Just been told that Billy Sharp may be joining on loan with a view to a permanent transfer in January Would be happy if true, its from Simon Peach on twitter, who is a Saints fan and journalist.
Reported by journalist John Percy up north/midlands way as well, believe this is how Peach found out.
I've not had a chance to research it, just had a read. Simon doesn't normally comment/publicise any Saints rumour going. Time will tell.
I guess Nigel knows what he's really like having managed him before. Just a bit dubious regarding how he "reportedly" turned us down in the summer and other fallings out he's had with managers so don't want anyone coming into the club who might rock the boat. Competition for places is fine, but he wouldn't be guaranteed a first team slot.
Think this may be why a loan deal is being allegedly discussed. Rumour was he wouldn't be able to settle this far South, if we can do a loan, go for it!
A look see may be the right idea.........It's strange, that my sources are saying the opposite was true during the summer window, in that he wasn't given the chance to speak to Saints. Rumour is that Saints arranged a backdoor approach......Nah that coudn't be true could it? Do we do things like that?
I am not surprised that this is being mentioned as a couple of days ago I heard that Ipswich were going to sign him on loan with a view to a permanent deal in January. When I heard this I thought we needed to get in with an offer so good to be linked with him.
Not till it's on the OS, though I like gossip as much as the next person. We'll just have to trust NC and NA to make right decision. Don't really see why someone turning us down would mean we could never go for them again...we all change our minds.
Why do we need another striker when we manage to score 3 goals against a team who hadnt conceded many before Saturday ? Give our strike force a chance, Barnard hasnt even featured yet !
A team which plays a 4-4-2 should really have four strikers in the squad who are capable of scoring a decent amount of goals. We've done well so far, but we can't expect Lambert and Connolly to play every game, we don't know how capable Barnard is at this level, and we do know that Forte isn't very capable at this level. We'll need depth later on in the season.
He wouldn't be a player just for this season obviously. I very much doubt Connolly will get another contract next year and who knows whats going to happen to Barnard.
There were about 50 'imminent signings' in the summer so I'm not going to pay attention to this one! Some people live their lives on rumours and make up their own for their excitement. Quite sad really...
Thought we wouldn't have all this nonsense again until January...great isn't it? Talking about constant winning is boring...now we have something different to dissect within an inch of its life. Looking at the number of followers tells us how popular this type of thread is.
It's inevitable that transfer rumours are going to be posted on a football forum. If you don't like it, don't read it.
How could you not "settle this far south?" I mean, the weather's nicer, the people are better looking, the food is better, and you can breathe the air and drink the water.
To us southerners yes! He's never lived further south than Sheffield, key reason he stayed at Donny so long was O'Driscoll.
Even footballers have families and friends. Anyone would take a well paid job near their home, rather than one that involved moving. Except Nigel, thank goodness.
