Ronnie Edwards

[BERMUDASAINT]

He could prob do a job a holding mid if needed as he was a midfilelder most of his career, very comfortable and technical with the ball, defensive skill honed as a cb. Whats not to like about him, very pleased about this young man's potential.

Edited July 4 by BERMUDASAINT

[Turkish]

4 hours ago, Chez said:

It's bloody great signing new players. You get that tinge of excitement that you may have signed the next Saints legend, but obviously with slight trepidation that the player won't cut it.

I'm not sure he is super quick, but if we play with three centre backs that will prevent him being exposed. Really hope we have found a gem here.

all i think about is how much we can sell them for in 2 years time.

[Dusic]

Interesting bit of chat about the Edwards transfer on Darragh MacAntony's latest pod (Pboro Chairman).

He said he knew Russell Martin liked Edwards and there was some interest last summer but we were sorting out our finances so nothing was progressed.

He nearly went elsewhere in Jan also but DMac stopped it and said he would let him go this summer. Aside from Saints they had 4 or 5 offers from the Champ and one from L1 (assume Birmingham) but once Saints were in RE only wanted that move and refused to talk to any other clubs. Strongly implied no other PL clubs made offers.

DMac a big fan of RM and signed him as a 20yo and thinks that he will develop RE into a player who will move to a top6 clubs for £50m+. Part of his approach is to sell players to teams that will likely sell again so he can make cash through the add ons, and he said there are significant opportunites to earn from the RE deal asde from the initial fee.

He said PL teams have been put off RE by his height, saying he is a couple of inches too short but that he is actually decent in the air and thats proven by the various stats.

As an aside he mentioned that RM passed a message onto him that he appreciated DMac's praise on the podcast last autumn where he said that despite a rocky start he was convinced RM would get Saints promoted...and he had been proven right. Football is an insular world and relationships are key (very much seems to be a strength of RM).

DMac also said he was a bit suprised not to have dealt with Rasmus on this deal at all (guess it was via Parsons and Mowbray) - sounded like maybe they had some hard negotiations when Toney moved from Posh to Brentford.

Anyway, nothing overly interesting but DMac a big fan of RE and RM and obviously financially hopes Saints and RE do well this season.

 

 

Edited July 30 by Dusic

[Suhari]

10 minutes ago, Dusic said:

Interesting bit of chat about the Edwards transfer on Darragh MacAntony's latest pod (Pboro Chairman).

He said he knew Russell Martin liked Edwards and there was some interest last summer but we were sorting out our finances so nothing was progressed.

He nearly went elsewhere in Jan also but DMac stopped it and said he would let him go this summer. Aside from Saints they had 4 or 5 offers from the Champ and one from L1 (assume Birmingham) but once Saints were in RE only wanted that move and refused to talk to any other clubs. Strongly implied no other PL clubs made offers.

DMac a big fan of RM and signed him as a 20yo and thinks that he will develop RE into a player who will move to a top6 clubs for £50m+. Part of his approach is to sell players to teams that will likely sell again so he can make cash through the add ons, and he said there are significant opportunites to earn from the RE deal asde from the initial fee.

He said PL teams have been put off RE by his height, saying he is a couple of inches too short but that he is actually decent in the air and thats proven by the various stats.

As an aside he mentioned that RM passed a message onto him that he appreciated DMac's praise on the podcast last autumn where he said that despite a rocky start he was convinced RM would get Saints promoted...and he had been proven right. Football is an insular world and relationships are key (very much seems to be a strength of RM).

DMac also said he was a bit suprised not to have dealt with Rasmus on this deal at all (guess it was via Parsons and Mowbray) - sounded like maybe they had some hard negotiations when Toney moved from Posh to Brentford.

Anyway, nothing overly interesting but DMac a big fan of RE and RM and obviously financially hopes Saints and RE do well this season.

 

 

That's interesting.

Thanks for taking the time to post it.

[manji]

1 hour ago, Suhari said:

That's interesting.

Thanks for taking the time to post it.

Very good article. Re the Rasmus comment.  Rasmus isn’t involved with player selection . His job is securing other clubs in the Sports Republics roster. Parsons and Mowbray are about player selection and don’t forget a very big part of RMs new contract was officially making him part of the selection process. Actually a massive change and for the better.

That was the reason when Jason Wilcox fucked off to Manchester United we didn’t replace him. 
Some of our selections have been strange like Lallana but so far they all make sense. Remember RMs dismissive comments about Che Adams recently he was clearly aware Che was going and really didn’t appear to be bothered.

Think it’s fascinating RM recent media appearances he’s seemed more relaxed and more opinionated. Some of his comments to the players during the recent friendlys were hilarious " FFS Sule pass it " 😂

 

 

 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

On 30/07/2024 at 12:54, manji said:

Think it’s fascinating RM recent media appearances he’s seemed more relaxed and more opinionated. Some of his comments to the players during the recent friendlys were hilarious " FFS Sule pass it " 😂

Yes, the thing about those friendlies is you can pick up some of the coaching staff's comments on TV. Half expecting the standard "Apologies to anyone who has been offended by the language...."

And I thought Ronnie Edwards played well in that last friendly. Certainly didn't hear the coaching staff whingeing at him...