Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions

[Slaphead]

I also think Southampton need to put something in their water supply because by and large, these global superstars they produce seem to be injured more often than not.

I'm not joking mate, I live in the centre of Southampton and the water is contaminated, most disgusting water I have ever drank. I live on bottled water which must add an extra £35 to my shopping bill every month. Luckily I'm leaving this deluded shit whole to go back to the mother land.

I much prefer Pompey, their fans are genuinely passionate about their club no matter how shit they are where the Scummers... the moment they drop, their fans will be spending their benefit money back in the pub rather than at their ground.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I like how the first player linked on this thread is Jake Livermore. How a few weeks change things.

[PaulWinch again]

It's amazing when you think of it. A club that finished 4th bottom on the back of a few years of relegation battles. We've managed to sign Amavi,  Veretout and Traore. Those three alone appear to be very highly rated future stars. That's without even looking at Gueye, Richards etc. We've done an incredible job in terms of recruitment this summer.

[mattjpa]

We can take the piss out of Southampton but remember they are in Europe and the last 5-10 years has produced

Gareth Bale
Theo Walcott
Alex Chamberlian
Adam Lallana
Luke Shaw

Turned Ricky Lambert into an England international and finish it top 7

We finished in bottom5 sold our best players and produced

Weinmann
Ridgwell
Moore
etc etc

If we had their players and our combined potential we been in the champions league!

 

See it's all well and good listing their academy players but just how many of those stayed with them when they had a choice to move?  If you can't even hold on to your academy players then you have a problem, yes the money is nice but all it takes is for things to not work out well one summer and they're back in the shit.

I also always find it funny when Villa fans compare our academy to other clubs and are selective about the players they pick from it.

How about Clark, Cahill, Davis (who's playing in the Southampton first team) who are all premier league regulars instead of the 3 you've deemed as failures.

As for Bottom 5/Europe comment, that's down to form, 5 years ago we'd just finished 6th for the 3rd time running and they'd just finished 7th in league 1.  Yes things are going well at southampton right now buts lets no one could seriously think they're a bigger club because of it.

Id also add to that Academy list Grealish, Barry, Hendrie, Gabby, Craig Gardner, Nathan Baker, Peter Whittingham. All top flight pro's who have sustained careers at the top of the English League (for varying amounts of time)and come through our youth system at one time or another. Where as alot of our young players move on for 2-5m, they have had a few successes that have moved on for 10-20m. Big fucking cheese. The common denominator is those ones named for them have all moved on and at the absolute peak of Southamptons all time power and success they are still outside of the top 5 with an empty trophy cabinet

[LukeJames]

According to sky (I know, I know) Manchester City have bit £2m above Pedro's release clause.... Its all yours chaps

[aj2k77]

Although.. checking twitter seeing all the Soton fans saying "why would he leave us and European football for a relegation battle in a shithole.." and saying it'll never happen makes me 100% up for this. Sign him up, just to piss off the wankers.

Because they're a small club who have had a couple of good seasons in the last 30 years, that's why c***s, don't get above your station.

Just like yo-yo champions Leicester and Stoke, a side that were build on borderline cheating. You've had a couple of decent seasons where you either haven't been relegated or finished around 10th, calm down dears.

I honestly hate - hate - just or recently promoted clubs.

They get into the top flight and they're full of all that "Premier League, you're having a laugh" bollocks just because they're over excited at being able to visit big grounds. They are pretty much always a bunch of overexcited twats who were doubtless nowhere near their club for decades while they were mooking about in the third division.

They manage to stay in the top flight a couple of years, after years and years of being a pointless yo-yo club, and they're all giving it big about "clubs like Villa".

I read that stuff about Stoke fans the other day and it made me want to vomit. Honestly, years of not being in the top flight, a few of being there and becoming the absolute by-word for dirty, cynical, zero entertainment, followed by a short spell of being less fuck ugly to watch and a bit of spending and they think they're Barcelona.

Remember those ingratiating, smug Stoke twats we used to get on here?

I hate these people.

You do realise Southampton have been in the top flight for 30 out of the last 37 years and only been relegated once in that time, don't you?

Southampton have one of the best Academies in the world, have 30k+ through the gate each week, are a club being run well in profit and are currently the 'best of the rest' in terms of the league, not to mention currently playing in Europe.

Do you HONESTLY think Fonte would walk away from being the Captain of Southampton in exchange for a relegation scrap with Villa?

You do realise Southampton, having spent a quarter of the last 30 years outside the top flight, have also only finished in the top 10 5 times, 2 of those being the last two seasons and for the majority of it averaged around 15,000. I know all about Soton don't worry, two bob club, doing alright the last couple of years, enjoy the limelight whilst it's around.

Every club unless super funded ends up sinking back to it's historic level and you know very well this isn't yours.

Comparing Villa and Southampton is like comparing Audrey Hepburn with some tart from Little mix.

