Saints close in on Rodriguez (From Daily Echo)

Tirau Dan wrote:
Thought for the day "Transfer fees and wages in Football are crazy"

The average British wage is about 30k. League 1 Footballers could get 100k Prem 150k. Their agents can sort endorsements and advertising top up.
No way should clubs have to fork out 70-100% of their income on wages.

As for transfers.. apply for vacancies... send a cv, video and medical certificate with your application... Kind of like the real world.

It's time for the players to be brought down to reality if they want the big money they can get it from playing well and earning sponsors.

BUT: we all know it will never happen as long as the leaders take their share of betting money and drug and arms dealers are allowed to owner clubs.

Is football clean?
Are footballers worth every cent?
Heck the Pope was in the Nazi Youth.... who'd have believed that?

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

mack chinnon wrote:

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

Pot kettle black Mr storie teller.

swiss_saint wrote:
7m! for a player that will warm the bench up for most of the season. This guy is promising but i was hoping we would sign a decent established prem striker, now all of are strikers are good but are they prem quality

bigfella777 wrote:
I think this is the wrong decision, you could have Defoe for about 10 mill at least you know what your getting with him in the squad, are Saints serious or not, were supposed to be the top 5 richest club in the league, stop being tight.

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

swiss_saint wrote:
7m! for a player that will warm the bench up for most of the season. This guy is promising but i was hoping we would sign a decent established prem striker, now all of are strikers are good but are they prem quality

dopplershift wrote:
If you want to play you've got to pay. That is the bottom line. We're no longer lower league material we're prem class and we have to bolster all areas of the 'squad' not just the team. JR gives us another dimension and one that NA feels will benefit a style of play we may play against certain opposition perhaps. If you have only 1-2 game plans you're gonna get unstuck big time. Rather than spend £10m on a proven prem player who only scored 5 goals last season it makes sense to buy 2 players for that cost. If we had a team like say Reading I'd be more worried but we do have strength in depth and the team know how to play together and seem to love each other. Don't want to upset that as it's worth a lot of points.
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Still a few players to leave yet and only then will NA and NC plan be known. Personally I'm behind JR more than Hooper purely because of the standard of teams they've both been playing against.

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

alan.of.eastleigh wrote:
£7m is a pretty decent price for a future England player (as opposed to a has been like De Foe). He can play striker or right wing and I suspect it is the latter role that he would adopt at Saints if he comes. Everton and WHU have also been making enquiries. Sunderland too I hear.

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

kingsland 34 wrote:
Its just unreal to think 7m for a player when, we have come a long way in a short time. For your amusement check out Jay Rodrigez penalty miss on YouTube. And just one more thing to the 2 old moaning gits that sit behind me ... Are you dead yet ?

Condor Man wrote:
In the Daily Mirror today I read that Chaplow could go back to Burnley as part of the deal.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

kingsland 34 wrote: Its just unreal to think 7m for a player when, we have come a long way in a short time. For your amusement check out Jay Rodrigez penalty miss on YouTube. And just one more thing to the 2 old moaning gits that sit behind me ... Are you dead yet ?

If you are lucky, the mg's won't be able to afford the price hike, if they are deceased perhaps they may come back to haunt you.......

St Retford wrote:
I like that we don't really splash the cash on Charlie Big Potato footballers that all the kids have heard of. We're like the cool DJ type who knows every good band before anyone else and is playing them long before they reach the likes of MTV. I'd rather a 22-year-old with massive potential than a 32-year-old with injuries and memories.

Tirau Dan wrote:
Thought for the day "Transfer fees and wages in Football are crazy"

The average British wage is about 30k. League 1 Footballers could get 100k Prem 150k. Their agents can sort endorsements and advertising top up.
No way should clubs have to fork out 70-100% of their income on wages.

As for transfers.. apply for vacancies... send a cv, video and medical certificate with your application... Kind of like the real world.

It's time for the players to be brought down to reality if they want the big money they can get it from playing well and earning sponsors.

BUT: we all know it will never happen as long as the leaders take their share of betting money and drug and arms dealers are allowed to owner clubs.

