Southampton Rumours Archive January 31 2013

31 Jan 2013 22:32:04
Matchwood has now closed. Med team clocked off but someone has signed and has just arrived at st Mary's

Have you not read all the news?!? No other business this transfer window!

It's a youth player from osasuna. Nothing special

Typical no depth no ambition sorry going down

You say no depth, bit it it can't be that bad if lallana was out for 6 weeks and we've been getting results. Fonte was out and we've been pretty solid at the back (boruc has stepped his game his game up)
To say were going down is a bit much. We have been playing damn good over the last month. But you wouldn't know that because you don't go to every game like me.

Fair play to the manager for no knee-jerk signings. Not about depth or ambition, if he can't sign anyone better than he already has, then what's the point? Time will tell whether QPR, Reading and one other are still below us come mid May. COYR

No depth because we don't have enough cover.
Not good enough because we are playing well but not getting goals. Not good enough service from midfield.

I don't think it's right to say knee jerk signings. We had enough time to sort out a decent midfielder with the experience and skill to service our strikers.
What we are left with is the same people and the same problems whereas other teams have spent and to be fair some of them have spent well. I don't think we are going down just yet but I don't think we are safe by any stretch. I can see it getting to squeaky bum time.

Really I don't go every week do I not, every game home and away last 15 years were you at Man U? Or did you watch the highlights?did you see 2nd goal with jos lose Rooney and the stick his hand up like a 10 year old and with all the chances and possession where is the goals? 2 many draws and ask yourself this why the change of manager at such a crucial time and where is the ambition where are the players to back up this so called ambition?

You say why sack the manager, but say we have drawn too many, you've partly answered your own question. We've brought in a new defender who should be ahead of Jos in the pecking order when match fit, so that solves that issue. Plus we kept Fellaini quite against Everton. The squad we have should be good enough to stay up, I feel we have decent enough cover for each position. No need to add unless there was better than what we had available as we already have too many fringe players.

Arghhhhhh arghhhhhh! we didn't sign anyone else! it's not fair! might as well go back to league one!

my good god

It wouldn't matter if we did go down, just make us ritcher, we would sell ramirez and lambert and shaw. most of the team would stay and we would go up again with parachute payments and still a year ahead of courteses plan, but trust me we won't go down reading qpr and villa or wigan will go down

st stuie

Very dissapointed with no signings, our players can't score in a brothel, any thing other than a win at wigan and we down! just go s to show cortese sacked adkins because of ego not because of this guys ability to attract talent, couldn't even persuede his old mate coutinho to sign! very pissed off with cortese even more stupid than I thought. on your head be it cortese if we plummet out of the prem you should of stuck to banking you creature.

I like the way this manager has us playing. He has assessed the team and must be confident that he has the squad to survive. I, like most supporters would have like to see either a stiker or attacking midfielder but it could just be that we need to get those we have already playing to their potential. I'm not sorry that we haven't done a 'arry and spent over the odds.

What is wrong with you lot just a week or so ago most of you were crowing about our team and how together we were playing. Lallana back, Jos back soon and the manager hardly 2 weeks in. We did want to sign a couple of players but it did'nt work out. Do we really want to do a Harry and spend a fortune on players with no gaurantees they would improve the side. We are playing as a team and will survive and then wait for the close season to sensibly improve the side. I really do think that Jay Rod will really stamp himself as a quality forward given a good run in the side. Have faith in NC and MP they have'nt done much wrong so far. Please support them and stop finding fault because it will affect the players.

I love how positive our own fans are! Ok yes I thought we needed a striker this window after the last couple of games where just 2 goals would've turned 1 point into 4. But then look at it this way, our last 2 games have been against top 5 opposition and we have out played both of them in at least one half of the game, created more chances than both teams, alright the results didn't go 100% our way but we don't need to beat the top 5 teams at the moment!

This weekend is a crucial game! We have to beat wigan but if we play the way we did against everton or man united I can see us putting 3 or 4 past wigan then suddenly everyone will be saying we didn't need to sign anyone!

Whats happened with the manager has happened it can not be undone! NC is our chairman and MP is now our manager it is time for some fans to put up or shut up! Let them do their job (I think they might know a little more than people on here), at the end of the season if we are not in the Premiership then and only then will they be having to give answers to the fans until then. COYS

Ever since the summer fans? have been moaning that we did not sign a decent centre back, we need a CB, how can we survive without a CB? Well we signed one by all accounts a decent one too. So why complain?

We have gone from strength to strength with our young inexperienced team and are still growing. Pochettino and Cortese are obviously happy with the squad and our position. So am I, I truly believe that we will finish comfortably safe, no need to panic just be patient.

COYR!

When Ricky lambert is 10th top scorer in the league and he's competing with the likes of Rooney, aguero etc. how can you complain that we're not getting enough goals?

Could it be because we're not winning games?

