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Post by crazydanny on Jul 18, 2024 19:54:52 GMT
Time to move on Saints. We should be able to sign a better striker than Che Adams.
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Post by stsaint on Jul 18, 2024 20:24:43 GMT
Time to move on Saints. We should be able to sign a better striker than Che Adams. Agreed. He wasn't even particularly stand out in The Championship so I'd like to think we will struggle not to find an upgrade
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 19, 2024 8:03:53 GMT
Time to move on Saints. We should be able to sign a better striker than Che Adams. Agreed. He wasn't even particularly stand out in The Championship so I'd like to think we will struggle not to find an upgrade This is saints buying a striker we're talking about Chances are pretty high we'll fail to find one
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Post by jickster on Jul 19, 2024 8:20:48 GMT
The only benefit to keeping Adams is that we would not need to pay a transfer fee and we'd end up with a striker who would score a few (<7) goals in the PL. He also seems to be a decent character and wouldn't upset team spirit etc. That's better than having no striker or a striker who would score no goals in the PL. But that's a pretty low bar. And to be honest I'm surprised he's been offered a 'brilliant' contract, the fact that he hasn't bitten our hands off for it is pretty greedy of him to be fair because for footballing reasons I can't see how he's going to get an offer from a significantly better club than Saints. I suppose trying his hand in a different country could be a motivating factor for him, but in that case why not just reject the contract out of hand and say 'thanks but I want something different'. It smacks of hedging his bets and seeing if he can get more money somewhere and if not then he'll stay at Saints. If he were prime Danny Ings or something then we have to bend over for him a bit and hope he doesn't leave us, but he isn't that. Hopefully he finds somewhere else soon as as Sir B3na1i says, better he stays in the PL so he can miss chances against us.
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Post by ivangolac on Jul 19, 2024 20:43:15 GMT
The only benefit to keeping Adams is that we would not need to pay a transfer fee and we'd end up with a striker who would score a few (<7) goals in the PL. He also seems to be a decent character and wouldn't upset team spirit etc. That's better than having no striker or a striker who would score no goals in the PL. But that's a pretty low bar. And to be honest I'm surprised he's been offered a 'brilliant' contract, the fact that he hasn't bitten our hands off for it is pretty greedy of him to be fair because for footballing reasons I can't see how he's going to get an offer from a significantly better club than Saints. I suppose trying his hand in a different country could be a motivating factor for him, but in that case why not just reject the contract out of hand and say 'thanks but I want something different'. It smacks of hedging his bets and seeing if he can get more money somewhere and if not then he'll stay at Saints. If he were prime Danny Ings or something then we have to bend over for him a bit and hope he doesn't leave us, but he isn't that. Hopefully he finds somewhere else soon as as Sir B3na1i says, better he stays in the PL so he can miss chances against us. We do, it goes straight to him. His agent has set his price at 80k a week and 8million paid to him over the length of contract. Probably why no one has bitten. But he’s waiting it out. The sort of package Everton might be able to afford with so little up front. We’ve offered about 50k with a 5 million bonus. Apparently.
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Post by Sir B3na1i on Jul 20, 2024 7:04:44 GMT
Not a transfer in or out rumour but I guess a couple of players that we maybe expecting to go.
RM has said Onuachu is returning to the group now and we'll see what happens. I don't expect him to stay but I do wonder if he'll feature in pre season games to smoke out his suitors who just don't seem to be up for paying. We need to make it look like he's in our plans. To be fair as terrible as he looked for us he does get goals so I think he's worth a look.
Alcaraz has been reported in the Athletic as wanting to stay and on TSP they mentioned that some fans asked at the launch event and Charlie said he wants to stay but it's up to the manager. I hope they can make that work. He's a real asset at his best.
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 20, 2024 8:04:01 GMT
Not a transfer in or out rumour but I guess a couple of players that we maybe expecting to go. RM has said Onuachu is returning to the group now and we'll see what happens. I don't expect him to stay but I do wonder if he'll feature in pre season games to smoke out his suitors who just don't seem to be up for paying. We need to make it look like he's in our plans. To be fair as terrible as he looked for us he does get goals so I think he's worth a look. Alcaraz has been reported in the Athletic as wanting to stay and on TSP they mentioned that some fans asked at the launch event and Charlie said he wants to stay but it's up to the manager. I hope they can make that work. He's a real asset at his best. TP obviously isn't going to play, but if he's being an arse we might as well play the game with him instead of just giving him away like he wants. Charly surely must be worth as much work as RM can put into him, if he gets close to his potential he'd be the Stu replacement we're looking for. Obvs if he doesn't really want to be here then it's not an option, but if he does...
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Post by crazydanny on Jul 20, 2024 11:45:16 GMT
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Post by threehundred on Jul 20, 2024 12:08:21 GMT
Good. We shouldn’t bend over on this either to the player, or the buying club. He scored a lot of goals last season. His value hasn’t gone down. If Trabzonspor won’t pay, I’d totally stick him in the stiffs.
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Post by vectis on Jul 20, 2024 15:33:04 GMT
Not a transfer in or out rumour but I guess a couple of players that we maybe expecting to go. RM has said Onuachu is returning to the group now and we'll see what happens. I don't expect him to stay but I do wonder if he'll feature in pre season games to smoke out his suitors who just don't seem to be up for paying. We need to make it look like he's in our plans. To be fair as terrible as he looked for us he does get goals so I think he's worth a look. Alcaraz has been reported in the Athletic as wanting to stay and on TSP they mentioned that some fans asked at the launch event and Charlie said he wants to stay but it's up to the manager. I hope they can make that work. He's a real asset at his best. TP obviously isn't going to play, but if he's being an arse we might as well play the game with him instead of just giving him away like he wants. Charly surely must be worth as much work as RM can put into him, if he gets close to his potential he'd be the Stu replacement we're looking for. Obvs if he doesn't really want to be here then it's not an option, but if he does... Keeping Alcaraz feels like a no brainer to me. We need someone who can score goals out of nothing, he can. RM says he only wants players at the club who want to play for Southampton, Alcaraz has said more than once that he does. He may not entirely fit the style, but he is undeniably talented and could add a bit of creativity. I still think he'll leave tho if RM can get someone who better fits his style. Someone will stump up some decent money for him which can be reinvested, so I expect him to be sold. Tall Paul is off. No question.
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Post by saintsfan73 on Jul 20, 2024 23:03:47 GMT
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Jul 21, 2024 7:49:38 GMT
That'd be annoying, to have ditched him and then seeing him play a part in the PL
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Post by Mandochris on Jul 21, 2024 10:58:35 GMT
That'd be annoying, to have ditched him and then seeing him play a part in the PL In Red and White stripes FFS
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Post by earlscourtsaint on Jul 21, 2024 12:43:19 GMT
This would be a great signing or an outstanding signing??
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Post by crazydanny on Jul 21, 2024 12:55:01 GMT
This would be a great signing or an outstanding signing?? O’riley last night
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