Dickson fee set by tribunal (From Daily Echo)

You gotta be quicker than that echo posted it on the last story

absolute bargain !!!

High Class Robbery and I love it. Pardew has done some very good business there, I would be livid if I was a Brentford fan. Quality player for a small price. Just like Barnard we paid a small price and are now reaping the benefits. Couple more signings and we are sorted for the season.

At that price we'll have two please

The Ealing Gazette reports that Brentford also get 25K for each 10 first team games he plays up to 100K plus 25K when Saints are promoted and 20% of any sell on fee. I think that's a good deal for all concerned.

As a Brentford fan, I'd say that between £200k and £250k is about fair. He is a good League One player, but was only our fifth best player last season, and personally I'd rather have Harding in my team, based on the few times I've seen him.

Still,

When are we gonna sign another player!!!!! i can't take it any more!!!!!!

Even at the full £250k it's fantastic business for Saints. Dickson was excellent on Saturday from start to finish, even though for the last 15 minutes he was obviously knackered.

We do still need someone to cover in central midfield, another striker and (desparately) cover on the right side of midfield.

is there a new thread?

Pleased with this, but i am worried about the lack of QUALITY signings so far.. with waigo and antonio gone (our super subs who could change the pace of a game) Although i fully support Alan Pardew and am happy he stayed you do have to wonder whats going on, after the stress of last pre season and the late appointment of pardew most of our players entered the squad after the season had begun and it took time for them to gel, this in turn had a major knock on effect and ultimately ended with us not making the playoffs. Surely we should have got the squad sorted before now we also seem to have lost out on some decent free transfers.
like i said, im fully behind alan pardew but you do wonder if theres a problem at board level, A fair bit was spent last august and january so surely we need more to follow and therefore improve, Many bookies have us as clear favourites to win the league but if you check out some of the signings of other clubs i cant see it being that easy.
Come on you Reds... lets get of to a flying start on saturday.

line up saints-plymouth

davis, harding,fonte,jaidi,
butterfield,
dickson, hammond,spiderman, puncheon(if fit),
lambo (if fit), barnard,

subs-
bart,mills,connoly, wotton,a.martin,holm
es,puncheon,
lambo, connolly

2nd half
davis,
harding,fonte,jaidi,
butterfield,
mills,hammond, spiderman,

arthuraskey wrote:
line up saints-plymouth davis, harding,fonte,jaidi, butterfield, dickson, hammond,spiderman, puncheon(if fit), lambo (if fit), barnard, subs- bart,mills,connoly, wotton,a.martin,holm es,puncheon, lambo, connolly 2nd half davis, harding,fonte,jaidi, butterfield, mills,hammond, spiderman,

lambo- not sub

Emmanuel Frimpong would be ideal holding midfielder but played so well for the gooners at the weekend I think Championship side will take him on loan in front of us.

SaintBazza wrote:
Emmanuel Frimpong would be ideal holding midfielder but played so well for the gooners at the weekend I think Championship side will take him on loan in front of us.

i also do not think we'll take him he would not want to drop into league 1 i reckon he might even stay at his club now.

saint robbie wrote:
Pleased with this, but i am worried about the lack of QUALITY signings so far.. with waigo and antonio gone (our super subs who could change the pace of a game) Although i fully support Alan Pardew and am happy he stayed you do have to wonder whats going on, after the stress of last pre season and the late appointment of pardew most of our players entered the squad after the season had begun and it took time for them to gel, this in turn had a major knock on effect and ultimately ended with us not making the playoffs. Surely we should have got the squad sorted before now we also seem to have lost out on some decent free transfers.
like i said, im fully behind alan pardew but you do wonder if theres a problem at board level, A fair bit was spent last august and january so surely we need more to follow and therefore improve, Many bookies have us as clear favourites to win the league but if you check out some of the signings of other clubs i cant see it being that easy.
Come on you Reds... lets get of to a flying start on saturday.

good post, but we all have to take into account the funds that were made available to AP for the final push last season .
We didnt quite make the playoff,s but IMHO a good gamble regardless and we got some great players in.
We just have got to get out of this s...e div then Im sure even an astute fella like cortese would admit there would be no limits... but I somehow cant blame him for not throwing cash at it.
A difficult problem, personally I would gamble and go for broke, but its not my cash...........
My monies on promotion this season ,then it gets serious, financially.

i really want automatic promotion, or play-off promotion at least otherwise alan will definately go and i think he has done really well for us since he has joined us i am relying on him to take us 1 season away from the premier league in may.

good business i think. Maybe the lack of signings has something to do with the fact NC wont be held to ransom over transfer fees.

