Saint Garrett Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Gaston Ramirez Alderweireld Osvaldo Mighy just have been the time, but genuine international known quality when they signed. All relative but THB last season too, exactly what we needed. Still looking for that bit of class we haven’t had since the days of Tadic/Mane/Pelle. We’d never be able to afford players like that these days. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 It’s a strange one on paper but I think the first signing that genuinely excited me was Rory Delap for £4million. We’d unearthed a few gems in the 90s, notably Beattie, Pahars, and Richards, for relatively small beer but seeing us break our transfer record in the summer we were moving to St Mary’s seemed like the club was ready to establish itself as a side serious Premier League side, rather than perennial strugglers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulwantsapint81 Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Obviously SRL as it proved St Markus meant business Was exited by Charlie Austin & really excited after his cameo at Old Trafford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Excited by the signing of Mane, and the early Saints career moment he drew a penalty against Arsenal hinted at what was to come. Might sound strange but the loan and subsequent permanent deal for KWP was exciting too. Found it satisfying that sourpuss Mourinho in particular and even Poch missed a trick in underrating and offloading the lad - to our great benefit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Loekkegaard Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 1 hour ago, austsaint said: Excited by the signing of Mane, and the early Saints career moment he drew a penalty against Arsenal hinted at what was to come. Might sound strange but the loan and subsequent permanent deal for KWP was exciting too. Found it satisfying that sourpuss Mourinho in particular and even Poch missed a trick in underrating and offloading the lad - to our great benefit. ❤️ I watched that match away at Arsenal with my sons - and when Mane won that penalty with such energy and speed, I said to my sons (17, 15 and 13 years old) : "WOW; this is our new big star", and he was! 👆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKsaint Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Mark Hughes I must say, such a big name at that moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Pelle and Tadic cos I knew the combination would be awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint in Paradise Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 9 hours ago, Roo1976 said: Ted Mcdougall and Phil Boyer.....................................we scored loads with both of them. Add Dave Watson to those two. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 1 hour ago, Convict Colony said: Pelle and Tadic cos I knew the combination would be awesome Think it was Tadic' first Saints game v Everton? He and Clyne combined on the right flank for a sublime goal. Respect for Koeman straight away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 1 hour ago, Convict Colony said: Pelle and Tadic cos I knew the combination would be awesome This - sometimes it's not about signing one player but signing two that can complement each other. That's why I'm hoping if we bring in a striker and an AM that they click. Tadic and Pelle - hoovering up the best talent from Holland - it was a good strategy although we also got Clasie and Martina so... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Matt Le Tissier 💪🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Gaston Ramirez! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabrone Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Another one for Osvaldo, genuinely thought he could have become a legend at the club. He had the class but the head wasn't there unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 3 hours ago, HKsaint said: Mark Hughes I must say, such a big name at that moment. Yeah I got very excited when Hughes joined. Then for some reason we seemed determined to play him in midfield, and he just fouled people all the time. Apart from the phantom ‘goal’ against Leeds that hit the boards and came out, I can’t really remember a single thing he did. Kanchelskis was another one. A massive name where I remember thinking ‘wow’ but we got him too late and he had too many injuries to ever really make an impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Billy Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Very rarely get excited about transfers now due to our restricted budget. The ultimate was Kevin Keegan. I suppose Gaston Ramirez got a little bit of juice flowing as he was a Uruguayan international with lots of hype about him but he was another amongst many that failed to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolution saint Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 So this thread is LAST player to be excited about? Or simply an excuse to list the best player you were excited about? I'm not sure I'd carry on supporting Saints if the last signing I was genuinely excited about was decades ago. Anyway, BBD for me at the moment and I'm hoping the next one, whoever it is, is even better. I particularly like the foreign links to players I've never heard of and never seen play. In the absence of prior knowledge you can build them up into unknown gems that will set the world on fire. Course it hardly ever works out like that but it's a harmless pleasure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr X Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said: Gaston Ramirez! Another that never achieved his potential, style over substance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 