| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? 15:47 - Apr 20 with 5250 views | enfieldargh |
Southampton's current central defenders who obviously didnt really cut it in the Prem is quite a long list of expensive transfer fee players so are they any better than Ronnie?
Central Defenders
Jack Stephens Club Captain 31 yr Contracted June 2025 R Foot
Taylor Harwood Bellis 23yr Contracted June 2028 L/R Foot paid £20 milion
Nathan Wood 22 yr Contracted June 2028 R Foot paid £3-5 Million
Jan Bednarek 29 yr Contracted June 2027 R Foot paid £5.7 Million
Armel Bella-Kotchup 23yr Contracted June 2026 R Foot £8 million
Joachim Kayi Sanda 18 yr Contracted June 2029 R Foot
Shea Charles 21 yr Contracted June 2027 R Foot £10.5 Million
Ronnie Edwards 22yr Old Contracted June 28 R Foot Paid £3 million
Their squad is immense they have 4 left backs and 3 right backs all who would excell in the Championship.
So do they really need him? Yes his wages are probably towards our top level and a fee would be pretty hefty.
If they did sell him other big hitters in our league would certainly be able to entice him but I think there could be an extremely thin sliver of hope we could get him.....dont smash my delusion please |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 15:56 - Apr 20 with 3778 views | hantssi |
Yes as they’ll obviously sell some of their current squad.
He’s highly thought of down here but if they do sell him it’ll be for more than we can afford and will be to another promotion chasing team.
Sorry but I think that’s what’ll happen. |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 15:57 - Apr 20 with 3777 views | mart_Goblin |
Stop giving me hope 😆 |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 15:59 - Apr 20 with 3761 views | bosh67 |
I think any of this only happens if Palace sell Eze on. |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 16:20 - Apr 20 with 3653 views | KensalT |
When Southampton signed Ronnie Edwards last summer they had just been promoted playing possession-based football under Russell Martin who has always favoured that style.
Against that background Ronnie Edwards looked like the ideal investment for them
Since then Southampton have spent a season getting monstered in the PL and Martin has been sacked.
Recently Martin told Sky that Southampton had underestimated the physicality and athleticism of the PL.
Now we have Danny Rohl being heavily linked to the Southampton job. He plays a more direct style than Martin and it's quite likely Southampton will change their approach next season.
All of this could mean that Edwards' face doesn't fit at Southampton anymore and they might be willing to let him go out on loan or even cash in on the back of his recent performances with us.
But that doesn't mean he would be coming to us. I'm sure there would be plenty of other clubs interested if Saints decided to move him on. [Post edited 21 Apr 9:34]
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:01 - Apr 20 with 3547 views | dmm |
I suspect that if there's any chance of Edwards coming to us, Marti would need to remain the QPR head coach. That, and the Eze money coming in as well. |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:04 - Apr 20 with 3535 views | eastside_r |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:01 - Apr 20 by dmm |
I suspect that if there's any chance of Edwards coming to us, Marti would need to remain the QPR head coach. That, and the Eze money coming in as well. |
Yeah, I mean they’re going to at least want to re-coup that transfer fee.
Even if we’ve got £3m to spend, should we really be spending it on a single centre back. I would hope not, as good as he’s been. |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:27 - Apr 20 with 3458 views | JamesB1979 |
They may very well sell him but I doubt we’d get near their valuation. | | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:31 - Apr 20 with 3449 views | aston_hoop |
The bloke has put in 20 or so excellent performances for us having just turned 22, has made his debut for England U21s and looking at that list of Southampton defenders including at least a couple who will leave, a youth player and a central midfielder, I'd be amazed if they even considered letting him go. But if they did, I think we might find his value is now a little higher than Southampton paid for him...well a lot higher. Lets not pretend we're going to be in that position, Eze money or not. If we got the Eze money we are not going to spunk the lot of it on one player. We're probably just going to be able to fund the club for a few more months! |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 18:30 - Apr 20 with 3241 views | slmrstid |
He's rubbish, Southampton might as well just pay him off so he can become a free agent and some hapless bottom third of the table outfit can sign him and hope he does alright...  |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 18:39 - Apr 20 with 3188 views | aston_hoop |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 18:30 - Apr 20 by slmrstid |
He's rubbish, Southampton might as well just pay him off so he can become a free agent and some hapless bottom third of the table outfit can sign him and hope he does alright... |
Yeah, I mean this. He's crap for any Southampton fans reading | |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 19:07 - Apr 20 with 3085 views | gazza1 |
No they don't and why we have a chance with him but we will need to come up with some money......it would be money well spent imho. | | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 19:14 - Apr 20 with 3054 views | Watford_Ranger |
In the unlikely event they were open to selling:
Pros:
- reasonably local (he’s from Harlow)
- maybe he’s had a nice time on loan, likes the (current) manager and (current) players
Fairly significant cons:
- the fee other clubs would go to
- the wages other clubs would go to
- the chance of promotion at the other clubs in for him
If we’re the best he’s got available then he needs to sack his agent. The kid has the potential to go very far IMO. Years away from his prime as a centre-half. | | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 19:31 - Apr 20 with 3003 views | numptydumpty |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:31 - Apr 20 by aston_hoop |
The bloke has put in 20 or so excellent performances for us having just turned 22, has made his debut for England U21s and looking at that list of Southampton defenders including at least a couple who will leave, a youth player and a central midfielder, I'd be amazed if they even considered letting him go. But if they did, I think we might find his value is now a little higher than Southampton paid for him...well a lot higher. Lets not pretend we're going to be in that position, Eze money or not. If we got the Eze money we are not going to spunk the lot of it on one player. We're probably just going to be able to fund the club for a few more months! |
Appreciate the love for the man.
