22 Dec 2014 13:11:06
Its fair to say that we need to strengthen the squad in January but only with players that Roko wants.
Obviously Spiders situation may determine what we do but I am confident, that unless Arsenal offer £35 - 40 it would not be good business to sell him. It can be reviewed again in The Summer of 15.
Generating attacking options from midfield is No 1 priority and secondly someone who can provide an option for Tadic. What we must not do is sign anyone who could be disruptive.
Yousida makes Team of The Week on BBC website so well done him.
As regards REED better to do exactly as RK has done to date. I suggest we will revert to our pre slump team for Christmas period, minus the skipper. I also suggest that J Rod will not play this season.
22 Dec 2014 14:53:46
i would have j-rod playing again this season.
even if its only for a handful of games for 15-20 mins at a time. gives him chance to blend into the new team before the summer break
I was speaking to a Saints fan that knows Les Reed recently. Apparently Les Reed has said that Saints want to sign two defenders and another Striker.
If we take it that the two defenders are Toby and Ryan (which would be fantastic) then who is the Striker? Ings?
Personally I still feel we need another option instead of Tadic as well as Graziano Pelle for those off days that seemed to have happened a little too often recently
Apparently Spurs are in for Ings but he has said that he will see his contract out and leave next summer.
I think Toby will hedge his bets and see what happens at the end of the season whilst I think we will make Bertrand's loan permanent.
So maybe we will be in for 1 new defender (maybe a right-back as we have no cover with Cork out and moving Toby there would probably disrupt us too much?) and a someone other than Ings?
23 Dec 2014 17:59:33
Looks like Elia is likely to come in and cover Mane away in Africa.
Think same could happen at CB, as otherwise how can we play 3 CBs with only 3 available (Asian Cup will take Yoshida away.)? Not easy to find a quality CB in January but if we can, it could also help Toby make a positive decision in the summer.
Ryan to sign a permanent deal.
I suspect there will be one surprise for us-maybe another forward?
Zarate.