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Reading's Alex Pearce signs for Saints on loan
12:13pm Thursday 30th October 2008
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SAINTS have signed Reading defender Alex Pearce on loan until the New Year.
The 19-year old has made eight first team appearances for the Royals this season, having come into the side after Ibrahima Sonko left the Berkshire club.
He has one senior goal to his name and also has one cap for the Scottish U21s.
He has had previous loan spells at Norwich City, Northampton and Bournemouth.
He will remain at St. Mary's until January 1, 2009.
Pearce will not be eligible to play against his parent Club when the two sides meet on November 22nd.
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Chris1991, Marchwood says...
12:34pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Bill Shatner, The enterprise says...
12:38pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Kate, Andover, says...
12:44pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Yes he's young but if he's as good as Alan Bennett, I'll be happy!!
Strange that the Echo (and the official SFC website) says he can't play against Reading when we meet on Nov 22nd but they never said anything about Stern playing against us next weekend......
worried of e sussex, says...
12:48pm Thu 30 Oct 08
SFC Ed, Taunton says...
1:01pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Tevez888, Southampton says...
1:11pm Thu 30 Oct 08
WE NEED A RIGHT BACK!
What I dont understand is this:
If we cannot afford Rasiaks wages, why are we letting his contract run down by loaning him out to Bolton last year and Watford this year, why not sell him?
The same with Saganowski and John! Does it not make better business sense to sell them while they have a contract and we get a good fee or let them go for free?
I dont understand the logic behind it.
We are obviously not going to have them play for us due to their high wage so why bother loaning them?
Far better to ship them out and get a million for each!
We now have Smith, Pearce, Cork, Pekhart, Robertson, Gasmi all on loan and cant play more than 4 in a match so why not buy them? Where are we going to get a starting XI if they are all loan players.
PAUL C, SOUTHAMPTON says...
1:21pm Thu 30 Oct 08
CHEESLEY, Rngmer says...
1:29pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Condor Man, Southampton says...
1:48pm Thu 30 Oct 08
TC1, Southampton says...
1:50pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Kate, Andover wrote:As good as Alan Bennett!!!! My god i hope not....he was absolutely RUBBISH!!!!!
He's actually quite good - I saw Reading play (sorry, lose to, ahem) Spurs in the FA Cup last year and he was one of the brightest players there. Yes he's young but if he's as good as Alan Bennett, I'll be happy!! Strange that the Echo (and the official SFC website) says he can't play against Reading when we meet on Nov 22nd but they never said anything about Stern playing against us next weekend......
Burnsbag, On The Train says...
1:54pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Traceyf, Southampton says...
2:03pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Burnsbag wrote:Happy to oblige,
What did McGoldrick say about Lowe? Link?
http://news.bbc.co.u
k/sport1/hi/football
/teams/s/southampton
/7697513.stm
Bill Shatner, The enterprise says...
2:29pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Traceyf wrote:I think he meant with reguards to what i wrote earlier. Unfortunatley radio hampshire don't keep very good archives on their site so it's impossable to give you a link easily. I'm sure it was something that McGoldrick only meant as a way of sucking up to his boss and you can't blame him for it. But it did make me laugh when he said the Mr Lowe was a real 'football' man. I think it must have been the first time i'd heard somebody mention RL and football man in the same sentance before.
Burnsbag wrote: What did McGoldrick say about Lowe? Link?Happy to oblige, http://news.bbc.co.u k/sport1/hi/football /teams/s/southampton /7697513.stm
StDave, Southampton says...
2:45pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Tevez888 wrote:One of the reasons we can't sell Rasiak, Saga and John is that we are paying them so much more in wages than anybody else is prepared to. If we agree a fee with another team the player will just refuse to move on because they won't take a substantial cut in wages (a la Skacel and Ipswich). Other teams will pay the wages on a short term loan basis because there is no transfer fee involved plus they are not committed to paying the wages for 3 years like we are. The people to blame for this situation are the guys who agreed to pay the players extortionate wages on long term contracts when they gambled the £7M on getting promotion.
What is the point in this? WE NEED A RIGHT BACK! What I dont understand is this: If we cannot afford Rasiaks wages, why are we letting his contract run down by loaning him out to Bolton last year and Watford this year, why not sell him? The same with Saganowski and John! Does it not make better business sense to sell them while they have a contract and we get a good fee or let them go for free? I dont understand the logic behind it. We are obviously not going to have them play for us due to their high wage so why bother loaning them? Far better to ship them out and get a million for each! We now have Smith, Pearce, Cork, Pekhart, Robertson, Gasmi all on loan and cant play more than 4 in a match so why not buy them? Where are we going to get a starting XI if they are all loan players.
Burnsbag, On The Train says...
3:16pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Iain, Lordshill says...
3:44pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Condor Man wrote:He is indeed on loan at Brentford and is doing very well for us.
Alan Bennett has been told he's surplus to requirements at Reading and I believe he was on loan at Brentford. He's certainly worth looking at in January. Let's give Pearce a go, Cork has been a good signing so why should he be no different?
Leave him alone!
Costa Baz, Southampton says...
3:47pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Satellite, Erpingham. Norfolk says...
4:43pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Dear me, you are really taking sense, which is not allowed, as it contradicts all the anti-lowe brigade's propaganda and UTS will probably have indigestion after reading that.
Costa Baz, Southampton says...
4:47pm Thu 30 Oct 08
Satellite wrote:I might be wrong, but I thought Wilde was in charge when the high wage deals were thrshed out, not Crouch.
StDave, you can not make statements like that on this web-site, players brought in on high wages that were no good and other clubs can not afford their wages, so will not buy them and Crouch not lowe was in charge. Dear me, you are really taking sense, which is not allowed, as it contradicts all the anti-lowe brigade's propaganda and UTS will probably have indigestion after reading that.
I thought Crouch jumped into the hot seat when Wilde bottled it.
Steady Eddie, Romsey says...
11:05pm Thu 30 Oct 08
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whizzpop, Southampton says...
12:14pm Thu 30 Oct 08