Is football clean?
Are footballers worth every cent?
Heck the Pope was in the Nazi Youth.... who'd have believed that?

upwherewebelong wrote:
Red army can you learn to use upper and lower case please ? you don't need to shout all the time we get you're passionate about SFC. As for Rodriguez nothing on official site so this is probably just the Echo trying to sell more papers as if this is the back page story fans will buy it thinking it is true. Although the fact it is in nationals as well does give it more credibility. - Sign Rodriguez then i'd still consider Owen as well. Also a winger, Strong CM and a new goalie and were all set. Where does this leave Guly and Barnard though should we sell both of them ?

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

RedArmy1 wrote:
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mack chinnon wrote:

Tirau Dan wrote: Thought for the day "Transfer fees and wages in Football are crazy" The average British wage is about 30k. League 1 Footballers could get 100k Prem 150k. Their agents can sort endorsements and advertising top up. No way should clubs have to fork out 70-100% of their income on wages. As for transfers.. apply for vacancies... send a cv, video and medical certificate with your application... Kind of like the real world. It's time for the players to be brought down to reality if they want the big money they can get it from playing well and earning sponsors. BUT: we all know it will never happen as long as the leaders take their share of betting money and drug and arms dealers are allowed to owner clubs. Is football clean? Are footballers worth every cent? Heck the Pope was in the Nazi Youth.... who'd have believed that?

With a bit of luck Dan the football.com bubble will also burst and financially well run clubs (like the Saints now are) can step up. U.T.S.

dopplershift wrote:
If Chappers goes I'll be gutted. I think he'll hang around for a season though as he'll want a good taste of prem footie that he deserves. He's young and plenty of time to go back up north to help someone like Burnley.

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Stoop or stab?

allsaintsnocurves wrote:
He's scored 21 goals in the Championship and was in double figures last year and at 22 will only get better. He is an all round striker and very mobile so just what Saints need up front. This will keep the pressure on Lee and Sharp to partner Ricky.

billythesaint wrote:

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

"it's aren't, thicko" you mean :) Get it right when pulling someone up about their grammar and punctuation. Now stand in the corner.

allmove4ward2geva wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:
Red army can you learn to use upper and lower case please ? you don't need to shout all the time we get you're passionate about SFC. As for Rodriguez nothing on official site so this is probably just the Echo trying to sell more papers as if this is the back page story fans will buy it thinking it is true. Although the fact it is in nationals as well does give it more credibility. - Sign Rodriguez then i'd still consider Owen as well. Also a winger, Strong CM and a new goalie and were all set. Where does this leave Guly and Barnard though should we sell both of them ?

I THINK HIS CAPS LOCK IS FINE

allsaintsnocurves wrote:
He's scored 21 goals in the Championship and was in double figures last year and at 22 will only get better. He is an all round striker and very mobile so just what Saints need up front. This will keep the pressure on Lee and Sharp to partner Ricky.

billythesaint wrote:

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:
If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

"it's aren't, thicko" you mean :) Get it right when pulling someone up about their grammar and punctuation. Now stand in the corner.

townieboy wrote:
Why sign him now ???? He didnt want to come to Saints before so why now ? Just a lure of more money hes not interested in us or he would have signed last year. Hope he dosent agree personal terms we dont need him. Also ALL SAINTS FANS irgnore SKATE slang on here please. Only incourages the fishy ****, IGNORANCE IS BLESS>

franiow wrote:
Chappers has apparently tweeted that he is staying at Saints, so that bit sounds untrue. Strange that when Saints offer serious money for a player it is too much and if we don't offer good money to seal a deal we lack ambition!!

allmove4ward2geva wrote:

upwherewebelong wrote:
Red army can you learn to use upper and lower case please ? you don't need to shout all the time we get you're passionate about SFC. As for Rodriguez nothing on official site so this is probably just the Echo trying to sell more papers as if this is the back page story fans will buy it thinking it is true. Although the fact it is in nationals as well does give it more credibility. - Sign Rodriguez then i'd still consider Owen as well. Also a winger, Strong CM and a new goalie and were all set. Where does this leave Guly and Barnard though should we sell both of them ?

