Think the age thing has been a bit overstated with Southampton to be honest, they've actually got plenty of experience in that squad and the bulk of their regular starters are 25+, they're just not very good.
trueblue84
Player Valuation: £50m
You never know. He might have been dreaming of one day playing Sunderland and Plymouth.
chazzle_dazzle
Player Valuation: £35m
Baggzio
Player Valuation: £15m
Niels Nkounkou up for Ligue 2 player of the year despite only being there since January. 6 goals and 8 assists in 17 games for them. Lad is doing phenomenally well, I know it’s the French second division but still.
Can’t see how this lad doesn’t get a game for us now, will hopefully be in the squad next season. Deserves the chance and is still very young. Could solve a massive issue for us if he can come back here and push for a place.
Can’t see how this lad doesn’t get a game for us now, will hopefully be in the squad next season. Deserves the chance and is still very young. Could solve a massive issue for us if he can come back here and push for a place.
Baggzio
Player Valuation: £15m
Would still be better than Iwobi on the wing anyway
BigDunc'sFod
Player Valuation: £35m
I can. He's pony.
Toffe3m4n
Player Valuation: £70m
My Cardiff supporting BIL just never rated him at all, at least at left-back.
Could be the difference in the speed & physicality of the leagues over there but yeah as Nymz says he's a left winger, or a wing back at the very most.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £40m
He’s an ideal Dyche winger really: he’s nowhere near good enough defensively to be a PL left back but will have enough to help out on that side of things which Dyche obviously values, and clearly he is very good on the offensive side. But the problem, of course, is the option to buy we’ve stupidly given.
Raino85
Player Valuation: £35m
Throw in they have 41 year old Willy Caballero in there squad as well as 34 year old Theo Walcott! That's the lowest average age in the PL
Raino85
Player Valuation: £35m
Our best player since Dyche came in has been our left winger!
I didn't say it wasn't? They have loads of players who are around 25-26 so the average age is in that bracket. They don't have many gnarly old veterans but the majority of the squad is in their mid 20s and reasonably experienced. Off the top of my head when thinking of their regulars you're looking at the 2 Armstrongs, Adams, Ward-Prowse, Walker Peters, Maitland Niles, Bednarek etc along with Walcott who are all at least 25. There'll be a few more too. They've maybe asked too much of one or two younger lads - Bazunu and Lavia basically - but in the main they just have a squad full of fairly nothingy players in their mid 20s.
Tony’s Carp
Player Valuation: £40m
Correct, but if he does come back Nkounkou could be a very decent backup / alternative.
Zatara
Player Valuation: £90m
Southampton + Arsenal the same.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
McNeils best games have been his last few where he seems to be cutting inside a bit more into an attacking midfield role at times, I think it suits him rather than an out and out winger which he doesn't really have the pace for.
