Saint Fan CaM

Could be Armstrong, but I reckon it’s more likely to be either Fraser, Larios and/or even ABK?!? 😳

That maybe a function of the topic you’ve chosen to open a thread about, rather than ‘the goodness’ of you yourself - there’s a distinction. Not saying you’re not a popular poster, but that’s not the same as being ‘good’ in the eyes of some. For example, while good natured banter can be fun, the relentless on-line bullying dished out here on occasion is tiresome if not irritating and certainly not what I’d classify as ‘good’.

How would £10m for Sulemana yield a profit?

Yeah, I’d agree he’s not exactly set the World alight but I do wonder after the experience of many games and a pre-season with Still, he might start to actually find his way.

We got promoted because Baz got injured and we had a marginally better keeper for a good proportion of the season. Add to that the injury to his already floppy wrists and the dire games he’s had since his return from injury and it’s not hard to believe he’d be a disaster. Best not to live in the past - everything’s moved on and if Rambo goes we need a new, equally as good keeper. That’s not Bazunu.

Not for £10m - think we’d take £18m with a decent sell-on, which is still a big hit and miles from their valuation. Trouble is we got royally shafted on the original deal and £10m is nearer his true value. The thing is, would that £18m allow us to purchase a better player at Championship level? I’m not convinced.

To be honest I couldn’t give a monkeys toss whether the club saves money getting rid of the high earners - I just want the quality of the overall squad to improve substantially beyond the shitshow we witnessed last season. As a supporter it’s not in my gift to affect the salaries of individual players, so I don’t concern myself with that. If a player is the top earner and gash then I want rid or conversely if the worse player is on a low wage I want rid of said player. Having said that, if Fraser is on £40k/week that is a big indication of how broken the club has been managerially.

Sweet Mother Mary…I’ve lost far too many seconds of my life scanning through that load of toss. 😒

This guy is THE man. Yup, the REAL deal. No mistake - this means promotion is nailed on.

Got news for you - that scenario is not going to happen at any time this window. 😂

Not sure it’s overstating homesickness as such. I do think however that trying to second guess a young persons general mental state is impossible if you don’t know them intimately and somewhat fruitless. If the lad wants to stay with us then he will, providing the contract offered is of sufficient worth - if it’s not then it will be a decision only him and his parents will be able to fathom at the time with all the available options in front of them. As others have stated, there’s a lot of window to go to accumulate those options, one of which might be waiting to see if Saints will retain other decent players such as Fernandes etc.

I should add that the one ex-poster that often made me laugh out loud was The Bear (or was it just Bear?), so for comedic value he/she/they gets my vote.

Meh…

He’s being somewhat premature yes, however the clock is ticking…the next two weeks are extremely important and indicative of whether Still will be supported properly by SR or the worst of last seasons crop of misfits are deemed good enough to mount some kind of challenge. I don’t blame anyone feeling doubtful that there’ll be the necessary squad improvements - SR have previous.

Right, you’re a giver not a taker. Got it. So in the unlikely event that we socialised you’d have no hesitation buying me a beer - I like that. 😉

That may be, but it doesn’t answer the question. Your statement means you have defined what a ‘good poster’ is, at least for yourself. What does that look like? Do you consider yourself a good poster for example? I’m genuinely interested in understanding your perspective.

Highly likely. Nevertheless I'd still enjoy knowing who has Turkish’s favour (other than CoT fanboys). 😉

I’d be interested to know what your definition of a ‘good poster’ is and whether it matched others interpretation’s.

Money is the common denominator to success in an AI driven recruitment approach but with more risk. If you’re a Prem club, you’re trading around the M&S+ standard of player markets and you’ll likely get a decent buy. If you’re in the Championship you’re trading around the Lidl centre aisle of player trading markets and the chances of getting a fucking unreliable piece of garbage increases greatly. Below the Championship you’re in street trader territory, but it matters less because quality is less of an issue.

Depends I guess. If they’re just needed to do a bit of low risk player trading for Goztepe or VAFC then they’ll probably do OK. Try and get a relatively decent striker for Saints and I’m not so sure. No need to panic yet, but there’s not much to rejoice about at the moment. I’m wondering if the extent of joy we’ll experience might be reserved for the end of the window with the retention of Fernandes and Charles.

Can’t quite fully iterate it yet, but I’m starting to get a nasty feeling that SR have not really learnt lessons and this season will be another shitshow because Still will not get the backing he needs. There’s a long way to go yet, but there’s a huge gap in confidence these chancers have to make up.

Maybe, but therein is the problem - it’s not in his natural gift to play that way and will revert to type as soon as he loses concentration/will/heart. A decent player, but not necessarily one Still could trust a the heart and spine of his team.

If we’re anywhere near this I’m hoping it’s Ankerson / SR doing the dealing. If our recruitment team are getting tied up with this kind of bonkers trading then it’s clear lessons have not been learnt and Dragan/Spors don’t deserve our support.

If Wednesday manage to keep hold of Rohl I think he keeps them up. Unless they get a points deduction for not paying players that is…then all bets are off.

Great to see that our best striker Che Adams put in an impressive performance and scored a hat trick for Scotland today - what’s that…we released him when? Oh…