I THINK HIS CAPS LOCK IS FINE

franiow wrote:
Chappers has apparently tweeted that he is staying at Saints, so that bit sounds untrue.
Strange that when Saints offer serious money for a player it is too much and if we don't offer good money to seal a deal we lack ambition!!

andrewinlondon wrote:
In 1966, Saints signed a striker called Ron Davies after they were promoted & he just couldn't help scoring goals. Saints already had Martin Chivers but he took quite a long time to settle down. Without Davies's goals Saints would have been relegated in their first season up. The signing of Rodriguez could be history repeating itself... or they could do even better than 1966.

ash_ wrote:
A lot of money for an unproven player at Premier League level and only 1 year letf on his contract. £4m would be a fair amount. I'd be a bit gutted to see Chappers go tho - still think he's agot a lot to give at the top level. Would rather see Barnard go instead.

New players I think we could realistically get for new season:
Fabio on loan from United
Keiran Richardson from Sunderland who wants out,
Lukuka loan from Chelsea (they paid £18m for him and want to loan him out especially after signing Hazard & The Hulk),
Owen on a free would be a kind of Connelly replacement in my opinion & would work well with Lambert (PLUS guaranteed 15 goals),
Phillips from Blackpool (maybe Puncheon going the other way) has the pace we desperately need,
Jarvis from Wolves (maybe - if the Phillips deal doesn't come off),
Curtis Davis from Birmingham as backup for Fonte and Hosiveld,
finally that Michu character who sounds good but don't know much about him.

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

billythesaint wrote:

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote: If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

"it's aren't, thicko" you mean :) Get it right when pulling someone up about their grammar and punctuation. Now stand in the corner.

business-guru wrote:
yeh great forward attack but its not strikers we need,,, its a right winger, holding midifeld player, centre half and a keeper... £7m for JR is stupid... If we do sign him then surely that will mean Guly is lined up for a move away !? there is no way he will get a game up front and he is no where near good enough to play in midfield in the prem with the midfielders we have at moment.. Also I am assuming that NA is thinking on a formation where Lee and Lambert can play deeper together and create more from midifeld.... if not then AOC going and JR coming in for a Net income of £3M is going to seem crazy...

smileymiles wrote:

billythesaint wrote:

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote: If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

"it's aren't, thicko" you mean :) Get it right when pulling someone up about their grammar and punctuation. Now stand in the corner.

Actually the billythesaint is right as it's is reserved for possessive use whilst its is used as an abbreviation for it is. I'd still like Hooper as he appears a real handful. Owen? Nah!! But Philips and Ince would be great. How much have we got to spend though??

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

Itchen hero wrote:

business-guru wrote:
yeh great forward attack but its not strikers we need,,, its a right winger, holding midifeld player, centre half and a keeper... £7m for JR is stupid... If we do sign him then surely that will mean Guly is lined up for a move away !? there is no way he will get a game up front and he is no where near good enough to play in midfield in the prem with the midfielders we have at moment.. Also I am assuming that NA is thinking on a formation where Lee and Lambert can play deeper together and create more from midifeld.... if not then AOC going and JR coming in for a Net income of £3M is going to seem crazy...

WTF ^

batesieboy wrote:
Unless "the Southampton Way" of signing players out of Press scrutiny has been ditched, this won't happen.

business-guru wrote:

batesieboy wrote:
Unless "the Southampton Way" of signing players out of Press scrutiny has been ditched, this won't happen.

NCs games will have to come to and end,,, this is the Prem now !! ;-)

WobblyCat wrote:
Also on sky, breaking news, skint skunts not welcome on the daily echo forum.

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

frenchvic wrote:

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

I am sure we signed him from Norwich, £65 grand i think.

Condor Man wrote:
In the Daily Mirror today I read that Chaplow could go back to Burnley as part of the deal.

El Santo wrote:

Condor Man wrote: In the Daily Mirror today I read that Chaplow could go back to Burnley as part of the deal.

