Southampton Rumours Archive August 11 2013

11 Aug 2013 17:15:53
Spurs have said they want £6m for Jermaine Defoe. The prices flying around out there (22m damiao, 12-18m Osvaldo) I would snap there hands off at 6m for a proven PL striker! Thoughts?

Too old.

No point going for Defoe, think we can get younger fresher talent for that much. Plus Defoe has high wage demands.

Yeh, Agree. The sort of player we should be going for this year or darren Bent, Proven EPL players which will improve us for the up-coming season. let's not try running before we can walk in this league!

Defoe. Proven goal scorer at the premier league level but not a target lone striker. Not sure he would be any better then mayuka.

Fine if you want to be no better than Spurs.
And for me, for every goal Defoe scores there are two more his team could have scored if he wasn't so greedy

I understand where people are coming from with regards to Defoe, or Bent. However are they better than we already have. Both players come with large wage packets, and I doubt either are particularly hungry.

Surely we are building a team for the future. A team that is based on having a stable team, fully of hungry young players.

I don't think that we'll panic buy. Cortese is far to shrewd for that. We'll pick the targets, and if we get them great; if not move on to the next.

Like everyone else, I'd like to see us bring in a new striker, and possible another CAM with the ability to pick out a pass, but I'd also be content with what we've got, if we don't manage to bring in our intended targets.

What do you mean by fine if you want to be no better than spurs? Spurs are a top team where we can only hope to be. Go back to bed little boy and stop playing with the grown ups

We need a player of lamberts mould to suit our playing style. Hence being linked with the likes of damiao and osvaldo.

He's not the player that is going to run around the pitch to work as a team. Yes Lambert may lack pace, hover he does close down, but has additional defending attributes when it comes to corners and free kicks. But we need to defend from the front as one.

Defoe greedy? can't agree with that. Great player with a great attitude. Would be a much better option than the mercenaries we could end up with.

Defoe not a mercenary? He went to play for Pompey for a love of the game did he?
And as for Spurs, they couldn't even make up their own song so nicked ours.
Their success is also all being built on the back of one Saints player who wants to join Madrid. So follow in the footsteps of Spurs? No thanks, it seems to be them that needs us.
Defoe, good finisher, nothing else. Without Bale, he'd have struggled the past two seasons. Too predictable

Defoe is not the right way for us. We already have the best English goalscoring striker in our team. We need other ways to develop the team now.

Were not better than Spurs. Realism! Yet!

Defoe isn't a mercenary. You can tell when he is interviewed that he just loves playing. Strange comment 'He is a good finisher and nothing else'. I thought anyone who watches on a regular basis would say that finishing is our achilles heel!

The people who say they don't want Defoe are the same people that want Sharp in the first team! Defoe is a proven goalscorer, I would take him any day.

Ex pompy player. no thanks

^^ Errr, no we aren't the same people who want Sharp in the first team. Just because we don't rate Defoe, doesn't mean you can speak for us on every other subject.

We lost and drew to Spurs last season for one reason only. Gareth Bale. Take him out of the equation and there isn't now much between us

11 Aug 2013 11:51:59
Italian reports saying that we have given Osvaldo and Roma until Wednesday to make a decision about his future and whether to sell

After watching the game yesterday it is obvious that jay r can not play as target man against a quality defence. We need to either add a forward or someone who can feed the ball into them better. And would not be surprised if we have given them a deadline. We need that extra quality up front and in a hurry. Shame that mayuka didn't play all of the second half I might have had a different view. with his pace and gaston in the hole there is potential to work with.

Get him signed!

It certainly makes sense for NC to give a deadline. Especially so close to the start of the season. I agree. We need someone up front fast and we appear to be running out of options that can hit the ground running.

I am still not convinced Osvaldo is going to want to come to us or that we have completely about faced and inquired about him.

If we got Osvaldo, we would need a good attacking midfielder. he is only as good as the balls that come to him (especially true of him compared to a lot of EPL strikers)

We have good attacking midfielders. Lallana, Ramirez, JWP, Davis.

I must of been watching a different game. Jay rod was quality.
Fact is second half was more of the squad players.
We didn't create know where near as much as we did in the first.
Good thing to take from the second half was that our squad players still held a 1-1 draw against a team who's qualified for Europe.
Looked good going forward 1st half. Conceded far too easily though.
Would of liked to have seen lovren and yoshi paired together

Sorry I don't agree that they are the answer. We need a really good attacking midfield player.