if you can retire uber wealthy and healthy. 

John B

John B

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:19, Bad Wolf said:

He said IF they want to tbf.

I'm fully supportive of players who want to do nothing and just take the money for the contract they signed. I'm also supportive of those who want to play football for less money. 

Whether money or playing time is their priority then good luck to them either way. But they can't have it both ways.

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What do think of Chelsea buying up the better players and not playing them

Apparently Chelsea have a squad of forty or so players most on high wages including Sterling who would do a great job for us but not on £120000 a week

whelk

whelk

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:48, egg said:

Retire with healthy knees and ten mil invested, or with knackered knees and 3 mil in the bank? Over simplified yes, but playing becomes insignificant if you can retire uber wealthy and healthy. 

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When they are not playing though they all get addicted to gambling and blow it all. Not to mention the lost appearance and win bonuses

Billy the Kidd

Billy the Kidd

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:49, John B said:

What do think of Chelsea buying up the better players and not playing them

Apparently Chelsea have a squad of forty or so players most on high wages including Sterling who would do a great job for us but not on £120000 a week

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Sterling is on over £350k pw I thought

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Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:48, egg said:

Retire with healthy knees and ten mil invested, or with knackered knees and 3 mil in the bank? Over simplified yes, but playing becomes insignificant if you can retire uber wealthy and healthy. 

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I guess we see football through different eyes as fans. 

egg

egg

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:54, Midfield_General said:

Yep, contracted until 2027. That contract alone will earn him over £90m. 

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Yep. Not a snowballs chance in hell that he'd rip that up to go play somewhere for significantly less money. Scandalous contract, but lovely if it's put in front of you to sign. 

Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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  On 21/08/2024 at 16:56, Lee On Solent Saint said:

I guess we see football through different eyes as fans. 

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Same reason why Ivan Toney wants to go and trot round in front of 1,000 people in a pub league in Saudi for the next four years. He'll earn £100m doing it and retire at 35 able to set himself and his family up for generations to come, if he doesn't piss it all away on Betfair. 

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Midfield_General

Midfield_General

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  On 21/08/2024 at 17:02, lumuah said:

 

How much did Gareth Bale get from Real Madrid for playing golf every weekend?

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Originally a six year deal on £300k a week. Which they then extended. You can't blame him for staying put when they decided they'd changed their minds. Doesn't work like that lads! 

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Badger

Badger

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  On 21/08/2024 at 09:33, SaintJackoInHurworth said:

So, where are Saints up to in terms of signing a keeper? We seem to have been linked with at least four candidates in the past couple of weeks and several others before that:e

 

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  On 21/08/2024 at 10:07, Saint NL said:

I mean the headlines write themselves when he makes a mistake...

 

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With news of the link to the Feryenoord GK I'm half expecting The Sun to run with a headline of 'Russell Martin seeks a Bijlow Job' , labelled 'exclusive' , and reference to his relationship status etc.

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revolution saint

revolution saint

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  On 21/08/2024 at 13:48, hypochondriac said:

Not the most reliable source in the world but absolutely brilliant news if we are still being linked with a striker. 

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Short(ish), powerful runner type of striker.  Good that we're still being linked to forward options but he seems quite similar to Archer and would be nice to have an alternative that gives us something different.  I guess we've got BBD to be a bit more physical and hold the ball up but he seems more comfortable on the left.

This fella has apparently turned down Leeds and Forest  when both in the premier league so not sure he'd be that interested in coming here either.

Cheers for the link though.

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