Southampton Banter Archive January 24 2014

24 Jan 2014 21:00:34
Southampton will not be doing anything in January!
so I for one will do the same as the club and save my hard earned cash till next season! as i'm not prepared to spend my hard earned cash taking my kids to st Mary's only to watch us lose points due to lack of vision or players!and with the club not willing to even try and at least loan in some cover? and make it look like they are at least ready to give it a go! and not just endding the season as a none event! Just being Happy with not going down? Can't see the point to that! Give us something to cheer about instead of all the doom and gloom of this month! Yeovil game will be the litmus text of were the season is going?

Saints have no plans to delve into the transfer market to buy cover for injured duo Dejan Lovren and Gast�n Ram�rez, according to assistant boss Jes�s P�rez.

Mauricio Pochettino's right-hand man confirmed yesterday that both players would be missing for six to eight weeks with ankle ligament damage.

P�rez said the news has not changed the view from within the club that they do not need to make any signings this month.

It's a good job not everyone has your attitude. Or gate money would be down and they would not be able to do anything in the summer either.
There is clearly more going on then we know.
Could be a takeover or them just keeping things quite till all paper work is done.

You are not going to go watch your team because of lack of vision? get a grip man. comfortable mid table playing good football, nows the time you should be there. supporting the team in times of trouble, up the saints!

Maybe no transfers are taking place in January because we've already agreed deals for better players during the summer and the club don't want to jeopardise them by signing someone now?

in all honestly our youth team would get a good result vs Yeovil. I'd imagine we'll line up like this tomorrow -
Davis/Gazza
Clyne
Yoshida
Hooiveld
Fox
JWP
Reed
Rowe/Isgrove
Guly
McQueen/Sinclair
Gallagher

That will be more than enough to send us through

we're in no danger of being relegated, the Arsenal match is the only game coming in the time period where Lovren and Ramirez are out, we should be fine without them. We have a chance of getting into Europe through the league, but we'll only get there if everyone gets behind the team and if you're going to pout and whine and not go to matches just because the club hasn't spent money then you're not needed in St Mary's, so please, stay at home whether we spend money or not.

Pretty sure we played more than just Arsenal in the next 6-8 weeks

Only game against a top team*

You play that team and we will be out of fa cup come 5oclock

Agree just as we did against Sunderland

Clearly you have no idea how good these players are. Yeovil are not sunderland. that team will be more than enough to get through

Nahh got to be
GK: Gazza/Davis
RB: Clyne/Chambers
CB: Stephens/Turnball
CB: Yoshida/Hoiveld
LB: Taggart
CM: JWP
CDM: Davis (holding)
CM: Reed
AMR: Sinclair
AML: Rowe/Isgrove
ST: Gallagher
Subs: Gazza/Davis, Clyne/Chambers, Turnball/Stephens, McQueen, Rowe/Isgrove, Lambert, Lallana

24 Jan 2014 20:01:03
Osvaldo to Atletico Madrid - M13

Maybe cash + Adrian? I'd take that

24 Jan 2014 16:54:14
A lot of he's been rubbish, being chucked at Osvaldo, he's got 3 goals this season, he's still adapting and has started a few games on the bench, where against Villa he came on and scored! Just because he hasn't banged in 15 goals already doesn't mean he won't come good, he's had injuries, suspension (who wouldn't want to try to stick one on Pardew?) and the stress of moving to the UK and starting a family. It will all come good, as it will with Ramirez!

Osvaldo will be leaving because he was not well liked amongst the squad before the Fonte events and now even more so Poch wants to keep the dressing room together and the good atmosphere at the club to remain so will sell or loan out to ensure there is no tension in the camp

^This, i've lost count of the amount of times i've said this to delusional 'fans' who slag him off for not scoring whilst he was doing just as well, if not better than Lambert before xmas and then try claim Osvaldo to be over-priced at 12mil and Lambert to be worth 10.

