We have to surely - sign a good striker now and nobody out and we are all systems go - don’t sign s striker and I don’t see we have the quality up top to do what we want this year
Thinking the same, decent MF, defence taking shape but no-one to score & I would be surprised there's any decent strikers hanging around that we could afford under the cap.
I reckon bogle could score shit loads off of Maddison crosses
I reckon bogle could miss shit loads off of anyones crosses, I hope that I'm proved wrong.
In 2005 he won player of the year for Seymour Villa U-11 ‘B’ team....... this is actually true. I regularly used to watch Ryan and his brother play for that team on a Sunday morning in Beckeham Rec.
I think Bowyer just means he has a ‘winners’ mentality.
Maybe a fourth striker (Smyth)? Someone who can cover RB/be a utility player (Gotts)? Think we may now look to send Albie/Lapslie on loan.
Deffo another striker and has got to be a natural goalscorer who abit like taylor did guarantees goals at this level ! Yes its going to be hard but this cld be the most important part of the puzzle to produce a successful season
we cant mess about as dont think washington/bogle will score enough
I don’t want to temp fate, but we may have the best squad in the league come Friday.
Everything is shaping up very nicely. On paper, we’ve got a great defence and a great midfield. All we need now is a striker to consistently score.
This is completely OTT.
one would hope that we have a good squad, but who can honestly say they have seen much of the majority of our new signings?
Maddison and potentially Washington are known quantities at this level. Outside of that we can keep our fingers crossed but realistically who knows what we are gonna get?
Maybe a fourth striker (Smyth)? Someone who can cover RB/be a utility player (Gotts)? Think we may now look to send Albie/Lapslie on loan.
Lose Forster-Caskey, Otzumer, Morgan and Lapslie (The latter two on loan) and get in a striker, a winger/playmaker and another right back and I’ll be delighted with our business.
If Doughty goes, I’d want him replaced on top of that.
Two good signings today, really happy with them and that the defence is now sorted, sets us up nicely for the last 3 days of the window.
I’d be disappointed if Doughty leaves, but would hope we would only let him leave if we could get something lined up to replace him. We have desperately lacked pace in our side and it’s something Bow and Gallen have identified, losing the quickest player at the club would hurt us.
Two players I would like us to sign, but both extremely unlikely for a number of reasons...
John Bostock, I do think he’d be an excellent signing at this level.
The other is Josh Sims. I’ve spoken about young Ellis Simms of Everton but they’ve indicated that he won’t be loaned out yet.
Josh Sims is mainly a winger but can play up front, but hasn’t featured for Southampton’s senior team this season. He’s been with the U23s. Was on loan at NYRB last season and Reading for 6 months the year before.
He would likely be the best player in the league, but also likely not to want to drop to League One. It would be one hell of a loan signing though.
Makes sense if the Chelsea lad is lined up. Same position but due to his age and it being a loan means a bit more money to be spent elsewhere.
Thing is Koiki was a long term replacement, whereas the Chelsea loan is just that, a loan, and we all know about Chelsea and their loan "deals", could be a very short season loan indeed, if it comes off
But this time we will actually pay (some of) the wages and have players with an age > than the loanee playing around them. We can't be that shit at Christmas again.
I hear what you are saying, and hopefully this Christmas, Santa actually leaves us something rather than take it away. Maybe the words Chelsea and loan deal don't seem to sit well with me and makes me very wary that's about it really.
But even Bowyer himself pointed the finger at the embargo, the shit show that was ESI and the fact we were not paying Gallaghers wages as the reason. It has been widely reported that Gallagher did not want to go and was upset, but what you gonna do when we were such a mess on and off the field. We have been reset by Sandgaard and unless something calamitous occurs, the scenario won't repeat itself this festive season.
Great, let's all hope so, agree should be a better scenario with Thomas
We will not get to the PL in 10 years by continually selling our better players and replacing them with loanees and Palace cast offs
Our record of success with ex Palace players is dismal...
Butterfield, Borrowdale, Sorondo, McKenzie, Soares, Kaikai, Marcus Bent, Hudson, Jonny Williams, Dowie have all failed to live up to expectations. Watson too early to tell. David Whyte and Chris Powell, Hreiderson and Rhoys Wiggins the only exceptions... Pardew best forgotten.
You do realise that a third of the players mentioned didn’t make the dismal list!!
Two good signings today. Very pleased - the masterplan appears to be coming together. We have already signed some very good players for this level....there is is a sea change underway following TS's takeover that is most welcome.....hopefully a sign of things to come.
A bit more poke up front and I'll be quietly confident for the season.
Two good signings today, really happy with them and that the defence is now sorted, sets us up nicely for the last 3 days of the window.
