Fight Like Lions Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 VT does make me laugh. Last year Austin was a failed medical waiting to happen with a hole in his knee and way too expensive at £8m. This year we now want him at £12m after he's spent his time at Southampton split equally between the treatment table and the subs bench. He's not in his prime, his prime was his early 20's, he is the sort of player with a body that can't take the demands of 40 odd games a season. No thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2016 Austin in the premier - good signing Austin in the Championship - different kettle of fish 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Fight Like Lions said: VT does make me laugh. Last year Austin was a failed medical waiting to happen with a hole in his knee and way too expensive at £8m. This year we now want him at £12m after he's spent his time at Southampton split equally between the treatment table and the subs bench. He's not in his prime, his prime was his early 20's, he is the sort of player with a body that can't take the demands of 40 odd games a season. No thanks! Completely agree. What's he done at Southampton - something like 1 goal and the rest of the time injured. No way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flynnchin84 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) On 8/12/2016 at 16:45, RimmyJimmer said: Edited August 19, 2016 by Flynnchin84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 3 minutes ago, Fight Like Lions said: VT does make me laugh. Last year Austin was a failed medical waiting to happen with a hole in his knee and way too expensive at £8m. This year we now want him at £12m after he's spent his time at Southampton split equally between the treatment table and the subs bench. He's not in his prime, his prime was his early 20's, he is the sort of player with a body that can't take the demands of 40 odd games a season. No thanks! Different circumstances . We are now in a division lower, one in which Austin is proven as being a major talent . We also have gestede who appears to be going nowhere but also is starting to show that he too is ideally suited to this league. However none of us would want gestede starting every game , we want a better striker. But given he is scoring goals at this level you would want him to play some part. In those circumstances you would probably look for another striker who may not be able to be in the side for every one of our remaining games and you could rest occasionally and then have gestede come in. I'd say Austin may be perfect for that, but I doubt he will be coming to us 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 19, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2016 To be fair, I was all for signing Austin last season. Thought he could have kept us up. Jedinak Tish Ayew McCormack Grealish Austin 3:16 That would absolutely tear this league apart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Keyblade Posted August 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2016 Austin was the preferred target for most of us to replace Benteke last season in the PL, that's the level he's at. Signing him while in the Championship would be absolutely immense; an even better signing than McCormack. He scored 75 goals in 138 Championship games for Burnley and QPR which is better than 1 in 2 over 4 seasons and 18 in 36 for QPR in the PL. I can't believe anybody would be remotely against signing him. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Gollini Elphick - Chester Jedinak - Tshibola Ayew - McCormack - Grealish Bamford - Gestede - Austin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 1 minute ago, kurtsimonw said: Gollini Elphick - Chester Jedinak - Tshibola Ayew - McCormack - Grealish Bamford - Gestede - Austin I hope thats not a line up lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Like Lions Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Richard said: Different circumstances . We are now in a division lower, one in which Austin is proven as being a major talent . We also have gestede who appears to be going nowhere but also is starting to show that he too is ideally suited to this league. However none of us would want gestede starting every game , we want a better striker. But given he is scoring goals at this level you would want him to play some part. In those circumstances you would probably look for another striker who may not be able to be in the side for every one of our remaining games and you could rest occasionally and then have gestede come in. I'd say Austin may be perfect for that, but I doubt he will be coming to us In which case I'd assume there's better, younger players out there that could do that role for £12m. Austin hasn't played regular Championship football for nearly 3 years, in fact the last time he managed 40 appearances was with Burnely in 2012. With Gestede in the squad we need somebody more mobile to play upfront with McCormack just behind. Fortunately, Austin still has 4 years on his Southampton deal with decent wages so he won't be coming here. Edited August 19, 2016 by Fight Like Lions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) A strike