Southampton Rumours Archive January 14 2014

14 Jan 2014 17:59:25
Southampton have released striker Tadanari Lee from his contract after two years at St Mary's. Now that he has gone, does this mean that we might buy somebody in this transfer window to make the numbers back up. I wish Tadanri Lee all the best and hope he does well at whatever club he chooses to go to. He just isn't good enough for where we are aiming to be.

I believe hi development with us was hampered by the injuries his picked up at the times he did. He would of been as good as J-Rod had he got the run of luck that he deserved.
Good luck 'Chung' wherever you go.

14 Jan 2014 07:02:36
Reports that saints in cut price deal for Diego from Wolfsburg for 1.8million

Would be a good signing. Am I the only one to think if we swapped j rod for another player of lallanas creativity we would be a much better side. IMO, j rod doesn't quite score or create enough.
Saintsmiff

I'd be OK with that. Wouldn't hurt the squad depth.

Saintsmiff, I got to disagree mate! He's currently our top scorer this season and acting as a winger/wide striker I think he's doing a good job.

With regards to Diego, I think he would be a decent signing for us

Jay has been a big part of our season so far! The other week scored two and got an assist, scored a great counter attacking goal against newcastle, scored against burnley, he gives his all every game! that's my opinion!

Saintsmiff what you smoking fella. do you really think we would get a player of Lallanas quality with the fee we would get for Jayrod, besides that Jayrod is probably our best striker at the moment
Tommo

If Ossie is worth £12m or whatever then J-Rod is worth £30m.
I'm absolutely flabbergasted at some of the tripe on here at times.
Let's swap the only consistent striker we have at the moment for someone to create chances? Who's going to stick the ball in the back of the net?
Crazy, absolutely crazy

Totally agree SaintsSmiff, he's a striker playing as more of a winger which I know isn't his fault, but I think for the position we should be looking at someone who can link play - tempo etc a lot better ie another Lallana or play Gaston instead who would create more though might score one or two less. But the goals created would allow for the few less Gaston would score. Just for the record I like J-Rod but I think we lack a creative touch other then Adam

I like him don't get me wrong. I just think his natural position is to use his pace in behind the defence. He has scored some goals and our top scorer, but I feel our strikers should have scored more goals, considering the amount of possession we have. I would prefer him as a striker, and put somebody more creative there. Every time I see him he gets the ball and just runs with it. Not always successfully either. I must have been the only saints fan surprised he got the England call up. He isn't great at crossing, shooting from distance or creating goal IMO but he is good at working hard to get the ball, pace and for some reason clinical from right angles. I just feel his best attributes are wasted in the inside forward role. Stick him up front so he has more one on ones
Saint smiff

In reference to the Newcastle game, he was used as a striker. With lambert almost acting in midfield if I remember
Saint smiff

Think the only crazy one here is you fella jay rod 30 mil lmao

JRod is a £10million player and has his place in the squad. One of the few players with pace in the team and can get in behind teams and do damage. We need get a 6 man private jet to take Guly, Fox, Hooiveld, Barnard, Lee, forte back to league one where they would be excellent players and get another class centre back (kouyate) to work with Lovren (who by the way is incredible), an injection of creativity (Diego) and a fast clinical striker (hernandez/guidetti)

If Ossie is worth £12m yes.
You really think he's worth £12m?
Laughable

I would tip j rod to come a decent striker within a couple of years it's just a confidence thing with jay rod at the moment not that he is bad at the moment.

I wouldn't sell j rod, that would be silly. He gives us another attacking option. But even at the start of the season, when we were playing "excellent" and all that, we really struggled and still do IMO to score goals in open play. Jay should get goals, that's his job. But what I see is lambert dropping deep, j rod taking a strikers role, and that's when he gets a chance to score. But my argument is when jrod has the ball and lambert is in that attacking position, he doesn't do enough with it. Lambert in affect takes the creative role. I just think play jrod with osvaldo and an ageing lambert to be our strikers, and buy somebody with more creativity. I'm sure jrod or lambert or whoever would benefit from that.
Saint smiff

Get rid of J-Rod, what are you all on?! First you want to get rid of him cause he's 'not good enough for the prem' then, when he's playing well and scoring, you want to get rid of him. WHAT?!

Jrods the best striker at the club

st stuie

Stuie, if jrod is the best striker in the club, why is he playing in midfield? This again backs my point, jrod is a striker. We could get a better player to fill that am role IMO if scoring goals is one of our problems then play jrod as a striker. Play a more creative player in his position to supply him the ball.
Saint smiff

He's not playing as a midfielder though. we play a rotating front 4 of Lambert, Lallana, J-Rod and Davis/JWP/Ramirez/Osvaldo/Whoever. and as with everyone else, if they're not playing as the striker they're playing just off of them

If you have listened to Pochettino's tactics then you'll know that our play revolves more around shape than formation. Lallana plays all over the field, Rodriguez too! Rodriguez is only starting on the left because that is his most effective starting spot. Moving him into the centre won't get the team more goals but I see your point.