I just hope people dont panic if we`re not in the top 2 straight away,Charlton won 6 or 7 on the bounce and looked certs to go up but their form tailed off.Leeds were absolutely running away with the league at Christmas time then they really began to bottle it and only scraped up by the skin of their teeth,also champions Norwich got hammered 7-1 at home on their first game...heed these warnings!.It`s bounds to be tough and really nervy,the absolute worst scenerio would be the playoffs,there`s no way in the world with our squad that we wouldnt be in the top 6.Also a happy hello to all the other regular posters on here..here we go ,here we go.

Anyone know squad for tonights friendly? Why didn't Saints wear new home kit against Reading?

I think AP has been outstanding in the transfer markets throughout his short time at Saint's, What pleases me most is that he hasn't just gone out a brought players for the sake of it and has secured quality players who can still improve who are also at a very good age to develop in the future. Saint's have spent more than any other league 1 team but having put together an excellent quality squad of players Saint's don't need to spend loads this time around. We do lack cover and I am concerned by the lack of pace in our side I'm not to bothered about Waigo, he did o.k but for me Antonio was excellent and brilliant and I'm pretty sure AP will be looking to secure him permantly. Ryan Dickson sounds like an absolute bargain at the tribunel price.

5 days to go

abbiscuits wrote:
Anyone know squad for tonights friendly? Why didn't Saints wear new home kit against Reading?

saving it for the opening league game i wouldve thought

ali dia wrote:

abbiscuits wrote:
Anyone know squad for tonights friendly? Why didn't Saints wear new home kit against Reading?

saving it for the opening league game i wouldve thought

BLAPPBLAPP!!

Gary Clark wrote:
I think AP has been outstanding in the transfer markets throughout his short time at Saint's, What pleases me most is that he hasn't just gone out a brought players for the sake of it and has secured quality players who can still improve who are also at a very good age to develop in the future. Saint's have spent more than any other league 1 team but having put together an excellent quality squad of players Saint's don't need to spend loads this time around. We do lack cover and I am concerned by the lack of pace in our side I'm not to bothered about Waigo, he did o.k but for me Antonio was excellent and brilliant and I'm pretty sure AP will be looking to secure him permantly. Ryan Dickson sounds like an absolute bargain at the tribunel price.

I like this, good comments all round. I think we can take it pretty much for granted that there will be a couple more signings before Feb 1st. so long as the present injuries are only niggles there is no panic particularly if Connolly and Barnard are startimg to gel.
Sholings hard man posted above that the season is a slog and doesn't depend on one months results. In fact surely the best time to falter IS in Aug. when it is possible to get replacements in during the 'window'.
I wonder does anyone have more than a vague idea as to whether the weekly wage bill is now actually lower than it was at the end of the season? After all, how many have left,13 is it (and Pulis at the end of Aug.). and so far only 3 introduced.
The deal for Dickson seems excellent,paid for by our old friend Jelle remember. That was a nice suprise. Lets have a couple more please...!
Good Luck tonight, no injuries for anyone.
COYRS

Gary Clark wrote:
I think AP has been outstanding in the transfer markets throughout his short time at Saint's, What pleases me most is that he hasn't just gone out a brought players for the sake of it and has secured quality players who can still improve who are also at a very good age to develop in the future. Saint's have spent more than any other league 1 team but having put together an excellent quality squad of players Saint's don't need to spend loads this time around. We do lack cover and I am concerned by the lack of pace in our side I'm not to bothered about Waigo, he did o.k but for me Antonio was excellent and brilliant and I'm pretty sure AP will be looking to secure him permantly. Ryan Dickson sounds like an absolute bargain at the tribunel price.

