Sekou Mara - Official: Signs for Strasbourg

[trousers]

3 minutes ago, Saint Garrett said:

My gut feeling is we'll bring in another striker as well as Mara, who has a bit more experience

I still reckon there's a chance we might get Ings back on a one year deal (just a hunch, nothing more)

[Saint Garrett]

Just now, trousers said:

I still reckon there's a chance we might get Ings back on a one year deal (just a hunch, nothing more)

I can't see that happening personally. His ego being the main reason...

[trousers]

Just now, Saint Garrett said:

I can't see that happening personally. His ego being the main reason...

Don't get me wrong, I think it's more unlikely than likely, but I'm wondering if we've totally ruled it out as an option....?

[Golac's Iron Gonads]

Only 19 be nice if he isn't written off after half a dozen games, He's one I wouldn't expect to settle into consistency for at least a season,

Edited 21 July, 2022 by Golac's Iron Gonads

[tunit]

45 minutes ago, Dman said:

That article may compare him to Mbappe, but having only scored 6 goals, I’d say he’s probably more comparable to Shane Long? 

No. That goals / games ratio is very similar to Broja for us last season actually, since he also got 6. Shane Long's was much worse

[FarehamSaintJames]

47 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Why do you think we won’t sign someone else and relying on him?

Because I think we’re still in for Liam Delap on loan as well, so we have four strikers. 
I can’t see us changing formation because of RH’s stubbornness so I think we’re after two players per position.

[Dman]

1 minute ago, tunit said:

No. That goals / games ratio is very similar to Broja for us last season actually, since he also got 6. Shane Long's was much worse

Clearly, comparing him to Long was a joke. 

[tajjuk]

Continues the summer signings trait of non-small players, I think every single one of our signings has been at least 6 foot. The entire team is going to tower over JWP at this rate! 

[Roo1976]

46 minutes ago, Dman said:

Could you not also argue, lavia, Banzunu are also on their way down (after leaving city for us..?)

 

Funny how some people spin things, isn’t it. 
 

FWIW neither are on their way down and someone like Lingaard would massively improve us (not saying we should pay 180k a week for him btw)

lingaard might improve us (on his day) but hes just another overrated could have been,more interested in social media rather than what Manchester united first saw in him,bit like Rashford in that sense of very much overwhelmingly underachieving. On another quick point are we sure ralph wants all these youngsters?............dont remember many being given the chance to play themselves into contention last season,or just maybe they werent that good?

[Singapore Saint]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

I didn't say he was wrong, I asked him why we should think he is right. There is a significant difference between those two things.

Agree with MLG, the burden of proof is on the other side.

[Suhari]

11 minutes ago, tajjuk said:

Continues the summer signings trait of non-small players, I think every single one of our signings has been at least 6 foot. The entire team is going to tower over JWP at this rate! 

A good thing. We've been lacking size, pace and power for far too long.

[Ldnsaint]

1 hour ago, Dman said:

That article may compare him to Mbappe, but having only scored 6 goals, I’d say he’s probably more comparable to Shane Long? 

Long only scored more than 5 league goals once since 2012. 

[alehouseboys]

52 minutes ago, redkeith said:

If Bordeaux do avoid an extra relegation because of this, I will definitely ware  a Saints shirt next time I go to watch them. We may have saved their bacon. 

 

Just be careful, it’s not safe to walk the streets of Bournemouth these days despite us helping to save the bucket-rattlers all those years ago, you’ll no doubt soon be no more than a “hated scummer” (oh, there go my sides...) in that part of France!

[Puddings and Monkeys]

18 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Because I think we’re still in for Liam Delap on loan as well, so we have four strikers. 
I can’t see us changing formation because of RH’s stubbornness so I think we’re after two players per position.

  But weren’t (aren’t) we trying to convince that Dembele bloke to join?  Clearly the club do have plans for a more experienced striker. 

[AlexLaw76]

All well and good him being there enemy Mbappe.

Ryan Smith was supposed to be the next Arjen Robben, right?

[pimpin4rizeal]

To be honest looking at his you tube Clips he looks quite poor to me. Nothing of much excitement at all.  takes too many touches hence getting fouled quite a lot 

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

38 minutes ago, Daft Kerplunk said:

Looks very promising. Let’s hope he follows in the footsteps of previous Toulon Tournament top scorers like Thierry Henry, Jean-Pierre Papin, Alan Shearer and so on.
 

 

Ok, unless he turns out to be the perfect mix of Henry, Shearer and Papin, I shall be incredibly disappointed... 😁

[revolution saint]

Don't know anything about the lad but if it's alongside another new striker then seems like it could be a decent bit of business.

