Vegard Forren (Molde)

The posts in this thread are almost as speculative as any of the transfer rumours you read in any of the red tops throughout January

Quote from: stuey on Yesterday at 15:10:07''Maybe we didn't scout him enough'' is a ludicrous statementIs it? If we had scouted him thoroughly, do you think we would have offered him a trial? Or would we have bid outright? Because having him on trial isn't going to lower the price.Quote from: stuey on Yesterday at 15:10:07and £4m for a CB from a foreign league is madly generalising in order to once again take the spotlight from the owners lack of committment

You seem to have a penchant of asking questions about speculation and argueing about theoreticalls.
The fact remains another bid has evaporated, whether it's down to scouting staff, mangement factors or boardroom direction somebody is firing the bullets, somebody has overall control.
The buck stops with the owners.

posted this in the transfer and gossip thread too


Liverpool turn to Federico Fazio after missing out on Molde defender Vegard Forren
http://metro.co.uk/2013/01/15/liverpool-turn-to-federico-fazio-after-missing-out-on-molde-defender-vegard-forren-3352948/

Please god no, he has the speed and turning abilty of an oil tanker (and looks like the arse end of a bus too)

Please god no, he has the speed and turning abilty of an oil tanker (and looks like the arse end of a bus too)

Like I said, just give Coady minutes on the pitch, his versatility will stop us throwing silly money on "back-up" DMs and CBs..

You seem to have a penchant of asking questions about speculation and argueing about theoreticalls.
The fact remains another bid has evaporated, whether it's down to scouting staff, mangement factors or boardroom direction somebody is firing the bullets, somebody has overall control.
The buck stops with the owners.

How does it stop with the owners though? This definitely a management/scouting one. The money was evidently there, but there were reservations about the player hence offering a trial. As someone else posted in here, if the coaching staff weren't sure and wanted a trial, that's probably good enough reason to not bid.

It's pretty simple.  Don't lump 4M at a player you are uncertain of.  We offered him a trial, he went with the firm contract offer.  If he looks like a solid player over the next 5 months, then sign him when the saints get relegated.  Or don't.  Either way, this lad was never going to have a big impact on our current season.....

How does it stop with the owners though? This definitely a management/scouting one. The money was evidently there, but there were reservations about the player hence offering a trial. As someone else posted in here, if the coaching staff weren't sure and wanted a trial, that's probably good enough reason to not bid.

Who cares who it stops with? Was this kid going to deliver us Champion's League football?  Highly doubt it. Can't see why everyone is so concerned with "missing out" on this kid unless it's merely being used as a stick to beat the owners with.....oh wait.........

Most people in this thread had never heard of this lad before this week and now everyone is having a cry that we can't seem to land him.

So he hasn't been scouted by Everton, then?

Maybe and this applies to most in this thread, we offered him a trial and his agent found out about Southampton, speaks to Forren and tells him to reject us as Southampton will give him a proper contract.

Give him two years, if he does well couldn't we sign him then?

So he hasn't been scouted by Everton, then?

Maybe and this applies to most in this thread, we offered him a trial and his agent found out about Southampton, speaks to Forren and tells him to reject us as Southampton will give him a proper contract.

Give him two years, if he does well couldn't we sign him then?

Works for me HR, just don't see the point of everyone getting their panties in a bunch about "missing out" on him.

Works for me HR, just don't see the point of everyone getting their panties in a bunch about "missing out" on him.

Got to be someone's fault though hasn't it.

But that's the way I'm looking at it!

Got to be someone's fault though hasn't it.

But that's the way I'm looking at it!

Maybe so, I just figured our interest was lukewarm to start with or we would have made an offer instead of a trial, could be wrong though.

Whatever the reason we are not attracting/bidding/signing for players who can take us to a more acceptable level.
If you want to play the blame game fair enuff, but the situation is to the detriment of the club ultimately and needs correcting.
The only people that can address that particular quandary are the owners, when all said and done it is their asset and they theoretically have a duty to sustain that status.
FSG have no clue on running a football club full stop.
FSG are businessmen and are fully aware of the intricacies involved in the finer points of finance and commerce.
Why haven't they stood off and let those that know do what they do best?
John Henry dropped in and took in a game a two; the consequences were he offended the supporters by ignoring and giving a club legend the bullet, previous to which he had appointed an individual who in his estimation would be a benefit to the club.
 Comolli failed miserably and we were then supposed to be placated with the admission by FSG that they had made ''mistakes'' and we were to be patient, presumably so they could glean some enlightenment from the admitted mistakes.
Still we wait.   

I'm not very happy with the owners either as a whole but wait a little, it's not the first time a player is offered on trial, trains with a club and moves on. So much fuss about what was apparently no big deal at all...

This.

Got no idea why people are fussed without knowing the deal.

Yeah I like to have a hop at FSG to pass the time, but for me this deal never looked likely. The lad probably prefers the idea of concrete offers for his signature rather than having to go through a trial process here.

Southampton FC ‏@officialsaints
Southampton Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Norwegian international defender Vegard Forren. More to follow. #saintsfc
 Retweeted by Nick Parrott

Time to lock it up.

You've got to question our signing policy if a player would rather go to S'ton than us. What makes them more appealing than us? Something we have no control over and it seems that can only be signing policy or contract offers/terms.

You've got to question our signing policy if a player would rather go to S'ton than us. What makes them more appealing than us? Something we have no control over and it seems that can only be signing policy or contract offers/terms.

It seems he was offered to us on a trial ( we werent massively interested in him ) so BR said yeah why not and in that time Southampton offered him a contract and he accepted. The player has gone to Saints because they offered him a deal

Gone to Southampton, the pride of somewhere.

Good luck kid, you may need it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21028507