pimpin4rizeal

To number 2: going forward I think maybe playing brooks as a 10 might be the solution we then get to keep Arma where he’s most effective and I could easily see brooks being our most creative 10. thoughts on the January window: it’s again looking like we have failed to address the obvious whilst making all our moves in positions we didn’t really need again,we seem to love doing this. the positions that needed attention was cf (still don’t really have a clinical striker and it’s been a issue for ages) lb and also defensive midfield as bar downes we have little. Instead we make signings in the positions we are absolutely loaded in. Not sure why it’s so hard to recognise the weaknesses and concentrate on those, most people can see them

Unreal level of doom on here today . Come on guys we went 25 matches unbeaten plus just showed the spirit to turn around the Huddersfield game . Maybe that game zapped our energy and combined with losing downes and a few changes contributed to the poor performance vs Bristol, but this is not a crisis and our bench is of frightening quality ., sure we can get back to winning ways soon enough, you don’t go 25 unbeaten by accident

I kinda agree with this,, I kept going on during the window that our obsession with bringing in a right winger when we have Armstrong with the best stats in the league was unnecessary. brooks does look amazing,but there’s a saying if it ain’t broke don’t try to fix it. Personally think we should go back to the side that mostly was the one during the unbeaten run now. Get Armstrong and Fraser back in in their proper positions and go from there. Use as close to a proven side for this one as we don’t need two bad results in a row

Yeah I agree the other two have done more this season. But don’t forget sulemana’s season has been heavily disrupted with injury at the start and then the later one.. whilst you are right that the other two have contributed more. I think this guy has an insanely high ceiling with his pace and skills he can fly past anyone and can be terrifying for defenders.if we can get him going and get his confidence soaring sky is the limit for him . We need to be carefull how to handle our talents with so much competition. Don’t want him getting frustrated and getting another alcaraz situation (same goes for the others ) so maybe a bit of rotation with the attacking players is the way to go

Can see where you are coming from, but I’d chose sully cos I think he has the highest ceiling out of any of our attacking players. His pace and unpredictability gives the opponents something else to think about . russ was also preferring him to both Fraser and edozie before the injury too so he must rate him highly

Usually I’m all for keeping a settled team but since this comes so fast after Saturday let’s switch it up a bit and get some of the others involved Baz kwp. Thb bed. Mannning Charles Smallbone rothwell brooks Sule Mara

Would be unbelievably harsh to drop Arma he’s got the best attacking stats in the league..although I agree it is tempting to give Arma a game as the 9 with Brooks rw to see how it goes.. It’s gonna be interesting to see how russ handles this bunch from now. We have had a pretty settled side which has been a big factor in our amazing run .. but now we have the likes of Brooke’s sulemana, rothwell,edozie and Mara all pushing for starts maybe we will start to see some rotation going on

Not currently fitting isn’t really the case, I think it’s just competition for places and Armstrong and arribo also doing well.. we are gonna have a simular problem with the likes of Fraser edozie and sulemana now Fraser deserves his place but the other two could get frustrated

If that was the case fair enough .. but you know we won’t spend 40m on a striker.we will be spending that money on the next bargain basement young prospect that we can potentially make a profit on

Yeah lucky little us .. fact is he is/was still our player we look to be in with a great chance of going back up so if we wanted to keep him ? its not like juve have coughed up the readys yet just seems like we are prioritising increasing his value more then what he can do in the pitch for us that’s the part I find depressing don’t we want these young stars to be good for saints ?

Although him having a mare might be our best chance of getting him back :).. its still a bit depressing really that we are loaning out our hottest talents, I get that he wasn’t starting every game and why he want the move, but it does seem a bit keen from us to get him out the door in hope of profit

Even though he wasn’t starting that much at the beginning .. I think Fraser is seriously vying for player of the season. Seems to impact pretty much every game with goals and assists .. So much end product with the wee man, great striker of the ball and fantastic attitude too

Seems you was right unfortunately

Gutted he’s going too, think he’s been a victim of too much competition in the squad more then him not being good enough, I’d have preferred to stick with playing him as a false 9 personally as players like him should be our future. I could see sulemana or edozie also getting miffed with lack of game time If we are not careful our squad becoming so stacked some are gonna suffer does seem weird to bring in rothwell in a position we where already stacked in only to let Charly go

Since everyone is ignoring the elephant in the room ? Who you dropping to get brooks in the first eleven ?

The part I’d say that’s maybe being to clever is basically bringing someone in that will make us have to change things up regarding moving Armstrong from his current rw role .. when your 22 games unbeaten and smashing everybody anyway with Armstrong top scorer in the league with double digit assists . Moving him about to accommodate brooks does seem like tinkering for the sake of it even though it’s a super signing for this level

Brooks is a class act,and out of the right sided players we have been linked with I think he’s the best one .. the question is though do we really move Arma from where he’s doing exceptionally well to accommodate him ? Probably means dropping che and putting Arma centre forward I’m fine with benching che but will we lose the productivity from Arma ?

But let’s be honest he’s pretty much had no league starts and just the last 20 odd minutes of the matches really .. in that time he has scored and had some impact s few times .. aside from that cup games like this where the whole team is disjointed through so many changes .. im not sure what everyone expects from him really in those circumstances

A lot of his season has been disrupt with injuries at the start and then again recently. but it’s not just about him not scoring many so far it’s what he capable of doing he’s absolutely rapid with the skills to match, I remember when he came on vs Spurs last year and he was absolutely frightening running at them, (seemed to be more central that day, but to me a fantastic prospect and don’t get the hate towards him especially swapping him for a kid that just played league one

Surely one of Fraser sulemana edozie could fill in I think it’s a myth all of them need to play on the left . Sulemana best goal in the french league came from him cutting in from the right. its gonna be a tricky job trying to keep all of those happy as it is then you got diblng and saa behind them.. our depth is crazy good atm who would have thought at start of the season the likes of alcaraz or sulemana might not be making the first eleven ?

To be fair not much chance of him breaking through at the moment Fraser,sulemana,edozie,Arma ahead of him and Saa and diblimg and people still want us to sign benson. Pathway looks pretty blocked at the moment.

Yeah I think at the end of the day the relegation will have been a good thing providing we go up this season .. sometimes you just need a reset clear out some of the dead wood and get a winning mentality back

If one thing this season tells us it’s that managers need time, earlier in the season Martin looked to be going the same way, remember scar tissue and Lego head etc then suddenly it all clicked. Also jones had a much harder job as he had to try turn us around in the premiership not in the championship where we have one of the best squads . In a alternative world if he got brought in this season instead of last he might not have done so badly. im In the minority that think we might as well have given him until the end of the season though . After backing him in the window sacking him for selles who didn’t even use the players we spent all January window of was even more pathetic then sticking by their guns imo

Still think we really need to upgrade on him. I’m not really sold by his current form. I think it’s more of a case of the whole team and squad absolutely clicking perfectly at the moment for example Mara has also been scoring too but not getting as many minutes.. in a team playing like this, sure he’s gonna score but back in the premiership where you need to be clinical he’s not the man you want the crucial chances falling to .. hope we don’t get fooled into giving him a new deal.

I’d rather just stick with Arma there and if we need to rotate use sulemana/edozie/Fraser there the above is a great bunch and they all need minutes. If It ain’t broke don’t try to fix it