Summer 2013 Transfer Rumour Thread

France Football linking Saints with Stuttgart's Ibrahima Traoré.

 

I think someone has already informed us of that.

 

Ignore me then.

 

Slightly off topic, sort of, but Palmeiri saying that PSG are contacting AVB to check his availability (presuming Ancelotti goes to Real). That would hurt Spurs.....

 

Can't see AVB doing that. He's doing well at Spurs...nearly made the CL. But then again I am often naïve about people and their loyalty.

 

If Bale goes then he is really going to struggle to do better than this season, for that reason I could see him going. How about leaving and taking Bale with him???

 

Not sure that's true. I don't really think saints have ever been in a position to loan players out. If they had promise they were in the team as we never had a big playing budget. Only the championship promotion attempted season of rasiak and co when surman had a year at Bournemouth and came back to be a big part of our team. I imagine now with the academy churning out higher standard players and in a larger quantity and also with the team progressing so quickly we will start to see our brighter prospects getting some championship and league 1 loans in their late teens. Chambers Turnbull etc will benefit more from 20 games of league football than u21 league again.
On a selfish note its always nice to see how the young lads get on in league games, it's a good and no stress side story to following saints!

 

Very good points made.

 

Barca doesn't loan out their players because they don't have to. But nearly all their players get a season of second or third division football with Barcelona B or C before joining the senior club.

Saints don't have that option.

 

We're nearly at page 100 .... signing imminent

 

JWP for me wasn't used enough last season. At times, I felt he should have come on to give us that extra energy. I never understood why Nigel suddenly lost interest in him. I don't mean with Cork coming back, I mean as a used substitute. I'd have brought him on more. If I recall correctly, did he start on the bench against United at home? I seem to remember saying to my Dad whilst at the game that we needed fresh legs in midfield... I'll have to check that out.

 

This bloke talks out of his arse sometimes. I've just checked and he played the whole 90 minutes against United. Sort your life out you thick ****

 

I think he started the first 2-3 games.

 

you don't know what you're on about...

 

If by "United" you mean Manchester United, James Ward-Prowse played the entire game at St Mary's vs Man Utd.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19384117

 

Huh?

 

Read the post by some know it all, just after my post about fresh legs and Ward-Prowse v Man United.

 

Thanks, we established that a good ten minutes beforehand. But don't let yourself miss the opportunity to belittle someone.

 

This thread has become a little like day trips to the seaside with my children when they were young. It was always a constant asking of "When will we be there?", "How much longer?" or "I'm bored." then they would bicker and argue in a very silly way and inevitably one or the other would end up in tears.

 

Try the Hope Powell thread!