[Percy McCarthy]

According to sky (I know, I know) Manchester City have bit £2m above Pedro's release clause.... Its all yours chaps

Another midfielder! Oh Fabian...

[LukeJames]

According to sky (I know, I know) Manchester City have bit £2m above Pedro's release clause.... Its all yours chaps

Another midfielder! Oh Fabian...

I meant the whole release clause business but now you mention it........

[Diablo]

Although.. checking twitter seeing all the Soton fans saying "why would he leave us and European football for a relegation battle in a shithole.." and saying it'll never happen makes me 100% up for this. Sign him up, just to piss off the wankers.

Because they're a small club who have had a couple of good seasons in the last 30 years, that's why c***s, don't get above your station.

Just like yo-yo champions Leicester and Stoke, a side that were build on borderline cheating. You've had a couple of decent seasons where you either haven't been relegated or finished around 10th, calm down dears.

I honestly hate - hate - just or recently promoted clubs.

They get into the top flight and they're full of all that "Premier League, you're having a laugh" bollocks just because they're over excited at being able to visit big grounds. They are pretty much always a bunch of overexcited twats who were doubtless nowhere near their club for decades while they were mooking about in the third division.

They manage to stay in the top flight a couple of years, after years and years of being a pointless yo-yo club, and they're all giving it big about "clubs like Villa".

I read that stuff about Stoke fans the other day and it made me want to vomit. Honestly, years of not being in the top flight, a few of being there and becoming the absolute by-word for dirty, cynical, zero entertainment, followed by a short spell of being less fuck ugly to watch and a bit of spending and they think they're Barcelona.

Remember those ingratiating, smug Stoke twats we used to get on here?

I hate these people.

You do realise Southampton have been in the top flight for 30 out of the last 37 years and only been relegated once in that time, don't you?

Southampton have one of the best Academies in the world, have 30k+ through the gate each week, are a club being run well in profit and are currently the 'best of the rest' in terms of the league, not to mention currently playing in Europe.

Do you HONESTLY think Fonte would walk away from being the Captain of Southampton in exchange for a relegation scrap with Villa?

Here's the head to head league placings from the last 41 years. May surprise a few people? It did me. By my reckoning Southampton have finished above us in the league 14 times in the last 41 years. 

It doesn't take into account actual trophies during this time. But with their excellent academy they probably deserve more respect than they're given?

Southampton                Villa
1974-75  Div 2 13th             Div 2 2nd    Above
1975-76 Div 2 6th            Div 1 16th  Above
1976-77 Div 2 9th            Div 1 4th   Above
1977-78 Div 2 2nd            Div 1 8th   Above
1978-79 Div 1 14th             Div 1 8th   Above
1979-80 Div 1 8th            Div 1 7th   Above
1980-81 Div 1 6th            Div 1 1st    Above
81 Div 1 7th               Div 1 11th  Below
82 Div 1 12th               Div 1 6th     Above
83 Div 1 2nd               Div 1 10th  Below
84 Div 1 5th                Div 1 10th    Below
85 Div 1 14th                Div 1 16th  Below
86 Div 1 12th               Div 1 22nd  Below
87 Div 1 12th               Div 2 2nd    Below
88 Div 1 13th               Div 1 17th  Below
89 Div 1 7th               Div 1 2nd     Above
90 Div 1 14th                Div 1 17th Below
91 DIV 116th                Div 1 7th   Above
92 EPL 18th                EPL 2nd   Above
93 EPL 18th                 EPL 10th    Above
94 EPL 10th                EPL 18th   Below
95 EPL 17th                EPL 4th   Above
96 EPL 16th                               EPL 5th   Above
97 EPL 12th                               EPL 7th   Above
98 EPL 17th                EPL 6th    Above
99 EPL 15th                EPL 6th   Above
2000 EPL 10th                     EPL 8th    Above
2001 EPL 11th                     EPL 8th    Above
2002 EPL 8th                EPL 16th   Below
2003 EPL 12th                     EPL 16th   Below
2004 EPL 20th                     EPL 10th   Above
2005 Champ 12th             EPL 16th   Above
2006 Champ 6th                    EPL 11th    Above
2007 Champ 20th             EPL 6th   Above
2008 Champ 23rd            EPL 6th   Above
2009Div 1 7th               EPL 6th   Above
2010 Div 1 2nd                    EPL 9th   Above
2011 Championship 2nd         EPL 16th    Above
2012 EPL 14th                     EPL 15th     Below
2013 EPL 8th               EPL 15th    Below
2014 EPL 7th                EPL 17th   Below

[UK Redsox]

According to sky (I know, I know) Manchester City have bit £2m above Pedro's release clause.... Its all yours chaps

From over in Other Football

Either Sky don't understand how this works or not all release clauses are equal

[*shellac*]

I'm worried about this Boris.  Is he the suicidal type?

[Clampy]

We are playing in Europe this season, finished 7th last season, running in a healthy profit, Academy keeps churning out players.

