06 Aug 2013 08:54:27
According to the papers, southampton are interested in signing moussa sow of fernebache. He looks quality and could be the finisher that we need. He is 27 but I don't think that should matter as we could get him for a lot cheaper than damiao or osvaldo and he could give some extra experience and firepower in front of goal. What do you guys think of this? Would you prefer sow or damiao/osvaldo?

1.) 06 Aug 2013
Damiao. Just to see the faces of Tottenham fans

2.) 06 Aug 2013
Would still prefer Damiao, he's a great all round player. Sow is a good finisher, but would still cost £15m at least

Mini-Saint

3.) 06 Aug 2013
He seems to be happy at Fernabache so think unless the club want to get rid it isn't going to happen.

4.) 06 Aug 2013
Rumour has it that Billy Sharp wants to fight for a place at Saints and all this agent talk was rubbish put out by someone not even representing him. I think if we don't get our star striker we would be best keeping him, he will score goals. Not first choice but will very handy to have on the bench. Worth a try and it won't cost us anything.

5.) 06 Aug 2013
I think the only reason Billy is still here is that the club aren't stupid enough to sell him until we have another striker on the books.

If Lambert was to go down with an injury we would have only Jayrod and Maryuka. both of which are strikers that like to run at defenses. Billy's more of a stocky centre forward and sniffs out the goals, wouldn't fill a lambert role of course, but if you give him the right service he would ping them in for sure.

6.) 06 Aug 2013
The only reason Billy is not sold is that no one has come up with an acceptable offer. A season long loan is not an option, as NC wants him off the books.

7.) 06 Aug 2013
Billy wouldn't score in the prem, majority of the goals he scored in the championship came from mistakes from defenders and balls that premiership defenders would deal with. He'd struggle in the prem just like he struggled last year

8.) 06 Aug 2013
I think we paid well over the odds
and will struggle to redeem half wot we paid

9.) 06 Aug 2013
Got to say I think we should keep sharp anyway he deserves a chance and he could be like le fondre super sub get some important goals but most of all deserves it just for the goals against p****y but wouldn't mind another striker

Saint C

10.) 06 Aug 2013
Why does Billy 'deserve a chance'? Cause he signed for saints and didn't play in the prem? By that logic Forte deserves a chance. Harding, Hammond and Barnard we're all better players over the time they played for us, yet no one thinks they deserved a chance. There's no room for sentiment in football, Billy clearly isn't willing to put the effort the other players do in or maybe he simply isn't good enough, hence why he's not in the squad and why he doesn't deserve the chance over someone better

11.) 06 Aug 2013
Don't think damiao is going to happen, just read his agent said an approach was made but he wants to move to a more ambitious club. Which translates to more money.

12.) 06 Aug 2013
Sharp deserves the chance what if lambert and Rodriguez get injured then who have we got sharp is more than capable he's came out and said he will fight for his place so shows he is willing to and as for the other players u mentioned we have jut had better players in them positions and tbh damaio looks as if it won't happen we seem to take an age to sign players why don't we learn from sir Alex he brought players early to get them settled in and have pre season together then his teams were class come the start of the season if we put a striker in now he's got no time to adapt to our style of play

13.) 07 Aug 2013
Am I the only one to think Mayuka cannot be counted on to score regularly and has far from proven himself since he has arrived?!

14.) 07 Aug 2013
I think I am going to start a petition to get Billy Sharp to stay at Southampton and try and present it to the Southampton Board as I think he deserves his chance in the Premier League who's up for it?

15.) 07 Aug 2013
I don't think Billy is good enough and as far as Mayuka goes I think more likely to be one for the future.
We need goals. We need clinical finishing from a darn good experienced forward who is going to push on from last season. I cannot see how either will do it for us.
Mayuka needs to get more experience. Probably on a loan.

16.) 07 Aug 2013
Most people would have said, not us Saints fans, that Rickie would never make it in the Premier League if asked 3 years ago. In fact they were still saying it before the start of last season. Give Billy a go, if it goes pear shaped we have lost nothing but I have a feeling that though not a great player, he would give everything he's got and will score goals. Remember he was the main reason at the end of the Championship season that we limped over the line.

17.) 07 Aug 2013
Billy is a good poacher, but in the system we play [1 primary target man up front] he won't work. He is not tall enough, strong enough or technically good enough to fill that position. Mayuka at least has pace but I think he will be used to fill the attacking midfield position rather than the out and out striker position. Personally I would rather have someone who would add genuine competition to Rickie. As the above poster said, Billy got most of his goals off the back of dodgy championship defenders [with clinical finishing] but those chances will be few and far between in the premiership.