That'd be a mistake, IMO. Chaplow "coincided" with our best form, last year.

torbay george wrote:
My sons are buying me a season ticket. I live in southern devon. does anyone know of other saints fans that travel up to hampshire? i have asked the Saints website but i got the stock answer that they would contavene the Data Protection Act. Can anyone help?

bigfella777 wrote:

ash_ wrote:
A lot of money for an unproven player at Premier League level and only 1 year letf on his contract. £4m would be a fair amount. I'd be a bit gutted to see Chappers go tho - still think he's agot a lot to give at the top level. Would rather see Barnard go instead.

New players I think we could realistically get for new season:
Fabio on loan from United
Keiran Richardson from Sunderland who wants out,
Lukuka loan from Chelsea (they paid £18m for him and want to loan him out especially after signing Hazard & The Hulk),
Owen on a free would be a kind of Connelly replacement in my opinion & would work well with Lambert (PLUS guaranteed 15 goals),
Phillips from Blackpool (maybe Puncheon going the other way) has the pace we desperately need,
Jarvis from Wolves (maybe - if the Phillips deal doesn't come off),
Curtis Davis from Birmingham as backup for Fonte and Hosiveld,
finally that Michu character who sounds good but don't know much about him.

This is utter ****, have you ever even seen a game of football?

rob the saint in NZ wrote:
JR would be a good signing IMHO. Young & hungry, not an established Premiership 'name' who is just looking for his next pay deal etc.

NC is hugely ambitious & if this has been sanctioned I am sure there will be more to come (defenders & a CM would be good).

By the way, for anyone who's interested (note the correct use of an apostrophe) I am now back in the UK in sunny Southampton & looking for a new user name - suggestions please!

COYR!!!

OSPREYSAINT wrote:

WobblyCat wrote:
Also on sky, breaking news, skint skunts not welcome on the daily echo forum.

...also in the News is the fact that the FL are not going to dock Skates any more points, despite still being in administration, then again they are not Luton, or Leeds, or Bournemouth or Saints e.t.c. and must be entitled to preferential treatment for some obscure reason.

rob the saint in NZ wrote:
JR would be a good signing IMHO. Young & hungry, not an established Premiership 'name' who is just looking for his next pay deal etc. NC is hugely ambitious & if this has been sanctioned I am sure there will be more to come (defenders & a CM would be good). By the way, for anyone who's interested (note the correct use of an apostrophe) I am now back in the UK in sunny Southampton & looking for a new user name - suggestions please! COYR!!!

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

bigfella777 wrote:

ash_ wrote:
A lot of money for an unproven player at Premier League level and only 1 year letf on his contract. £4m would be a fair amount. I'd be a bit gutted to see Chappers go tho - still think he's agot a lot to give at the top level. Would rather see Barnard go instead.

New players I think we could realistically get for new season:
Fabio on loan from United
Keiran Richardson from Sunderland who wants out,
Lukuka loan from Chelsea (they paid £18m for him and want to loan him out especially after signing Hazard & The Hulk),
Owen on a free would be a kind of Connelly replacement in my opinion & would work well with Lambert (PLUS guaranteed 15 goals),
Phillips from Blackpool (maybe Puncheon going the other way) has the pace we desperately need,
Jarvis from Wolves (maybe - if the Phillips deal doesn't come off),
Curtis Davis from Birmingham as backup for Fonte and Hosiveld,
finally that Michu character who sounds good but don't know much about him.

This is utter ****, have you ever even seen a game of football?

Have you ever taken a 9 incher up the jacksy without lubrication?

Bet you have. Oh sir, suit you sir. Now ****.

saints fan #1 wrote:
off topic-hi am 13yrs old but looking to purchase a season ticket with my mates does anybody know what details are needed when you purchase a season ticket from the phone-line on 2nd july

plz can you give as much details as possible thanks.

COYR!!!!!!
que sera sera what ever will be will be, (i hope)were top of the premier league que sera sera. RED ARMY!!

rob the saint in NZ wrote:
JR would be a good signing IMHO. Young & hungry, not an established Premiership 'name' who is just looking for his next pay deal etc.

