Southampton Rumours Archive September 02 2013

02 Sep 2013 21:38:36
Couple of rumours about a medical being completed in London, Lennon possibly?

No mate deals are done

It's most likely to be lies.

Simon Peach tweeted about three hours ago "No players in our out of SFC" so like it or not this rumour is untrue and we fly with what we got.

Will it be enough? Not sure, I'm not convinced we've improved enough and we have lost two players on loan who may have been able to help, particularly with running at teams and causing confusion. As a team we are now very slow.

I wish. Would like him at the club but probably won't happen.

What the hell is happening with tadanari lee?

Tad lee and billy seem to be unwanted by championship clubs. Salary demands might be a driver?

Oh yeah, he's another one along with Sharp, Barnard, Forte and Martin, who is hanging around the club playing for the Under 21s [looking bored and not really trying] and having absolutely no part in the first team squad, let alone starting eleven.

Then we loan out two players who do feature in the first 18 regularly.

Not sure what is going on but I can't help feeling we're treading water and not progressing.

Still we're stuck with the 'don't score many goals' squad now. Let's hope we don't let many in as well.

Oh well. only 4 months till the transfer rumour rollercoaster starts up again and we can all post our hopes and dreams of who we are going to buy and sell. Until then. happy xmas everyone

The squad lacks pace and creativity. We can keep the ball but do nothing with it. Very Disappointed. I think we'll concede fewer goals and will finish mid-table. We're someway off challenging for Europe though.

I have to agree with people on this. I think we have bought some excellent players. I am worried about pace, I am worried that Osvaldo is going to get very frustrated if he doesn't get the good balls in to the box.

Most importantly I am worried that our lack of goals in open play (isnt it none since April?) is going to continue and this worries me.
I don't think we are going to do as well as some people think we are. Especially with the signings and depth of the other teams.

Im amazed at how having brought in three very good players and risen from League 1 in three years there are still so called fans moaning.
We have a fantastic bunch of youngsters who will be delighted that we have no flooded the team with foreign mercenaries. We have Omar Rowe and Isgrove who are both worth a shout. Stephens who is getting there and a couple of other younsters that should be making the bench by the end of the season. The new Team need a few games to sort out the formation, I think we will benefit by not having too many other people to integrate. The management know what they are doing. !

Im no football manager but I will say one thing: Punch and CLyne on the right, Spider and Cork in the middle. If it ain't broke - don't fix it!

Apparently the loan window for Championship and below opens in a week so Lee, Sharp, etc. , may go out then.

How can people say we lack creativity? We create so many chances, our problem is no one has been putting them in

It is great that MP is showing great faith in the squad. But no one can deny we're missing a certain spark at the moment. Poch obviously has great faith in Isgrove and feels Ramirez will step up and perform this season. let's hope they repay that faith.

02 Sep 2013 20:43:47
Saintsfc Reps in London tonight to do deal

All done for Sfc tonight manager is putting faith in
The squad to prove themselves. Fingers crossed

I can't understand why people like Forte, Barnard, Martin and Billy Sharp haven't been let go. We've loaned out two players who actually get in the first team and then don't replace them and keep players who's main purpose is to get bored playing as over aged players in the Under 21s.

It's obvious we have a problem scoring goals and if we don't start to score some from open play soon there is not anyone who can step into the first team and shake up the regulars.

I think we will struggle this season unless something drastic changes. perhaps I'm being a pessimist but this last day has left me bit confused to say the least.

What most of you guys don't understand is that MP said a while back he was not looking to bring anyone in. He would watch the marked closely in case someone interesting was available, but not bring in anyone for the sake of it. The team will grow into a unit as soon as the new guys settle in. It might even take a few months. Some of you are so quick to whine if a player has an off day. Deal with it, it happens!

It's going to take years for wanyama to settle in he's terrible in possession and hoofs the ball out all the time

St stuie

02 Sep 2013 18:51:27
Managers gone home, press team has gone home. No deadline day signings coming, although maybe a few of the fringe players like Sharp will head off.

Our transfers can be done anywhere including our office in London!

Agree with above! Why does the closing down of a particular location mean Business is over? Not saying it isn't, Maybe all paper work has been done! But we'll see!

02 Sep 2013 16:10:37
Billy sharp off to Ipswich with Aaron Cresswell signing on loan. Also Saints have pulled out of a deal for Tom ince

Nope, nope & yes

Yes, no, yes.

02 Sep 2013 14:32:51
Mayuka out on loan for the season to Sochaux. Would have like to seen him have some more game time.

Just what he needed! but dose leave us a bit light up front?
As don't really rate jay! Think he's got as good as he's going to?

Does that mean Boubedouz coming the other way?

BBc spots: "Southampton have allowed Zambia forward Emmanuel Mayuka to join Sochaux on a season-long loan. The Saints are also trying to get a few more out. "

Why have him and Punch been on the pre-season tour somebody must have known. Would have made more sense to have Billy Sharp out there if we are going to have to keep him. Feel a bit sorry for Billy, NA almost made love to him to try and get him here and then, when he did, seemed to drop him like a stone directly we got promoted. Was NA quite as good as we thought he was? Our aim was to get into the Prem so why buy players who were not going to be involved and cost us a lot of money. Mayuka, Forren, Sharp etc. that's over 8 million for starters.

Hopefully means Sharp will finally get his chance to try and poach a few goals at top level.

Im a sheffield fan. why has billy never been given a chance. send him back to the blades

Oh. My. God. Sharp DIDN'T get dropped. He left to be nearer his and his girl friends family after they lost their son. Otherwise he would have played in the prem last season

Sharp wasn't dropped for footballing reasons he had a falling out with Cortese and had to leave, due to not doing that well at Forest he was then viewed as not good enough for our Premiership squad this season.

I think this will be good for Mayuka. I couldn't honestly see him getting game time ahead of Lambert, Jay-Rod and Osvaldo except maybe in cup matches.

02 Sep 2013 12:56:00
Saints pulled out of a deal for Tom nice last night
Have they got someone better lined up!

I know who Tom Ince is but who is Tom Nice

Nope no one, like last January about 9:30 tonight Southampton will issue a statement to a certain sports news channel telling all Saints fans 'to give it up for this window and go to bed'.

I read this too. I reckon we were hoping to sign Piatti before he got injured playing last night. Who knows the Tom Ince interest may be resurrected in the next few hours of the window! ;-)

SaintBen

Aaron Lennon - watch this space.

Piatti was not even in the squad last night Ben

Tommo

Cant understand where lennon coming from? nothing on the net about it

Piatti is out for 6 weeks

Tommo, this just what I read on various sites. Word has it that Piatto will be out for the next 5 weeks :- (

SaintBen

Banega definitely not happening now he is not listed in the transfer betting anymore so unless they know something we don't it is dead in the water. Shame really good player.

02 Sep 2013 11:55:46
One more signing today source tv thoughts on who it could be

02 Sep 2013 00:01:17
Saintsfc expect to sign a winger today. Done names linked with a poss loan switch are. Will Hughes / Callum mcmanaman / Aaron Lennon.

Have heard it's one in on loan from Chelsea. Not been given a name as yet but reliable source overheard senior people at Chelsea discussing "his loan move to Southampton".

Well it isn't moses as he was sitting with the other Liverpool targets at Anfield yesterday.

The above rumour you mention could have been Victor Moses, but it looks as though he's now on his way to Liverpool (was in the crowd at their game yesterday).

Pablo Piatti

A loan deal for an out of favour Chelsea winger. Mata?! We should be so lucky eh??!!