Will We Sign Winger Before Saints Game?

[Forster's Armband]

Anyone heard anything? I feel if we do we will have a better chance of beating The South Coast Club!

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Would he start anyway? Most away games Kazenga didn't play. I expect Barnes to play down the left & drift into the middle with Murray or Wood up front

 

[BASINGSTOKESEAGULL]

We need a new midfielder, Sparrow is out for tomorrow with Bridcut suspended, Batti isn't up to it that's be honest, too slow and crap on the ball. We will see, have to be positive, Gus isn't really filling me with his confidence after his recent interview. Buzzing for tomorrow though!

 

[tonymgc]

All we are saying is give Smith a chance!

 

[Napper]

Sparrow out ? is that official ? Battipiedi in midfield will be a disaster there

 

[strings]

Signing a winger before the game isn't good enough, in my opinion. The new player would need to train with the squad today. Unless we hear something by this evening, I don't think we'll be seeing a new player.

 

[astill86]

Poyet wants new signing for Saints test From The Argus)

 

[mongoose]

Pretty sure though someone may be able to confirm, a player would need to be signed today in order to play tomorrow

 

[Giraffe]

Poyet wants new signing for Saints test From The Argus)

Albion boss Gus Poyet wants a replacement for broken leg victim Kazenga LuaLua signed before tomorrow night's trip to Southampton.

Poyet is desperate to land his mystery target and is getting frustrated by the time it is taking.

He said: "It's still a possibility but when you cannot get a player very quickly it slowly looks like it is going away.

"Maybe we'll get a bit lucky and we can get the replacement for LuaLua.

"The clock is ticking because I don't want the player on Thursday at four o'clock, I want the player today, because I want the player to be available for tomorrow.

"If you can get him on Wednesday or Thursday you can get him on Monday or Tuesday, that is my opinion. I'm am not negotiating, so it is very easy to say when you are not doing that.

"My wish is to have him now, before Southampton. If we get him after I think we have lost a great opportunity to add some quality to the team ahead of a very important game."

Skipper Gordon Greer has recovered from illness and will lead the team out at St Mary's.


Is he having a pop at Ken Brown who is negotiating?

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Shit news about Sparrow if he is out. Was hoping he was being wrapped in cotton wool at the weekend to make sure he was ready for tomorrow night.

Agree that even if we did sign a new winger, I doubt he would start anyway.

Good news about Greer though

 

[HP Seagull]

This has got the LuaLua saga written all over it, with Gus and the fans getting ever more frustrated with the lack of action, although this time I'm not as confident we'll get our man. It's annoying as all the talk of a "very special" signing got me really excited.

Also, isn't it assumed that we'll only get the special player if we get another player first, as per the Argus on Saturday?

 

[Rookie]

Shit news about Sparrow if he is out. Was hoping he was being wrapped in cotton wool at the weekend to make sure he was ready for tomorrow night.

Agree that even if we did sign a new winger, I doubt he would start anyway.

Good news about Greer though

Without a new winger its pretty obvious how we will play getting a winger in by tomorrow at least gives us an option to change how we will play give Soton something to think about.

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

That's the problem with Gus coming out and mentioning someone "special" is on the horizion. Just frustrates and pisses impatient fans off if it doesn't come through. Similar to when he said last year that he wanted his squad in place before the start of pre-season. It just wasn't going to be possible but it annoyed a lot of people who were expecting big name signings as soon as we finished the season. Thought Gus might have learnt from this, but it maybe not

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Without a new winger its pretty obvious how we will play getting a winger in by tomorrow at least gives us an option to change how we will play give Soton something to think about.

True. With Sparrow, Bridcutt and Lua Lua out we are very limited in midfield and especially lack quality from the bench

 

[BensGrandad]

Pretty sure though someone may be able to confirm, a player would need to be signed today in order to play tomorrow

For a loan player isnt it 5pm on the day of an evening game or 12 noon on a Saturday, at least that is what I thought.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I'm pretty sure it is 12 noon for a permanent signing (the day before) and 5pm for a loan signing.

We signed Holroyd on a loan to allow him to play and then signed him permanently on the Monday.

 

[upthealbion1970]

Just said on 12.00 news on Sussex that gp is still hopeful of getting a signing in to cover Lua Lua for tomorrows game at Southampton. Here's hoping so

 

[Sheebo]

We need a new midfielder, Sparrow is out for tomorrow with Bridcut suspended, Batti isn't up to it that's be honest, too slow and crap on the ball. We will see, have to be positive, Gus isn't really filling me with his confidence after his recent interview. Buzzing for tomorrow though!

All we are saying is give Smith a chance!

Agree with all this. I'd play Smoth rather than Batti and get Barnes to drop into the midfield like he does sometimes.

 

[FLAIRtastic]

The tension is killing me but IMO just like KLL this will get boring. We probably wont sign anyone today. Dont mean to be negative but it's happened before.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

I thought LuaLua broke his ankle...that is a couple of times the media have said he has broken his leg - they said it on South Today on Friday