What future for A Armstrong?

[saint lard]

This might be the future for Adam Armstrong?🤷🏻‍♂️…….

Matheus Martins, jogador de 19 anos do Fluminense está muito perto de assinar pelo Southampton por uma verba de 9 milhões.

Matheus Martins, 19 years old Fluminense player is very close to signing for Southampton for a sum of 9 million.

[Whitey Grandad]

I think he’s worth his place. He’s a constant threat with his pace and running. Clearly his finishing needs a big improvement but he was an important part of the team yesterday. He got a warm round of applause when he was substituted although he didn’t look too happy as he walked off the pitch.

[LuckyNumber7]

I feel for him as he has a good attitude and is clearly trying, but sadly he just isn't good enough. He's basically the new Shane Long in that he runs around a lot and is a bit of a menace but you need so much more than that in the PL. He rarely even looks like scoring.

He needs to move on in January for both his sake and ours.

[Hatch]

Modern Day Brett Ormerod,  

[The Cat]

36 minutes ago, Hatch said:

Modern Day Brett Ormerod,  

If that means he scores in an FA Cup semi final then I'm all for him.

[tajjuk]

Who knows maybe a new manager will get more out of him. We are hardly a creative team and never seem great on the transition so there often don't seem many chances for him to use his pace in behind or have balls driven across the box so he is often feeding off scraps. Combine that with low confidence and you can probably see why he's not scoring much at all.

We have been crying out for years for a player with true 'no.10' abilities to pick out passes in around the box, through balls, quality crosses etc. The exact kind of player you'd feel Armstrong would benefit from. At the moment we seem to cross a lot aerially as a main route to goal which doesn't help him at all. 

Still think there are the raw ingredients there for an effective player, just needs unlocking. 

[Saint Garrett]

6 minutes ago, tajjuk said:

Who knows maybe a new manager will get more out of him. We are hardly a creative team and never seem great on the transition so there often don't seem many chances for him to use his pace in behind or have balls driven across the box so he is often feeding off scraps. Combine that with low confidence and you can probably see why he's not scoring much at all.

We have been crying out for years for a player with true 'no.10' abilities to pick out passes in around the box, through balls, quality crosses etc. The exact kind of player you'd feel Armstrong would benefit from. At the moment we seem to cross a lot aerially as a main route to goal which doesn't help him at all. 

Still think there are the raw ingredients there for an effective player, just needs unlocking. 

I’m not sure whether it’s baked in him, or whether it’s tactical, but he’s so rarely either in the box, or between the posts, he’s never going to score many. 

From what I see, I never see him being more prolific than Shane Long ever was. I’m not really sure how he scored so many for Blackburn, but there is no way he should be starting in this league. 

I respect his efforts, and he’s done ok wide left, but he always seems to be a yard off it. 

[Bakovnetski]

40 minutes ago, tajjuk said:

Who knows maybe a new manager will get more out of him. We are hardly a creative team and never seem great on the transition so there often don't seem many chances for him to use his pace in behind or have balls driven across the box so he is often feeding off scraps. Combine that with low confidence and you can probably see why he's not scoring much at all.

We have been crying out for years for a player with true 'no.10' abilities to pick out passes in around the box, through balls, quality crosses etc. The exact kind of player you'd feel Armstrong would benefit from. At the moment we seem to cross a lot aerially as a main route to goal which doesn't help him at all. 

Still think there are the raw ingredients there for an effective player, just needs unlocking. 

Likely that wont be until next season at the earliest now so we need a credible replacement in January or promote Edozie or Tella.

[bpsaint]

2 hours ago, Hatch said:

Modern Day Brett Ormerod,  

Harsh on Brett tbf

[once_bitterne]

Shane Long tribute act?

[Saint Matty 76]

I can't rate him whatsoever. His only redeeming quality is he's the only player in our 11 who has a bit of pace. 

He's terrible at dribbling as demonstrated yesterday, so he doesn't even offer a positive sense of directness on the wing. He can just be a decent out ball as he can run quickly, before panicking and doing nothing with it.

Good work rate but he's definitely not a PL starter.

[Miltonaggro]

12 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

I can't rate him whatsoever. His only redeeming quality is he's the only player in our 11 who has a bit of pace. 

He's terrible at dribbling as demonstrated yesterday, so he doesn't even offer a positive sense of directness on the wing. He can just be a decent out ball as he can run quickly, before panicking and doing nothing with it.

Good work rate but he's definitely not a PL starter.

When he joined Saints probably thought they'd signed a new version of Kevin Phillips, instead we have a player with the attacking prowess of Emo Phillips.

[captainchris]

9 hours ago, Hatch said:

Modern Day Brett Ormerod,  

Unfair to Brett … 

[captainchris]

11 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I think he’s worth his place. He’s a constant threat with his pace and running. Clearly his finishing needs a big improvement but he was an important part of the team yesterday. He got a warm round of applause when he was substituted although he didn’t look too happy as he walked off the pitch.

See Lucky 7 

[wooley7]

If, as we hope, we do spend on a new striker in January, Adam Armstrong is the player to make way. He does work hard and seems to follow instruction but he doesn’t look like scoring or show much quality.  He has a place in the squad but we need better to partner Adam’s.

[Whitey Grandad]

47 minutes ago, captainchris said:

See Lucky 7 

Is that a poster?

[Danbert]

19 hours ago, LuckyNumber7 said:

I feel for him as he has a good attitude and is clearly trying, but sadly he just isn't good enough. He's basically the new Shane Long in that he runs around a lot and is a bit of a menace but you need so much more than that in the PL. He rarely even looks like scoring.

He needs to move on in January for both his sake and ours.

He is nothing like good enough, which is not his fault. Shane Long offered way more with his hold up play, speed and aerial ability than Adam ever will.

[East Kent Saint]

41 minutes ago, Danbert said:

He is nothing like good enough, which is not his fault. Shane Long offered way more with his hold up play, speed and aerial ability than Adam ever will.

Like many players that do well at one team he isn't for another ie Saints . Blackburn's system and the role he was given worked for them both judging by his goals there , our system plus Prem defenders aren't working well for him here.

[captainchris]

20 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Is that a poster?

👍

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

On 23/10/2022 at 22:34, saintscottofthenortham said:

It's like watching a shit Shane Long.

Exactly this

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

12 hours ago, East Kent Saint said:

Like many players that do well at one team he isn't for another ie Saints . Blackburn's system and the role he was given worked for them both judging by his goals there , our system plus Prem defenders aren't working well for him here.

yeah, I think it's the prem defenders piece that is significant. in other words, he's a championship player and can't cut it in the prem

[Wade Garrett]

I’ve always defended him, but he had a shocker on Sunday.

Can see him dropped for Saturday.

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Wade Garrett said:

I’ve always defended him, but he had a shocker on Sunday.

Can see him dropped for Saturday.

He played an important part in our goal.