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Also... 81mil inc add ons for van dijk.... medical is booked


Silly money for a defender... It really is, glad I'm not an accountant. As a fan I only want the best (although club not going bankrupt would be nice).

There again, wasn't Ferdinand silly money for a defender back in the day for United but more than earned his transfer for them?

Hopefully VvD is equally fruitful for us.
 
Silly money for a defender... It really is, glad I'm not an accountant. As a fan I only want the best (although club not going bankrupt would be nice).

There again, wasn't Ferdinand silly money for a defender back in the day for United but more than earned his transfer for them?

Hopefully VvD is equally fruitful for us.

if its real.
 
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What is it about Southampton that we seem to covet their players more than anyone else's? I doubt there is some secret association but is there an automatic assumption that a player playing well for the Saints will do well for us too?


Random effect. If you roll two dice twice and get 7 each time, you might think a third roll also being 7 would mean the dice are loaded. In reality you are have the same % chance of rolling 7 again as you did before. Occasionally you'll see patterns that arnt real, just statistical noise.

It's just a coincidence that Soton are so often in our crosshairs.

Well... Not entirely. There are a few things that make them stand out.

Not in top 6 clubs (who tend not to like doing business with each other) but bigger than the relegation dross, more likely to have good players... And they're in England so see their players more.
 
Have been thinking about why Karius was played the other day. Anyone think that he might have been asked to play him so that someone could have a good look at him? Obviously backfired. Cheeky little bid for Butland with karius going in the other direction?

Maybe I'm just being greedy now <laugh>
 
Random effect. If you roll two dice twice and get 7 each time, you might think a third roll also being 7 would mean the dice are loaded. In reality you are have the same % chance of rolling 7 again as you did before. Occasionally you'll see patterns that arnt real, just statistical noise.

It's just a coincidence that Soton are so often in our crosshairs.

Well... Not entirely. There are a few things that make them stand out.

Not in top 6 clubs (who tend not to like doing business with each other) but bigger than the relegation dross, more likely to have good players... And they're in England so see their players more.

Plus Southampton ignore the fact that Man Utd came in for £30m players twice in a row because they both flopped.

I think the Mane transfer did their heads in. They didn't have any problems with Mane at the time, but seeing him go on and become so good suddenly increased their hostility. Before then they were all like "whoever we sell we replace for half the cost lololol"
 
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Have we actually bought anyone this summer? The team we played on Saturday was the squad we had last year, only difference was Coutinho grew an Afro, looked a bit more Egyptian than usual and played better than he's ever done before. <whistle>
 
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Have we actually bought anyone this summer? The team we played on Saturday was the squad we had last year, only difference was Coutinho grew an Afro, looked a bit more Egyptian than usual and played better than he's ever done before. <whistle>


We signed some guy called Daniel Sturridge. I think we used to have someone called that years ago but he got a hang nail and after a long hospital stay died.

The new guy named Daniel Sturridge looks a decent impact sub.