His stats are very similar to Sesko, who seems to be quite highly rated.  Pretty similar goal return per minutes played plus he's in a harder league than the Austrian one and for a team that doesn't piss all over the opposition.

[macca155]

54 minutes ago, redkeith said:

I was volunteering in the press box for that one. Sat right in line with the Bale free kick and thought, blimey that keepers got his angles all wrong for that one. 

The Stadium is owned by Bordeaux council, and they are prepared to waive the €5M a year rent to help the club survive this year. Apparently the running costs were one of the reasons they lost so much money. 

They had a great team, and won L1 at the old ground, but by the time they moved to the new ground, the team had been sold, and they never really invested in a new team to fill the new ground.   If they do survive this year, they will only open the lower tier . 

 

Yep, we were in the Slovenian end (they were friendly but mental) along with half of Wales. Decided to film this free kick as .... well I'd seen Bale do this before. Hell of a game and I'm not even Welsh!

[davefizzy14]

This sounds very exciting indeed. Mara was top scorer at the Toulon tournament for a start and looks quality.

Edited 21 July, 2022 by davefizzy14

[Give it to Ron]

46 minutes ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Because I think we’re still in for Liam Delap on loan as well, so we have four strikers. 
I can’t see us changing formation because of RH’s stubbornness so I think we’re after two players per position.

I don’t think the Delap thing is on going by recent things. Can see him in Championship and I think this is instead of Delap who has no experience either.

Edited 21 July, 2022 by Give it to Ron

[davefizzy14]

Just now, Give it to Ron said:

I don’t think the Delap thing is on going by recent things. Can see him in Championship and I think this is instead of Delap who has no experience either.

I think this too. Hopefully we can get Dembele or Ings back too.

[macca155]

Looks a decent signing but our supporters are going to have to develop their 'being patient' skills. Younger players need time to bed in, find their feet etc etc. In particular they'll be susceptible to the vibes coming from the stands. Someone like Ings has been around and has a reservoir of achievements to fall back on, he isn't immune but probably able to take more flak. Armstrong is a case in question, I saw him away at Burnley and he looked on fire, didn't score but oozed confidence, and there wasn't a hint of needing two touches. Go forward 6 months and he looked broken, our management need to up their game to avoid this. Similarly playing Tino for 90 minutes full on, for the first half of the season was an error IMO. He was blowing on 65 minutes and personally I think he needed a bit more nurturing.

Cue first game of the season and me shouting at a 16 yo to pull his finger out 

[beatlesaint]

3 minutes ago, macca155 said:

Looks a decent signing but our supporters are going to have to develop their 'being patient' skills. Younger players need time to bed in, find their feet etc etc. In particular they'll be susceptible to the vibes coming from the stands. Someone like Ings has been around and has a reservoir of achievements to fall back on, he isn't immune but probably able to take more flak. Armstrong is a case in question, I saw him away at Burnley and he looked on fire, didn't score but oozed confidence, and there wasn't a hint of needing two touches. Go forward 6 months and he looked broken, our management need to up their game to avoid this. Similarly playing Tino for 90 minutes full on, for the first half of the season was an error IMO. He was blowing on 65 minutes and personally I think he needed a bit more nurturing.

Cue first game of the season and me shouting at a 16 yo to pull his finger out 

You are correct but what concerns me with buying all these young players is our opponents, whether that be game by game, or more importantly in the jostle to avoid relegation will not have any "being patient" skills, they see weakness and they will go for the jugular and how we cope with that is a big worry for me.  

[SuperSAINT]

 

[Convict Colony]

2 hours ago, SuperSAINT said:

#Saintsy

 

I was wondering if you'd lost your touch but I see you'd already created a thread for him, fair play, my work computer is slower than you 😃

[saintant]

Is he Jonno quick?

[macca155]

1 minute ago, beatlesaint said:

You are correct but what concerns me with buying all these young players is our opponents, whether that be game by game, or more importantly in the jostle to avoid relegation will not have any "being patient" skills, they see weakness and they will go for the jugular and how we cope with that is a big worry for me.  

Oh yes, history shows that a skillful youngster can soon be intimidated by a 'Vinnie Jones' type player. This is where players like Stephens are essential, he wouldn't stand for that and would make his feelings known. He may have limitations as a defender but his contribution to the team in other ways cannot be understated. The good thing is that gnarly spicy older players aren't as difficult to find as young promising hot shots. Problem is can they play in Ralph's team?

