Southampton Banter Archive January 31 2014

31 Jan 2014 21:12:17
We won't sighn anyone never do if we do he will be rubbish

I´d say your a glass half-empty type!

Both those posts made me chuckle thanks

I'd say he's the 'slow' type

31 Jan 2014 19:07:54
Saints have just tweeted there will be no more deadline day news and it's time to back the boys against Fulham. Who needs Osvaldo when we have Sam G! Coyr!

31 Jan 2014 17:03:36
Look our squad is thin but we can make it work, got 2 keepers in Boruc and Kelv, RB we're thin with Clyne and Chambers, CB Yoshida and Fonte are good enough with Hoiveld as cover and Lovren tweeted he'll be coming back soon, (although this is the position we lack quality of depth in) LB we have Shaw and Clyne can also play there but as we loaned out Fox I'm hoping it will be a chance to give Matt Taggart a chance, CM we have Davies, Cork, Shneiderlin, JWP, Wanyama and Reed, on the wings we have J Rod, Lallana and JWP and maybe with Punch gone permanantly we'll see Isgrove also got Guly but would rather see the others play but again hopefully Gaston is back next month maybe? Upfront we have Ricky, J Rod and Gallagher with the likes of Seager and Sinclair in the youth academy, could be worse right? We won't be signing anyone today, would rather fast-track a youth player into our starting 11 then make a desperate panic buy or random loan signing, with that squad I reckon we can finish 8th as Newcastle will drop without Cabaye playing and now Remy has a 3 match ban, I think we'll be above them in a few weeks! COYR!

If ever someone was looking through rose coloured glasses it's you mate, at best we will hang on to 9th sorry but we've not shown any real ambition to get higher. Guess cheque books run dry

'I guess check books run dry' we haven't needed to sign anyone. But, I guess if you think we're no longer rich you can go support some other team doing well.

Defiantly rose tinted, we will be lucky to hang on to 9th a couple more injuries could cripple us u cannot play 5/6 youngsters in the first 11, we need c/b and striker minimum, everybody is beating everyone below us and it won't take a lot to drop to 14/15th yeah we won't go down but what an anti climax of season and poss signs of things to come?

Well said that man! What way to end the season Finnishing with a none event just happy to be in the league looks like Mr cortese took he's vision with him when he left us! But your wasting your time trying to talk sence to into these people there like sticks or seaside rock snap them in half and they've got Southampton written right through the middle of them! Rose tinted Tunnel vision!
Save your breath!!
We will just have to wait till the summer

Why do we need to get some random last minute signing purely for the short term? Everyone is going on about having a goal machine since Osvaldo's left, pretty sure he got more bans than goals, Sam Gallagher has come in for him and looks like he could be a quality player who will put a good shift in and can score goals, he will only get better because of this and Fox and the rest out on loan or released so what? When was the last time they played for us? Not to mention everyone has been saying Taggart should be used as cover instead of him, Lovren is ahead of schedule so will be back soon, we are two players different in Fox and Osvaldo really as none of the others have made an appearnce for us this season and with that we have Gallagher and possibly Taggart who can play instead now, we will be fine you'll all see on Sunday, I'm not viewing it through tinted glasses in reality we have lost Fox and Osvaldo who haven't done much for us this season so yh I'm genuinly gutted they've gone.

31 Jan 2014 14:43:19
Some of the comments from the fans on this forum
About everything is hunky dory we don't need any players are they blind? we have youth players yes?
But we need leaders!experienced players to mix with the young players are centre back options are nowhere near good enough and lovern out you would a least thought a cb even if it was only a loan deal! would have been on the cards in this window!
Talk about rose tinted glasses?
You would think they were on saints payroll?

2 players have left 1 made 3 apps the other 12. Not really much to replace seeing as Gallagher can surely make as good an impact as Osvaldo and Targett can be 3rd choice Left back instead of Fox. A striker signing would be nice but its not the end the world if we don't sign anyone, its not as if we have a chance of a top 4 finish!

Yoshida and Hooiveld are good enough to fill in for a few weeks. They know how the team plays, bringing in someone else would be worse for a few weeks, whilst they learn how the team plays and possibly the language too and by then Lovren will be back, so either they'll have to learn how to play with another player or we'll have signed someone to just sit on the bench and they'll be in the same spot as Forte and Barnard in a season or two, just sucking money from the club. Jesus, building a quality team takes time, we we're in league one 3 seasons ago, we aren't going to sign 10 players a season like you want. be happy we're in the top half of the prem, stop moaning.

Perhaps the reason no new arrivals has to do with either lack of ambition now NC has left or MoPo still undecided to stay with us beyond end of this season, either way I think it's a big risk given that a couple more key players getting injured we will be in deep S. t.

We did okay without Lovren, Osvaldo, Rickie, Wanyama and Gaston against Arsenal. Lallana even called it our best performance this season. Wanyama and Rickie are back now and Lovren is ahead of schedule.
Today is just like Christmas when everyone else is getting pesents so you want some too, well sorry son we would rather buy you the right present when we can find it for sale than somthing just for the sake of it.

How is it a big risk? how will we be in deep s**t? You do don't think we can get relegated do you? Madness.

Where going to be fine and we don't need transfers seems to be the flavour of the day with the masses but how many of you on this forum will hold your hands up if it all goes wrong?
I'm guessing no one right!

How many of the transfer junkies are holding their hand up for Gaston Osvaldo and Forren then?
I'm guessing you will right?

What's wrong with gaston?
And what's forran got to do with anything?
and as for Osvaldo you new he was always going to be a waste of time did you!
Or did you think it was a great sighning as everyone at Southampton did at the time! What's your name yoda?

We never sign many players in this window do we? We didn't plan to and now we won't no a lack of ambition, sticking to the plan

I always thought Osvaldo would of been a bad idea and didn't want him when the rumours started in the summer but when we got him I wasn't disappointed as obviously he is meant to be a quality player. I just didn't want a player with his directive nature in our squad due to that being one of our best strengths it is obvious that our team spirit is one of the best in the league. Blowing my own massive trumpet I was Right

Saint IQ

*disruptive nature

There is no point in just buying players for the sake of it, if the right player isn't availabe you make do with what you have. Simples
Yoda

31 Jan 2014 14:10:12
Is it me or have we now got one of the smallest squads in the premiership? Good job we aren't in Europe?

31 Jan 2014 13:04:28
Thanks for splashing some cash Katharina even though we needed at least one new player.

Our new players are Sam Gallagher and Matt Targett and I am genuinely happy with that, very happy!

We didn't though, did we? We have great players and back up (even Yoshida and Hooiveld) for a team sat 9th.

Yoshida maybe Ok! and I mean (ok) cover. but Hooiveld please!
Behave yourself! and stop smoking that stuff it's no good for you? Lol

Yoshida OK? he was our best CB last season, he's only made a few mistakes because he hasn't played. Yoshida and Hooiveld are probably the best back up CB outside the top 6 and that's exactly where we are, just cause you have unrealistic standards doesn't make them bad players

Best cb pairing outside the Top 6!
It's official he's smoking crack!

31 Jan 2014 11:15:31
Looks like as Normal Southampton will be bringing no players in the January window! As per! Which is fine?
What really concerns me is teams around us strengthening
and think we will might struggle to beat the teams below us now they've had time to improve there squads?
And with are first team quite small now with all the out goings any injurys would be a big consern!

31 Jan 2014 10:54:44
He’s nothing more than an egotistical pr*** and I’m glad to see the back of him.

No wonder Roma fans hated him.

If he wasn’t a footballer he’d probably be in prison.

Yeah as someones bitch