Miltonaggro

Watch set pieces as well, like a fan who has won a competition with his school, jumping up and down as a foot shorter than everyone else.

I think to play the way he wants to play you have to have the most able ball players in your respective league, high fitness and commitment. You can’t get away with weak links and have to weed out any quick smart. If Martin blows it it will be because he lacks a ruthless streak or can’t identify the clear weaknesses.

Essentially Bazunu is the Juan Larios of goalkeepers. The main difference is the number of games played for our first team and a £12m rather than a £6million fee. Of the Man City starlets only Lavia has worked out and the perseverance with Bazunu seems to come from the very top, Ankersen and those who signed him for a big fee effectively allowing him to learn on the job. It’s not fine, it cost us dearly last season in terms of relagation and it will cost us this season in terms of promotion. From what I have seen he’s small for a modern day keeper in terms of height (he’s certainly not the height stated in Wikipedia, I’d say around 5ft 10 / 5 ft 11 - on par with Russell Martin), he’s physically small with poor strength (compared to likes of Shilton and Neimi who weren’t tallest but brick shithouses), he appears physically weak and needs to develop his upper body, he lacks decision making, is mute during matches and lacks consistency in terms of technique. On his side is his age and he has time on his side, but SFC doesn’t! I can see why the board persist in the hope of another payday or avoiding admission of their error, but the Bazunettes on here puzzle me - what are they seeing that many of us dimwits aren’t? During games you can feel the unease from the vast majority of our fans whenever play is near our goal, and the opposition are on to Bazunu as a weak link too. With set pieces the tension is palpable. Yes central midfield and defence needs work but having a rookie keeper is compounding it! Last year when the chips were down and our chances of staying up were hanging by a thread Selles finally dropped GB for the appalling mcarthy, and I wonder now how long it will be before Russell Martin is asking his DOF for permission to drop him for Lumley, probably not until we are in free fall sliding down the table. If it were up to me I’d be looking for a Boruc, and they are available, Kasper S would help immensely but maybe too obvious for our innovators.

Holgate, shagging the ring of confidence!

Fuck a duck! Travelling this afternoon so missed the debacle, will watch the dissection later with alcohol. A goalie who is a grown adult and defenders who can communicate would appear a good start. This has been coming. Deju fucking view, Martin’s honeymoon interrupted by a waiter pissing in the soup!

I know mate. Lots of room for humour but no cynicism in the brave new Martin world. Good to be positive isn’t it 👊

Fucks sake 😂

I went for 8 but probably closer to 8.5 / 9. Early in the summer said I felt the focus should be on strengthening the central spine and adding some character and winning mentality. At close, we are going to frighten the opposition in this league, and if the ex prem group of Alcaraz, Sully, KWP and Che start enjoying themselves we will terrorise. Wish list is that that happens and perhaps we get a viable experienced keeper on loan (Schmeichel?), to provide genuine competion and help bring on Bazunu as much as anything else, then we are close to spot on - 9/10. I think that retaining Walker-Peters without fanfare and signing Harwood-Bellis and Downes are genuinely remarkable pieces of business. Having three strikers capable of scoring 20 plus goals at this level genuine strength in depth. Also creative players like alacarez and Sulemana along with Edozie and Fraser allowing us to mix it up and provide the fans with the spectacle we deserve after seasons of dire shite. I was level for Fraser’s debut cameo v QPR and his energy and directness pulled their defence all over the place (Armstrong the same, a pair of Duracell demons), put a committed Adams or Stewart on the receiving end and we are going to have games with cricket scores. Fair play to Wilcox and pulling strings and calling in favours in his first window whilst recouping a fortune for the board to settle nerves and consolidate commitment. We have a team packed with potential and experience, winners with some character, and an eminently likeable young manager who appears to have galvanised the players and support. So glad I renewed my season ticket as we are going to have a right fucking go this season. I hope that those who left us regret it come next May - COYR!

Looks delighted to be here, had a few cans of Tennants on the flight.

I’ve heard he’s got a new prestige post, duty manager at Claire’s Accessories in the Swan Centre, Eastleigh.

Should be all over that!

‘Jack, you are the #clubcaptain, captain of our hearts 💕’

‘Jack, you are the #clubcaptain, captain of our hearts 💕’

11.45. 11.50 They make a double offer for Adams and Sulemana and Wilcox says they have just signed for Wolves and Everton.

Martin Semmens.

Thought that was Polonium!

Crystal. LLSS. Nearly time for the big reveal.

I think the egos and agents of ABK and Sulemana will have undergone something of a reality check in this window.

Fucking hell, imagine the level of depravity.

I did exactly the same with Nathan Jones but came in at under three minutes.

From what I’ve seen Mara not even that bovvered about holding his head up, let alone the ball. If he’s seen as the answer the wrong questions are being asked.

It’s going to be gutting watching him win the league with Wolves, like Van Dijk to Liverpool all over again!

I really wanted to see Adams in this side and think he could have massively boosted our promotion and his career by scoring a hatful in the championship. But that’s a romantic notion in modern football. If this very odd deal goes through then it’s all about money, fair enough, but he won’t be welcomed back next summer regardless of where saints are. I hope and trust that it’ll be Stewart and A N other, quite possible Duk.

9.5/10

Stewart’s nickname at Sunderland is ‘The Loch Ness Drogba’ - we should sign him on that basis alone 😀