It's laughable in hindsight.
Graziano Pelle of Southampton FC
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It's laughable in hindsight.
Yeah, easily been their most impressive player for me.
You've got to laugh with Spurs being beaten 4.1
It just goes to show that we all know feck all about football.
I don't think there was a single person on these boards who'd have said that Koeman and Southampton would be anywhere close to where they are now, playing the way that they are playing.
Quite sensational.
And also funny how many on here shiver at the thought of Eredivisie players. Yet Pelle and Tadic are setting the league alight and both come from Eredivisie.
I don't think there was a single person on these boards who'd have said that Koeman and Southampton would be anywhere close to where they are now, playing the way that they are playing.
Quite sensational.
And also funny how many on here shiver at the thought of Eredivisie players. Yet Pelle and Tadic are setting the league alight and both come from Eredivisie.
This season's Michu?
Not just on these boards. I think it would be a lie for the vast majority of the footballing world to have said Southampton will do this week so far this season. You can say they've had a decent run of fixtures but they've won them all in style
Pelle's better, more of a footballer than Michu and has a better touch.
Pelle has done well but I agree, Tadic is the real quality signing.
Koeman deserves a lot of credit though, he's improved some players to no end. There's fans on Southamptons forum who reckon Bertrand is playing better for them than Shaw ever did.
Koeman deserves a lot of credit though, he's improved some players to no end. There's fans on Southamptons forum who reckon Bertrand is playing better for them than Shaw ever did.
Of course they did, it's like Arsenal fans magically now rating Welbeck after previously calling him dog shit.
On another note, I remember being laughed at on here when I said Clyne is one of the best right backs in the league...
How he isn't starting for England is beyond me. He's quality.
How he isn't starting for England is beyond me. He's quality.
Hodgson is the answer
Every England fan thought Clyne should start over Chambers in both games
and Glen Johnson is fit again for Liverpool......that means no Clyne in the next national team squad in November
Strange bump, I know, but would anyone take him on the cheap as a back up striker? He's not had the best season, but Van Gaal knows him and plays like 9 should in the Van Gaal system. He would essentially be Fellaini, but a goal threat.
The Austin buy has made me think this and by no means am I saying he should be first team or the answer to our problems. I just see very little available out there.
The Austin buy has made me think this and by no means am I saying he should be first team or the answer to our problems. I just see very little available out there.
I would. Think he fits the way we play perfectly, good with his back to goal.
I'd prefer us to aim higher but I do believe that part of the Austin deal is to find a British like-for-like as best as they can and sell Pelle on, perhaps in the summer, given how he is 30+ now and the chances of a large transfer fee for him will be dwindling.
He'll find a home back in Italy though I feel. There's some decent money flowing back into Serie A lately.
He'll find a home back in Italy though I feel. There's some decent money flowing back into Serie A lately.
We could do worse.
At least he could give Rooney some hair advice.
Yeah, I would too, but like I said; very little available for a reasonable price these days. I kinda forgot he is 30, but still 2 years out of him wouldn't be bad if its a similar price to the Austin deal and we'd hope people like Wilson, rashford and Fletcher would of progressed a bit by then to challenge for a first team spot.
Thinking about, I think you're right. someone in Italy will take him as they'll guarantee him first team football and mine is pie in the sky musings anyway!
he is very pretty.
Can't believe he is 30 already. Good player, but maybe Soton is his level.
Edit: And by that I mean we should sign him purely for the fact that his hair is still perfectly in place after 90 minutes of heading the ball.
Edit: And by that I mean we should sign him purely for the fact that his hair is still perfectly in place after 90 minutes of heading the ball.
But we have worse in Wayne Rooney.
Gets his hair cut at my barbers. Shall I have a word?
Surprised at the amount of positive replies towards that question. Thought we'd aim a little better. I guess he does suit Van Gaal's set up, but I'm sure we could do with a better player with a similar style.
rooney isnt any worse than Pelle though. This season Pelle has 9 goals from 22 games in all competition and Rooney has 11 from 26. Last season Pelle had 16 goals from 44 games and Rooney had 14 from 37 games.
There are not many of them. There are a lot of better centre forwards, but hardly any with a similar style. I also think he's underestimated. He's the kind of centre forward managers like to play allthough they don't score goals, because they're always a handful, they have assists and contribute a lot to chances otherwise, and are a kind of a bridgehead in the opponents half. But Pelle does score a nice amount of goals too.
Yes, tell the barber he's done a great job.
Thanks, but what about Pelle?
Rooney is clearly worse than Pelle, statistics is one thing whereas actual performances is second thing, Pelle doesn't take spot kicks if I remember well and didn't play Championsleague against very poor Brugge. Pelle is a player who is great at hold up play and brings everyone into the game, great player to have for set pieces, attacking, defending... he was great at the start of the season and after the injury faded away little bit, Rooney was constant shit since the beginning of the season goal/assist wise and every second game if I'm generous to him it felt like we play with 10 men, I wouldn't want Pelle here though, he's their level player.. Rooney shoudln't be around our club that's another thing
As a January buy he'd be a decent option, but not in the summer.
He got name-dropped in a 2 chainz track.
Which song?
He's got nothing on..
Good player, wouldn't mind him as an experienced backup striker but for the first XI we should be aiming a bit higher.
Would defo be a great backup player, been saying it for a while, if we could get four years out of someone like him on the cheap, it would be great business.
May be he likes Southampton on FIFA.
Think its more to do with the brand Pelle Pelle.
one of the stars for Italy, definitely a good premiership player....joins Shandong Luneng for undisclosed fee....another one who must have fallen out of love of the game as no way he should be playing in China at this stage of his career
Fifth best player in the world they say. Fair fecks to him, most of us would have done the same thing. Get to experience a new and exotic culture and make more money than God - sounds like a good deal to me.
Very harsh on Southampton- apparently they've got less for him that Pelle will earn in a year 
Hopefully they are looking at Rooney
Hopefully they are looking at Rooney
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