Southampton Banter Archive September 01 2015

01 Sep 2015 18:36:49
Now the transfer window is closed how do Saints fans feel about it?

Personally I am pleased that a stance has been made against anyone else leaving. What we have is a squad caple of holding their own in the PL and the club keeping financially viable.

We have cover in most positions but I am a bit concerned that too much is being asked of Pelle. What if he gets injured?

What of the midfield? If our injuries improve then we should be OK. Wanyama can decide his future is with SFC or he can be left to rot. Pleased ROKO has proven that he can be tough with want aways.

Now is the time to stop criticism and get behind our team. We have and will not do a Pompey. We will survive and do well.

01 Sep 2015 18:53:38
I don't think it's survival what fans want though is it?

It's progression but I definitely agree with rest of your post.

I'm interested to see how Victor responds now he's been told to put up and shut up - we need to be more assertive with players pushing for moves, seems to be coming more common place, impressed with Everton's stance and WBA over player requests to move on. Victor needs to win the trust of the club, fans and team mates now.

Does anyone think there may be an agreement, a la spider, if he keeps his head down then we can review at the end of the season?

01 Sep 2015 19:06:38
Just happy no one sold let's move on now

01 Sep 2015 20:37:11
Apparently Spurs offer was below what we paid so we wouldn't have sold anyway. Ed's do you know what the offer was?

{Ed002's Note - I don't Mikey.}

02 Sep 2015 03:00:42
Why are people going on about relegation? Or survival? To suggest we are not progressing anymore based on 6 competitive games is as pathetic as Tottenham's Wanyama bid. Kop on.

02 Sep 2015 19:17:56
I don't think a single signing has improved the starting XI one iota, while three quality players have left. The first team is weaker than last season's.

The filler that has been added to the squad looks to have given us reasonable depth in terms of bodies if not proven quality, but overall it's pretty fanciful to speculate that we can progress having strengthened our nearest rivals by selling them our best players, weakening our own team in the process.

Weirder things have happened, of course, but I think a 12th-14th finish is a more realistic outcome than top 6-7.

01 Sep 2015 17:45:28
Long time reader, first time poster. Been watching the close of the window today and I hope RK can mold VVD into a solid replacement for Alderwield.

But what really concerns me more is the way players all over the league seem to have no loyalty to their contract or club. I can't believe Berahino just tweeted he will never play for WBA again. This is just happening more and more with Wanyama this year and Lallana, Shaw and Schneiderlin last year for Saints alone.

I am happy we put our foot down this year but this can't go on, though I know it will. I am sure we will be seeing the same thing with Mane, Wanyama and others next year.

01 Sep 2015 18:18:41
Notice from the Berahino tweet that levy is involved again
just glad to see levy and spuds been bitten on the ass today
Also well done WBA forsticking to their guns

01 Sep 2015 19:31:59
It works both ways.
First you are saying you are happy about vvd and then talking about loyalty
None of our players we brought in were loyal.
It's business pure and simple.

01 Sep 2015 17:25:23
If this rumour of £20 million plus Lamela on loan is true about Wanyama would you take it . Seems to me a bit like the attitude of Lallana towards the club and in that case to me get shot of him . We don't want players that don't want to be here . Koeman wouldn't lose face in my eyes and seems a good deal to be honest, Vic is not that good and is replaceable .

01 Sep 2015 12:39:06
I know that there are still more than 5 hours until the window closes and surprise, surprise as I see it Gaston is still a Southampton player . I know things might change before 6 o clock but just maybe RK has seen that there is a very talented footballer in there somewhere that just needs to somehow climb out and show us the quality that we know he has . There is no substitute for skill which he has in bucket loads and his vision could be what we need for the likes of J-Rod and Pelle . A fit and committed Gaston Ramirez can only be an asset to SFC just a shame Cortese put him on such a high wage contract, if he was on lower wages I think we would definitely keep him . Just goes to show that the great Cortese tried very hard to bankrupt us and if he hadn't of walked the Leibherr money might have disappeared before he did and that would have been a catastrophe .

01 Sep 2015 16:17:51
Can he play at number 10 chris?

01 Sep 2015 16:18:26
If Ramirez got offerd less than wot we did offer he would be at liverpool

01 Sep 2015 17:04:18
I'd love to see Gaston do well for us. I believe at some point he'll explode onto the scene.

01 Sep 2015 17:33:50
llamedossaint , what is a number 10 these days . I know he can be a bit lightweight but so was Le Tiss and look what he did . Not making a comparison in any way just saying some flair players can be accommodated in certain sides and not be expected to chase back and tackle everyone . We have one at the moment in Tadic but when he produces the magic nobody would leave him out of the side .

01 Sep 2015 17:38:43
Just one more thing about Gaston , I don't think a lot of people realise that he is only 24 years old .