[FarehamSaintJames]

46 minutes ago, Puddings and Monkeys said:

  But weren’t (aren’t) we trying to convince that Dembele bloke to join?  Clearly the club do have plans for a more experienced striker. 

I thought that was just BS from a rumour site that made it into an article?

[Whitey Grandad]

2 hours ago, Pilchards said:

Sorry guys but he’s no better than some of the crap we are trying to offload.

100% need a quality striker otherwise we will struggle for goals this season.

As crap goes he’s a lot younger.

[Whitey Grandad]

1 hour ago, tajjuk said:

Continues the summer signings trait of non-small players, I think every single one of our signings has been at least 6 foot. The entire team is going to tower over JWP at this rate! 

That’s so that he can defend corners.

[igsey]

Already looks a lot more two-footed than Adams and Armstrong.

[Convict Colony]

2 hours ago, Nolan said:

prescient:

 

 

Nice very nice, am happy with a lot of aspects of this transfer and this guys potential and suitability to our game based on this report.

It's a model RB Leipzig follow alot getting young french players early as well so don't get the need older players experience, we have decent experience already we need talent/goals.

 

[Convict Colony]

2 hours ago, HarvSFC said:

Never heard of him, like I hadn't heard of Broja last summer. So, I reckon he's going to be the next Thierry Henry.

From Bordeaux so I'm going for the next Zidane

[BotleySaint]

Does look like a great prospect. Hope it works out of course, and that he's a great player for us.

But it's another gamble to add to the summer collection. Can't help but remain a little concerned about the season ahead.

[The Curse of St Mary's]

 

 

 

[Pat from Poole]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

All well and good him being there enemy Mbappe.

Ryan Smith was supposed to be the next Arjen Robben, right?

I thought that was Lee Holmes (?)….

[The Curse of St Mary's]

 

 

 

[miserableoldgit]

5 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said:

I thought that was Lee Holmes (?)….

Who was it that was going to be "the next Thierry Henry?"

[Saint_Tony]

brilliant signing. Another one for the creche, we'll have to hire an additional babysitting assistant soon.

[Danbert]

5 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said:

Who was it that was going to be "the next Thierry Henry?"

Our Nathan

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

I'm pretty sure I read a post on another thread saying Alex Crook said we were close to signing a striker? I guess he meant Mara then? He's on 🔥 re: Saints, comparatively speaking, given he got our lack of interest in Svanberg right and maybe other stuff too?

[Convict Colony]

8 minutes ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

I'm pretty sure I read a post on another thread saying Alex Crook said we were close to signing a striker? I guess he meant Mara then? He's on 🔥 re: Saints, comparatively speaking, given he got our lack of interest in Svanberg right and maybe other stuff too?

With crook i always think how often does he know more than us on here and often than not he doesnt.

[Convict Colony]

Maybe another one from our Man City guru - https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2022/manchester-city-scout-bordeaux-striker-sekou-mara/

[Midfield_General]

2 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Lingaard

Who is this Lingaard person, Matthew? I’ve heard of Lingard, but not Lingaard. Who is he? Can you explain who this player is please, citing sources? 

[Dman]

15 minutes ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

I'm pretty sure I read a post on another thread saying Alex Crook said we were close to signing a striker? I guess he meant Mara then? He's on 🔥 re: Saints, comparatively speaking, given he got our lack of interest in Svanberg right and maybe other stuff too?

Some scoop if true. Absolutely no one knew we were in the market for a striker. 

[SNSUN]

Bazunu (20)

Tino (19)

Simeu (20)

ABK (20)

Small (17)

Smallbone (22)

Lavia (18)

Diallo (23)

Aribo (25)

Djenepo (24)

Tella (23)

 

We have the potential to field a very young team this season made up of "first teamers"! Average age 21. Mara would lower it more. (Obviously we would never field this team, it's just a possible.)

 

Edited 21 July, 2022 by SNSUN

[trousers]

17 minutes ago, Ivan Katalinic's 'tache said:

I'm pretty sure I read a post on another thread saying Alex Crook said we were close to signing a striker? I guess he meant Mara then? He's on 🔥 re: Saints, comparatively speaking, given he got our lack of interest in Svanberg right and maybe other stuff too?

And the Daily Express predicted this week's heatwave....  

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

3 minutes ago, trousers said:

And the Daily Express predicted this week's heatwave....  

OK, point taken... 🤣

[Matthew Le God]

11 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Who is this Lingaard person, Matthew? I’ve heard of Lingard, but not Lingaard. Who is he? Can you explain who this player is please, citing sources? 

I used the same spelling as the person I was making the point to. DMan called him Lingaard!