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I've calmed. Plus sides, he is a big physical centre forward that will provide competition/depth for that role. His highlights reals do show there is a player in there who can be a menace and finish in and around the box, and that he'll get in the right positions - we've just got to get him firing and confidence somehow. He is going to have Azaz, Fellows, and Scienza feeding him and playing off him - and they are 3 very good players for this level. So he should occupy defences and he'll will get service (i am prepared to accept that i may be reaching here).... But ultimately, he'll want to do well to get into the world cup team for Canada, a lot of championship defences are pretty damn poor, and this guy is joining with absolutely no expectation other than for him to be shit - so he can't really disappoint at least (silver lining).

We've two other players on that graph that are doing well. Scienza will be one. Is the other Fellows or Armstrong? >>> Scratch that - we have 3 players in that line. So we're creating chances, just not putting them away.

Azaz is a very good creator in midfield. I think in a 4-2-3-1 he'll start to get more of the ball in the positions we need him to, and with the likes of Scienza, fellows, (edozie?) and JayRob running off him (the latter 2 as subs) it should hopefully open up more chances for us. How refreshing is it to finally see us playing the correct formation (pretty much) for our players?!?! What that chart really highlights is just how good Tom Fellows is frankly - he's the saints player in the bottom right and it shows how good he is at beating his man and getting in effective crosses, from positions where most players do not manage it (and he's played RB/RWB most of the season).

OMG, the amazing level of Irony.

A lot of people wanted to believe he was being forced out of the team by Martin’s arrogance and ego, and that when the latter was sacked he was going to make some glorious return to first team action and make himself undroppable. In reality he’s just an absolute helmet who seems to have regarded his time here as little more than an inconvenience to his weekend plans.

Watford pre match warm up

Mandelson has always been a dodgy cunt, not sure why he was let near this iteration of the party.

It does in that we are apparently solvent and likely to be in this league come May, but nobody is paying what Solak & Co. would want, methinks.

I think he is currently 4th in line as a winger behind Scienza, Fellows and Robinson. Having said that he was reasonably good when he was picked to play in the Prem.

Agree with this post. Too play 4 at the back with 2 wingers we absolutely need a Physical striker with some height / aerial ability. Larin and his record looks unremarkable but how many unremarkable target men are there in the championship that have done a job for teams to reach the playoffs. He may not get the goals but his physical presence suits us more than archer and armstrong's game. Clearly we will want Stewart to stay fit but we will need to be really careful with his minutes. Ill probably be proved wrong but im fairly confident that we create enough chances for a him to grab a few but its his physical presence that will be the real benefit.

Attitude

Worth noting that journalists who first cited the possibility of Adam Armstrong leaving were greeted with posters 'calling bullshit' on it before it, again, being true. Nixon, I think it was, who posted first. Proof that those who have journalism as their full time job are sometimes better than blokes with a keyboard in their bedrooms or who post with seeming authority of an inside track. Armstrong clearly didn't want to be here and his attitude wasn't great so I think selling was the only option, especially given his contract status. Would have been nice to have replaced him with more quality, but let's see before we pass judgment on that donkey we have brought in. 😉

I think there's been a bust up at some point recently. Either way I don't think we will miss him as much as some think. With Scienza, Azaz and Stewart in the side I think we have enough goals. The problem is if any of those get injured (especially Scienza or Azaz)

Half glass empty feel about the club is the reason players want to leave. Fans have the same mentality. Last year we couldn't buy a win this year people thought we would storm the league. Mental.... I think the window is about as good as you are going to get for a club that is middle of the table, 5 players on the team who actually mean it when they kiss the badge. Others have one eye on getting out in the summer. We always said that the team needed a revamp which needs to start somewhere. Changes that need to happen to ensure big changes happen later which has happened. If this loan striker doesn't work out than they will need to put their hands in their wallets if they are going to show ambition to buy a new striker. They also got rid of more players off the wage bill. No buys were ever going to secure a play off spot however a new keeper was about as good as you could get as ATM most goals are coming from other players not arma.

Stewart’s hair’s all right on its own but when he pairs it with that Father Abraham Amish chinstrap beard someone needs to have a word

I love this process. *sees saints are bringing a new signing in. *looks at stats. Hmm doesn't look very good. *checks what fans of other clubs think. Hmm they are laughing and think he's terrible. *checks injury record. Hmm not very encouraging this season. That doesn't mean he will definitely be terrible for us or that anyone would want him to be and of course he could turn out alright in a different league and system but if you think fans won't look at the available evidence before he plays in order to form an initial judgement then you're mental. I assume these people falsely claiming that he's been written off or that no one should comment about a player before he's played for us refrained from passing comment on more exciting signings like Fellows? If you studiously avoid all those things and refuse to even think about what a player might be like in our team then you're a bit weird quite frankly.

What a window that was ......

I think it's crazy people have written this guy off already. He may be more strength than technical which is exactly what we need. How often do we buy technical players who then struggle because they fall over each time they are touched. I also think people clearly have no clue how the club look ATM. Why would anyone come to a mid table club at this point in the season.. you aren't going to get a big name striker in. In the summer maybe as the club will be selling it's ambition to go up a league but it's hard to say that now with our current form.

Blah blah goals blah blah running blah blah captain... The REAL question should be that Arma has gone - which player now has the shittest haircut?

Been a useful championship level addition while we’ve been down here, and will have a place in our history for the play-off final goal, but physical attributes and lack of composure mean he’ll simply never be a premier league player, and especially not down the middle. Can’t blame him at all for wanting a fresh start somewhere else, but it’s going to be out of the frying pan and into the fire. Wolves are shite and the dressing room he’s joining will be as much of a demoralised mess as ours was when we were getting beaten week in week out. Then they’ll have to have a rebuild in the Championship, same as we have, which as we are witnessing can be a messy business and there’s no guarantee of bouncing straight back up. It will be interesting to see if their fans take to him, because if they’re putting him at no 9 at PL level we all know it’s pretty likely he’ll struggle, which won’t be a great start for him, regardless of whether he was bought for next season or not. For us, it’s not so much letting him go that’s the issue, especially given his contract situation, it’s much more about what we’ve replaced him with. Let’s hope it works out.

That is what I think also. The club realises promotion is beyond us now. So it's about consolidating and keeping their options open to either sell, or go again next year without some of the bloat. We aren't consistent enough to get promoted.

Have to say he has run his course at saints. He was very good for this league, and has been here whilst we have been a mental club for the wrong reasons. on relatively big money, so him and Aribo going now is a good bit of planning. Obviously a bit of a risk given he does scores goals, but hey ho. He will no doubt score against us next season, and will score 15+ for Wolves next year is used to his strength.

He'll link back up with Paul Trollope. I wonder if he would have learned anything from his short time with him here.

He got 35 of those in 1.5 seasons we've spent in the championship. Played in the right system, he's a very good striker at this level. He's not a lone number 9, we want to play with 1 striker and 2 wingers, he wanted out. Good move all round I'd say.