However it simply isn't going to be.
I can't see any scenario where he stays
There is the end of the debate sadly !!! [Post edited 20 Apr 19:31]
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 20:07 - Apr 20 with 2890 views | lassel |
Stuck record time - as said before, no chance of buying him, but a decent chance of getting him on loan again next season. Saints will want him to play every week and they’re going to have several players on huge wedges ahead of him that they can’t move on this summer.
Yang too will likely be here next season. | | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 20:08 - Apr 20 with 2883 views | colinallcars |
To misquote Gershwin:
When you play, you're so delectable Ron,
I'm afraid it isn't quite respectable Ron. |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 21:08 - Apr 20 with 2711 views | Lblock |
Do Sarfhampton need him?
This is ELEVEN points (so far) Sarfhampton right?
You bet your arse they need him
It’s a shame where we are at financially as £4.5mill on this kid is a drop.
He’ll be £10mill after 18 months solid at this level
No doubt
Come and have a look at what you could’ve won….. |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 21:14 - Apr 20 with 2679 views | ted_hendrix |
Wish he was ours. |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 21:26 - Apr 20 with 2610 views | BostonR |
True story- I came across Adam Lallana this morning in a coffee shop in Canford Cliffs. He was with his family so didn’t bother him too much.
I mentioned Ronnie and said he’s been tremendous for the Rs. He an acknowledged me but I got the impression Ronnie isn’t quite on their radar. Then again would he really be bothered by a 60 plus year old asking him about one of their players? |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 22:16 - Apr 20 with 2463 views | Tonto |
We need to move on otherwise its going to get painful.
We cant afford him, he's worth £5M + now, probablya. Lot of + more. We added about £2M of that ourselves. |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 02:04 - Apr 21 with 2261 views | Match82 |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:04 - Apr 20 by eastside_r |
Yeah, I mean they’re going to at least want to re-coup that transfer fee.
Even if we’ve got £3m to spend, should we really be spending it on a single centre back. I would hope not, as good as he’s been. |
I don't think it's on the cards regardless but I actually disagree with this. If we got say 10m from Eze I'd happily put that on Edwards. When was the last time we got a young player with great potential who has proven themselves at Championship level? Especially at centre back. And not only that, but we know he's a fit culturally at the club and loved by the fans. |  | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 06:59 - Apr 21 with 2073 views | ngbqpr |
With what we'll have invested in tying down JCS, and with Morrison's superb start, they'll be pencilled in as next season's first choice CBs, and it's all about the back ups - eg do we offer extensions to Cook or Fox (I guess Jimmy, really a CB, also falls into this category), or go for younger players.
We brought Edwards in when we had a CB injury crisis, as has been posted elsewhere it was a great move - but it's not like we can just bin JCS cos of his injury record, and I'd imagine he's at the upper end of our salary scale. |  |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 07:35 - Apr 21 with 2004 views | dmm |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 06:59 - Apr 21 by ngbqpr |
With what we'll have invested in tying down JCS, and with Morrison's superb start, they'll be pencilled in as next season's first choice CBs, and it's all about the back ups - eg do we offer extensions to Cook or Fox (I guess Jimmy, really a CB, also falls into this category), or go for younger players.
We brought Edwards in when we had a CB injury crisis, as has been posted elsewhere it was a great move - but it's not like we can just bin JCS cos of his injury record, and I'd imagine he's at the upper end of our salary scale. |
Fair enough but, given JCS and Morrison's injury records, I think we'll need more than 'back ups'. Given the number of games they could play, we'll need two CBs who are near first choice players. It looks like Cook will be one of those so, should Edwards, Dunne and Fox depart, as I expect, that's one CB to be found. | | | |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 07:52 - Apr 21 with 1965 views | Rsole |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 17:01 - Apr 20 by dmm |
I suspect that if there's any chance of Edwards coming to us, Marti would need to remain the QPR head coach. That, and the Eze money coming in as well. |
Marti may be second in line for the Scummers job behind Rohl…. |  |
| Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 08:05 - Apr 21 with 1915 views | numptydumpty |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 07:52 - Apr 21 by Rsole |
Marti may be second in line for the Scummers job behind Rohl…. |
Crikey.
Yes could definitely see this happening.
Then, for definite Saints will play Edwards.. | |
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| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 08:47 - Apr 21 with 1834 views | Ned_Kennedys |
| Do Saints really need Ronnie Edwards? on 02:04 - Apr 21 by Match82 |
I don't think it's on the cards regardless but I actually disagree with this. If we got say 10m from Eze I'd happily put that on Edwards. When was the last time we got a young player with great potential who has proven themselves at Championship level? Especially at centre back. And not only that, but we know he's a fit culturally at the club and loved by the fans. |
We do absolutely not want to blow all the potential Eze money on him.
IF we get a windfall then the last few seasons have shown we need to invest in a quality striker and they cost the big money.
Decent central defenders are a lot cheaper: how much did we pay for Morrison? A few hundred thousand I’d guess. |  | | |
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