1 hour ago, revolution saint said: So this thread is LAST player to be excited about? Or simply an excuse to list the best player you were excited about? I'm not sure I'd carry on supporting Saints if the last signing I was genuinely excited about was decades ago. Anyway, BBD for me at the moment and I'm hoping the next one, whoever it is, is even better. I particularly like the foreign links to players I've never heard of and never seen play. In the absence of prior knowledge you can build them up into unknown gems that will set the world on fire. Course it hardly ever works out like that but it's a harmless pleasure. Yeah I was originally thinking about who the last one was, but it’s interesting to hear either way. Says a lot that quite a few haven’t been excited by a signing since Keegan 44 years ago - I suppose if you’ve witnessed Saints sign the twice European player of the year, literally anyone else is a bit of a comedown! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Flynn Downes - getting that one over the line was crucial, IMO. If we somehow manage to snare O'Riley or Ramsdale, then they go up there, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Dani Osvaldo, great player but crazier that a blue haired person on Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 (edited) KWP …in the modern era Edited August 14 by Charlie Wayman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pengi Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Ronald Koeman. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 Steve De Ridder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 In 2016 I was convinced we’d found two genuine future stars in Hojbjerg and Boufal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Saint Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 David Speedie... alongside Kerry Dixon. That went well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugenhagen Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Ross Stewart The beautiful thing is that the excitement never seems to go away, I have just as high hopes for him today as the day he signed 😄 Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Fastenbüttl Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 On 13/08/2024 at 15:10, Colinjb said: The most recent that had me genuinely excited. Not long ago. Ben Brereton-Diaz. Came here to say exactly this. Prior to that, I think Downes was a fairly exciting signing. I think the sting of Ramirez and Osvaldo has taken the sheen off 'big name' foreign striker signings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 6 hours ago, bugenhagen said: Ross Stewart The beautiful thing is that the excitement never seems to go away, I have just as high hopes for him today as the day he signed 😄 Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Emphasis there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugenhagen Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 33 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said: Emphasis there. Indeed - that was the part that made me smile when I googled for something clever like "never gonna let me down" 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 🚨 Southampton are in advanced talks to sign Lesley Ugochukwu (20) on loan from Chelsea, with no buy option #saintsfc @David_Ornstein he is 6ft 3 and we now have Flyn cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dellyears Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 15 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said: 🚨 Southampton are in advanced talks to sign Lesley Ugochukwu (20) on loan from Chelsea, with no buy option #saintsfc @David_Ornstein he is 6ft 3 and we now have Flyn cover! Excitement about a signing? What I remember is shock sadness and anger when we someone took one of ours..it was losing Charlie Wayman to PNE in 1950 or 51 . I was 15 and that did for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 7 minutes ago, Dellyears said: Excitement about a signing? What I remember is shock sadness and anger when we someone took one of ours..it was losing Charlie Wayman to PNE in 1950 or 51 . I was 15 and that did for me. I have still not gotten over selling Brian O’Neill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Lambert. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_H_Saints Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Ryan Bertrand as he was the first player that I didn't need to Google or research to see if he was any good. Everyone else at that time were players that nobody knew of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Martín Cáceres. He looked decent in his 1 appearance 😅 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) On 14/08/2024 at 05:49, HKsaint said: Mark Hughes I must say, such a big name at that moment. On 14/08/2024 at 09:27, Midfield_General said: Yeah I got very excited when Hughes joined. Then for some reason we seemed determined to play him in midfield, and he just fouled people all the time. Apart from the phantom ‘goal’ against Leeds that hit the boards and came out, I can’t really remember a single thing he did. Hughes was clearly past it when we signed him, it was predictable how it turned out. Far from excited about the signing. For me it was a signing that firstly, I hoped was just paper talk, then hoped we wouldn’t agree terms or he’d fail a medical. Couldn’t stand him from his time before joining us, a bit like Speedie. And always thought it was doomed to fail, big ego, big salary. Little in return. The memories I have of him are his typical niggling style needlessly getting booked on his debut, and a good goal from distance at home to Newcastle. Edited August 16 by Badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Nothing will eclipse or come close to the Keegan signing. Lambert was a good signing at the time, but can’t really compare. Before Keegan, the signing of Peter Osgood seemed incredible and not one we’d thought we’d see. Saints spending over £200,000 was a major event. