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6:00am Tuesday 22nd July 2008
CONTRACT rebel Nathan Dyer has been welcomed back into first team training by Saints head coach Jan Poortvliet.
The Southampton boss had banished the 20-year-old wide player from the senior squad's sessions, after he refused to sign a new deal at the club.
Dyer's contract expired at the end of last month and, since then, he has been on a week-to-week deal at St Mary's.
However, he has reopened negotiations and was given his first taste of pre-season action in Saturday's 3-3 draw at Eastleigh, scoring Saints' opening goal.
After the game, academy director Mark Wotte said Dyer was "keen" to put pen to paper on a new contract.
With positive talks resuming, Poortvliet said he had decided to bring Dyer back into the first team fold.
Although he will not travel to Weymouth for tonight's friendly, he could be involved at Cheltenham on Saturday and Hereford next Tuesday.
"Nathan is on the way," said Poortvliet.
"He trained with us yesterday morning and today he will be here again.
"I want to have him in training today with the rest of the boys, because I think it is good for Nathan to be here now.
"I could let him play tonight, but at first I want to have him in training for a while.
"Saturday and next Tuesday will be more likely for Nathan."
Full story in today's Daily Echo
ossiesaint, at the bar says...
6:39am Tue 22 Jul 08
U-Turn Puppet, Poortvliet says...
6:46am Tue 22 Jul 08
Embarrsing Situation, says...
8:27am Tue 22 Jul 08
Mike, Hampshire says...
8:48am Tue 22 Jul 08
Dave, Planet Earth says...
9:09am Tue 22 Jul 08
dangerousMike, under the sea says...
9:21am Tue 22 Jul 08
Mmmmm, here, there, everwhere says...
9:24am Tue 22 Jul 08
Jimmy, Soton says...
9:46am Tue 22 Jul 08
Les A Faire, In Despair says...
9:49am Tue 22 Jul 08
Saintstr1, says...
10:30am Tue 22 Jul 08
till i die, reading says...
10:30am Tue 22 Jul 08
Mmmmm, here, there, everwhere says...
10:39am Tue 22 Jul 08
Les A Faire wrote:I think the clue to who is playing CF is Stern John being given his favourite squad number, I cannot see us selling him so I think it's reasonable to assume he'll be our main man again next season.
yet another pre-season has come, and nearly gone and SFC is still trying to cobble together a team while a lot of other teams have their sales and buys sorted out. we do a U-turn on a young , lightweight player who\'s rarely delivered what he\'s promised and meanwhile we still dont have one recognised experienced fullback and nobody has a clue who will play centre forward. is it any wonder that we so often get off to a slow start .
Graham, Herts says...
11:05am Tue 22 Jul 08
Unforgiving wrote:So have I. I have told my son that a Man who loses his good name loses everything.
Nobody forgives or forgets liars, thieves or cheats a fact I have drilled into my children.
sarum saint, salisbury says...
11:15am Tue 22 Jul 08
Graham wrote:Yes and lets not forget that the " Saints" was built upon christian roots !
Unforgiving wrote: Nobody forgives or forgets liars, thieves or cheats a fact I have drilled into my children.So have I. I have told my son that a Man who loses his good name loses everything. I wonder what we would both do if our children were in the dock. Would we forgive them afterwards and help them move forward. I would like to think I could but I do worry that I would become a bull-headed retard who told my son that I could never forgive him.
Les A Faire, In Despair says...
11:16am Tue 22 Jul 08
Mmmmm wrote:you could be right about Stern John being first choice but firstly , it should be sorted out by now with just 17 days till the first league game and secondly i'm not sure John can play as a lone striker in JPs formation. it demands a lot of movement,strength and mobility - not exactly SJs strongpoints.
Les A Faire wrote: yet another pre-season has come, and nearly gone and SFC is still trying to cobble together a team while a lot of other teams have their sales and buys sorted out. we do a U-turn on a young , lightweight player who\'s rarely delivered what he\'s promised and meanwhile we still dont have one recognised experienced fullback and nobody has a clue who will play centre forward. is it any wonder that we so often get off to a slow start .I think the clue to who is playing CF is Stern John being given his favourite squad number, I cannot see us selling him so I think it's reasonable to assume he'll be our main man again next season. Unless you choose to believe every rumour out there?
Graham, Herts says...
11:34am Tue 22 Jul 08
sarum saint wrote:Sarum Saint
Graham wrote:Yes and lets not forget that the " Saints" was built upon christian roots !Unforgiving wrote: Nobody forgives or forgets liars, thieves or cheats a fact I have drilled into my children.So have I. I have told my son that a Man who loses his good name loses everything. I wonder what we would both do if our children were in the dock. Would we forgive them afterwards and help them move forward. I would like to think I could but I do worry that I would become a bull-headed retard who told my son that I could never forgive him.
halftime orange, chandler's ford says...
12:46pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Realist too, Southampton says...
12:55pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Been thinking...., says...
12:57pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Saintlygirl, Shiley, Southampton says...
1:16pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Saintlygirl, SHIRLEY, Southampton says...
1:18pm Tue 22 Jul 08
peeortsmouff, reading says...
1:37pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Costa Baz, says...
4:50pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Graham wrote:Graham are you being deliberately ironic, or do you not proof read your postings?
the totton scrutineer wrote: Innocent until proven guilty!What happened tp that principle.The Anti-Lowe/Management faction (anything connected with Lowe is, de facto, wrong) have absolutely no concept of sophisticated stuff like this. Even if he is found guilty, after the Court hearing, he is still entitled to take his punishment and get on with his life. Wouldn't we want that to apply to us as well? The only person going to suffer is the idiot who committed the crime and is ridiculed and mocked in the short term until it all gets forgotten in the sands of time.
Saints4Eva, Eastleigh says...
5:09pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Graham, Herts says...
5:42pm Tue 22 Jul 08
Costa Baz wrote:Guilty as charged M'Lud. I do try my best but sometimes fall far short of the very low standards I set myself.
Graham wrote:Graham are you being deliberately ironic, or do you not proof read your postings? The first line of your response to the totton scrutineer's comment " Innocent until proven guilty!What happened tp that principle." is priceless. You say "The Anti-Lowe/Management faction (anything connected with Lowe is, de facto, wrong) have absolutely no concept of sophisticated stuff like this." You are tarring all the anti lowe faction with the same brush. Whatever happened to "Innocent until proven guilty!What happened to that principle." Priceless.the totton scrutineer wrote: Innocent until proven guilty!What happened tp that principle.The Anti-Lowe/Management faction (anything connected with Lowe is, de facto, wrong) have absolutely no concept of sophisticated stuff like this. Even if he is found guilty, after the Court hearing, he is still entitled to take his punishment and get on with his life. Wouldn't we want that to apply to us as well? The only person going to suffer is the idiot who committed the crime and is ridiculed and mocked in the short term until it all gets forgotten in the sands of time.
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gubersaint, says...
6:37am Tue 22 Jul 08