Southampton Banter Archive July 11 2014

 

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11 Jul 2014 21:02:42
What do the rest of you guys think about Osvaldo being re-intergrated into the squad? With Pelle seemingly in bound maybe a fellow italian speaker will help him settle and maybe, just maybe create a lethal strike force. I expect/pray Ramirez will step up this season he has shown some moments of brilliance. Also an Italian speaker I assume after his time in Italy. If these 3 could gel.

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I think that Osvaldo and Pelle could work. However, Osvaldo has already shown his contempt for the club through his attitude to returning to training on time. RK's attitude is clearly get back to training and talk to us because we are not playing your games. If RK can get Osvaldo to eat humble pie and show some respect for the club and his team mates, then a partnership with Pelle has a chance, I'm sure it would certainly be entertaining on many fronts! I'm not holding my breath though!

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Osvaldo will leave. On loan or perm he isn't welcome back. There will be no intergration with first team.

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11 Jul 2014 19:35:50
Bony has a £19m release clause. ACTIVATE IT!

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Judging by the betting odds I think Liverpool will

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12 Jul 2014 09:12:28
Haven't Liverhampton already approached the player or his reps?

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{Ed001's Note - I think the deal is he moves to Southampton for a year, if successful then he moves to Liverpool afterwards.....}

Ed. would we play him knowing he was probably only here for a season? If he was successful could we then offer to buy him out of his Liverpool contract? Confused.

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{Ed001's Note - good questions, I am sure that Mr Reed is already discussing that as we speak!}

Nice one Ed001. and we'll charge them double the price lol

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For 25mil LOL

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12 Jul 2014 13:36:19
Does this mean if Liverpool buy Bony he comes to us for a year? If so would we play him if we knew he was going and could we buy him out of his Liverpool contract if he was successful. Confused.

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Oh dear!?!

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Hahaha, I like Ed001, good sense of humour!

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11 Jul 2014 18:29:30
With the signing of Tadic its a clear indicator we're going to be playing with wingers next season. One who i'd love to see at st mary's is Ivan Perisic, the croat winger. Thought he was one of their better players in the WC, still relatively young (25 y/o) and the only story I've seen about him is on the daily mail linking him with everton (probably just journo rubbish off the back of a good WC). In the article they mention a price of around 8 million. We could do a lot worse than that!

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Is Tadic really a winger? I haven't seen much of him, but in his Youtube highlights, he seems to be more of an attacking midfielder, playing through the center a lot.

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He can play on the left wing and in the hole behind the striker, he is lethal

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11 Jul 2014 17:00:25
I know we've all toiled at the possibility of what our line-up will be at the start of the season but now Liverpool have sold Suarez they're likely going to be buying more players. Who says they're going to gel as well as Koeman will make our players, particularly if we keep Schneiderlin? I've always believed the core of our team has been strongest because of our depth in midfield and the variation that Schneiderlin, Cork, Wanyama and Davis bring to the game. They're midfield may look a lot different than last seasons which certainly springs hope for an upset in my eyes.

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11 Jul 2014 16:23:46
Brilliant press conference from Koeman so honest and inspiring to have him as are manager.

So I wonder what story will come out again tomorrow to ruin the reassurances after 12 hours.

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11 Jul 2014 16:44:09
Im going to sit and wait for the doom and gloom merchants to join in.

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11 Jul 2014 16:23:21
Koeman has stated Lovren has to come back on Sunday. However does not know what punishment Dejan will face if failing to return to the club.

Source - Press Conference.

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The punishment talk was regarding Osvaldo for having not come back to training. He said nothing on potential sanctions vs Lovren and probably is not expecting to have to impose any.

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11 Jul 2014 14:01:45
Would be interested on peoples opinions. If we get Pelle, there's a strong chance we would only get one further striker. Would people prefer Wickham or Ings if it came to a choice between the two

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Ings if it were a straight choice, although to be honest I would rather see us splash the cash on Lukaku (very unlikely to spend huge amounts on one player though as we have a lot we need to bring in it seems).

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11 Jul 2014 16:45:00
Agreed but it would almost be a putting our eggs in one basket. cough osvaldo cough

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11 Jul 2014 16:56:50
always rated wickham and would love to see him at st marys. under the right guidence he could become everything andy carrol was meant to be

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I'd like to see us be more ambitious than these two - Bony?

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11 Jul 2014 11:12:39
I'd like to propose an official apology to Ed 002 from all the Saints fans posting on this site. It's safe to say that since his departure from our page the level of information and debate has suffered considerably. That said Ed001 has kept things moving along swimmingly.
I believe that this page was probably the victim of fishy trolls who haven't helped however that does not excuse the behaviour of some who badgered (Stevo) and downright insulted Ed002.
If anyone would like to add their apology or agreement to this please comment below.
I sincerely hope that Ed002 gets to read this and furthermore and some point in the future would consider returning.

