We joke about it, but it is faintly ridiculous the number of their players we've bought.
I used to think my username was a little ambiguous, now I think it's quite appropriate.
yup.
my view is/was
1. Lovren. grossly overpaid on I think rodgers desire to have him. saints laughed at us but stilll booed him and they bought VVD out of the fee and had 10 mil spre
2. Lallana. grossly overpaid, who wanted him? dunno. Presume rodgers. Saints also booed him. they bought mane out of the money
3. Lambert. 4 mil for an ancient crock. god only knows why or who. Ridiculous signing and they again laughed at us
4. Clyne. I dunno why we thought he was the best we could get. 12mil was cheap but in last year of contract. they didn't even bother booing him.
5. Mane. They felt we cheated them somehow when we actually paid a large amount before the TV money became apparent.
6. VVD. we tapped him up, he went on strike, they sulked, we paid 70mil up front and 5 add ons which i hope come to pass this weekend. they nearly get themselves relegated as a result.
7. Ox. He was sold by them for 11mil as a kid in league 1? we got him off arsenal but i suppose he needs to be mentioned
Really IMO saints have had the best end of the deal all along off of us. The first 4 were never really all that but saints bought an entire team out of that money plus schneiderlin etc and got themselves to a final. Its not our fault they have get rid of chief executives and scouts and such and gone downhill on purchasing etc. They had a good team but replaced it was terrible players. Especially striker and CB positions.
I should do ourselves a favour and shop at a better class of establishment for a while. they don't look like they have bought a good un in a couple of years.