Dani Osvaldo - What now?

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NISaint

NISaint

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So today marked the first day of Southampton's preseason training for those not away on World Cup duty. The question is...was Osvaldo there? How was he received by his teammates and the new coaching staff? It will be interesting to see what Koeman makes of the situation. If it was up to me, given the way the club is right now, I would keep him. If Koeman was able to wave the magic wand, turn a bad situation into a good one, then we could get a far better player out of him than we could with the slashed-price fee we would recoup from selling him on. Remember what happened with Jason Puncheon? It was like we signed a new player when we gave him another chance (although I concede that it was a far more serious matter in Dani's case). Also what is the story with Mayuka?

Boruc

Clyne
Fonte
Lovren
Chambers

Wanyama
Schneiderlin
Davis

Mayuka
Osvaldo
Ramirez

At least until Rodriguez came back. If Morgan leaves, we have Cork and JWP (admittedly a slightly different player), if Lovren leaves I expect us to sign a quality defender, we are being linked with more quality but this is what we have at our disposal at present. It looks a far better team with Osvaldo in it, being my point.
 
Meet him, have a chat with him about what he wants, have a separate chat with Fonte about how he feels, reintroduce Dani to the squad if they're cool with it.
 
If he bangs in a hat trick against Liverpool first day, then gets sent off for nutting Lord Twatbeard, he can have the key to freedom of the City of Southampton as far as I'm concerned.
 
Why doesn't this forum let me put two words in a row beginning with capital letters?

Lord Twatbeard
Lord Twatbeard
Lord Twatbeard
 
lamballana said:
Still think Gaston and Osvaldo couild be a real handful.
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So do I. A lot of strikers improve greatly after their first season in the Premiership. I know Osvaldo didn't complete a full season but he should be better now with even a little experience. I've always believed that Ramirez would and will benefit from a proper run in the team. After a few games you can see his form progress and these are two players we've already spent the money on aside from the fortune we've just been paid for the spine of our team.
 
twatbeard

Edit: I guess this site considers "twat" swearing. For some reason you can't capitalise a swear word on here.
 
NorthernIrishSaint said:
So today marked the first day of Southampton's preseason training for those not away on World Cup duty. The question is...was Osvaldo there? How was he received by his teammates and the new coaching staff? It will be interesting to see what Koeman makes of the situation. If it was up to me, given the way the club is right now, I would keep him. If Koeman was able to wave the magic wand, turn a bad situation into a good one, then we could get a far better player out of him than we could with the slashed-price fee we would recoup from selling him on. Remember what happened with Jason Puncheon? It was like we signed a new player when we gave him another chance (although I concede that it was a far more serious matter in Dani's case). Also what is the story with Mayuka?

Boruc

Clyne
Fonte
Lovren
Chambers

Wanyama
Schneiderlin
Davis

Mayuka
Osvaldo
Ramirez

At least until Rodriguez came back. If Morgan leaves, we have Cork and JWP (admittedly a slightly different player), if Lovren leaves I expect us to sign a quality defender, we are being linked with more quality but this is what we have at our disposal at present. It looks a far better team with Osvaldo in it, being my point.
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That's not a bad first team as the situation stands at present.
 
Dani should come back...didn't work for him sur le continent, he should give the EPL a second chance. He is no longer the most hated player we have had :) and our new style may suit him better. If it works, it will be like getting a quality player without all the angst of a transfer saga.
 
Boruc

Clyne
Chambers
Fonte
Targett

Cork
Wanyama

Davis
Osvaldo
Ramirez

Gallagher.

No need to sign anyone.

Edit: JWP, Mayuka, Isgrove as impact subs.
 
If Dani is a real man he will come back and try to sort things out...whether it's to stay or go...if not, he will throw a strop and try to force a move through that he wants even if we lose out.

Oh, silly of me...I've just remembered he's an Italian footballer<doh>
 
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