Good post Gary! I think we have it all together anyway. Antonio would be nice though. Roll on Saturday! (07:15 here)

tugboat wrote:

saint robbie wrote:
Pleased with this, but i am worried about the lack of QUALITY signings so far.. with waigo and antonio gone (our super subs who could change the pace of a game) Although i fully support Alan Pardew and am happy he stayed you do have to wonder whats going on, after the stress of last pre season and the late appointment of pardew most of our players entered the squad after the season had begun and it took time for them to gel, this in turn had a major knock on effect and ultimately ended with us not making the playoffs. Surely we should have got the squad sorted before now we also seem to have lost out on some decent free transfers.
like i said, im fully behind alan pardew but you do wonder if theres a problem at board level, A fair bit was spent last august and january so surely we need more to follow and therefore improve, Many bookies have us as clear favourites to win the league but if you check out some of the signings of other clubs i cant see it being that easy.
Come on you Reds... lets get of to a flying start on saturday.

good post, but we all have to take into account the funds that were made available to AP for the final push last season .
We didnt quite make the playoff,s but IMHO a good gamble regardless and we got some great players in.
We just have got to get out of this s...e div then Im sure even an astute fella like cortese would admit there would be no limits... but I somehow cant blame him for not throwing cash at it.
A difficult problem, personally I would gamble and go for broke, but its not my cash...........
My monies on promotion this season ,then it gets serious, financially.

Sorry but the signings so far have been good "quality" at good prices too. Yes we all want a few more but remember that as the only club expected to have "cash to splash" every agent and club negotiator is out to take us for every penny they can get.

Pards said clearly in his video interview that what is on offer in the market today is always better in eight days time. He has deliberate said that he'll give nothing away at all about transfer plans as he, Nicola and their head scouts quietly bring in the additions.

They have consistently spent the most in the league and may again in this window.. it's not over yet.

The squad as it is has to be the best in L1. No way is Pards showing his hand though keeping his powder dry. Deliberately leaving the announcements to the very last minute.. Frustrates us but also the opposition... The kind of player likely to come in will fit in quickly.

Have faith that he'll have at least one jaw dropping signing and a couple of back ups.. but don't expect silly money to be splashed on primadonna types.

Note the spare numbers on the recent renumbering of the squad.. 8, 11 on offer for a couple of stars maybe??
13 for Bart when he signs
24 and 25 for a couple of classy lads?

Pards will have us in the prem on time with bells on.. believe it..

Look out L1 be very afraid
The Saints are Coming

Tirau Dan wrote:

tugboat wrote:

saint robbie wrote:
Pleased with this, but i am worried about the lack of QUALITY signings so far.. with waigo and antonio gone (our super subs who could change the pace of a game) Although i fully support Alan Pardew and am happy he stayed you do have to wonder whats going on, after the stress of last pre season and the late appointment of pardew most of our players entered the squad after the season had begun and it took time for them to gel, this in turn had a major knock on effect and ultimately ended with us not making the playoffs. Surely we should have got the squad sorted before now we also seem to have lost out on some decent free transfers.
like i said, im fully behind alan pardew but you do wonder if theres a problem at board level, A fair bit was spent last august and january so surely we need more to follow and therefore improve, Many bookies have us as clear favourites to win the league but if you check out some of the signings of other clubs i cant see it being that easy.
Come on you Reds... lets get of to a flying start on saturday.

good post, but we all have to take into account the funds that were made available to AP for the final push last season .
We didnt quite make the playoff,s but IMHO a good gamble regardless and we got some great players in.
We just have got to get out of this s...e div then Im sure even an astute fella like cortese would admit there would be no limits... but I somehow cant blame him for not throwing cash at it.
A difficult problem, personally I would gamble and go for broke, but its not my cash...........
My monies on promotion this season ,then it gets serious, financially.

Sorry but the signings so far have been good "quality" at good prices too. Yes we all want a few more but remember that as the only club expected to have "cash to splash" every agent and club negotiator is out to take us for every penny they can get.

Pards said clearly in his video interview that what is on offer in the market today is always better in eight days time. He has deliberate said that he'll give nothing away at all about transfer plans as he, Nicola and their head scouts quietly bring in the additions.

They have consistently spent the most in the league and may again in this window.. it's not over yet.

The squad as it is has to be the best in L1. No way is Pards showing his hand though keeping his powder dry. Deliberately leaving the announcements to the very last minute.. Frustrates us but also the opposition... The kind of player likely to come in will fit in quickly.