I understand pochs tactics. As I previously said jrod does get himself into more advanced positions and rotate. But, more often than not, jrod is on the left, lambert as the striker. When the other team has the ball, lambert is the leading man. The times when we do break from our own half, our only real creative player is lallana. We may have to agree to disagree on this one, but if there is any substance to diego, I would expect to see jrod in lamberts role more often.
Saintsmiff

Jay Rod is a good player, who will become a great player with time. Just needs to work on his composure in front of goals a bit. I hope he stays with us long term.

However, I agree with those that have posted that we don't create enough chances. We absolutely don't. Our 'chance creation' this year has been poor. The only players we have who can make incisive defence-splitting passes are Lallana and Ramirez (granted Lambert can play a good through ball every now and then). In my opinion we absolutely need another attacking midfield type of player. With the squad we've got now, I would play Osvaldo, Lallana, J-Rod and Ramirez in te front four. Give Ramirez heaps of game time, and if he doesn't improve then sell him in the summer.

Saint smiff, firstly its saint stuie and secondly he's not playing in midfeild we play three upfront everygame, he is on the end of most chances, he likes to run at teams because he has blistering pace he's also our best striker at the club because he has most strikes, your welcome

st stuie

Spot on St Stuie, Rodriguez is certainly not the person to leave out our sell, to make way for a creative midfielder. If you watch the attacking three they rotate all the time. It just so happens Rickie is left up top when other teams have the ball, as he has less pace than the other attacking players to track back and there is no sense pulling the only attacking player back we have that can bring the ball down, keep it and bring others into play.

As someone said above, if J-Rod had a bit more composure in front of goal he would be a top premiership player and I strongly expect the coaches have identified this and will look to improve him.

Mike

I think you are missing my point stu, I like jrod, I think he is a good player. He does have blistering pace, but more often than not, he runs with the ball into dead ends. Starts on the left runs at the defence and either gets tackled or knocks the ball too far. Off the top of my head I can think of two goals in the pl, where he has put that to good use. Other goals he has scored have been when he's already in the box and a cross or summin comes in.
I think we could benefit with more creativity. I think putting jrod in the advanced role and a more creative player where jrod was.
I get the rotation but if u look at other strikers with few goals, they usually have had tons of chances. Can't think of lambert miss ring many sitters this year. Not enough chances created IMO. The way your talking we should be top of the league

14 Jan 2014 00:18:58
Southampton in talks with Valencia over banega.
Banega is now looking to leave Valencia, with southampton unsuccessful in the summer.
Southampton are now prepared to up their previous offer of 8. 5 m to match Valencia's valuation.
Man utd are also rumoured to be interested, but not as a first choice January target.

We all know that Saints are signing noone in this window I don't know what that says about the club s ambition its clear that we need reinforcements but Cortese is not prepared to spend.

To post above. maybe there is no money to spend. or they are awaiting the summer to secure premiership football this season and re-group in summer. maybe selling to finance moves, Osvaldo has not settled yet (but remember similar story to suarez when he arrived)look at him now. Ramierez may go. As for Luke Shaw £30m scouted about, if we sell him we need a suitable replacement first. The only business I can see saints doing is players going out on-loan. Lee, Shape maybe Yosidha. Also what has happened to Banard and Forte? maybe they be released if they havnt already. As for Banega if we were signing him this would of been done in the summer.

"Cortese is not prepared to spend"

Which area of your ar$e did you pull that nugget from?!

Rumour has it that Valencia are to be bought, so this may change anyway.

This would be good if true, but I also heard Valencia May be bought. If true then banega will be going nowhere.
I do believe such I big signing would most likely be done in the summer to allow him to adapt to the epl
Saint smiff

How can you adapt in the summer to the PL? Oh like Osvaldo!

Half a season to adjust and hit the ground running for a full season. If the sale of Valencia happens his sale may become more or less likely, if you can get him now at a fair price, do it.

Osvaldo was not around for the pre-season to adapt in the summer!

Agreed valencia to be brought and invest £50 million euros in players. cannot see Bangera going. and if he does it wouldn't be until the Summer

Been saying this in the summer and I stand by it now, WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER CM, we need a wide player with pace not another central player

^ we don't play with wide players. having a winger in the team would be as useless as a portsmouth fan