01 May 2014 16:13:07
Adam Lallana all over the back page of the press again, going to Liverpool apparently! Daily Mirror. They all seem to know more than we do!
Believable6
Unbelievable21
How can you disagree! its on the back page!
Agree4
Disagree17
Daily Mirror is a truthful and trustworthy paper, so I guess that's it. Did they say who is replacing him? Is Heskey still playing? Or maybe Saints legends Dia or Delgado. pair them up and call them Double D.
Agree6
Disagree6
{Ed003's Note - that's a big call! }
He will stay. Simple
Agree14
Disagree5
Maybe I wasnt clear enough, I don't agree with the Daily Mirror, I just meant its on the back page!
Agree2
Disagree7
I think I'd prefer 'Double D' at the front of Saints' attack to 'Double P', St Peter4!
Agree0
Disagree0
01 May 2014 11:32:38
Being realistic here but Kasper Schmeichel and Aaron Hunt along with a rejuvenated Osvaldo and fit Gaston would cost no money. That would feel like four new players. Any dosh to a new CB such as Caulker or Shawcross.
Believable4
Unbelievable12
Don't rate Caulker. Slow and clumsy. Think Spurs did well to get £9 million for him. No better than Fonte. If Saints have £10+ million to spend on a defender, they can get much more value for money elsewhere (Lovren was only £8 million).
Agree8
Disagree4
Osvaldo can't come back everyone in the squad hates him! Agree on Gaston though, he'll play a big part next season, but why don't you think we'll spend much? We have the money
Agree6
Disagree0
Nobody in the squad hates osvaldo, everyone's moved past it now - it's down to whether he wants to stay and/or juve coming up with the right amount of money
I know most people on here love the english players but 8 million for a foreigner as good as lovren or 9 for an english player as good as caulker? I'd take the foreign player every day. I'd love for us to look at someone like tin jedvaj from roma or umtiti from lyon - either would be top drawer
In the second half of this season Ramirez has shown he's got what it takes to be a great player for us the only problem now is keeping him fit - I don't think he or lovren were quite ready to come back when they did
We probably won't spend as much money - we don't need to spend on developing the squad as much as we have over the last couple of seasons, just on one or two signings to improve our weaker positions. I'm guessing we'll spend 8/9 mil on a defender and 10/12 on a striker, get kasper in on a free and we'll be sorted
Also heard we've lined up a sponsorship deal with Samsung - know anything ed?
Saintysaintsaint
Agree5
Disagree2
{Ed002's Note - I can't help about the sponsorship - and you need to register.}
Chelsea have a sponsorship deal with Samsung that lasts up until the end of the 2014/15 season.
They also sponsor Bayern Munich. And, erm, Swindon Town and Leyton Orient.
Are they allowed to have more than one premier league team on their roster?
Agree2
Disagree0
{Ed002's Note - Of course, in the same way as Flybe did.}
I would agree on the foreign player thing if our more of our foreign players had been a success, as if you look at how well Clyne, J Rod and Steven Davies have done and compare to Yoshida (has done ok), Mayuka, Osvaldo and Ramirez (although I think Ramirez and Mayuka could still have a future with us). Sure Boruc, Lovren and Wanyama have been good but it's a much lower success rate, I think we need a mix of both players who are used to English football (so don't even have to be English) and some foriegn players to see if we can get great buys in, as we could do with another Lovren! Ings would be good, b ut I think Behrahino needs to be looked at, would offer us something different, someone like Mussachio at CB (bit ambitious maybe) and maybe Fraser Forster in goal, would give us a quality team for next year!
Agree2
Disagree0