NC is hugely ambitious & if this has been sanctioned I am sure there will be more to come (defenders & a CM would be good).

By the way, for anyone who's interested (note the correct use of an apostrophe) I am now back in the UK in sunny Southampton & looking for a new user name - suggestions please!

COYR!!!

saints_alive wrote:
This is rolling news on BBC Radio 5 Live and I trust their speculative transfer news more than any newspaper. J Rod, Michu and two experienced PL defenders. Talent will find goals, experience defends them. COYSAINTS!

St Retford wrote:

rob the saint in NZ wrote:
JR would be a good signing IMHO. Young & hungry, not an established Premiership 'name' who is just looking for his next pay deal etc. NC is hugely ambitious & if this has been sanctioned I am sure there will be more to come (defenders & a CM would be good). By the way, for anyone who's interested (note the correct use of an apostrophe) I am now back in the UK in sunny Southampton & looking for a new user name - suggestions please! COYR!!!

Whereabouts in Southampton are you and what line of work are you in? I'm thinking of hilarious (ie not hilarious) puns based on famous Robins. For example, if you work as a driver in a large fleet of Transits, you could be Rob In Van Thirty.

Similarly, if you live in somehwhere quite 'street' (I'm thinking maybe Shirley or somewhere?) you could be Rob In (The) Hood.

We need more information to make this work.

Ashley Charles Pragnell wrote:
If it is true that Jay is on the way to The Saints 7 million is shear speculation as Saints do not disclose fees paid. There is no way in this world Nicola would pay 7 million for a player in the last year of his contract. According to a sauce at Sky he was seen at Southampton Airport yesterday.

May list of players in would include: The following
Goal keeper Matt Gilks or England third choice keeper Buckland who is one for the future. Curtis Davis, Steven Davies central Midfield. Snodgrass from Leeds could be quite cheap in last year on contract. Also Nigel was looking at Ince and saw him score a great goal at Wembley. I still do have my reservations about the full back positions? Can some not get that Pompy Phil and Fat Ford worker blocked from this site they took the biggest load of fish manure. That me being polite as I will not use swear words.

frenchvic wrote:

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

I am sure we signed him from Norwich, £65 grand i think.

smileymiles wrote:

billythesaint wrote:

miltonarcher wrote:

bigfella777 wrote: If he is such a great player and such a bargain why are'nt all the top clubs fighting over him then?

Mr bitter and twisted back on here, I see you don’t even know how to position the apostrophe (its aren't thicko). Still its great to see you are still gutted about our success.

"it's aren't, thicko" you mean :) Get it right when pulling someone up about their grammar and punctuation. Now stand in the corner.

Actually the billythesaint is right as it's is reserved for possessive use whilst its is used as an abbreviation for it is. I'd still like Hooper as he appears a real handful. Owen? Nah!! But Philips and Ince would be great. How much have we got to spend though??

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

GHamilton wrote:
I have real worries spending £7m on Rodriguez; I ve always felt if you are looking to cut it in the top flight, you dont get your merchandise from clubs like Burnley. We dont need to break the bank pre-season. The players we have should be given a chance to prove themselves or not in the top flight. I think this season should be about consolidation of our premier league position, and not trying to spend our way into europe. If we need to realy strenghten, the January transfer window would give us a good opportunity to do so, and by then we would have a better idea of whats needed. I hope JR is worth the £7m, but personally if I was to be spending big money now it would be more on our defence, and rep goalkeeper than up front.

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

SFCOLDBOY wrote:

frenchvic wrote:

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

I am sure we signed him from Norwich, £65 grand i think.

Was Norwich,Cost?
Greatest centre forward in my lifetime.
COYR.

angus mc coatup wrote:

SFCOLDBOY wrote:

frenchvic wrote:

andrewinlondon wrote: Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

I am sure we signed him from Norwich, £65 grand i think.

