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Yes, like I said Saints protected their interests by waiting until the very last possible moment before offering him an extension (for the reasons that you state plus possibly that they weren't keen on triggering the extension in the event we were promoted?) And when we waited too long, he then looked after his own interests by seeking a longer deal, which Swansea (possibly stupidly) provided him. Not sure what the problem is there or why you are taking it so personally. "Loyalty" works both ways and in any case, I would have thought you would have worked out by now there isn't much of it about in football, particularly in the modern game!

I think they've done well within what I suspect are pretty tight financial restraints. Saints aren't Man City so they have to gamble a bit. Not selling Ramsdale is a pain, just have to hope he is loaned out. Doors continue to close though. Tonda has to try and use our youngsters a bit, what is the point of them otherwise. Letting Ballard go was a major cock up, hopefully they won't repeat that with likes of Prince. We have to be patient though, not every youngster is Gareth Bale, most need time.

I presume the answer would be so that the squad isn't totally one dimensional and has the ability to adjust and change at points to try different things and because he is highly-regarded in football circles and the club wanted to have a talented prospect rather than a poorer version of Larin

Which begs the question why did we bring him in to be a single striker in a system that needs that player to win the ball in the air and hold the ball up?

That may be true but Warwickshire batted well today We have 3 batting bonus points I am sorry I keep going on about but other teams have over 20 We do not have a decent red ball spinner and as you said recently the young pace bowlers bowl to short although Currie bowled OK today Fuller has been great but he is hopeless at present

Obafemi?

Name the currently owned Burnley player look at his total performances in 3 years

Interesting comment from Carbs today. He said that the young players are arriving at pro level with all the toys and whistles for limited overs cricket and a lot of them don't pick up the technique and finesse needed for red ball cricket.Well that was the jist of it anyway.

Several fair points there sir 👍🏻

the endless two weeks begins..

Some good points well made but we football fans tend to always expect the worst case scenarios 🙂

Is that from left to right in the picture ?

Our Grandson was playing some game or other this morning and was overheard saying "No America, that is enough No more imperialism for the rest of the week".

The easiest ‘Marry, shag, kill’ in history?

Get rid for anything close to a reasonable loan offer. Having two top keepers doesn't work, we all know it. We've made our bed with Peretz, correctly in my opinion. He's our man and he should be backed. Dropping him at any point opens a whole new can of worms.

A couple of those candidates look like the kind that ask about stadium expansion at St Mary’s.

Yep agree, I just looked on the website and it’s now saying these tickets are off sale. So it looks like we will have unsold tickets because of this.

If he is still here after those windows have closed I will be surprised; but on the flip side I won’t. In terms of form and ability over recent years he’s hardly done anything to justify someone taking on his stupidly high wages, so he’s within his rights to sit on his hands and do nothing. If he wants to go and play football, then like Sam Edozie needs to do, take the financial hit, it’s not like you need it, and go and play elsewhere. If he is still here it would be a bit scandalous to not even have him on the bench ahead of George Long.

I don’t think this window can be judged properly for a couple of months, depending on form and injuries etc It looks weak on the face of it right now, but equally we’ve scored ten goals in four games and from a number of players so just need to keep that kind of record

I agree, a bit chicken and egg but thats professional sport. As long as he keeps training well he will get chances from the bench and if theres an injury of two or a loss of form for someone he might get a chance or two.

This is the game to give Mubama and Dobbin the opportunity to start.

Did he? I thought he had a bad game too so sought out the stats. That’s what they said?!

Well apparently not. I can't fathom letting him go with no replacement. If Larin gets injured we're f**ked. I know CA isn't the same type of player but at least we'd have him and Mubama as options.

I think there are some very unrealistic expectations on here re forward depth. 1) Dobbin was signed (look back at Spors interviews) as cover for Azaz and as a forward. 2) last season was unusual, having two similar striker sharing the role. It only happened as both were unfit. Larin is fit now. Does any team have an identikit replacement for their main forward? Man City cover Haarland with different style forwards. 3) a dedicated forward is only likely to sign as cover for the best forward in the league if a) not very good, or b) young. We went for b). 4) our last promotion year forwards were Armstrong, Adams then down to Mara who played 500 minutes. Personally I am more confident with current version of Larin,Mubama and Dobbin. 5) again, last promotion, our 3rd top scorers were Edozie (still here!) and Fraser with 6. Do people think that none of Scienza, Azaz, Fellows, Matsui, JWP, Manning will get more than 6 to take the pressure off Larin and Mubama? 6) last season Stewart scored 8, Archer 4, Armstrong 11, so even if you assume that's 23 goals lost.. Larin is only 4 off his last season's total so I am very confident he will make up some of those. Dobbin scored 10 in a worse side,Mubama 5 in a worse side. We have quite a few adaptable quality players, who can swap around the attacking positions - Azaz, Dobbin, Matsui. I wouldn't panic if due to injuries for an odd game we even played something like Azaz with JWP behind etc. Also, I do not know how involved the younger players will be, I think this time last year Bragg was still months away from the first team. And there is always January....

No shots? I think you were watching a different game to me.