Ed Rooney

Facts

What’s your point, are you saying you have seen enough in you tube videos of him to decide if he can tackle, mark, read the game, intercept etc …

What player had all those squeezed into a 5 min video

Very much this

Now that would be a disaster

You’d think so wouldn’t you

Agree completely that this is the type we need, no idea if this guy has that in his locker or not, it’s not something you tube will tell us I don’t think as it’s not exciting

What are the comparisons ?

I must be missing something but he doesn’t look slow and he can pass. Isn’t that what most on this forum want from a CB ?

Yep the same things and expect a different outcome

Defo, that’s why I think he needs more support than say Walcott/Djenepo/Redmond in front of him. At least we know S Armstrong will work hard in and out of possession

Wouldn’t mind seeing something like this in 4-2-3-1 personally, see if ward prowse could have more effect in a more forward role Forster KWP Bednarek Salisu Perraud Romeu Diallo Livramento Ward Prowse S Armstrong A Armstrong

It’s usually the smaller fee players that have worked out the best for us in the past tbf Buy low and sell high is unfortunately how Saints survive. That’s the way it is

Correct

This - Lemina on his day was the best midfielder we had but unfortunately his day was few and far between Hoedt was highly rated and had just started getting in the Dutch squad. Again didn’t work out unfortunately Gunn was rated highly by those in the game and was signed for potential but didn’t work out. Some signings do not work out, that’s the same at every club

Agree

Yep and we know why, that was very much a panicked decision based on a manager under threat and the club or les Reed pretty much going on a desperate managers word. 90% of signings follow a much stricter period of review

De Ridder was branded the messiah on here following posters watching you tube clips. I have never heard of the guy, but research better than you tube must have been done within the club.

About 30 million too much so would snap their hand off

This

This

Don’t get me wrong, when he played for us 2/3 years ago, whenever it was, I did think he was poor. Pre season though he has been as good if not better than the likes of Theo, Djenepo and Redmond. I know that’s not saying much but I don’t think he will be worse than those

Warwick Davis would have been handy for his corners against Everton

Sounds like what we need from a defender, captain qualities