Was Norwich,Cost? Greatest centre forward in my lifetime. COYR.

it was norwich and the fee was 45 grand. those where the days!

pompey phil wrote:
£7m for a championship player, your board and manager are deluded and have been ripped off,they certainly saw you scum coming,oh well yet another player to add to your ever growing wage bill and only one departure,so the wage bill is growing so now your wages are probably 96% of your turnover increase of 3%. the demise of scum has started, the debt has started to grow,then when you get relegated BOOM!!!! it will all crash down,oh well PLAY UP POMPEY!!!

Balders76 wrote:
JR looks the business. My dad is a Burnley fan so we have seen this kid and he gets better and better. £7 is alot but who knows what the real figure is. The point some people are missing about who we should buy is not only is a player like this hungrier and likely to get better but unlike the likes of defoe he is an investment. After a few years we could sell him on for twice what we pay. Defoe and his ilk would just be dead money in wages and sell on.

business-guru wrote:
WHY do people reply to skate posts on here !?!?

business-guru wrote:
WHY do people reply to skate posts on here !?!?

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

Mick the Saint wrote:

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

I think superb service from Terry Paine had something to do with it. Now there WAS a good crosser of the ball

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

not even carp or graling ?

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

ash_ wrote:
A lot of money for an unproven player at Premier League level and only 1 year letf on his contract. £4m would be a fair amount. I'd be a bit gutted to see Chappers go tho - still think he's agot a lot to give at the top level. Would rather see Barnard go instead.

New players I think we could realistically get for new season:
Fabio on loan from United
Keiran Richardson from Sunderland who wants out,
Lukuka loan from Chelsea (they paid £18m for him and want to loan him out especially after signing Hazard & The Hulk),
Owen on a free would be a kind of Connelly replacement in my opinion & would work well with Lambert (PLUS guaranteed 15 goals),
Phillips from Blackpool (maybe Puncheon going the other way) has the pace we desperately need,
Jarvis from Wolves (maybe - if the Phillips deal doesn't come off),
Curtis Davis from Birmingham as backup for Fonte and Hosiveld,
finally that Michu character who sounds good but don't know much about him.

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

not even carp or graling ?

Grayling you non fisher person!

Baddesley Bill wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

not even carp or graling ?

Grayling you non fisher person!

Any word on when the "priest" (fishing term) will come down on the fishy few?

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

not even carp or graling ?

Grayling you non fisher person!

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

slugger wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

not even carp or graling ?

Grayling you non fisher person!

fishing is like golf ........... a waste of a day !

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

circa 66 saint wrote:

Mick the Saint wrote:

andrewinlondon wrote:
Ron Davies was signed from Wrexham I seem to remember. Nobody much had heard of him at the time. He far exceeded expectations. He had so much self confidence. When he was near the goal; he just scored...

I think superb service from Terry Paine had something to do with it. Now there WAS a good crosser of the ball

a good crosser of the ball, terry was one of the best, and very difficult to obtain these days.
rickie would thrive on one

circa 66 saint wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:
Popped on the Burnley site to see what they think of the deal - but they're too busy arguing with Blackburn fans and saying they bought their success and couldn't afford it and they're all pikeys. Similar to us really other than the lack of fish references :)

as long as they don't use the word "skunts" only saints supporters are allowed it's use.

skin2000 wrote:

ash_ wrote:
A lot of money for an unproven player at Premier League level and only 1 year letf on his contract. £4m would be a fair amount. I'd be a bit gutted to see Chappers go tho - still think he's agot a lot to give at the top level. Would rather see Barnard go instead.

New players I think we could realistically get for new season:
Fabio on loan from United
Keiran Richardson from Sunderland who wants out,
Lukuka loan from Chelsea (they paid £18m for him and want to loan him out especially after signing Hazard & The Hulk),
Owen on a free would be a kind of Connelly replacement in my opinion & would work well with Lambert (PLUS guaranteed 15 goals),
Phillips from Blackpool (maybe Puncheon going the other way) has the pace we desperately need,
Jarvis from Wolves (maybe - if the Phillips deal doesn't come off),
Curtis Davis from Birmingham as backup for Fonte and Hosiveld,
finally that Michu character who sounds good but don't know much about him.

