Southampton Rumours Archive October 23 2013

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23 Oct 2013 22:48:59
According to a daily newspaper, we could reignite our interest in Davide Astori. He is an Italian centre back who plays for Cagliari in Italy. We could get him for about €10 million. What do you guys think about this. Would this be a good signing or not

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Would be really cruel on Fonte given how much he's upped his game this season. I don't think they'll be much activity in January for the defence as we're pretty strong in that area at the moment, probably more in upfront/midfield is what we'll be looking at if we decide to do any dealings.

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Agree with original poster. And agree that it would appear unfair on Fonte, however this is what happens when you progress, you need to improve all the time in every position!

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I recall this guy has a very vocal agent who has been trying to engineer a move for him for around 2 years!
May have some basis this time, but I doubt it. Saints are very quiet about who they may be looking at and it is normally only as the deal is being completed some information may leak out.

Saint Martin

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Cover at left back is key. Fox is not a Premier League player and should be sold. Shaw may benefit from learning from a good pro who has experience.

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Didnt Poch say they looked at Astori and Lovren and decided on Lovren?

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Sorry to disagree, But we all knew about the Wanayama and Osvaldo deals weeks before they actually happened! This is a non-fact that we keep our deals quiet these days. It doesn't happened.

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We try and keep our deals quiet and with some it works. Barely anybody heard about the Lovren move before it happened. That's why we can't really know what to expect at Southampton, the press are sometimes right, often wrong and a lot of the time we don't know what to think.

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Poor buy Osvaldo, no improvement on Lambo or Jrod but cost more and bet he's on more money as well. Not everything NC and MP does works out. Osvaldo won't be a saint in 18 months, might be gone next summer but Jan too early

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Agree with the above. Osvaldo is Poch's mate. If he's peanut more time with Rickie and Jrod he'd no Osvaldo offers nothing different. He's younger than Rickie but he'll leave before Rickie, mark my words!

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Did astori not move to milan in the summer gone?

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23 Oct 2013 19:21:50
cork on loan in january to fulham. ramierez missing which means he gone

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2 class players it will be a shame to see them go but hopefully we can bring in more fantastic players

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A repeat of very old, previously false rumours Don't see it being any more accurate just because it is repeated.

Saint Martin

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Cork on loan, why? Fulham made a bid that was much higher than reported and it was turned down flatly by NC. Yes we're doing well and Big Vic is, well Big! He's started collecting bookings and can't pass. Cork isn't finished with Saints, if he was NC would have taken the money in August.

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Martin Jol has come out and has said that he has no interest in Cork. Now can we please put these Jack Cork rumours to bed now. He won't be sold and we will rotate him later in the season, especially when we have the massive pile of fixtures in December. A player of Jack Cork's ability will be very useful for our squad. I think people forget that a club (especially if they want Europe) need squad depth.

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Jol mentioned Cork in his presser today. He likes the player apparently!

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It's a creative midfielder and a goalscorer or two that we need. We've got the best defensive now so why not cash in one a fringe player?

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'Cos as saintsfan25 said we 'need squad depth'. We don't need to 'cash in' if Poch thinks we need strengthening.

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JWP and Davis already had more premier league game time than Cork this season, that's your strength in depth.

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Can we just play Jack Cork again, he could be part of the existing midfield, he's proven himself as a quality player and I agree with the above posts, he is a good/accurate passer of the ball, tracking, marking and tackling. and in my eyes better than the player who replaced him
willsasaint

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MoPo disagrees!

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