There is a hell of a lot more behind the Fonte/Osvaldo thing than anyone thinks. Fonte had been niggling at him a lot during training and made a comment along the lines of it being lucky Osvaldo had his suspension as it kept his pregnant girlfriend from sleeping around. let's not be so quick to put all the blame on Dani because their isn't one man who wouldn't stand up and defend their wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever if that was said about them.

There is not tension, the daily echo says osvaldo isn't like and automatically it's gospel, he's quite a popular figure actually and the dressing room understand what's happened and it isn't going to affect anything beyond Osvaldo's suspension and Fonte's likely suspension

^ Even if Fonte has said something along those lines it dosen't change the fact he has the backing of the rest of the squad over Dani.

I am not one of these "Plastic" fans who slates Osvaldo's performances at all I would say he has out performed Lambert when he has played but after this scrap with Fonte he will be sold or loaned out before the window closes as the manager wants to keep the good atmosphere at the club going.

Nobody is siding with anyone, every player knows both Fonte and Osvaldo were in the wrong. They'll both get a slap on the wrist and everything will go back to normal, nobody will be sold or loaned

Everyone should be kinder to Osvaldo, I really like him and think everyone should calm down and look at the positives he's brought:) stay Cheery saints' fans

How do you know all this information? sounds like chinese whispers to me. Apart from Fonte niggling and maybe a fairly bad tackle in training and that was probably it, Osvaldos a nutter its happened before and it will probably happen again. I knew this was bad news signing him which is why I didn't want us to sign him in the first place, I Thought it was going to harm the team spirit having a guy like him in the squad and I have been proved right

Well, big of you not to say I told you so

I know this as I know people who work at staplewood. Fonte is in pretty deep sh1t with the club too, it's not all Osvaldo's fault, they're both in the wrong. There's nothing wrong with the team spirit, nobody has taken sides and Fonte and Osvaldo have already put it behind them

24 Jan 2014 16:39:09
personally don't want hernandez, don't really rate him, think we can do better with the cash we spend on him, yes he gets goals but mostly from within the 5 yard box, would rather someone young and english like Danny Ings, who's young, English, a Saints fan so would play his heart off for us, would be a great signing

You don't realy rate Hernandez? Lol who r u David Moyes the boy is class puts a right shift in to be honest I don't think well ever get him like but do like te idea of Danny Ings he's been looking good as of late

Hernandez def wouldn´t be top of my list. Can hardly get in the team with the season United are having, and the injuries too?

24 Jan 2014 13:14:21
Apparently, according to an eye witness, the incident, which took place on Wednesday, happened during an intense 11-a-side training match between members of the first-team squad.
Osvaldo and Fonte had been niggling at each other during the practice match, and the situation came to a head when the former took umbrage at a particularly robust challenge.

Osvaldo immediately confronted Fonte in an aggressive manner, sparking a nose-to-nose argument between the two.
But before players could separate the two, Osvaldo left his team-mates 'shocked and furious' by aiming a head butt straight into Fonte's face.
The impact immediately drew blood from Fonte's face; the pair grappled before team-mates launched themselves into the brawl to separate them.
Fonte is understood to have sustained a black eye and a broken nose, but those injuries are yet to be confirmed.
Pochettino immediately suspended the training session to deal with the aftermath of the unsavoury clash, which has seen Osvaldo suspended for two weeks by Southampton.
The incident has seen Osvaldo's already low popularity among the the Saints squad plummet to rock-bottom.

24 Jan 2014 10:19:14
Really do like the open communication at saints now. That was the one thing I hated under cortese

Do you think this will apply with transfers too?

Im hearing that saints are back in the market for one or two players but nothing from the club

24 Jan 2014 02:00:04
Hernandez has reportedly put in a transfer request at Man U. If Osvaldo leaves, he would be the PERFECT replacement! Quick and clinical. exactly what we need!

I would so love this to happen