force of McCormack, Austin, Gestede and Ayew would arguably one of the greatest forward lines ever seen in the second tier. Can't see it happening though. Edited August 19, 2016 by Mantis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarrieBlue Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 1 minute ago, kurtsimonw said: Gollini Elphick - Chester Jedinak - Tshibola Ayew - McCormack - Grealish Bamford - Gestede - Austin I think games would end 15 - 14 but at long as we win who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) So with Lescott and Richards possibly leaving. Okore out of the picture now.. and most likely going to leave. Surely we need another CB with just Baker and Toner as back up? I see that more of a priority than RB. Bacuna will be okay there IMO. Prefer we sign both CB and RB. We need at least 1 more striker and an attacking midfielder. If we send Steer out on loan.. worth bringing in Mark Schwartzer as a back up to Gollini? Good experience.. another leader of sorts. Hes out of contract. Edited August 19, 2016 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, KSV said: So with Lescott and Richards possibly leaving. Okore out of the picture now.. and most likely going to leave. Surely we need another CB with just Baker and Toner as back up? I see that more of a priority than RB. Bacuna will be okay there IMO. Yes i think so, i would like to see. Center back. Right back. Attacking Midfielder x 2. Striker. Edited August 19, 2016 by av1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Like Lions Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 9 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Austin was the preferred target for most of us to replace Benteke last season in the PL, that's the level he's at. Signing him while in the Championship would be absolutely immense; an even better signing than McCormack. He scored 75 goals in 138 Championship games for Burnley and QPR which is better than 1 in 2 over 4 seasons and 18 in 36 for QPR in the PL. I can't believe anybody would be remotely against signing him. If he's that good why do Southampton want shot of him? Genuine question, they lost Pelle in the summer and Jay Rodriguez is another one that suffers with injuries. They don't have an abundance of strikers yet Austin Is being kept out of the team by Nathan Redmond who doesnt normally play upfront??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Southampton finished 6th in the PL last season and have similar and presumably higher European aspirations this year. We're just trying to get out of the Championship. Even if they're trying to get rid of him because he's not good enough for them, that means nothing to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Fight Like Lions said: If he's that good why do Southampton want shot of him? Genuine question, they lost Pelle in the summer and Jay Rodriguez is another one that suffers with injuries. They don't have an abundance of strikers yet Austin Is being kept out of the team by Nathan Redmond who doesnt normally play upfront??? He just hasn't worked out for them? It happens. See: Benteke at Liverpool. I'm sure you'd have him back in a heartbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralJazzman Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 3 minutes ago, Fight Like Lions said: If he's that good why do Southampton want shot of him? Genuine question, they lost Pelle in the summer and Jay Rodriguez is another one that suffers with injuries. They don't have an abundance of strikers yet Austin Is being kept out of the team by Nathan Redmond who doesnt normally play upfront??? You mean Nathan 'Thierry Henry' Redmond.... Odd how trends in football go, wingers to strikers, strikers to wide forwads, false 9s, multiple no.10s...... I like the formation mentioned above with two centre backs, a sweeper keeper and wing back strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 19 minutes ago, KSV said: I hope thats not a line up lol I know it's a bit old fashioned, having centre backs as centre backs. Should probably have Westwood in there instead of Elphick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 14 minutes ago, Fight Like Lions said: In which case I'd assume there's better, younger players out there that could do that role for £12m. Austin hasn't played regular Championship football for nearly 3 years, in fact the last time he managed 40 appearances was with Burnely in 2012. With Gestede in the squad we need somebody more mobile to play upfront with McCormack just behind. Fortunately, Austin still has 4 years on his Southampton deal with decent wages so he won't be coming here. He hasnt played Championship football for 3 years? You do realise in one of those years he scored 18 in the Premier League? Austin scores goals simple as that. He went to Saints and got injured it happens. The only reason this medical stuff came out was because David Gold said it. The fact he had hadn't misse a game in the previous 3 years wasn't a juicy headline. I doubt we could get him but if we could he'd be the best striker in the Championship by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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