Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[brian green]

And he is not in the best of moods Redsox.

[RussellC]

Where's he gone? Can we start chanting 'you're not singing anymore' at him yet?

[Russ aka Big Nose]

Not necesscelery. Clark, Richards, Okore and Baker is enough for a team that will play 45 games tops this season (including a heartbreaking semi final).

All four have had their fair share of injuries, so I definitely think we need another option if Senderos is leaving.  I don't want to be in the position again where we are relying on Baker to play a run of games.

I think the plan might be to bring in another defender and then send Baker out on loan for a season - that would offer the chance to see if he genuinely can play at the level required or be in the shop window for lower PL side/top-half Championship side.

If true, that is a decent plan. I've said before that I like Baker but I think that he might be a bit short on quality and his approach to defending - bravely throwing himself in front of everything - is likely to mean he cannot be relied upon to be a regular starter.

Or he could be offered as part of the deal to sign Fonte (don't tell Boris). Barca and the South Coast Giants - how exciting that we are getting to speak to the biggest clubs in Europe. I feel dizzy.

[curiousorange]

To be honest, I'm much more excited about signing somebody from Southampton. Their accounts are stunning.

[Smoke]

Perhaps we could loan baker to little Southampton after all they're a well run profit making academy. Added bonus is this year they're playing in Europe too so extra games to develop him for us.

[tomd2103]

Not necesscelery. Clark, Richards, Okore and Baker is enough for a team that will play 45 games tops this season (including a heartbreaking semi final).

All four have had their fair share of injuries, so I definitely think we need another option if Senderos is leaving.  I don't want to be in the position again where we are relying on Baker to play a run of games.

I think the plan might be to bring in another defender and then send Baker out on loan for a season - that would offer the chance to see if he genuinely can play at the level required or be in the shop window for lower PL side/top-half Championship side.

If true, that is a decent plan. I've said before that I like Baker but I think that he might be a bit short on quality and his approach to defending - bravely throwing himself in front of everything - is likely to mean he cannot be relied upon to be a regular starter.

Or he could be offered as part of the deal to sign Fonte (don't tell Boris). Barca and the South Coast Giants - how exciting that we are getting to speak to the biggest clubs in Europe. I feel dizzy.

You might be right with that.  Instead of selling him this summer when we are likely to get a low fee for him, when we can loan him out (I don't think any top flight clubs would be interested) and potentially get a much bigger fee next summer. 

Any news on Donacien's development?

[RussellC]

I'm honestly not sure why we're plundering the academies of Ligue 1 and Barcelona, when we could be looking a lot closer to home and unearthing the next Francis Benali or Neil Maddison.

[Percy McCarthy]

When we were in the third division our average attendance was higher than Southampton's is now.

[UK Redsox]

To be honest, I'm much more excited about signing somebody from Southampton. Their accounts are stunning.

Corrrrrrr.......check out the amortisation on that little beauty

[RussellC]

If clubs are allowed to display a star for every European Cup won, surely there must be an equivalent for every season of solvency?

[brian green]

Yes its three golden balls as used by usurers and pawnbrokers.

[papa lazarou]

We should take a leaf out of their book and see if George Weah has any cousins who are available.

[john e]

First time I went to Southampton was way back in the late 70's early 80's
I'm sure Peter Shilton was in their goal

Anyway I think it was also a night match, and the away fans were put in a cage, and by that I mean an actual cage in the corner of the the old Dell complete with metal railing sides a roof and a gate you couldn't get out of, an animal cage

Unbelievable to think that sort of thing could happen today, it's not a slight on Southampton as all clubs treated fans like cattle on those days, but the cage was s bit OTT

We lost 1-0

as for Southampton there is a lot more clubs I detest first before I get to them

[RussellC]

I don't detest Southampton at all. This 'Boris' is a bit of a chump though.

[ROBBO]

The last time i went to Southampton Peter McParland was running down the wing for us, i was that impressed.