Totally underwhelmed..... there I said it. I said the same when we signed Bertrand on loan and then in the January window was crying out for us to sign him permanently. I will be back to this thread in January. Happy days, come on you saints, good business so far.
I never thought much of him. I don't think he's rubbish, but I also don't think he's very good. I'd probably describe him as a decent EPL keeper. So I'm not much excited by this signing, but not disappointed either.
"Better than Davis or Gazza" doesn't show much ambition. We need our starting goalkeeper for the first few months of this season to be significantly better than Davis or Gazza. Nevertheless, I'm pleased with this signing. If Stekelenburg can recapture his form from his Ajax days he has and always has had the potential to be a top player.
He is, but maybe we could find someone even better. It's a good job, I think. We brought an experienced PL keeper on loan, he'll do all right, and we saved on transfer fees, which we can now spend on other targets. So I'm not complaining about this signing. I'm just expressing my view of his goalkeeping qualities, which I rate as decent. He's to me probably similar in quality to Krul, who I don't rate much also, but he's not a bad keeper by all means.
We have to remember all being well Forster will be our number one for years. No top class keeper will come in just to be number one for half a season.
Good signing. I remember a certain Kelvin Davis was part of a team that went down before he signed for us, and he turned out ok Loan is perfect. Can spend the money on other positions, and hopefully Fraser will be back by the end of the year. Win win
I think it will also help him to have a strong defence in front of him this time, something he didn't have the year Fulham went down. Getting Toby on board is critical now to the strength of that back 5 and will only help Maarten. Overall pleased to have him onboard.
Well, that was the first 'exclusive' I've got out there and pushed through to the nationals before any other journalists (Southampton-based, London-based or overseas) have even let out a squeak about the news. Pretty happy with this signing, really.
Look at the shot of Maarten shaking hands with Rodgers....not sure the latter will ever be able to use that hand again Wow, preseason starts on Monday.....comes round quick doesn't it?
You're just that little bit more grown up and sensible than me Fran. I suspect just a little bit though