Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.

mightymoyes · July 17, 2020

blueblue said:
I don't think CA would agree with you.

Average centre half's are ten a penny, average midfielders seem harder to come by judging by the clowns we've collected

blueblue · July 17, 2020

greener said:
I've seen him play quite a few times over the last couple of years (season ticket at St Marys).

He's a nice bloke, mostly average, occasionally good, lives off his reputation of being a prospect at Bayern.
He slows down open play, has a decent shot (mostly straight at the keeper), can tackle, awful passing.

Anything over 10million would have the Saints fans dancing in the streets

Unless he signs a new contract with them and then he will be back to being one of their best and most influential players.

blueblue · July 17, 2020

Carlito said:
He's always looked heavy and slow to me.

Are you talking about Hojberg ?
He is neither.

Stephenlloyd · July 17, 2020

DaChunk said:
They want 35 apparently.... That's a long way from our bid of 18mil.................................

They ain’t getting 35 unless there’s some sort of FFP carve up. Like giving us 30 for tom Davies.
Unfortunately for them if he wants spurs, levy will wait till deadline day. And the last hour probably.

Stephenlloyd · July 17, 2020

blueblue said:
I don't think CA would agree with you.

Got no real choice at the minute as he’s the only fit CB we have. If we get a CB In. Gabriel? Then one of him or Mina will be gone imo.

billybeeru · July 17, 2020

DaChunk said:
They want 35 apparently.... That's a long way from our bid of 18mil.................................

Sounds like the £35 price was before the pandemic and now they’re hoping for closer to £25.

samcdavies94 · July 17, 2020

blueblue said:
I think you are totally undervaluing that kind of player. They are the bedrock on which the whole team is built.
They provide cover for the defence and act as the springboard for attack.
I think Liverpool would probably have won the league without Salah or Firmino but in my opinion they definitely would not without Henderson.

Above all that is the problem we must fix in our team. We thought it might be Schneiderlin, Gueye partially did it for a while , if only we could get Joe Parkinson back again or a Carsley then we can start to build properly.

No I agree with you. Hojbjerg makes us more competitive and gives us a foothold, but even if he is the springboard for our attack, there isn't enough creativity or goals at the moment for that to mean a great deal. Our wingers yesterday probably created 3-4 (half?) chances between them and that really needs to increase.

Lanolin · July 17, 2020

blueblue said:
I think you are totally undervaluing that kind of player. They are the bedrock on which the whole team is built.
They provide cover for the defence and act as the springboard for attack.
I think Liverpool would probably have won the league without Salah or Firmino but in my opinion they definitely would not without Henderson.

Above all that is the problem we must fix in our team. We thought it might be Schneiderlin, Gueye partially did it for a while , if only we could get Joe Parkinson back again or a Carsley then we can start to build properly.

Have you not just repackaged the same point he was making and made it back to him?! Players like that are important, but you also need quality around them because they aren’t the type of player to win you games. Hojbjerg would be a good start, but he wouldn’t even come close to addressing many of our issues.

Lelouch · July 17, 2020

Agree with the others, Hojberg alone isn't doing anything, If we get another in plus Hojberg however you might get a little excited.

barneygumble · July 17, 2020

mightymoyes said:
Who's the last player we signed from Southampton?

Cuco Martina, James Beattie, Stekelenburg was on loan there season before we signed him.

Tel001 · July 17, 2020

greener said:
I've seen him play quite a few times over the last couple of years (season ticket at St Marys).

He's a nice bloke, mostly average, occasionally good, lives off his reputation of being a prospect at Bayern.
He slows down open play, has a decent shot (mostly straight at the keeper), can tackle, awful passing.

Anything over 10million would have the Saints fans dancing in the streets

Grew up near soton and know a lot of saints and they all laughed when I said 20m

Tel001 · July 17, 2020

brian labone said:
To be honest I have not seen a lot of Hojbjergs games but what I have seen I am not to impressed, I believe we could a lot worse than have a good look at Douglas Luiz who for me was man of the match for Villa last night.

Mate I would get motm if I was up against daisies and gomes