Dave Blake is still the man to go for.Lacks a bit of pace, but is pure quality and we can get him on a free.
COYR

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

ghk230473 wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

Les scouts probably because he can't manage?
Not trying to be negative but if things don't start well it won't be les that is under pressure.
I hope Adkins is putting the don under pressure to get the signings in ASAP to allow them as much time as possible to gel with squad. Equally get rid of dead wood to free up funds. I know there are deals to be done but is it worth waiting till last minute to grab a bargain when you can get deals done now and have a full pre-season together. When making cement do you chuck in sand in last, give it a few spins then chuck out?

St Retford wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

Les scouts probably because he can't manage?
Not trying to be negative but if things don't start well it won't be les that is under pressure.
I hope Adkins is putting the don under pressure to get the signings in ASAP to allow them as much time as possible to gel with squad. Equally get rid of dead wood to free up funds. I know there are deals to be done but is it worth waiting till last minute to grab a bargain when you can get deals done now and have a full pre-season together. When making cement do you chuck in sand in last, give it a few spins then chuck out?

But if this story is right then surely that's exactly what Nigel's doing? I think we're all aware that Nicola is a very ambitious man and I wouldn't have it any other way, but equally I'm very sure that Nigel will surprise quite a few people.

I only hope he's had time for a decent holiday because I suspect he will be the hardest working man in football this season.

ghk230473 wrote:

St Retford wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

Les scouts probably because he can't manage?
Not trying to be negative but if things don't start well it won't be les that is under pressure.
I hope Adkins is putting the don under pressure to get the signings in ASAP to allow them as much time as possible to gel with squad. Equally get rid of dead wood to free up funds. I know there are deals to be done but is it worth waiting till last minute to grab a bargain when you can get deals done now and have a full pre-season together. When making cement do you chuck in sand in last, give it a few spins then chuck out?

But if this story is right then surely that's exactly what Nigel's doing? I think we're all aware that Nicola is a very ambitious man and I wouldn't have it any other way, but equally I'm very sure that Nigel will surprise quite a few people.

I only hope he's had time for a decent holiday because I suspect he will be the hardest working man in football this season.

Fair comment but is another striker a priority? Goal keeper to keep kelvin on his toes? No nonsense midfielder? Does any one believe Hammond to be a premier league player? I would have liked to have seen a few players make way by now as there are IMO some obvious ones that are not good enough. Worst job I'm sure but you can't carry any one and I'm sure they wouldn't want to be carried.

St Retford wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

Les scouts probably because he can't manage?
Not trying to be negative but if things don't start well it won't be les that is under pressure.
I hope Adkins is putting the don under pressure to get the signings in ASAP to allow them as much time as possible to gel with squad. Equally get rid of dead wood to free up funds. I know there are deals to be done but is it worth waiting till last minute to grab a bargain when you can get deals done now and have a full pre-season together. When making cement do you chuck in sand in last, give it a few spins then chuck out?

But if this story is right then surely that's exactly what Nigel's doing? I think we're all aware that Nicola is a very ambitious man and I wouldn't have it any other way, but equally I'm very sure that Nigel will surprise quite a few people.

I only hope he's had time for a decent holiday because I suspect he will be the hardest working man in football this season.

RedArmy1 wrote:
WEAR YOUR COLOURS THIS SUMMER .. IN AND AROUND SOUTHAMPTON AROUND THE UK IN EUROPE AND ON HOLIDAY WORLDWIDE. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON 'S RED ARMY. WE ARE BACK IN THE PREMIERSHIP. RED ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMY. NUMBER ONE IN THE SOUTH (UK) COYR. p.s more signings needed as WE FIGHT FOR EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

St Retford wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

Les scouts probably because he can't manage?
Not trying to be negative but if things don't start well it won't be les that is under pressure.
I hope Adkins is putting the don under pressure to get the signings in ASAP to allow them as much time as possible to gel with squad. Equally get rid of dead wood to free up funds. I know there are deals to be done but is it worth waiting till last minute to grab a bargain when you can get deals done now and have a full pre-season together. When making cement do you chuck in sand in last, give it a few spins then chuck out?