Have faith that he'll have at least one jaw dropping signing and a couple of back ups.. but don't expect silly money to be splashed on primadonna types.

Note the spare numbers on the recent renumbering of the squad.. 8, 11 on offer for a couple of stars maybe??
13 for Bart when he signs
24 and 25 for a couple of classy lads?

Pards will have us in the prem on time with bells on.. believe it..

Look out L1 be very afraid
The Saints are Coming

Bart was wearing 24 on Saturday

Tirau Dan wrote:

tugboat wrote:

saint robbie wrote: Pleased with this, but i am worried about the lack of QUALITY signings so far.. with waigo and antonio gone (our super subs who could change the pace of a game) Although i fully support Alan Pardew and am happy he stayed you do have to wonder whats going on, after the stress of last pre season and the late appointment of pardew most of our players entered the squad after the season had begun and it took time for them to gel, this in turn had a major knock on effect and ultimately ended with us not making the playoffs. Surely we should have got the squad sorted before now we also seem to have lost out on some decent free transfers. like i said, im fully behind alan pardew but you do wonder if theres a problem at board level, A fair bit was spent last august and january so surely we need more to follow and therefore improve, Many bookies have us as clear favourites to win the league but if you check out some of the signings of other clubs i cant see it being that easy. Come on you Reds... lets get of to a flying start on saturday.

good post, but we all have to take into account the funds that were made available to AP for the final push last season . We didnt quite make the playoff,s but IMHO a good gamble regardless and we got some great players in. We just have got to get out of this s...e div then Im sure even an astute fella like cortese would admit there would be no limits... but I somehow cant blame him for not throwing cash at it. A difficult problem, personally I would gamble and go for broke, but its not my cash........... My monies on promotion this season ,then it gets serious, financially.

Sorry but the signings so far have been good "quality" at good prices too. Yes we all want a few more but remember that as the only club expected to have "cash to splash" every agent and club negotiator is out to take us for every penny they can get. Pards said clearly in his video interview that what is on offer in the market today is always better in eight days time. He has deliberate said that he'll give nothing away at all about transfer plans as he, Nicola and their head scouts quietly bring in the additions. They have consistently spent the most in the league and may again in this window.. it's not over yet. The squad as it is has to be the best in L1. No way is Pards showing his hand though keeping his powder dry. Deliberately leaving the announcements to the very last minute.. Frustrates us but also the opposition... The kind of player likely to come in will fit in quickly. Have faith that he'll have at least one jaw dropping signing and a couple of back ups.. but don't expect silly money to be splashed on primadonna types. Note the spare numbers on the recent renumbering of the squad.. 8, 11 on offer for a couple of stars maybe?? 13 for Bart when he signs 24 and 25 for a couple of classy lads? Pards will have us in the prem on time with bells on.. believe it.. Look out L1 be very afraid The Saints are Coming

I agree Tirau Dan, I believe AP is playing a canny game. I'm sure there were a number of injuries for the game on Saturday but as another poster noted from another Saints thread, Peter Reid,the new Plymouth manager was watching the game from the comfy seats and I doubt if AP wasn't aware of his prescence.
Other clubs are inevitably going to milk the fact that Saints are cash rich and try and exploit the situation when it is Saints who are tracking someone.
AP has not made a duff signing to date so I say be patient Saints fans in the words of a famous film "he will come" or hopefully ins Saints case "they will come".
Roll on Saturday, it should be a great game that is being shown on Sky,I just hope that won't put the Mockers on Saints as has proved the case in the past

think what you want of this, but i was at the eastliegh game tonight and pulis was absaloutely brilliant, he was solid in the centre and alex oxlade-chamberlain was shpwong class as was young robinson, but the big factor for me was when pardew left the stand he was followed by a young black plaayer in the frame as what looked like antonio, i couldve been wrong but im 100% sure in myself that it was him

I was told that there were four first team players at Silverlake this evening using crutches! Possibly Puncheon, Lambert, Gobern and one other, did anyone else who was there see any of this?

