Pre-Season Slaughter: Southampton

[Yankee_Jack]

Didn't watch the game myself, but my son, who was at the stadium says we produced just one shot on target.

Was that the own goal or Cullen’s miss hit in the second half

 

[The Blobster]

Cullen miss hit and Bidwells scuffled effort were our only two shots on target

 

[ivoralljack]

Found out the other night that young Ben Lloyd is a former school friend of @Ladygargar's son, Tom who knows him well. I know Tom to be a very polite, well rounded, hard-working youngster who is a credit to his parents so, if his mates are the same, I'm hoping we have found another fine young footballer with the character and ability he needs to succeed.

 

[CroJack]

No money for new players,

That's the reality for the most Championship clubs in the Covid era.

So far only four Championship clubs have spent some money on new players. Fulham, Swansea, QPR and Stoke. All other clubs are signing freebies and players on loan. If we sell Grimes for a reasonable price we still have time to reinvest.

When we know that 18 Championship clubs have so far invested £0 on new players, and Swansea are NOT one of them, then I think it's unrealistic to keep complaining about our lack of investment. We have to remember that last season we kept Ayew, the player who had the highest wages in the Championship. We also signed Lowe, Bennet, Manning, Smith and Lati whilst we kept Grimes, Fulton, Roberts, Naughton and Cabango. Also, we signed some players on loan and those players cost us some money as well.

Now it's clear that the club knew about Steve Cooper's departure already a month ago, so it would've been stupid to keep signing Cooper's players and not players who would fit into the new manager's philosophy. We'll see. I think we'll be signing some players in this transfer window.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

Grimes is a must keep at least until Martin has evaluated the squad and determined what we need, can do with, and cannot do without.