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Saints sign 'keeper Wright on loan

11:21am Thursday 20th March 2008

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Saints have signed West Ham's Richard Wright on loan for a month.

The 30-year-old shot stopper has previously worked with goalkeeping coach Malcolm Webster at Ipswich.

He has been signed after the three senior goalkeepers - Kelvin Davis, Bartosz Bialkowski and Michael Poke - picked up injuries.

The former England goalkeeper has been kept out of the West Ham side by the form of Robert Green.

Wright signed for The Hammers on a free last summer from Everton, after losing his place to Tim Howard.

The Merseyside club paid £3.5m for his services from Arsenal, who signed him from George Burley's Ipswich in 2001 for £6m.

Now he is hoping to re-establish his career and Saints boss Nigel Pearson sees him as the perfect choice to provide much needed goalkeeping cover with only 17-year-old Academy scholar Andrej Pernecky fit from the club's goalkeepers.

Pearson said: "I am delighted to have got Richard. He is a quality proven keeper with plenty of experience.

"It is a bizarre run of injuries but there is no point being negative. We had to address the situation and I am very pleased to have Richard on board."

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Will, soton says...
11:41am Thu 20 Mar 08

Yes, great signing pearson, well done!

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Chas + Dave, Hambledon says...
11:41am Thu 20 Mar 08

Richard Wright is a good sigining and The 30-year-old shot stopper has previously worked with goalkeeping coach Malcolm Webster at Ipswich.

He has been signed after the three senior goalkeepers - Kelvin Davis, Bartosz Bialkowski and Michael Poke - picked up injuries.


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Jack Lambden, Baughurst says...
11:45am Thu 20 Mar 08

thank god, i was thinking we might have to play that 17 year old(no ofensve to the lad.Now we sorted that out, we can all get behind the lads on saturday and get 3 points!. COYR!

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Jack, Chandlers Ford says...
12:00pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Thats a great loan signing, he's got bags of experience at the top level and has been among the best keepers in england when he was playing with Ipswich. I feel there would have been a bit too much pressure on the 17-year-old keeper.

Hopefully he'll be the key to a solid back line in the next month so we can get enough points on the board to beat the drop.

Come on Saints!

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ossiesaint, at the bar says...
12:03pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Best loan signing I think we could have made at this time. Seems to has lost his way but hopefully he can clean sheet against Coventry!

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Osama Bin Laden, A Cave far far away says...
12:11pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Do I see a good signing, who next a decent centre back??

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Ben Durutti, Shirley says...
12:56pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Good signing

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Happy, southampton says...
1:33pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Nice one nige!

Mr Pearson seems to know good players from bad, which is a refreshing change! Maybe close season he will clear the deadwood in the squad and get in some more quality signings like this.

I know Wright is only on loan, but he is a Premier league bench warmer. If we stay up he is the sort of player we need to bolster the squad.


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Saint Moogue, Middlesex says...
1:51pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Can we swop Chris Powell for a loan exchange too?......maybe one of those big tailor's dummies..at least it would foul, moan and laugh less! Powell could not care less...

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Kate, Andover says...
2:00pm Thu 20 Mar 08

I wonder how long it will be until he gets injured.......!

Seriously, it's a very good signing and I hope he does well on Saturday - we need those 3 points.....

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Saints Fan, says...
2:11pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Another has-been!
Hope he likes picking the ball out of the back of the net!
Bring back Lowe!

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Jesus_02, Kingsland says...
2:12pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Yes

Yes, Yes, Yes..

I now have genuine belief that we will stay up rather than just hope.

Pearson has definitely gone up in my estimation

Keep em comming thou.... we still need full backs.

With regards to Wright, "can we keep him,can we keep him"

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chris, southhampton says...
2:38pm Thu 20 Mar 08

all we need now are full backs and our new young skipper Andrew Davies because he holds our back 4 together our player of the season who agrees

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chris, southhampton says...
2:45pm Thu 20 Mar 08

good news all we need now is our young skipper back Andrew Davies who agrees when i say by far our player of the season

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Nick, Woolston says...
2:52pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Nice one Nigel!

