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Strachan bags Nicky Bailey

8:00am Friday 18th June 2010 in Saints News

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GORDON Strachan has reportedly clinched the £1.5m signing of Saints target Nicky Bailey.

The 26-year-old midfielder should complete his move to Championship club Middlesbrough next week.

Saints boss Alan Pardew has been interested in again signing the goalscoring midfielder, with West Brom, Norwich and Celtic also keen.

Pardew paid Southend £175,000 for Bailey in the summer of 2008.

The player ended his debut season at The Valley as the club's top league scorer with 13 goals as the Addicks finished rock bottom of the Championship.

He scored 12 times in League One last season.

Comments(21)

Snooky says...
8:16am Fri 18 Jun 10

Shouldn't this story be in the Middlesbrough Echo?

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Condor Man says...
8:32am Fri 18 Jun 10

this is good news, Charlton are getting rid of their best players with Shelvey and Bailey now gone. This is why it's relevant to us.

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puppy saint says...
8:43am Fri 18 Jun 10

Condor Man wrote:
this is good news, Charlton are getting rid of their best players with Shelvey and Bailey now gone. This is why it's relevant to us.
What Condor Man said!

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allsaintsnocurves says...
9:17am Fri 18 Jun 10

puppy saint wrote:
Condor Man wrote: this is good news, Charlton are getting rid of their best players with Shelvey and Bailey now gone. This is why it's relevant to us.
What Condor Man said!
yeah and in the story it says...Saints target Nicky Bailey...so very relevant to us!

No news on a right back yet...i'm sure AP is scouring the country and beyond for the right players!

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St Retford says...
9:56am Fri 18 Jun 10

I'm sure Pards is on a beach somewhere swigging back cocktails, and fair play to him - he's earned a holiday. But the beauty is we've now got a coherant scouting network in place and I'm pretty sure there won't be many players escaping under the radar. Can't blame Bailey for picking Boro over us as they're a decent Championship outfit with a top manager and a realistic chance of going up this season. But I'm sure Saints will pull the right names out of the bag before the pre-season starts.

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mbetts says...
10:02am Fri 18 Jun 10

Shame, but I suppose the division gap was the big factor, mind you the choice between living in Southampton or Middlesborough is a bit odd. Maybe he's heard good things about the Bigg Market coz it isn't about the scenery!

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worried of e sussex says...
10:21am Fri 18 Jun 10

and it gets dark at 4 o'clock up there!

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kel12 says...
10:41am Fri 18 Jun 10

hi i fort that the echo said we were tryin to sign him !!

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mbetts says...
10:55am Fri 18 Jun 10

Yeah he looks like a culture vulture!

I suspect Mr Strachan may have a good season next year, he's pretty astute and we should have backed him big time, probably our biggest mistake (and there have been many!) of the last decade!

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WestTottonSaint says...
11:07am Fri 18 Jun 10

Its time for AP to turn his attention to Brian Stock.

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SaintJimmer says...
11:31am Fri 18 Jun 10

Only one signing so far......... is it time to get concerned with the lack of movement here? I would have thought with our future prospects good players would have flocked to us in their droves. Why only one?

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tugboat says...
11:57am Fri 18 Jun 10

SaintJimmer wrote:
Only one signing so far......... is it time to get concerned with the lack of movement here? I would have thought with our future prospects good players would have flocked to us in their droves. Why only one?
Because we want quality not quantity.
Decent players will come to us because of the ambition this club now has.
If past signings are anything to go by,standby for some gems.

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hedge end bob says...
12:04pm Fri 18 Jun 10

Maybe to the rest of the footballing world were not such an attraction as we think we are. After all we have been sliding in the wrong direction for a few years, and were only on the foot of the ladder on the way back up. Dont get me wrong i know we will make it back to higher the higher division but at this present time we can only offer division one football!!