I’d be disappointed if Doughty leaves, but would hope we would only let him leave if we could get something lined up to replace him. We have desperately lacked pace in our side and it’s something Bow and Gallen have identified, losing the quickest player at the club would hurt us.
Two players I would like us to sign, but both extremely unlikely for a number of reasons...
John Bostock, I do think he’d be an excellent signing at this level.
The other is Josh Sims. I’ve spoken about young Ellis Simms of Everton but they’ve indicated that he won’t be loaned out yet.
Josh Sims is mainly a winger but can play up front, but hasn’t featured for Southampton’s senior team this season. He’s been with the U23s. Was on loan at NYRB last season and Reading for 6 months the year before.
He would likely be the best player in the league, but also likely not to want to drop to League One. It would be one hell of a loan signing though.
Guessing Bostock can be signed anytime as out of contract? Priority now has to be another striker and potentially a winger or CM. Two more loan slots to use up.
Two good signings today, really happy with them and that the defence is now sorted, sets us up nicely for the last 3 days of the window.
I’d be disappointed if Doughty leaves, but would hope we would only let him leave if we could get something lined up to replace him. We have desperately lacked pace in our side and it’s something Bow and Gallen have identified, losing the quickest player at the club would hurt us.
Two players I would like us to sign, but both extremely unlikely for a number of reasons...
John Bostock, I do think he’d be an excellent signing at this level.
The other is Josh Sims. I’ve spoken about young Ellis Simms of Everton but they’ve indicated that he won’t be loaned out yet.
Josh Sims is mainly a winger but can play up front, but hasn’t featured for Southampton’s senior team this season. He’s been with the U23s. Was on loan at NYRB last season and Reading for 6 months the year before.
He would likely be the best player in the league, but also likely not to want to drop to League One. It would be one hell of a loan signing though.
Guessing Bostock can be signed anytime as out of contract? Priority now has to be another striker and potentially a winger or CM. Two more loan slots to use up.
Agreed. And maybe the longer he goes without a club, as in passed the deadline, the better our chances might be if we are in for him.
There are certainly some very good players available, it’s just whether we could get them to sign and under the cap.
I don’t want to temp fate, but we may have the best squad in the league come Friday.
Everything is shaping up very nicely. On paper, we’ve got a great defence and a great midfield. All we need now is a striker to consistently score.
For the first time in a while we are in position to not carry players. Hoping by January we will be in a position to off load a couple and bring in additional bodies to make us stronger.My only concern is that I’m struggling to see whether the goals are coming from in the midfield. Still got hope that Morgan will be the one to step up and show some consistency this season.
Bowyer said he wanted 5 on Friday. Three have since signed. Imagine another 2 on loan.
One of them must surely be another striker.
Hopefully smith/smyth was just paper talk & with a lot of luck a striker who scores goals will fall into our lap. We need that + another experienced CB. A Gallagher type in midfield would also be nice but don't see that happening.
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I think Bowyer just means he has a ‘winners’ mentality.
Amos, AMB (Phillips)
Gunter, Oshilaja, Inniss, Famewo, Pearce, Purrington, Maatsen
Pratley, Watson, Levitt, Forster-Caskey, Gilbey, Williams, Oztumer, Maddison, Doughty, Morgan, Lapslie
Washington, Aneke, Bogle
Maybe a fourth striker (Smyth)? Someone who can cover RB/be a utility player (Gotts)? Think we may now look to send Albie/Lapslie on loan.
Yes its going to be hard but this cld be the most important part of the puzzle to produce a successful season
we cant mess about as dont think washington/bogle will score enough
one would hope that we have a good squad, but who can honestly say they have seen much of the majority of our new signings?
Maddison and potentially Washington are known quantities at this level. Outside of that we can keep our fingers crossed but realistically who knows what we are gonna get?
If Doughty goes, I’d want him replaced on top of that.
Worth a look?
I’d be disappointed if Doughty leaves, but would hope we would only let him leave if we could get something lined up to replace him. We have desperately lacked pace in our side and it’s something Bow and Gallen have identified, losing the quickest player at the club would hurt us.
Two players I would like us to sign, but both extremely unlikely for a number of reasons...
John Bostock, I do think he’d be an excellent signing at this level.
The other is Josh Sims. I’ve spoken about young Ellis Simms of Everton but they’ve indicated that he won’t be loaned out yet.
Josh Sims is mainly a winger but can play up front, but hasn’t featured for Southampton’s senior team this season. He’s been with the U23s. Was on loan at NYRB last season and Reading for 6 months the year before.
He would likely be the best player in the league, but also likely not to want to drop to League One. It would be one hell of a loan signing though.
the earlier discussions, lets just hope no news is good news
A bit more poke up front and I'll be quietly confident for the season.
There are certainly some very good players available, it’s just whether we could get them to sign and under the cap.