Why would we be happy with your last 3 seasons? ( Serious question )

Boris, calm down dear boy you'll do yourself a mischief!

You do realise it's the press linking Fonte  to us and not a football forum?

[aj2k77]

Just as an gauge, our pitiful performance last season still produced a finishing position better than 64 of the 88 seasons in Southamptons history, so they can fuck off whatever period they want to judge.

[Rodders]

Although.. checking twitter seeing all the Soton fans saying "why would he leave us and European football for a relegation battle in a shithole.." and saying it'll never happen makes me 100% up for this. Sign him up, just to piss off the wankers.

Because they're a small club who have had a couple of good seasons in the last 30 years, that's why c***s, don't get above your station.

Just like yo-yo champions Leicester and Stoke, a side that were build on borderline cheating. You've had a couple of decent seasons where you either haven't been relegated or finished around 10th, calm down dears.

I honestly hate - hate - just or recently promoted clubs.

They get into the top flight and they're full of all that "Premier League, you're having a laugh" bollocks just because they're over excited at being able to visit big grounds. They are pretty much always a bunch of overexcited twats who were doubtless nowhere near their club for decades while they were mooking about in the third division.

They manage to stay in the top flight a couple of years, after years and years of being a pointless yo-yo club, and they're all giving it big about "clubs like Villa".

I read that stuff about Stoke fans the other day and it made me want to vomit. Honestly, years of not being in the top flight, a few of being there and becoming the absolute by-word for dirty, cynical, zero entertainment, followed by a short spell of being less fuck ugly to watch and a bit of spending and they think they're Barcelona.

Remember those ingratiating, smug Stoke twats we used to get on here?

I hate these people.

You do realise Southampton have been in the top flight for 30 out of the last 37 years and only been relegated once in that time, don't you?

Southampton have one of the best Academies in the world, have 30k+ through the gate each week, are a club being run well in profit and are currently the 'best of the rest' in terms of the league, not to mention currently playing in Europe.

Do you HONESTLY think Fonte would walk away from being the Captain of Southampton in exchange for a relegation scrap with Villa?

Here's the head to head league placings from the last 41 years. May surprise a few people? It did me. By my reckoning Southampton have finished above us in the league 14 times in the last 41 years. 

It doesn't take into account actual trophies during this time. But with their excellent academy they probably deserve more respect than they're given?

Southampton                Villa
1974-75  Div 2 13th             Div 2 2nd    Above
1975-76 Div 2 6th            Div 1 16th  Above
1976-77 Div 2 9th            Div 1 4th   Above
1977-78 Div 2 2nd            Div 1 8th   Above
1978-79 Div 1 14th             Div 1 8th   Above
1979-80 Div 1 8th            Div 1 7th   Above
1980-81 Div 1 6th            Div 1 1st   Above
81 Div 1 7th               Div 1 11th  Below
82 Div 1 12th               Div 1 6th     Above
83 Div 1 2nd               Div 1 10th  Below
84 Div 1 5th                Div 1 10th    Below
85 Div 1 14th                Div 1 16th  Below
86 Div 1 12th               Div 1 22nd  Below
87 Div 1 12th               Div 2 2nd    Below
88 Div 1 13th               Div 1 17th  Below
89 Div 1 7th               Div 1 2nd     Above
90 Div 1 14th                Div 1 17th Below
91 DIV 116th                Div 1 7th   Above
92 EPL 18th                EPL 2nd   Above
93 EPL 18th                 EPL 10th    Above
94 EPL 10th                EPL 18th   Below
95 EPL 17th                EPL 4th   Above
96 EPL 16th                               EPL 5th   Above
97 EPL 12th                               EPL 7th   Above
98 EPL 17th                EPL 6th    Above
99 EPL 15th                EPL 6th   Above
2000 EPL 10th                     EPL 8th    Above
2001 EPL 11th                     EPL 8th    Above
2002 EPL 8th                EPL 16th   Below
2003 EPL 12th                     EPL 16th   Below
2004 EPL 20th                     EPL 10th   Above
2005 Champ 12th             EPL 16th   Above
2006 Champ 6th                    EPL 11th    Above
2007 Champ 20th              EPL 6th   Above
2008 Champ 23rd            EPL 6th   Above
2009Div 1 7th               EPL 6th   Above
2010 Div 1 2nd                    EPL 9th   Above
2011 Championship 2nd         EPL 16th    Above
2012 EPL 14th                     EPL 15th     Below
2013 EPL 8th               EPL 15th    Below
2014 EPL 7th                EPL 17th   Below

Let's have a good old-fashioned tally of top six finishes during that period as well, shall we?

[Rodders]

I enjoyed that. Sorry the formatting went wonky - I tried my best.

07/08 season tells a story. To give them their dues, So'ton have done jolly well to get from relegation from the Chumpionship to where they are now, but it doesn't half show how short people's memories can be...