Southampton Rumours Archive June 03 2015

 

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03 Jun 2015 21:34:40
Hearing that the Clyne situation will be sorted one way or another within the next week . although we have heard that before I know!

On a non transfer related note. I've seen the plans for our new away kit. dark green with a navy blue sash?! The same design as our 125 year anniversary kit. Certainly going to be a love it or hate it!

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04 Jun 2015 09:15:33
I'd like that away kit, except for the fact Stoke have done the same thing, albeit in black rather than navy blue. I get the colour choice navy blue to represent the Solent, and green to represent the New Forest, however they should have chosen yellow with a blue sash. The majority of Saints fans would prefer that as we are more historically associated with those colours for an away kit.

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04 Jun 2015 13:51:56
You're right it is similar, although they have a black shirt where ours will be a green so more like the reverse colour coordination to theirs, which means it won't look as similar as you think. Also when I saw the designs our sash went the opposite way to theirs.

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04 Jun 2015 15:51:14
Nah i'm really not digging that choice of colour or design. Why do Adidas do random stuff like that? They have no clue about our club or it's history it was the same with last kit they done for us block red! If you looked at everyone who had an Adidas kit that season every club had but different colours even Bristol City!?!
Yellow or sky blue me think

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04 Jun 2015 19:12:17
I may be wrong - but I think that I read somewhere a while ago the away shirt colours are to link in with a team in the US in an effort to make more of an impact (get revenue) across the Pond.

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05 Jun 2015 00:02:43
That would make more sense it to do with marketing
I like nike stripe kits better
adidas only seem to have a couple of templates lol

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{Ed007's Note - Nike strips are very poor quality. Celtic have just moved from Nike to New Balance but the quality of strips from Nike was terrible, like cheap tat. The tracksuits etc were fine but I was never impressed with the quality of the strips. As my man would say 'You could spit peas through it.'}

05 Jun 2015 21:28:15
Eric the saint . Could very possibly be Settle Sounders. Also green and blue, probably the best side in the Mls too, finished the regular season with the most points to win the supporters shield.

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06 Jun 2015 17:33:26
I didn't think about that side of it ed07 I was just thinking athletico had a better looking kit but quality I had no clue.
Lol u could spit peas through it I like that one loool

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{Ed007's Note - BTW that should have said 'my MAM'....What a typo to make!!! Nike used to come out with claims about tops being made from recycled plastic bottles or something like that. I assume that kidding on they are helping the environment must somehow ease their conscience over the kids that work in their sweat shops.
The last Man Utd top I bought was the one with the red swoosh round your neck a few years back, that was cheap rubbish as well so I refused to buy any more of theirs.}

06 Jun 2015 19:13:30
Lol just clicked on luckly u got away with that one mate
And yeh something has got to make these companys feel better apart from the ridiculous money they make .

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{Ed007's Note - It was a close one! The sad thing is these huge companies don't care as long as the money keeps rolling in, the recycled plastic nonsense is just some crazy PR guys idea to make them look like the care.}

03 Jun 2015 02:34:35
Media reports of 'advanced talks' for Maarten Stekelenburg who is available on a free transfer. If true (who knows!), I think this could be a great signing.

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03 Jun 2015 11:58:51
I thought he was still in contract to Fulham.

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03 Jun 2015 12:40:37
Looks like your right. That will teach me to take things at face value from the media! (I should have known better)

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03 Jun 2015 21:10:44
He's the Eljero Elia of goalkeepers. Started in the 2010 world cup final, but has been absolute garbage ever since and his career has faded away into irrelevance.

Personally, I'd be worried about Saints taking such a huge gamble for such a key position. It didn't matter so much that Elia turned out to be rubbish, as he was only a squad player and worth a punt. But if your new number one continues down his four-year path of total decline, then you've got a big problem.

I understand the appeal of a cheap, once-good international keeper who his club are desperate to get rid of, but it seems risky to me, when there's no need to take such a gamble. There are other decent keepers out there, whose careers are on the rise not the downslope.

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04 Jun 2015 10:14:03
The thing is the only want cover till frazer gets back cause he will only want his position back and too much money to leave on the bench.

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04 Jun 2015 13:57:51
Steklenberg is a great keeper who got conned into moving to Fulham when put together a very good side I'd have him here as a number one let alone a number two he's played in Europe almost his whole career with Ajax and the Dutch national team ,Forster will be great one day but let's be honest if he hadn't played in the spl he wouldn't have had a sniff of Europe

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04 Jun 2015 19:01:21
Stekelenburg didn't get conned into joining Fulham. He bombed out at Roma, where he was exceptionally poor, had a number of injuries and ultimately lost his place.

Fulham threw him a lifeline - and he was a disaster from the beginning, injuring himself on his debut. When he returned, he conceded more than 2.25 goals per game, and was dropped for the last nine matches of the season in favour the mighty David Stockdale. Hasn't played for them since.

Loaned out to Monaco, he's sat on the bench all of this season just gone.

His stock has virtually evaporated since he left Ajax in 2011. He's not a "great keeper". Not anymore. Not even close. And like I said before, I think it's a massive gamble for Saints to sign him as their number one for the new season and cross their fingers that he can somehow rewind the clock five years to when he wasn't hopeless. Can't they do better, with someone who is actually relevant in the here and now?

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Haha quality wpedia analysis of a goalkeeper who's had a much better career than any goalkeeper except Peter Shilton the saints have ever had. he played over 50 games in Rome I think hardly a bad record since he was there about a season and a half oh and he was also playing champions league there aswell, if you want shit goalkeepers look no further than davis and gazza for Christmas sake hardly a risk signing a goalkeeper who's played in a world cup final for the DUTCH when they are your other options, have a big wipe and move on

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05 Jun 2015 16:59:30
Had being the operative word. He hasn't been worth his salt as a keeper since he left Ajax. Hasn't played for Holland in three years.

I've no argument that he used to be a very good keeper, but sadly he isn't anymore and hasn't been for a number of years now. Signing declining players who used to be good but now their Championship club are desperate to get them off the books isn't a great transfer strategy, IMHO.

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