But if this story is right then surely that's exactly what Nigel's doing? I think we're all aware that Nicola is a very ambitious man and I wouldn't have it any other way, but equally I'm very sure that Nigel will surprise quite a few people.

I only hope he's had time for a decent holiday because I suspect he will be the hardest working man in football this season.

Fair comment but is another striker a priority? Goal keeper to keep kelvin on his toes? No nonsense midfielder? Does any one believe Hammond to be a premier league player? I would have liked to have seen a few players make way by now as there are IMO some obvious ones that are not good enough. Worst job I'm sure but you can't carry any one and I'm sure they wouldn't want to be carried.

Who knows who they're negotiating for and with. I'm sure they don't do one at a time! Maybe this one came to a conclusion quicker.

I imagine they want to sign before selling and the trouble is so does the club they're buying from. It always ends up like a house chain.

Strasbourg Saint wrote:

St Retford wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:

Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:

ghk230473 wrote:
Rumour has it that the don is ambitious and aiming for champions league, time plan unknown. Pressure is on adders and he needs to be ruthless with the cull and astute with new signings. Players have been to Vegas and reaped the fruits of their success, now down to the nitty gritty. Bus has arrived at premier league, those who can't catch it for next journey must move on. Back to back promotions can be easily forgotten when the going gets tough and what Adkins does this summer sets the foundation for the new season.

What's Les Reed do then? I doubt transfer activity will be Nigels biggest strength. More motivation and getting a tight knit bonded squad functioning as a team and playing great football.

Les scouts probably because he can't manage?
Not trying to be negative but if things don't start well it won't be les that is under pressure.
I hope Adkins is putting the don under pressure to get the signings in ASAP to allow them as much time as possible to gel with squad. Equally get rid of dead wood to free up funds. I know there are deals to be done but is it worth waiting till last minute to grab a bargain when you can get deals done now and have a full pre-season together. When making cement do you chuck in sand in last, give it a few spins then chuck out?

But if this story is right then surely that's exactly what Nigel's doing? I think we're all aware that Nicola is a very ambitious man and I wouldn't have it any other way, but equally I'm very sure that Nigel will surprise quite a few people.

I only hope he's had time for a decent holiday because I suspect he will be the hardest working man in football this season.

When I scanned very quickly through the earlier posts, did I read something about lost apostrophes?

So, I thought I would come over all grammar Nazi on you all.

Seed, you missed one in "Nigel's".

GHK, why the unnecessary question mark?

Finally, Retford, if you use the first conditional, you should separate the clauses with a comma.

Now, where were we? Oh yes, imo, the clear out has saved a bit of money and signing JR is a good start, but what we really need is to get rid of all the grammar Nazis and clear the way for signing a box-to-box, hard-tackling, goal-scoring, motivational spell checker.

petethephantom wrote:

RedArmy1 wrote:
WEAR YOUR COLOURS THIS SUMMER .. IN AND AROUND SOUTHAMPTON AROUND THE UK IN EUROPE AND ON HOLIDAY WORLDWIDE. WE ARE SOUTHAMPTON 'S RED ARMY. WE ARE BACK IN THE PREMIERSHIP. RED ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRMY. NUMBER ONE IN THE SOUTH (UK) COYR. p.s more signings needed as WE FIGHT FOR EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

hey.... i was in a grocery store in sydney ( australia) yesterday getting the stuff i needed and was wearing my southampton shirt i brought when i was watching saints beat coventry to go into the promise land.
A kid asked his dad who the team was i was wearing and his dad said southampton, the kid said cool i like their colours and i think i will support them... made me feel real good that another person in the world even thou around 10 years of age had seen the light
coyr

SydneySaint wrote:
This will be a great signing that shows we don't intend on being in a relegation battle this season.

This guy was the 2nd best striker in the championship last season.

I dont agree with this we need to sign a premier league standard player stuff. Apart from the top 6 the rest of the league is pretty poor and with our current squad we will more than compete with the likes of Wigan, West Brom, Villa, Liverpool, Norwich and Swansea