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Chris1991 says...
12:16pm Fri 18 Jun 10

It's unlikely that you'll see many signings at the moment because of the world cup. The big teams will be seeing who shines and then buying. The fall-out from these signings will ripple down through the leagues as they unload players to make way for the new. Premier to Championship to L1 etc.
Plus players don't want to commit too soon in case a better offer comes along. Expect a rush just before the season starts and even after.

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Irate Wintonian says...
12:49pm Fri 18 Jun 10

tugboat wrote:
SaintJimmer wrote: Only one signing so far......... is it time to get concerned with the lack of movement here? I would have thought with our future prospects good players would have flocked to us in their droves. Why only one?
Because we want quality not quantity. Decent players will come to us because of the ambition this club now has. If past signings are anything to go by,standby for some gems.
The 'international' transfer window is open, as is the 'out of contract' window.
The 'general' transfer window does not open until 1st July.
I think we will see some signings announced in the first 2 weeks of July!

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lowe esteem says...
1:38pm Fri 18 Jun 10

I am sure we've got scouts at the World Cup.Some of those Swiss players don't look bad. Interesting that any activity has come from people with no interest in that competition: Strachan, Burley and-er- Cotterill, who is not allowed to look at international players until Rupert arrives, and then only asylum-seekers.

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SouthamptonLegend says...
7:18pm Fri 18 Jun 10

BOVERRRRRD!! 1.5mil, what a rip off! we got puncheon, hammond and lambert for that!!

COYW!!

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baume says...
8:20pm Fri 18 Jun 10

Chris1991 wrote:
It's unlikely that you'll see many signings at the moment because of the world cup. The big teams will be seeing who shines and then buying. The fall-out from these signings will ripple down through the leagues as they unload players to make way for the new. Premier to Championship to L1 etc. Plus players don't want to commit too soon in case a better offer comes along. Expect a rush just before the season starts and even after.
very true !

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Footso says...
11:05pm Fri 18 Jun 10

worried of e sussex wrote:
and it gets dark at 4 o'clock up there!
. . . and that's in the Summer!

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SaintJackoInHurworth says...
2:37am Sat 19 Jun 10

mbetts wrote:
Shame, but I suppose the division gap was the big factor, mind you the choice between living in Southampton or Middlesborough is a bit odd. Maybe he's heard good things about the Bigg Market coz it isn't about the scenery!
To be fair though, most Middlesbrough players do not live in Middlesbrough and their training ground is about twenty miles away from there in Hurworth on Tees (and as my user name suggests I happen to live just down the road from it!)

I think most players live in the leafy suburbs of Stockton - roughly equal distance either way from Middlesbrough and Hurworth.

Therefore they live within just a few miles of the beautiful North York Moors and Hambleton Hills, so actually it may well be the scenery that plays a part in recruiting them to Middlesbrough!

I wonder if we need to use the beautiful countryside not far from Staplewood as more of an enticement. I would imagine Marchwood Power Station is hardly a major attraction!

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SouthamptonLegend says...
2:44am Sat 19 Jun 10

SaintJackoInHurworth wrote:
mbetts wrote:
Shame, but I suppose the division gap was the big factor, mind you the choice between living in Southampton or Middlesborough is a bit odd. Maybe he's heard good things about the Bigg Market coz it isn't about the scenery!
To be fair though, most Middlesbrough players do not live in Middlesbrough and their training ground is about twenty miles away from there in Hurworth on Tees (and as my user name suggests I happen to live just down the road from it!)

I think most players live in the leafy suburbs of Stockton - roughly equal distance either way from Middlesbrough and Hurworth.

Therefore they live within just a few miles of the beautiful North York Moors and Hambleton Hills, so actually it may well be the scenery that plays a part in recruiting them to Middlesbrough!

I wonder if we need to use the beautiful countryside not far from Staplewood as more of an enticement. I would imagine Marchwood Power Station is hardly a major attraction!
The new forest. You can't get much more countryside than that.

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