Transfer Rumours The Summer Transfer Rumour Thread 2016

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Saints Fan4Life said:
Yep. We signed more depth last year ... Juanmi wasn't really in a position we needed to recruit. Ditto Romeu (Clasie had already been signed to replace Morgan). Martina was originally signed as a squad utility player. Caulker was originally signed to add squad depth for Europa (before Gardos got injured). Ramirez came back into the fold to aid the Europa campaign.

We only lost 3 players (Clyne, Morgan, Toby) and signed 6. Add into the fold Ramirez back and an added defender in Caulker, that's 5 players up on "senior" players from the season before.
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So this season we've lost 3, signed 3. But have lost Juanmi/Caulker/Ramirez from last season's depth.

But have added Pied (injured). Macarthy is replacement for Stek.
 
Jaidi said:
So this season we've lost 3, signed 3. But have lost Juanmi/Caulker/Ramirez from last season's depth.

But have added Pied (injured). Macarthy is replacement for Stek.
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We've lost Juanmi, Mane, Pelle and Wanyama yes? We've signed Redmond (Juanmi), Hjoberg (Vic), Boufal (Mane), McCarthy (Stek). Plus regained Gardos (Caulker) from injury. We've replaced players, and we have a squad of 24. I'm content with that. Plus Stephens, McQueen & Hesketh seem to be in the picture as well.

Really, we've only lost Ramirez from last season (and he spent half the season out on loan anyway) and not replaced them. Hesketh would do the same job as he did last year, for example!

The squad size, for me, isn't an issue.
 
Osvaldorama said:
I'm slightly disappointed. Without meaning to be negative, I feel like this is the first window in a few years that we have gone backwards, but we also have added Europa league games. Loads of pressure on Boufal and Hojbjerg
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It felt like we'd gone backwards when we lost Lambert, Lovren, Lallana and Chambers. Turned out we hadn't. We march on.
 
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Saints Fan4Life said:
We've lost Juanmi, Mane, Pelle and Wanyama yes? We've signed Redmond (Juanmi), Hjoberg (Vic), Boufal (Mane), McCarthy (Stek). Plus regained Gardos (Caulker) from injury. We've replaced players, and we have a squad of 24. I'm content with that. Plus Stephens, McQueen & Hesketh seem to be in the picture as well.

Really, we've only lost Ramirez from last season (and he spent half the season out on loan anyway) and not replaced them. Hesketh would do the same job as he did last year, for example!

The squad size, for me, isn't an issue.
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I feel the squad size is an issue, because last year we were knocked out the Europa league very early. We have a guaranteed 6 extra games, and I'd certainly like to see us progress as I don't think we'll qualify again this year.

Don't get me wrong, I think I'm just about happy with the first XI, but I feel our squad as a whole is in no way complete. I'd love to see us use the academy more, but not in the Europa league, I'd really like us to take it seriously.
 
Saints Fan4Life said:
We've lost Juanmi, Mane, Pelle and Wanyama yes? We've signed Redmond (Juanmi), Hjoberg (Vic), Boufal (Mane), McCarthy (Stek). Plus regained Gardos (Caulker) from injury. We've replaced players, and we have a squad of 24. I'm content with that. Plus Stephens, McQueen & Hesketh seem to be in the picture as well.

Really, we've only lost Ramirez from last season (and he spent half the season out on loan anyway) and not replaced them. Hesketh would do the same job as he did last year, for example!

The squad size, for me, isn't an issue.
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So we've effectively replaced the players lost, but replaced the depth from last season with youth, with a generous profit in transfers. You can see why some fans want another addition.
 
fran-MLs little camera said:
It is unlikely that we will be successful in both the league and the Europa and is also unlikely that we will qualify for Europe next season by league position or the Europa. We will be like Liverpool....but probably without getting to the final. All the top clubs will up their game and finish in their usual positions IMO. So people should be prepared for that...I'm hoping for top 8 and getting past the group stage in the Europa....that would be a good season. I don't believe one season like that will lead to inevitable decline. We are a good, well run team....some seasons will be good (like last season), an occasional one may be very good, and some will be mid-table. That is the way for all teams. The important thing is to keep going, maintain standards and one day, one day.....
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How very dare you! The team are about to crack the allotrope of carbon formation just in time for us to unleash the beast Boufal on an unsuspecting league. We'll go one better than Leicester by actually winning it from behind whilst also dishing out some legendary European tonkings courtesy of the unknown and (before today) unlinked striker that we are about to break our transfer record for again. We'll actually win the league and the Europa League making us the first team in history to be able to field two teams in the UCL next year. Oh, and I think you'll find that Liverpool are like us..... very, very much like us these days!
 
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SaintsFan86 said:
We've replaced Mane with Boufal, Pelle with a coming back Jay and Austin as he was his direcr replacement last January. Wanyama with Bhojberg and added Redmond Pied. I think we have had a good summer.
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We'll just have to wait and see. Not that we have a choice. I do think we will find scoring goals difficult which is a concern
 
Glad to see some people happy with the window. You guys must be easily pleased on Christmas morning! :D

The sad thing is most of our team certainly is good enough - for 4-2-3-1...
 
MLsfc said:
Could also argue that Rodriguez and Austin (if they both stay fit) are like new signings since we didn't have the option to play them much last season. Although whether they stay fit is a big question.
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Whether they will be any good, even if they stay fit, is an even bigger question! :)
 
spacedsaint said:
Glad to see some people happy with the window. You guys must be easily pleased on Christmas morning! :D

The sad thing is most of our team certainly is good enough - for 4-2-3-1...
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In all honesty what is the required players key attribute needed to play in a diamond formation rather than a 4-2-3-1. I am not being being sarcastic, I genuinely don't know
 
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