Southampton Rumours Archive May 21 2012

21 May 2012 18:34:51
Jay Rod from Burnley to saints defo (undisclosed fee) will be revealed this week as now they can sign players as play offs has finished.

Pugh from afc Bournemouth to Burnley replacing Jay rod. Around the 1 mil Mark

Can't see it-with half of Glasgow sobbing because they are convinced Hooper is heading to St. Marys now he has indicated he wants to leave, where would Jay Rod fit in?

You are suggesting that Hooper is better then Jay Rodriguez. It may be a case of where would Hooper fit, I think Jay Rod could be a better player then Hoop, Given time. Maybe thats the plan. Even if Lambert cuts it in the prem, which we all prey he does, he will not play for ever. As a striker he might only have 2-3 years in him, Jay Rod is 22 and Hoop is 24. There might be thoughts of an eventual replacement, Though thats a long time to sit on the bench.
Then theres the issue of Billy Sharp in the mix.
I think only time will tell on this one.

My understanding is NC wants to run with 4 very good strikers lambert - sharp - Jay Rod - Hooper ?? Lee in the more winger mode?
i can see Barnard and Forte going out - Rumour is that Barnard will be part of the Jay Rod deal

I think the last post makes a good deal of sense, my only concern is that if Adkins wants to go with 4 quality forwards then fine, but for all 4 to lack Premiership experience and questions as to how well all of them could cope with the Premiership could be a worry.

I don't think Barnard got a fair chance to prove himself last year, being injured for half the season, maybe better to put him out on loan to a championship club where he will get first team football to see how he copes, then if he does well he might feature for us in the prem who knows

21 May 2012 13:49:50
According to the london standard, Southampton are looking at signing Chelsea Striker Romelu Lukaku on a season long loan.
"The 19 year old has only played 8 games for the new european champions since his move from anderlecht last summer, where he played 73 games and scoring 33 goals, he has also gained 15 caps for belgium".

I cant find this anywhere on the london standard website.????

My cousin mentioned this too last night, was something in a local belgium paper

Lukaka would be great back-up,he's big strong an def has bags of potential

No thanks. I don't want to help other clubs youth players develop, we have enough potential in our academy if we wanted to add someone inexperienced and young to our squad.

Yr but lakaku can help us consoladat are selfs in the prem he is gonna be at chelsea its not like we gonna compete with chelsea