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{Ed001's Note - I spoke to him about it, but he doesn't think it is worth the hassle. He does thank you for the apology though and appreciates the gesture.}

Agreed sadly minority knobheads normally spoil it for the masses, thanks ed001 and thanks ed002 for all the info u posted in the past

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We'll there you have it!
Can we move on now? Edd001 works for me! ;)

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{Ed001's Note - if I work for you then we need to have a little chat about unpaid salary......}

11 Jul 2014 13:47:38
Are we one of the few teams that doesn't have a regular ed to help us with info? Surely the morons on here can't be worse than the others?
Such a shame that we have lost our regular source of decent info because of morons.

Sometimss I truly despair

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{Ed001's Note - they were for a while the worst, but then it was a big shock to have so many players going.}

11 Jul 2014 13:59:56
Thats no excuse for a poor attitude to an ed or anyone else.

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I'm definitely with Chris on this one, this site has definitely suffered since Ed002's departure but also a great deal of thanks are due to Ed001 for his work keeping this site going and from descending into anarchy. (Although Ed your payment was promised under the previous administration of this site and the new owners have realised it was non-contractual, hence the unpaid salary).

I am sorry for what has happened to the Eds on this site and the abuse they have gotten. I would hope we can get all Eds back happy to post on this page again in the future, but it's very understandable why they don't see it as a good idea for the time being.

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Im sorry ed002 I know I was abit of a knob with the whole steve bruce rumour, I even got banned :s so once again really sorry ed002!

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It's natural for people to dislike being informed of things they don't want to hear. That's no excuse though. Some of us deal with it better than others and by that I mean some of people aren't complete persons

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A shame. But a good post. I think a number of people have stopped passing info due to one or two "people "

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11 Jul 2014 12:03:42
Cash + Lucas Leiva for Lovren? Leiva a replacement for Schneiderlin

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No Thanks not a good deal IMO
Morgan will be a hard player to replace, we should focus on keeping him not replacing him

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I too hope we keep Morgan, however, I suspect we won't. Lucas Leiva is therefore definitely an option in my opinion.

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Give Morgan a long over due pay rise make him captain and show him he's the main man! And we are still pushing for Europer league then he may stay!
He the one that should have got all the awards! Not lala!

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11 Jul 2014 11:26:35
Saints are reportedly having a look at Jack Rodwell as a potential replacement for Morgan Schneiderlin (if he leaves). I would be surprised if this is true, as i'd imagine he'd be on quite a high salary - I would fully expect Saints to sign a young, upcoming, unheard-of-prospect instead if that was the case.

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We would have to break are wage structure to get him here and that would upset a lot of are younger players not worth it we've still got big vic and jack! Buy a young up and coming player!

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11 Jul 2014 10:23:25
Lot of talk about us getting new central defenders and agreed we do need a couple (if Lovren goes).
I think Chambers could do a great job though as part of a back three. (still need the other blanks filled)
Clyne out right and Tadic out left.
Cork/Wanyama/Davis/JWP/Ramirez (pick your three for the middle)
Who knows what two yet up front though.

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I still think we need at least 6 more quality signings across the squad, more if more of our team go to Liverhampton. Our squad was thin on the ground when we had injuries last season and we need decent cover across the breadth of the team IMO
Definitely 2 x CD, winger, GK and 2 x decent proven forwards, possibly more.
We have a good youth set up, however, I feel some are not yet ready for the move to the first-team, what are others views?

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Agreed, on paper our first 11 always looks good but we were found out when our key players were injured.
JWP and Chambers will have big seasons I hope.
Can't see anyone ready from the youth set up yet with the exception of Targett and he will have to be drip fed into games initially.

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11 Jul 2014 06:39:41
There is talk of recognising the contribution by possibly naming a stand after Marcus Liebherr. why not just re name St Mary's to Liebherr or The Liebherr?

Its not like we are loosing The Dell. St Marys doesn't mean that much to most of us, The Dell was more special. Marcus was Special, he and his family have not just saved us from obscurity, they have taken us way further than that.

Just think it would be fitting. Pete Wesley

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Der Liebherr Haus.

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11 Jul 2014 05:44:57
According to an ITK poster on a popular forum we are activeley pursuing 6 tplayers. My six would be any of the following

GK Forster/Marshall/Ruddy

CB Van Dijk / Caulker / jonathan Tah

LB Armero / Kolo / Blind

CM Claise

Fwds Pelle / Ings / Wickham / Redmond

If true who would yours be?

Eds can you please add this post as forgot Cb's on first one. thanks.

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11 Jul 2014 08:22:13
why is it taking so long to get players in
time is getting on now only a few days to pre season games and need to start gelling as a team
forestsaint

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11 Jul 2014 13:49:31
I think I read van dijk is being hunted by Man U which would potentially mean nope.

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