Sadly Andrew Davies will miss the rest of the season. Bugger!

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Bryan Bridgwater, Courtice Ontario Canada says...
3:31pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Great signing Nigel! Just what the team needs an International goalie to restore some confidence in the defence.

Don't some of us just wish that Rupert Lowe could stay away for a while? Lets face it Crouch has all of our best interests at heart and has probably brought in the BEST MANAGER that the Club could ever have. He in turn is doing everything he can to turn things around....IMHO the only interest that Lowe and Wilde have is in the share price ....why cause a disruption like this at such a critical time?

Keep up the good work Nigel and Congratulations to Crouch for bringing such an excellent Manager to the Club and for paying for Ted Bates's monument out of your own pocket!!! You are a true SAINT!

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Ric Flair, says...
3:39pm Thu 20 Mar 08

oh good, now we need a couple of centre backs

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Deano, Andover says...
4:36pm Thu 20 Mar 08

I feel so sorry for Nigel Pearson, 3 goalkeepers injured, now Davies, our best top performing defender, plus other injuries. Calling all Saints fans, we need to get behind the team, if we lose a game, lets not give abuse, go to more games to give our support. YOU try working with a squad we have at the moment, difficult task lies ahead and if we survive relegation this season, I think we will, Nigel Pearson should be thanked by everyone. Once a Saint, always a Saint, every season is different, ups and downs, new players, management and coaching staff. We will be fine come the end of the season. Anyone who abuses, slags off, we don't need it, I know your welcome to your opinion but please support the team vocally as this is what will make us get through our current situation. Your thoughts?

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Jez, London says...
4:58pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Impossible to disagree with that Deano. If the fans can see 100% commitment on the pitch then we'll give them our full support. Problem is, of late, that hasn't happened. I think it's clear we have enough talent to stay in this league and it's the manager and players jobs to pull their fingers out and at the very very minimum try their hardest for 90 mins.

If the fans can see that (starting on Saturday) I don't think there'll be too many complaints, whatever the result.

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Fred, Southampton says...
5:04pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Saints Fan wrote:
Another has-been!
Hope he likes picking the ball out of the back of the net!
Bring back Lowe!
Get real...with thoughts like this go down the M275

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Deano, Chelmsford says...
5:36pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Saints Fan wrote:
Another has-been! Hope he likes picking the ball out of the back of the net! Bring back Lowe!
If this is your idea of support....Saints don't need it.
Incidentally, I don't recall a goalkeeper named Lowe.

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Saint Red And White, says...
5:38pm Thu 20 Mar 08

Saints Fan wrote:
Another has-been! Hope he likes picking the ball out of the back of the net! Bring back Lowe!
stupid,

probably a skate comment

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Denzil, work says...
6:15pm Thu 20 Mar 08

My god, a decent goal keeper! What's wrong with him? Is he injured or something?

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ted, southhampton says...
7:01pm Thu 20 Mar 08

is davies gonna play again this season because if not we are doomed i can honestly say he has saved us at least 6 points this season with his whole hearted defending

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Boogeyman, says...
10:05pm Thu 20 Mar 08

wright

ostlund
viaffara
pearce
vignal

hammill
safri
surman or licka

bayesa
john
pericard

bench:
pernecky
gillett
indiakez
saga
mc goldrick

thats my line up 4 saturday, whoever dosent like it, can p1ss off

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leigh, coventry says...
7:31am Fri 21 Mar 08

Boogeyman wrote:
wright ostlund viaffara pearce vignal hammill safri surman or licka bayesa john pericard bench: pernecky gillett indiakez saga mc goldrick thats my line up 4 saturday, whoever dosent like it, can p1ss off
alas, pearce & Idiakez are injured but i like the 4-3-3- so wud go with the following.

Wright
Ostlund
Viafara
Thomas
Vignal

hammil
Safri
Surman

John
Saga
Pericard

Bench

Licka
Mc Goldrick
Baseya
gillett
Wright

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matt, southampton says...
9:36am Fri 21 Mar 08

excellent signing, think pearsons doin a great job coyr

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