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Hawkswood Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 hours ago, OldNick said: Really? IMO he is not a real headline signing. Yeah for me it is. We've just signed - in my opinion - England's number 1 goalkeeper. Its an absolute steal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 hours ago, Hopper said: I'm probably also in the minority not sweating the need to see a 'proper No. 9' through the door. Nor am I worried about 'Where the goals are going to come from'. The way we play (Mostly with a false 9) is conducive the the whole team chipping in with goals particuarly from Wider positions. Which is what we saw bear out last season. If we were playing Jones ball then I'd be sweating it a lot more. Archer looks a sharp finisher and solid false 9 option. We've also got a fair bit of quality wider with BBD, Arma, SAA and support from Dibbling. You then add in goals from Midfield. Smallbone did well last season and Matt Fernandes looks an upgrade there. Just not as wide apart as they were playing last week, with no one through the middle. It was very strange to see two forwards that far apart without someone through the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, Hawkswood said: Yeah for me it is. We've just signed - in my opinion - England's number 1 goalkeeper. Its an absolute steal. He's never been England's number 1 goalkeeper, whatever your opinion of his ability. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneawol Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 38 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said: ...Dibling 17/5/2006 Sam Amo 18/7/2006 (he and Tyler have consecutive birthdays!) Consecutive, but five months apart! (TD dob - 17/02/06). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, Saint_clark said: He's never been England's number 1 goalkeeper, whatever your opinion of his ability. But hopefully he will be pretty close after this season? We can hope for this 🙏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopper Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, Dr Who? said: Just not as wide apart as they were playing last week, with no one through the middle. It was very strange to see two forwards that far apart without someone through the middle. Mate, late week was a complete mystery. Not sure what he was trying to do AT ALL 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, goneawol said: Consecutive, but five months apart! (TD dob - 17/02/06). You're right. I was high speed searching & copying wikipedia 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 3 minutes ago, Hawkswood said: Yeah for me it is. We've just signed - in my opinion - England's number 1 goalkeeper. Its an absolute steal. It’s hard for me to get too excited about when it seems we’re not addressing the glaring hole at the other end of the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Just now, Hopper said: Mate, late week was a complete mystery. Not sure what he was trying to do AT ALL 😂 I don’t think we will see it again. 2 wide men hugging each touchline. It was baffling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Baird of the land said: It’s hard for me to get too excited about when it seems we’re not addressing the glaring hole at the other end of the pitch. Archer, BBD. There was only a hole last week because he didn't fill it with a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSA96 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) David Ornstein says Raheem Sterling to Arsenal is on. Would give Arteta the options of Saka, Sterling, Martinelli, Trossard out wide Edited August 30 by CSA96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat from Poole Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 23 minutes ago, CSA96 said: They’re going to struggle to grasp his accent at Goztepe…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Looking at a lot of the Premier League teams and the signings they’ve made, none of the top ten I would say have done anything significant. Man United and Chelsea have bought pretty average. Arsenal have moved people on but I wouldn’t say their squad is any better, if anything it’s probably lacking some depth now. Villa and Newcastle confined to selling kids for FFP gain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, CSA96 said: David Ornstein says Raheem Sterling to Arsenal is on. Would give Arteta the options of Saka, Sterling, Martinelli, Trossard out wide Yeah odds on for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said: They’re going to struggle to grasp his accent at Goztepe…. Ha!! The B team can't fill the bench so I think he'll run around with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Pat from Poole said: They’re going to struggle to grasp his accent at Goztepe…. Said we should look at this player during our relegation season. Very good signing for the future if we get hold of him. Edited August 30 by Dr Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, egg said: Archer, BBD. There was only a hole last week because he didn't fill it with a player. So the aim is to repeat Sheffield united’s relegation trick then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 17 minutes ago, SNSUN said: If Fraser is on a free, am I right in saying he doesn’t need to be signed before the deadline? Or does she need to be signed tonight to be able to register him? That's my thoughts, he'd be a free agent so could sign any time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Saints have spent the same as Liverpool, Man City and Everton combined. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Just now, Baird of the land said: So the aim is to repeat Sheffield united’s relegation trick then Fuck me you're a bundle of giggles. Archer is decent. BBD is decent. I couldn't give a monkeys how they performed in a poor Sheffield United. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Has anyone checked on the @HQSaints Twitter account to see if they’re still angry? Or is it just a normal thing for that account to rage over anything. 