Saint Fan CaM

Can’t disagree….you’re not really stating anything at odds with my post(s). The concern is that the Prem team was so badly flawed that it caved even against lower league opposition (unless the players were ‘on show’ against a top 3 club strangely). You can only say it was highly dis-functional and not a good arbiter of the quality needed to improve for life in the Championship. What were the options? Let go as many as possible? The problems start when you’ve got to decide at what level you bring in new players at…it’s a risk, especially when in reality SR were in reality not about to open a huge warchest.

It’s true that what he said is open to interpretation, however whichever way you take it he did mean that he expected the squad to be stronger by the end of the window (as he also expressed some frustration at the window remaining open beyond the start of the season). It’s difficult to imagine how he was able to say this without an expectation that the overall quality of the squad would not be depleted. As someone else has suggested, the coming string of games will provide a clearer picture.

We’re gonna smash ‘em. 1-6 Saints. Or something like that.

I didn’t say that…RM did.

Quite the opposite - read my post…I’ve said exactly the same thing in believing the imperative for the club was financial prudence. That’s not the same as stating that they will support a promotion push or suggest that we’ll have a stronger squad than last seasons, which is a fans imperative.

Oh yes, sorry. The young midfielder standing in at CB. And the loan signing that many were decrying as not as good as what we have already (and not long ago many on here thought our first choice CB pairing was poor). And a…rumour. Fill your boots - be my guest. Weird post? It’s a forum of people with different ideas…what else do you expect? 🙄

I just don’t agree with the POV that it’s been a decent window so far, even keeping Sully, KWP and Che. We’ve lost most of our first choice players and then some, raising a LARGE amount of money. And replaced SOME of them without spending much, which may not be essential in itself, but it’s reflective of SR’s strategic imperative this window…get money in. Anyone who thinks differently is in denial. Thinking back to the promises made at the fans forum, I do think it’s shocking that fans have once again been sold a story that SR would support a promotion push. Personally I didn’t wholly believe it would be as straightforward as that. There seems to be an overly simplistic view of what’s happening. Yes, the team last year got us relegated and were collectively shit (placed in the context of a failing Manager and then two consecutively poor Managers). In a sense it doesn’t matter how poor the outgoing players were collectively…fact is they were consistently selected as first team starters, so what’s left when the majority of those players leave? The also rans. The ones that got ignored or loaned out. Are they any more well equipped to cope with the Championship? We’re already seeing what the options will be when ‘key’ players (like Stephens) get injured - at least with the window open there’s an option to get a replacement in, but will that mean other areas will get neglected as a result? There’s no guarantees our remaining wantaways will still be here…will there be enough time to replace them with quality now the squad is at barebones? There is a positive - Martin seems to be the real deal and connecting with the squad. There is a potential positive…SR utilise the purse and allow Wilcox to get in some real quality in areas that need it over the next few days. My gut feeling based on previous form is we’ll be disappointed, but who knows…perhaps I’m wrong. Let’s hope so.

Can anyone in any doubt that this has been a shocking window at this point? We all expected outgoings but the level of the exodus is breathtaking and it’s seemingly still on-going. Add to this Stephens long term injury and once again we start the season with a squad that’s got a lack of depth of quality. There’s no way that’s not going to affect our standing in the league in an adverse manner. Unless there’s some stunning business done by Wilcox this week, it’s hard not to think SR have sold us down the river in the talk about a promotion push.

Ah, we’ll be ok…Aribo on.

I’ve got to say Downes is a better midfielder than JWP, but without the freekicks.

Arma seems to have found his level. Our left side is looking pretty strong. Right side not so as Edozie looks knackered.

Baz is having a decent game so far…fair play to the lad.

Can we hold on this lead now for more than 5 minutes? Please?

Great goal from that useless striker Armstrong! 😘

Two of our match winners coming on. 😂

Alcarez having an absolute mare.

On what planet does anyone think Charles should be CB? Madness.

76.4% possession and it’s 1-1 with QPR having one more shot in target than us. Consistently having THAT stat is going to kill any semblance of a decent season. Massive week of work needed from Wilcox.

What a bunch of numpties - it’s going to be the story of our season…score then let the opposition in with a quick reply. Idiots.

Fuck me Edozie scores!!!

Stephens in a bad way. Is this where our season ends? 😂😳

We’re back to having no goal threat with 22minutes played. But we’ve got 85% possession so everything is hunky dory.

Should have won this game…now 1-3 QPR.

Starting to feel like previous windows x10. I honestly don’t know how Martin can continue to be confident we’ll end up with a stronger squad…right now it still looks like a dogs breakfast without the tasty bits.

I think it’s becoming all too clear how urgently the club needs to cut its cloth - there’s no huge warchest waiting for Wilcox to blow. The squad is is so bloated with poor signings, if they continue to hang on they’ll be like lead weights around our proverbial ankles dragging us down into the murky depths. That’s why I’m surprised at the Holgate and to a lesser extent Fraser signings (if true)….they strike me as further mediocre squad players no better than some of the dross stinking out the place these last few months. There’s no indication (yet) that we’re signing 1st team starters to actually improve the team and there’s too many obstinate sub-quality players on the books still. In short, the signs are not positive, however if Che decides to stay then we may be OK.