The_Steve Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Shane Long has only scored more than 10 league goals in a season once his entire career (for Reading in the Championship). So the idea of him scoring a lot of goals for Southampton is nothing short of hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Another point to note is Koeman has spent more than Lambert in one window than he has had as his entire budget. But to counter he has also recouped more in one window than Lambert has in his tenure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Another point to note is Koeman has spent more than Lambert in one window than he has had as his entire budget. But to counter he has also recouped more in one window than Lambert has in his tenure. Who in our squad when Lambert arrived could we honestly have recouped alot of money for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Another point to note is Koeman has spent more than Lambert in one window than he has had as his entire budget.But to counter he has also recouped more in one window than Lambert has in his tenure. Who in our squad when Lambert arrived could we honestly have recouped alot of money for? There isn't anyone, but Koeman wouldn't have been able to spend as much if he hadn't sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Shane Long will never ever ever score 15-20 goals in a season. Worst signing of the summer for me. All that money in the bank and that's the tripe they're served. I'd be livid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Shane Long will never ever ever score 15-20 goals in a season. Worst signing of the summer for me. All that money in the bank and that's the tripe they're served. I'd be livid. but he will still put in his customary performance of the season vs Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 From want I've seen the delusion of last season hasn't gone yet, a fair few of them are happy with their "quality" signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 (edited) From want I've seen the delusion of last season hasn't gone yet, a fair few of them are happy with their "quality" signing Just came on to post this. Hilarious: "he's always a handful, could be an inspired signing." and apparently, they bought him to run around. "We've already got the goalscorer in Pelle, if you watch the interview with Koeman he says he wanted a striker that will do the running" Edit... I've given up debating with them on facebook. Apparently Long is a world class striker who will score 20+ goals, was bought as a runner and the experience will benefit southampton. Odd bunch. Edited August 15, 2014 by dodgyknees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Clubs know Southampton have loads of money and need players desperately so they are going to have to over pay if they want any players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Which ambitious top level player would really want to join Southampton? It's a club slowly on the way down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I've given up debating with them on facebook. Apparently Long is a world class striker who will score 20+ goals, was bought as a runner and the experience will benefit southampton. Odd bunch. To be fair, our lot would be spouting the same crap on here had we signed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I've given up debating with them on facebook. Apparently Long is a world class striker who will score 20+ goals, was bought as a runner and the experience will benefit southampton. Odd bunch. To be fair, our lot would be spouting the same crap on here had we signed him. Not really. If we got him for 5M we'd be over the moon. If we paid 12M we'd be furious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I think Long is a good player. Better than all our strikers bar Benteke. If they'd just spend £12m on Hernandez from Utd I don't think there would be much of a debate, but Long is better than him as well. Football is full of overpriced players... but if everyone is overpriced, does that mean no one is? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 very impressed with southampton today, thought they easily deserved a draw. because of the talent they have lost i cant see them repeating last seasons performance but i cant see them finising below mid table. they still have a good team with the players koeman brought in, but its a shame they could not of kept the players they sold plus added to them because they could of been a top six team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted August 17, 2014 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2014 I've given up debating with them on facebook. Apparently Long is a world class striker who will score 20+ goals, was bought as a runner and the experience will benefit southampton. Odd bunch. To be fair, our lot would be spouting the same crap on here had we signed him.you're joking aren't you? We'd have written him off as absolute dog shit before he'd kicked a ball. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Probably best to wait until the transfer dealine finishes before judging what Southampton are going to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 But where is the fun in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I think Long is a good player. Better than all our strikers bar Benteke. If they'd just spend £12m on Hernandez from Utd I don't think there would be much of a debate, but Long is better than him as well. Football is full of overpriced players... but if everyone is overpriced, does that mean no one is? At what is Long better at than say Kozak, for example? It's certainly not scoring goals. He's a shit Emile Heskey. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) Long is good at harrying defenders and tackling defenders and midfielder. He closes them down fast so they don't get a chance to play the ball around and get comfortable. Not all strikers can do that. Darren Bent is the classic example of a striker who doesn't do this. Forwards like that are used if your team is playing the High Press tactic. So while Southampton this year have a new manager the signing of Long suggests to me that they will play pretty much the same way as they did under Pochettino. Edited August 17, 2014 by Con Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 i think long is a decent squad player but thats it, you cant rely solely on him banging the goals in but i think he will be ok for southmpton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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