29 Aug 2014 21:43:44
Italian press are reporting that Taider is being sold to Sassuolo for 7 million euros (by Inter Milan of course)
Well that was short lived, now we will see if les is up to his job, with all the money the squad is desperately thin in areas, 3 days to go
Looked a good addition what the f*** is going on
Yup loan being terminated after 23 days, shame as we could of done with having a little bit of depth.
29 Aug 2014 22:43:01
This may sound stupid but is that possible if he has signed a loan contract?
29 Aug 2014 22:56:41
if he don't want to be at saints bugger off back and get players in that do want to play for us. so does that mean we are now after 3 more players? looking forward to Monday for the end of the window think we will be busy
29 Aug 2014 23:03:32
Where does that leave Osvaldo deal? Any reason as to why loan was terminated? Certainly going to be an interesting 3 days.
29 Aug 2014 23:03:43
Daniel Agger on verge of signing for Bronby. Would be a fantastic signing for around £3m. plus they owe us at least 1 Signing. Go! ROKO Go!
Totally disappointed with Saints board not quick enough or willing to spend what's need to bring players to Southampton.
Maybe the mass exodus has made players think twice.
Or maybe the board were totally insincere in saying we will spend it all on players and wages
If you want top four you must spend top gourmet money. I think tier are just happy to stay in the league which is why they all went in the first place NO AMBITION
This is madness! But yes, in theory it is possible. If the club who own him include a recall option in his loan deal. It's not possible if he'd have actually been sold to us to be sold again.
29 Aug 2014 23:55:03
We have made good additions to the team, I think they are very strong and lack a bit of pace is the only thing. We still have January transfer window to spend in when it comes. I think a winger now then assess the squad and other players and possibly add more in january. From watching the liverpool game and second half of the millwall game we won't get relegated no way! I will eat my own shit if we do!
Dont worry - who wants players who don't care about the club - just their wages - that's cost chelski £500m over the past 10 years - and look at ManU - since they sold or retired the players who really cared and tried to buy their success - Di Maria - what does he care about ManU - nothing. So let's just take a season - rebuild and play the long game - yes I had 3 pints earlier - but this is the model that works - grow your own.
30 Aug 2014 00:41:34
He's leaving because he couldn't adapt to Koeman's training regime. Don't think it's that bad, with A winger coming in, means we've still got Cork and Davis on the bench
Davis on the bench?
The Echo says that Koeman was not really that impressed with him anyway, which makes sense as he did not even play him on Tuesday evening!
30 Aug 2014 01:52:54
Gingersaint your spot on. Koeman wanted more from him but he thought he knew it all, typical big time Charlie. Looked a decent player but well I trust Koeman and hear that cork is winning him over. Plus a chance for homegrown reed.
Heard strong interest in Redmond who will be a quality signing and possible centre back which makes me wonder about gadic (or someone spelt like that!) otherwise shopping done.
I wonder how many algerians bought shirts.
"Ambition" a fans code word for reckless spending. Then blame the Board when the club goes bankrupt.
You can't force players to sign and the club needs to be able to afford wages over the full length of a contract.
Good article on the Guardian site today about Man Utd. Ashley Young earns £115,000 a week. That's £11.9 million for the last 2 years of his contract. Javier Hernandez earns £88,000 a week.
The Southampton squad looks good so far. Nothing to worry about.
The board really need to pull their finger outa their ear and business done and stop penny pinching roko has given up one of the best clubs in Holland and a chance at champions league that's more than enough for some managers
30 Aug 2014 08:45:49
Could it be an opening for Claisse? With the distinct possibility of a Townsend plus cash for Morgan happening on the final day. Since we will be in need of a deep lying playmaker, who can also play as a box to box midfielder. Plus we won't need Morgan's tackling and interceptions since Wany is playing up to his potential that he showed against Barcalona The Taider deal always struck me as a way to get Dani off the books and Inter were looking to get rid of Taider and that shi*ty winger. Ronald clearly doesn't rate him that highly so it is really a win win.
