Summer 2017 transfer window

That’s depressing @cobham-saint

We can’t win anything, so sell everyone to Liverpool?

Next season. Just wait till next season :lou_lol:

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OK, bear with me, as this is a bit long and I know this is probably a bit over the top (and I *may* have over-estimated a few of our players abilities), but I don’t think we are far from having a superb first eleven. The problems really occur when we start to rotate or get injuries and suspensions - and I don’t believe we are ever going to be a big enough team to keep sufficient quality players happy to sit on the bench until called upon.

For us to crack the top 4 we need a settled side with few injuries or suspension. A tough ask, but Leicester did it and I think we could have a better team than they had.

If I could pick a team I would like to watch then it would probably consist of:

GoalKeeper: Shotstopper who also commands his area HAVEN’T A CLUE (McCarthy possibly - jury still out on him, but not Forster)
Left back who can tackle and also be a winger CEDRIC
Right back who can tackle and also be a winger BERTRAND

Centre half who wins everything in the air but has great positional sense and comfortable with the ball at his feet VAN DYK
Centre half who picks up everything the other guy misses YOSHIDA

Midfield destroyer (who doesn’t get booked every game) ROMEO
Midfield goalscorer SIGURDSSON?
Midfield Playmaker WARD-PROWSE (at a push) or TADIC or BOUFAL (potential)

Forward Speed Machine who can also cross the ball and score goals REDMOND

Forward who defends from the front but scores lots of goals GABBIADINI

Forward who is a “fox in the box” and knows the offside rule HAVEN’T A CLUE (but AUSTIN at a push until we can find and afford better)

Of course Gabbiadini fits both of the latter roles, so what I am saying is we just really need 3 players:

A Goalkeeper (if McCarthy isnt up to it)

A goalscoring midfielder

A forward who can score goals and take some weight off Gabbiadini’s shoulders up front

That still leaves a bench consisting of

McCarthy (if replaced)
Hassen
McQueen
Pied (might as well give him a chance)
Stephens
Davis
Clasie
Hoijberg

2 from JWP, Tadic, Boufal
Gallagher
Long

With a few fringe players for which it is a “make or break” season (but will get on the bench if injuries and suspensions and if they haven’t gone out on loan):
Targett
McCarthy
Hesketh
Seager
Sims

That leaves a few to get shot of:

Get rid of

Forster
Rodriguez
Gardos
Caceres
Martina
Isgrove
Taylor
Gazzaniga
a handful of U18’s

Can’t see any money coming from any of those, bar Forster and Rodriguez

Further down the chain there’s a fewU23/U18’s to watch
Barnes (if he can overcome his injury problems, otherwise get rid)
Flannigan (if he can overcome his injury problems, otherwise get rid)
Olomola
Wood
Jones
Valery
Slattery
O’Connor
Vokins
Freeman
O’DRiscoll
Klarer
Johnson
Smallbone

Of course…this isn’t allowing for any of the players we would like to keep wanting to move on and throwing a spanner in the works…

(and cudos to any of you who actually bothered to read all the way to the end…lol)

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I agree. He doesn’t fit the profile. Mainly because he has already played in the Premier League and because I have actually heard of him.

I believe we could do with someone LIKE him though. With long rangers in his locker.

Davis cannot shoot for shit, Tadic doesn’t appear to want to try, Redmond is an 18 yard boy at best and JWP can only hit them when it ain’t moving. Even then he has only ever scored the one free kick for us. Bizarre given the hype of his deal balls.

Boufal seems to be our best hope in this regard but he is too busy farting around and running in circles to shoot from distance.

It looks to be an interesting summer ahead. There are quite a few players in my opinion (Gardos, Martina [a certainty as he is out of contract], Rodriguez [as much as it pains me to give up on him but Puel isn’t getting the best out of him] who we should look to move on but once added to the inevitable two or three that you don’t want to lose, it will look like another fire sale. At least that is how the media will spin it.

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Considered piece on why we won’t sell VVD to Scousehampton

Voted down as touch screen and big fingers B x3 nothing else

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And so it begins…

https://www.clubcall.com/southampton/bertrand-on-liverpool-radar-1850472.html

I’m sure these rumours arising (again) ahead of our game with Liverpool are purely coincidental…

:smirk:

I am starting to think Liverpool have one scout and his name is pap.

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This is good. I now expect a £35m offer for Forster on the first day of the transfer window.

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And Tadic swapped for Coutinho.

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ppffftt You dicks are aiming low. I am holding out until we swap Darren Farley with Baz.

Tadic and Forster swap for Mane and a £10 million Everton gift voucher

Mane?

Do we want him back?

It’s like taking back a girlfriend or boy friend* who previously dumped you in the most painful and humiliating way, knowing that they’ll do it all again for 10 shots of jagermeister** and a packet of fags

*We Sotonians are nothing if not tolerant about such things if that’s the way you roll.

**Or a sniff of shandy bass

Another story on the same theme:

Sadly I’m inclined to believe it. As a Saints fan it would be foolhardy not to.

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Sell/Release
Mouez Hassen, Paolo Gazzaniga, Cuco Martina, Martin Caceres, Florin Gardos, Jordy Clasie, Lloyd Isgrove, Jay Rodriguez

Sell if the price is right
Virgil Van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Dusan Tadic, Shane Long

Loan Out
Harry Reed, Harry Lewis, Jake Hesketh, Josh Sims, Olufela Olomola, one of Matty Targett/Sam McQueen if Bertrand stays

Fire directly into the Sun
Stuart Taylor

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haha what’s Taylor done to deserve that? And will he be on the 2nd stage of the rocket taking Puel to the moon?

If you were Tadic’s agent, you’d be the world’s shittest agent. You’ve already said you’d flog him for a quid. 10p for @goatboy and Tadic would have a minimum release clause of a fiver (or SaintsWeb annual subscription)

I found this quite amusing. Imagine if Liverpool sent their bid for Virgil to Sotonians. I’d hope that pap wouldn’t pass it on, but imagine the Scouse in him wouldn’t be able to resist the chance for some commission.

Shut up @fatso .

Your opinions are wrong.

Now I’m not one to take any notice of speculation and rumours, I prefer to wait until news of potential transfers has been confirmed and whatnot. Unless of course that news makes a loathed rival club look like a bunch of shitbird cunts, callously trying to rip out a vital organ before the heart has stopped beating, and offering their spare change for the wounded party’s trouble.

Everton try to get player on the cheap with snide and paltry offer.

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