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Saint NL said: Saints have spent the same as Liverpool, Man City and Everton combined. Yeah we needed too, as Liverpool and Man City are pretty good. Everton on the other hand are screwed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusic Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) We have definitely improved our 'asset base' so whatever happens this season we have a decent pool of young players with clear markets as they develop - noticeably British core which is easier to sell on as required. With PSR being good at selling is massive and as Brighton have shown, it helps you spend bigger. All of a sudden we have four or five players who are potentially worth big cash if they have a good season and that can only be a good thing. Edited August 30 by Dusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) With thanks to @Midfield_General under 21 (pre 1/1/2003 DOB) in italics GK: Ramsdale, Macca, Lumley LB: KWP, Taylor, Larios, Manning RB: Sugawara, Bree CB: THB, Bednarek, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, ABK MF: Fernandes, Dibling, Lallana, Downes, Smallbone, Lesley, Aribo FWD: Archer, BBD, Cornet, Fraser, Armstrong, SAA, Edozie, Stewart, Sulemana, Onuachu I make that 25 senior players including the incoming Fraser & Cornet. 7 under 21 players. 25 is the max for senior players. Squad size = 32. Quite large but PL legal without needing an official bomb squad. Edited August 30 by Patches O Houlihan corrected by @Saint NL & Derry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: Yeah we needed too, as Liverpool and Man City are pretty good. Everton on the other hand are screwed! Exactly. The value of our squad was miniscule by comparison to them. We had to spend that to stand any sort of chance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Site Agent Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 19 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: He's never been England's number 1 goalkeeper, whatever your opinion of his ability. .... Yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Bates Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 MacLeod finally after almost 2 yrs, on loan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakovnetski Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 14 minutes ago, Baird of the land said: It’s hard for me to get too excited about when it seems we’re not addressing the glaring hole at the other end of the pitch. At least we have someone who can keep the ball out of that glaring hole at our end of the pitch! That's more than we've had for f'kin' years. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdoh Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 12 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: I don’t think we will see it again. 2 wide men hugging each touchline. It was baffling! Weird thing to say. We set up with 3 at the back and wing backs. Never in my life have I seen wing backs with the 2 forwards also playing wide. It was a ridiculous tactic which resulted in what it should have. Fuck all chance of scoring a goal. It wasn't 5-3-2 it was 5-5-0 or maybe 5-1-4. Either way it was bizarre and there's a reason no manager has ever set a team up like that 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ft8saint Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 20 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: He's never been England's number 1 goalkeeper, whatever your opinion of his ability. He is better but not playing hasn't helped. I hope he's great for us and we are good for his chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said: With thanks to @Midfield_General under 21 (pre 1/1/2003 DOB) in italics GK: Ramsdale, Macca, Lumley LB: KWP, Taylor, Larios, Manning RB: Sugawara, Bree CB: THB, Bednarek, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, ABK MF: Fernandes, Dibling, Lallana, Downes, Smallbone, Lesley, Aribo FWD: Archer, BBD, Cornet, Fraser, Armstrong, SAA, Edozie, Stewart, Sulemana, Onuachu Incoming: Fraser, Cornet I make that 24 senior players including the incoming Fraser & Cornet. 10 under 21 players. Squad size = 34. Quite large but PL legal without needing an official bomb squad Take two away, you've counted Cornet and Fraser twice. So "only" 22 senior players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, kevdoh said: Weird thing to say. We set up with 3 at the back and wing backs. Never in my life have I seen wing backs with the 2 forwards also playing wide. It was a ridiculous tactic which resulted in what it should have. Fuck all chance of scoring a goal. It wasn't 5-3-2 it was 5-5-0 or maybe 5-1-4. Either way it was bizarre and there's a reason no manager has ever set a team up like that It is all new to RM, and he has balls to try some things that’s for sure, but did no one say, but Russ we do not have anyone in a position to shoot at goal. I like RM and think he deserves a chance for the whole of this season no matter what, but I do pull out what hair I have left at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 3 minutes ago, 6ft8saint said: He is better but not playing hasn't helped. I hope he's great for us and we are good for his chances The perfect combo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said: With thanks to @Midfield_General under 21 (pre 1/1/2003 DOB) in italics GK: Ramsdale, Macca, Lumley LB: KWP, Taylor, Larios, Manning RB: Sugawara, Bree CB: THB, Bednarek, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, ABK MF: Fernandes, Dibling, Lallana, Downes, Smallbone, Lesley, Aribo FWD: Archer, BBD, Cornet, Fraser, Armstrong, SAA, Edozie, Stewart, Sulemana, Onuachu Incoming: Fraser, Cornet I make that 24 senior players including the incoming Fraser & Cornet. 