30 Aug 2014 09:19:56
"Rumour" has it Taider was more interested in practising leg overs than step overs, so I suspect it is more to do with his attitude and RoKo has seen his lack of commitment and decided to get rid quick.
30 Aug 2014 10:22:28
Some of you keep on saying about us reaching the top 4. Be realistic people without massive investment which can't happen under the FFP rules ( apart from QPR of course ) we will never be more than the also rans. Top players, especially foreign players, will only play in this country for the top sides or ones that they grew up knowing about. We can't attract most of the players we are interested in because we won't spend stupid money on fees and wages. Many of the top teams are in serious debt but somehow seem to be able to get the money to buy the status players. Real Madrid at the last time I looked were about 600 million euros in debt but because the major shareholders are the banks in Spain it doesn't seem to apply to them. If we tried to emulate that sort of thing we would be back to 5 years ago and having to play that lot down the road. Taider is supposedly gone, so what, I'd never heard of him a month ago and probably won't remember his name in a months time. The whingeing can start Tuesday morning if we don't bring in the CB and pacey wide man. 72 hours is a very long time in football. Have faith.
I do despair at some of our fans and peoples ability to miss interpret a few words. The board never said they would spend all the transfer money on transfers and wages, they said it would be re invested in the team which it has been. All being well further money will be spend taking the spend to well over 50m to rebuild the squad which is much better long term. I'm sorry but spending that amount of money shows ambition, we're one of the biggest spenders in Europe. Let's be honest, this summer has made it harder to attract players but only 12mths ago we couldn't attract a decent striker and had to take a punt on osvaldo and look how that turned out. Fans that would rather bankrupt the club for one good season are insane. Look at Pompey.
30 Aug 2014 11:10:51
Chrisdownj
Agree completely. Some fans on here try and think of any reason to blame the board. A player doesn't like our training and wants to cancel his loan, all Les Reeds fault! I'd rather be 'penny pinching' and get good deals for players, than spend 80k a week on wages and end up like we did 5 years ago!
30 Aug 2014 11:21:06
My concerns with him going back without kicking a ball for us are a. Was he forced on roko and in which case what else has been. B. Surely the 'amazing' scouting network should have had a basic idea of him. C. That is another player gone. We severely lack depth with little time left
Clasie has signed contract extension a feyenoord
Chrisdownj, clover. Good posts.
The board has done well. Nothing they could do about players wanting to leave.
Sometimes the fans are to blame for unrealistic expectations
30 Aug 2014 13:13:45
Morgan, Victor, Davis, James WP, Jack Cork, Reed. I think we lack depth, but definitely not in midfield
First time poster here. I had to register to express my frustration at some of the negative posts here. Commitment has been shown by the board, look at our spend in the last 3 months. Whilst not overly impressed with LR he's made some decent buys in an extremely difficult period.
We do need players obviously. I see that Man City are prepared to allow Sinclair and Nastasic leave before the window closes. No reason why we couldn't afford them (incl. wages). Another striker would be good but can't see anyone decent available. And for those who think Long was overpriced at £12M, Leicester have made an increased bid of £8M for David McGoldrick!!
30 Aug 2014 21:06:29
Wandering Saint, Shane Long was over priced at 12m but unfortunately that is about where it is these days. Very limited choice at anything under 20 - 25 million, the whole thing has got out of hand. Reminds me of a poker player with limitless finance who can just keep putting the stakes up till everybody drops out. I think this is so wrong and there should be a ceiling a player can cost. In that way the player would have to choose who he wanted to play for and in that way show complete commitment. It will never happen I know but in truth the big clubs with all the money can fight amongst themselves leaving the rest of us competing in our own mini league. I think that has taken the sport out of football.
31 Aug 2014 00:25:49
Morgan when interviewed tonight didn't fill me with confidence about him staying. When directly asked whether he was staying at Southampton he replied " I believe I may " to me that sounds a bit worrying. Don't think he wants to which is worrying.
Playing it cagey! He would grab a new contract if offered and his commitment to SFC shows he deserves it!
The only time davis will be on the bench is if we've won the game and he fancys a little sit down on the way back to the changing rooms