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlehouseBrawlers Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, Badger said: Nothing will eclipse or come close to the Keegan signing. Lambert was a good signing at the time, but can’t really compare. Before Keegan, the signing of Peter Osgood seemed incredible and not one we’d thought we’d see. Saints spending over £200,000 was a major event. I remember Ossie's home debut midweek against Leicester and someone must have cut up a bed sheet into loads of homemade scarves, penned 'Osgood' on them and handed them out around the Milton. They were being held aloft under the Toomers to 'Ossie' being sung to Amazing Grace. Between Ossie and Keegan we signed some exciting internationals and big club players. Jim McCalliog from Man United (if only really best remembered for the quarter final at Bradford and that pass at Wembley), Ted MacDougall (and the Boyer partnership), Bally, Chris Nicholl, Charlie George (big name but...) and Dave Watson. Just after Keegan, Shilton and Mick Mills. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, Badger said: Nothing will eclipse or come close to the Keegan signing. Lambert was a good signing at the time, but can’t really compare. Before Keegan, the signing of Peter Osgood seemed incredible and not one we’d thought we’d see. Saints spending over £200,000 was a major event. I hope I live through us making a signing of that level, one day. Can't imagine how exciting that would have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 2 hours ago, Badger said: Hughes was clearly past it when we signed him, it was predictable how it turned out. Far from excited about the signing. For me it was a signing that firstly, I hoped was just paper talk, then hoped we wouldn’t agree terms or he’d fail a medical. Couldn’t stand him from his time before joining us, a bit like Speedie. And always thought it was doomed to fail, big ego, big salary. Little in return. The memories I have of him are his typical niggling style needlessly getting booked on his debut, and a good goal from distance at home to Newcastle. Jones had been dreaming of signing him through all his years coaching. By the time he became our manager, Hughes was well on his way down. Ineffective up front for us, shoehorned into midfield. I remember more fouls than successful tackles. The reasoning was that he could use his experience to read the game from midfield. But it wasn't in his skill set. He was a striker. Jones kept playing him, as he was such a name. Looking back, there's the experience of a big club, successful player helping a fairly new manager at that level. Someone with a certain attitude, and looking to coach, that the others could learn from. As I type this, these are all reasons we brought in Lallana 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Kevin Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristian Loekkegaard Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 The Keegan signing from Hamburg, Keegan being at his absolute top, is still to this day qne of the wildest signings in football. For those of us old enough to remember nothing compares. I was really thrilled with the 600.000 pounds signing of David Armstrong from Middlesbrough in the early 80s. Really good business and one of Saints several cult players of the 80s. What a brilliant left legged attacking player. Loved his (lack of) hair. R.I.P. David. Re-signing Mick Channon from M. City was also a great signing. Talking about the last decade only, I loved our last-day-of-the-window-signings of Davis, VVD and Sadio Mane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserableoldgit Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 6 hours ago, S-Clarke said: I hope I live through us making a signing of that level, one day. Can't imagine how exciting that would have been. It was absolute dreamland stuff. I still can't believe it all these years later!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) On 13/08/2024 at 15:27, hypochondriac said: I was very excited by ramirez. Lawro said there was no way he was signing for Southampton. It was the first signing that showed we meant business. and typically Chairman Nicola Cortese got stitched up by his Foreign contacts. A 12 million fee(?) ... on a five year deal at 65k /week. and financed on high interest borrowed money Almost as bad as the Osvaldo deal ..similar fee and terms ..and out the door after a training ground punch-up with Jose Fonte. Jose Fonte on the other hand was a real success. Cost little over 1 million and partnered 7 different CB's over an 8 year period. Edited August 16 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dank Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 Cameron Archer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dank Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Lesley Ugochukwu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Depends on the definition really. Just on excitement/anticipation regardless of knowledge, it was Orsic. Turned out well. In terms of knowing for certain we'd made an epic signing who would be incredible for us, it was Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Behind Enemy Lines Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Aaron Ramsdale!!!!! Welcome aboard!!!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stud mark of doom Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 Keegan 2 Lambo 3 the best of the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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