Lambert scores again but we don't win again needed anOther striker to help him

We don't need another striker- we have quite a few players capable of scoring. One problem is that most of our shots are not hitting the target and/or our main scorers are not firing on all cylinders. Although players like puncheon & ramierez are supporting the team we all know that when they are on form we have the potential to annihilate the opposing team. Only happened once this season vs villa. I reckon it will click in again. As for letting in goals, well fonte still out injured & forren to come in should sort that out. Agreed we are not winning many games but we are not losing thm either & it will only take one player to provid the spark.

31 Jan 2013 21:47:38
De ridder to Bolton, done loan deal.
Riquelme ? Twitter? Where?

According to tv, manager has said they will do no more business In the window.

I can't find it he is a fibber

Im not a fibber! If you search Riquelme, no #, several tweets come up linking us with him! Don't shoot the messenger, and to be honest, I don't believe it either!

Badja

Riquelme has been a free agent since the summer so still could happen with the Argentinian link, would be a surprise to say the least if it does happen though

31 Jan 2013 21:27:55
Riquelme to saints is all over twitter all of a sudden!

No why would we want 34 year old defonatly not

Trev saint

Hope not. The only benefit of this would be that he'll come on a free transfer. But he's 34 so a bit past it.

31 Jan 2013 21:15:24
Steve DeRidder gone on loan to Bolton.

Where did you hear this? It isn't on the website? :/

Boltons official twiiter

It's all over the Bolton newspaper as well. So it's a real rumour. The only reason it hasn't been confirmed is that we are holding out to sign a winger to replace him.

Aussie Saint

Boltons official twitter doesn't say anything about this deal. Get your fact right before posting

All confirmed via Saints official twitter - apparently a month long deal

Yes it does and our twitter does, so get your facts right before speaking

That makes Riquelme rather than Lens sound the most likely, as they could be worried about whether a 34 year old's body will hold up for 4-5 months so have the option of recalling De Ridder if need be.

Aussie Saint

31 Jan 2013 19:04:41
Reeves has joined Southend United on loan.

Yes he has and jonny forte has joined sheff utd

De ridder on loan to bolton

Barnard to Oldham on loan for the rest of the season

I think we are looking at Manuel Lanzini

nb

31 Jan 2013 16:33:28
Southampton just had a 9m bid accepted for Jermaine Lens
Marquee time
COYR

Is this made up? I think so, no signings will take place this window as we are playing the best football of our lives right now and we don't want to infect the squad

9m is a lot for a player who was valued around 6m in the summer

I really hope this is true. We need strength in depth and he would be a great addition to the squad

Please let this be correct

Sincerely doubt it, but I hope you're right and I'm wrong!

We have already signed a player this window so the, "no signings this window comment is daft!"

And Forte to Sheff U

I have seen this to, keep calm only four and a half hours to go

Watched a compilation video of his goals online earlier, would be a great addition pacey, skilful and a very clinical finisher, lets hope this is true!

Newcastle in for him as well, just received a msg off someone up north.

Where's this info from? I can't find anything. Seems a lot of money for him. . he's good but that's a lot of money

West Ham paid 10 million for Jarvis in the summer, and I think Lens is a lot better than Jarvis. .

Aussie Saint

Gosh. What a suprise. It didn't happen. I'm so stunned. . .

31 Jan 2013 15:23:44
QPR just had a £5million bid rejected by saints for rickie lambert

Did that really happen I know they are trying to sign everyone but I doubt harry thought he'd have any chance with that one.

Old saggy face wants to look else where, he aren't having our talisman

Oh that would be wise are player that can score?

Wouldn't be surprised because super Ricky Lambert is a top top top top top top top top top top top top top player isn't he Harry?

31 Jan 2013 11:30:35
Beware Arsenal are after Luke Shaw again. He hasn't actually signed a contract with us yet has he? He is suppose to sign in July and he said that he only agreed for Nigel but after yesterday performance there is no need to leave is there?

Funny that because in his interview after he agreed he said the interview and agreement was with cortesse

He agreed it all with the Chairman. NC knew what was happenning so wouldn't put too much store in this 'he did it for Nigel'.

Shaw can't sign till he's 18, he's signed a pre agreement to sign when he turns 18, a la Walcott he can still leave but we command a larger transfer fee instead of a tribunal. Last night he was unfit due to a bug in Barcelona

He can sign before he is 18 but a max of 3 years contract. after he turns 18 he can sign a 5 year. this is better for WHEN we sell on.

Was it the Jason Puncheon bug ;)

Shaw signed a 3 yr contract when he turned 17. He has agreed to sign a 5yr contract when he turns 18.

If Shaw was currently not under contract he could leave on a free for a minimal 'compensation' fee.

31 Jan 2013 10:05:59
Danny Butterfield to Kansas City Wizards in the MLS.