10 under 21 players. Squad size = 34. Quite large but PL legal without needing an official bomb squad it's born AFTER 01/01/2003 not before so THB Wood and Archer aren't exempt. but the other 7 are. Plus Bazunu makes 25 Edited August 30 by derry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 1 minute ago, Bakovnetski said: At least we have someone who can keep the ball out of that glaring hole at our end of the pitch! That's more than we've had for f'kin' years. I would be nice if we didn’t have to settle for either a competent keeper or a competent centre forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Just now, derry said: it's born AFTER 01/01/2003 not before so THB Wood and Archer aren't exempt. but the other 7 are. So I think we're back to 24 with the double counting. Plus the youngsters, that's a lot of players to train and keep motivated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midfield_General Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 7 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said: With thanks to @Midfield_General under 21 (pre 1/1/2003 DOB) in italics GK: Ramsdale, Macca, Lumley LB: KWP, Taylor, Larios, Manning RB: Sugawara, Bree CB: THB, Bednarek, Stephens, Edwards, Wood, ABK MF: Fernandes, Dibling, Lallana, Downes, Smallbone, Lesley, Aribo FWD: Archer, BBD, Cornet, Fraser, Armstrong, SAA, Edozie, Stewart, Sulemana, Onuachu Incoming: Fraser, Cornet I make that 24 senior players including the incoming Fraser & Cornet. 10 under 21 players. Squad size = 34. Quite large but PL legal without needing an official bomb squad Thank you for rescuing my absolute shambles of a post 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josebaiw Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 14 minutes ago, Saint_Ash said: That's my thoughts, he'd be a free agent so could sign any time. So if I recall correctly, you can sign a free agent as long as they're a free agent before the deadline. So basically, as long as Fraser is released by Newcastle by 10:59pm we are good to sign him whenever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwoite Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 25 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: 27 minutes ago, Saint_clark said: He's never been England's number 1 goalkeeper, whatever your opinion of his ability. So, thi season could see three England keepers relegated - Pickford, Ramsdale and Johnstone. (Oh, I forgot McCarthy!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 minutes ago, kevdoh said: Weird thing to say. We set up with 3 at the back and wing backs. Never in my life have I seen wing backs with the 2 forwards also playing wide. It was a ridiculous tactic which resulted in what it should have. Fuck all chance of scoring a goal. It wasn't 5-3-2 it was 5-5-0 or maybe 5-1-4. Either way it was bizarre and there's a reason no manager has ever set a team up like that My guess was that Aribo, Downes or Smallbone were supposed to get forward to become the false 9 but it just didn’t work. It might work better with Fernandes but personally I’d rather see us drop Stephens and bring in Archer, especially against teams like Forest or Brentford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 3 minutes ago, derry said: it's born AFTER 01/01/2003 not before so THB Wood and Archer aren't exempt. but the other 7 are. Cheers - I've corrected it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ft8saint Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Baird of the land said: I would be nice if we didn’t have to settle for either a competent keeper or a competent centre forward. I think the plan will be to hope we can do something with the options we have. Archer 🏹 gave me alot more confidence after Wednesday. And if not working buy someone in January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 5 minutes ago, SNSUN said: My guess was that Aribo, Downes or Smallbone were supposed to get forward to become the false 9 but it just didn’t work. It might work better with Fernandes but personally I’d rather see us drop Stephens and bring in Archer, especially against teams like Forest or Brentford. Drop Capt. Jack? Wash your mouth out !! 🤣 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Johnson Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Worth Noting that the Turkish and Belgian transfer windows don’t close tonight, 2 weeks for Turkey and a week for Belgium so we could still see the likes of Tall Paul and ABK leave even if they’re still here at 11:01 tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 4 minutes ago, 6ft8saint said: I think the plan will be to hope we can do something with the options we have. Archer 🏹 gave me alot more confidence after Wednesday. And if not working buy someone in January We should all have a recent clear recollection of what a terrible and expensive an idea it is to try and correct summer transfer failings in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdoh Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 2 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: It is all new to RM, and he has balls to try some things that’s for sure, but did no one say, but Russ we do not have anyone in a position to shoot at goal. I like RM and think he deserves a chance for the whole of this season no matter what, but I do pull out what hair I have left at times. There's having balls to try something and there's just stupidity. I bet forest defenders last week had the easiest game of their careers at any level they've ever played. It was ridiculous how we were set up. I know it was Cardiff and not even their first side midweek but the youngsters played with intent to create something and then heard Russ saying he wasn't happy because we played too safe at times😂 I'm not a hater of Russell Martin (yet) but if he keeps playing smallbone and aribo and leaving dibling out it will soon change. Archer showed he's a good finisher but without anyone feeding him and playing through balls he will be useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint NL Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Napoli will line up this season with a midfield of Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominey. With Che Adams at Torino, the Scottish invasion continues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Just now, Saint NL said: Napoli will line up this season with a midfield of Billy Gilmour and Scott McTominey. With Che Adams at Torino, the Scottish invasion continues. what a come down from the team that dominated Serie A two years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedyfly Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 Checking in, have we signed a number 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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