Emmanuel Adebayor

[kippaxvilla2]

It is also worth noting that our net outlay is still -£2.5m if the numbers quotes are correct.

[Ian.]

It's starting to look like Lerner isn't putting any money into it this summer. Not good if it transpires to be so.

Not many people would spin that line at the end of a week and a bit where we've signed three players (two on the same day, just two days ago) and there is a whole month of window to go.

I'm genuinely starting to wonder whether you mean half this nonsense. I struggle to see how anyone can actually believe much of the stuff you post.

I thought that a while ago. He's starting to post to get a reaction and quite frankly, it's getting dull.

He or she has become a parody of themself. It's very boring and when I see the post I have to move on. They never retaliate either which makes me wonder why say anything in the first place.

[mr underhill]

you only have to quote Oscar Wilde to know; ' I  dislike arguments of any kind; they are always vulgar, and often convincing.'

[silhillvilla]

My point was "if" we end up with a net spend of around £0 , I'd consider that quite poor especially as we are now in the age of the mega TV money and most other clubs have strengthened across this window .
IMHO we still need a quality CB, DCM, winger and possibly another striker . That's probably north of £20m

[olaftab]

That's a silly argument. For example if mancity go slightly more mental and offer 40 million for  Gabby (ok ok just imagine it)  we sell him do we have to spend that entire 40 million? And if we don't  would it be a  poor TW?

[Toronto Villa]

So when Southampton improve by bringing in good quality, well scouted players and funding them primarily from player sales, that's fine. But if we do it there's a problem. And what is most hilarious is that you posted your nonsense days after we signed three good players in one week and with almost 5 weeks of the window to go.

[silhillvilla]

Believe me I hope I'm wrong and by the end of The window Lerner has done us proud and I will be the first to come on here and say I was wrong and talking out of my back passage .

[cdbearsfan]

If Man City give us £40,000,000 for Agbonlahor we'll be too busy dancing to buy any more players before the transfer window closes.

[aj2k77]

Quality not quantity my dear Silhill. It doesn't matter how much we end up spending it's getting the right players in. Saying that I'd really really like another striker and a centre back.

[Chris Smith]

So when Southampton become by bringing in good quality, well scouted players and funding them primarily from player sales, that's fine. But if we do it there's a problem. And what is most hilarious is that you posted your nonsense days after we signed three good players in one week and with almost 5 weeks of the window to go.

And a week after posting that we needed to sign players quickly due to the season starting imminently. So, when we then go out and buy a bunch of players there is a quick shift and hey presto another angle for negativity. It's just so tedious.

From any normal perspective the work the club has done so far this summer is impressive and, with a month still left to go, gives us cause for some tempered optimism. Obviously, buying players is always a gamble but so far the y have done as well as anyone could have hoped during this window and quickly changed the prevailing mood following the Delph and Benteke departures.

[tomd2103]

My point was "if" we end up with a net spend of around £0 , I'd consider that quite poor especially as we are now in the age of the mega TV money and most other clubs have strengthened across this window .
IMHO we still need a quality CB, DCM, winger and possibly another striker . That's probably north of £20m

It's not just the transfer fees to consider though, it is also the wages.  I'm sure those running the club have a target turnover / wages ratio and probably aren't too keen to go above that.

[pauliewalnuts]

My point was "if" we end up with a net spend of around £0 , I'd consider that quite poor especially as we are now in the age of the mega TV money and most other clubs have strengthened across this window .
IMHO we still need a quality CB, DCM, winger and possibly another striker . That's probably north of £20m

That's not what you said, though, at least not all of it.

You said it is "starting to look that way".

You'll find lots of people who would agree with you if we only spent what we earned in selling fees, it's the bit where you deduce that that is what is happening, just after we've had the busiest transfer week in ages that is beyond parody.

[Dave]

Believe me I hope I'm wrong

You're certainly not going to get long odds on something like that.

[Clampy]

My point was "if" we end up with a net spend of around £0 , I'd consider that quite poor especially as we are now in the age of the mega TV money and most other clubs have strengthened across this window .
IMHO we still need a quality CB, DCM, winger and possibly another striker . That's probably north of £20m

You were also moaning a week ago that we hadn't brought in enough players before the first game. We have a mad spending spree this week, but  you still decide to choose something else to whinge about. Like I said earlier, its starting to sound like you're moaning to get a reaction and it's getting boring.

[Mister E]

If the only other thing we do this window is to get someone to give us a fee for N'Zog I'd consider that a good result.