Saints transfer rumour thread

My cat has just pranced downstairs and told me we are in for Tom Ince. I trust my cat, she doesn't mess about.

 

I'd like that to be true. Especially to get one over Reading.

 

Hope reading don't get him, he'd fit in well to that team & no doubt score a few really important goals.

 

well that is a tad worrying as i said before hope this dose not come back and haunt us, i just think signing someone now may be worth the cash, better to be safe than sorry

 

Does anyone genuinely believe we are not trying to sign some players? MP is clearly not going to come in and say "the squad is awful, we're doomed" because of the impact it may have. He has been researching the squad for a while and I think Forren was his signing in honesty or at least the transfer committees signing. Clearly they are trying to do business but we are now competing with the well-known clubs (like Liverpool) so are finding it more difficult plus NC hates being legged over...

Am sure there will be some late business, as someone else said, we have signed someone on deadline day for the last few windows and there is probably another left-field deal (like Waigo, Guly etc) that we haven't thought about.

I expect the majority of our business to be in the summer once MP has had a real look at the squad and how they adapt to his demands but am certain they are trying to do something in the short-term to improve our squad depth even if we can't make that marquee signing this window.

Am also concerned no news about Puncheon signing a new deal, unless they are saving that in case we don't sign anyone...?!

 

I agree. I'd kill to have us bring in some one like John Guidetti, even on loan. He'd be perfect.

 

Can that team/squad get 15 more points, maybe 17 points? I think so yes. The big "if" is injuries.

 

Probably, but Cortese has made it clear he is aiming higher than 'survival'. If he is serious about that we need to sign more players.

 

Do we "need" to? This squad threw away 6 points against Swansea, Stoke and Norwich and there is an argument that says the two games against Fulham should have been put to bed as well. That's ten poinst just there. Don't get me wrong, I think we do need to add at least one, maybe two signings, but if we don't then we should still be fairly comfortable early on and ready to push on.

 

Which is why I think that we need a couple more players. Not necessarily to replace any of our starters, but if we're a team with ambitions we can't really afford to be in a situation where we're one injury away from starting Steve De Ridder.

 

Agreed. If Rickie, for example, or Ramirez were to get injured I think we'd struggle and would certinaly not be able to replace them with the same quality.

Of the bench mentioned, only Yoshida, Ward Prowse and Rodriguez will realistically form part of the long term vision and future of the club so I don't think brining someone/a couple in really upsets the balance at all. Take Fox off that bench and put a potential match winner who can start games when RL needs a rest and it looks far stronger.

 

If no one comes in it shows that Nigel was sacked as Cortesse felt he was not doing enough with the current squad (i know that sounds obvious, but there where a lot of other reasons), definitely shows MP was not brought in because he felt Adkins could not attract players

 

Could argue that we wouldn't be trowing away points like that if we brought a few new faces in.

 

No need for another striker, have Rodriguez as lamberts understudy. No point in keeping him if he's not going to play when the big mans injured. You then have mayuka as 3rd choice with the kids getting minutes in cups etc. we only play 1 up top at the moment so can't keep 4 first team strikers and expect them to be happy. Need another attacking midfielder and cb to improve the squad otherwise its just buying to replace our current 1st team. I don't believe jrod is effective at left mid. If guly is out it would have to be Ramirez on the left with Davis or jwp jumping into a 3 man midfield for me.
Think it could be on the cards for us to grab a point. Just hope Rooney and rvp don't start together. Forren and maya to start for me at cb, as I imagine they are our most agile cb pairing, Hoover would get turned inside out by any of their strikers! Great for the stokes etc but united will keep it on the deck which is where he struggles.

 

Alex Crook also says he does not see anything happening. And all senior players will of course, be staying. (nice to just say that)

 

We are out of the cups. Are you talking about next season? If you are talking next season, then we really must buy to improve the squad if we are to follow Nicola's ambitions.

 

Yes. If Cortese is serious about his stated ambitions, he needs to put his money where his mouth is. If all our best players were fit all season long and we never gave away any daft goals then we might finish in the top half, but reality dictates that we need to improve our squad.

 

Agreed

Yes, this is why I said that I hoped we would bring in one maybe two more.

 

As said, I hope we do sign players as I think we need to for what we say we want to achieve, however if we don't I think we will still be more than surviving come May.

 

If we hadn't got that dodgy penalty at Villa we'd be on an 8 game winless run. Would people be so happy with the squad then? Just a thought.