redNwhitebarmyarmy wrote:
think what you want of this, but i was at the eastliegh game tonight and pulis was absaloutely brilliant, he was solid in the centre and alex oxlade-chamberlain was shpwong class as was young robinson, but the big factor for me was when pardew left the stand he was followed by a young black plaayer in the frame as what looked like antonio, i couldve been wrong but im 100% sure in myself that it was him

Aren't you the guy that said Tyson was gonna sign last week??

no i never believed that tyson rumour legend, and mcnish and racine were on crutches, lambert puncheon and the others were fine, i even saw paul wotton steal a little girls chip, oh he did look pleased with himself lol

redNwhitebarmyarmy wrote:
no i never believed that tyson rumour legend, and mcnish and racine were on crutches, lambert puncheon and the others were fine, i even saw paul wotton steal a little girls chip, oh he did look pleased with himself lol

I love chat and reports from the grounds.. there should be more posts like yours thanks.

Lots reading here from around the world so little stuff makes it great..

Cheers Bungy and Gossy too.. 4 days plus the time diff... oh tick tock tick tock..

COYRSs

SouthamptonLegend wrote:

redNwhitebarmyarmy wrote: think what you want of this, but i was at the eastliegh game tonight and pulis was absaloutely brilliant, he was solid in the centre and alex oxlade-chamberlain was shpwong class as was young robinson, but the big factor for me was when pardew left the stand he was followed by a young black plaayer in the frame as what looked like antonio, i couldve been wrong but im 100% sure in myself that it was him

Aren't you the guy that said Tyson was gonna sign last week??

That finger should point elsewhere.
Stand up DevonianSaint.!

redNwhitebarmyarmy wrote:
no i never believed that tyson rumour legend, and mcnish and racine were on crutches, lambert puncheon and the others were fine, i even saw paul wotton steal a little girls chip, oh he did look pleased with himself lol

I too enjoyed this inside info. Thanks. I had been wondering for a week or so what had happened to Racine who I think has a good future ahead of him.
I suspect that Pulis is being granted bags of pitch time to assist him to obtain a new club next month.
If Wotton has a nice sense of fun it will have a beneficial effect on the youngsters around him at the club. They after all are under immense pressure to keep impressing on a daily basis to obtain a full contract.

frenchsaint wrote:

redNwhitebarmyarmy wrote:
no i never believed that tyson rumour legend, and mcnish and racine were on crutches, lambert puncheon and the others were fine, i even saw paul wotton steal a little girls chip, oh he did look pleased with himself lol

I too enjoyed this inside info. Thanks. I had been wondering for a week or so what had happened to Racine who I think has a good future ahead of him.
I suspect that Pulis is being granted bags of pitch time to assist him to obtain a new club next month.
If Wotton has a nice sense of fun it will have a beneficial effect on the youngsters around him at the club. They after all are under immense pressure to keep impressing on a daily basis to obtain a full contract.

That sense of fun soon disappears when he pulls a Saints shirt on. He bullies the youngster during games in an attempt to make up for his own short comings. A bitter man when wearing football boots!

cheers dan, im a sason ticket holder so in the future ill try and put alot more reports up for our oversea's fans. anyone got any transfer news today, my brain is starting to ache of people i think we should purchase, jeremie aliadiere for the striker and perhaps ettiene esajas for wing ?

redNwhitebarmyarmy wrote:
cheers dan, im a sason ticket holder so in the future ill try and put alot more reports up for our oversea's fans. anyone got any transfer news today, my brain is starting to ache of people i think we should purchase, jeremie aliadiere for the striker and perhaps ettiene esajas for wing ?

I saw Aliadiere was free, would be good for us. He showed a lot of promise at Arsenal but never really made it. AP will sort him out!!

sorry to hijack the thread - don't know if anyone's interested but Le Tiss, Case, Cockerill and not forgetting Shipperley will be on display in Kingston tomorrow night.

Kingstonian All-Stars v Chelsea Legends

This Wednesday 4th August sees a special match take place to mark the start of the club's 125th season, with a Kingstonian All-Stars team facing the Chelsea Legends. Tickets will be available on the turnstiles on the night and usual prices apply. Kick off is at 7.30pm at Kingsmeadow Stadium.

full line-ups here:
http://www.kingstoni
an.net/news.jsp

everyone welcome

regards,
Paul