RUMOUR - Andrew Surman

[Chuckle Brother]

Having now seen a photo of Laura i think we should double the offer, her prescence would brighten up the West a lot.

Not married either so obviously a bit of a slapper.

Maybe treble it.

[royalrumble]

Southampton future 'in jeopardy'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southampton/7976473.stm

Sad for Southampton but now should be cheaper to get him.

[toppy]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/ ... -21319887/


Sur gets Royal call


30/04/2009

Football Spy

Andrew Surman will be the first big name departure from Southampton - in a £2million summer move to Reading.

Reading boss Steve Coppell is a big fan of the England Under-21 who will quit St Mary's after the club's relegation to League One.

Everton and Aston Villa have also been monitoring the form of the midfielder (above), along with Fulham boss Roy Hodgson..

[IMAMATEOFJOVSKY]

More regurgitated tosh from the press - no one knows (certainly not the Daily Mirror!) if Coppell will even be at club next season

[Stranded]

Similar story in The Sun with no mention of Coppell..

[Hoop Blah]

Can we have Lallana (or whatever his name is) as well please?

[Deathy]

£2m?? Only if we're promoted then!

[Ian Royal]

£2m?? Only if we're promoted then!

YAWN. Same Jay, same mindless bullshit.


Surman is the sort of player we might go for if the opportunity arose regardless of Coppell's decision. Remember that Hammond plays a big part in identifying players and signing them. He may think it's worth going ahead with at that price regardless.

Although £2m seems a lot given Saints financial situation and relegation.

[Deathy]

£2m?? Only if we're promoted then!

YAWN. Same Jay, same mindless bullshit.


Surman is the sort of player we might go for if the opportunity arose regardless of Coppell's decision. Remember that Hammond plays a big part in identifying players and signing them. He may think it's worth going ahead with at that price regardless.

Although £2m seems a lot given Saints financial situation and relegation.

You're so easy!!

But you're also a fool if you think Reading will sign anyone for money like that if we stay down. Money if anything will be tighter than ever this summer!

Crack a smile, shock me!

[SteveRoyal]

Wasn't it this January that everyone was calling for us to sign him?
What is this thread's stance, I'm getting mixed signals.

[Sun Tzu]

We'll rake in huge sums in transfers if we don;t go up.

And we'll be into a major rebuilding phase.

I don;t think we'll spend 4 or 5 million on a player but 2 million is no big deal these days, especially for a very good youngster.

We shall see - but £4 million for Hunt with 50% on a replacement sounds like sound business to me, and very different to finding the money from the ongoing budget.

[Deathy]

We'll rake in huge sums in transfers if we don;t go up.

And we'll be into a major rebuilding phase.

I don;t think we'll spend 4 or 5 million on a player but 2 million is no big deal these days, especially for a very good youngster.

We shall see - but £4 million for Hunt with 50% on a replacement sounds like sound business to me, and very different to finding the money from the ongoing budget.

YAWN!

We made a lot this summer and spent what???

[Stranded]

Stay down = New manager = new transfer policy = this being a possibility

[Ian Royal]

£2m?? Only if we're promoted then!

YAWN. Same Jay, same mindless bullshit.


Surman is the sort of player we might go for if the opportunity arose regardless of Coppell's decision. Remember that Hammond plays a big part in identifying players and signing them. He may think it's worth going ahead with at that price regardless.

Although £2m seems a lot given Saints financial situation and relegation.

You're so easy!!

But you're also a fool if you think Reading will sign anyone for money like that if we stay down. Money if anything will be tighter than ever this summer!

Crack a smile, shock me!

You're the negative near suicidal nancy. It's not me who needs to start smiling. I already am.

[Deathy]

Not in your photos you don't.

I'm not that negative. I play up to it a little. If anything I'm guilty of being too optimistic.

You wont see this football club spending £2m on anyone this summer if we remain in the Championship. I'd be delighted if that was actually our transfer budget.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

would prefer mcgoldrick

13 goals from midfield in a team that got relegated

[Terminal Boardom]

We'll rake in huge sums in transfers if we don;t go up.

And we'll be into a major rebuilding phase.

I don;t think we'll spend 4 or 5 million on a player but 2 million is no big deal these days, especially for a very good youngster.

We shall see - but £4 million for Hunt with 50% on a replacement sounds like sound business to me, and very different to finding the money from the ongoing budget.

Your definition of "huge sums" interests me. Which of our players fall into this category?

And, who, in their right minds, would spend £4m on shunt?

[Terminal Boardom]

would prefer mcgoldrick

13 goals from midfield in a team that got relegated

So McGoldrick, Surman and Lallana or whatever his name is are supposed to be half decent and worth a punt? If they are so o*ford good, how come southampton got relegated?

[Deathy]

We'll rake in huge sums in transfers if we don;t go up.

And we'll be into a major rebuilding phase.

I don;t think we'll spend 4 or 5 million on a player but 2 million is no big deal these days, especially for a very good youngster.

We shall see - but £4 million for Hunt with 50% on a replacement sounds like sound business to me, and very different to finding the money from the ongoing budget.

Your definition of "huge sums" interests me. Which of our players fall into this category?

And, who, in their right minds, would spend £4m on shunt?

Nobody. Only the likes of Wolves, Brum/Sheff Utd and the lower Prem sides would look at him too IMO. Bigger clubs have watched him and gone cold on him. He was poor 99% of this season and was worse last season.

If we were offered £2m for him this summer, bargain!

Doyle would go for in the region of £4m though. Although inconsistant, he has scored the goals this season but could have doubled that had he been in a team that actually played football.

But no way will we have a few million to play with this summer if we stay down. Look at last summer and the money from Kits and Shorey. Did we see it? Not really, no. But you'll never convince Behindu/Sun Tzu otherwise. Even though money will be even tighter!

[Terminal Boardom]

Your definition of "huge sums" interests me. Which of our players fall into this category?

And, who, in their right minds, would spend £4m on shunt?

Nobody. Only the likes of Wolves, Brum/Sheff Utd and the lower Prem sides would look at him too IMO. Bigger clubs have watched him and gone cold on him. He was poor 99% of this season and was worse last season.

If we were offered £2m for him this summer, bargain!

Doyle would go for in the region of £4m though. Although inconsistant, he has scored the goals this season but could have doubled that had he been in a team that actually played football.

But no way will we have a few million to play with this summer if we stay down. Look at last summer and the money from Kits and Shorey. Did we see it? Not really, no. But you'll never convince Behindu/Sun Tzu otherwise. Even though money will be even tighter!

Doyler could go for around £6m to £9m. But who else could we expect to have poached? Money will be tighter next season as this recession bites further. However, if we are promoted I would expect more money to be spent this time as compared to last if only because this current squad is not as good and neither has it the strength in depth. The recession may actually be a blessing as agents become more realistic. Ooops, sorry, TB talking bollocks!!!