Smirking_Saint

Im not entirely sure it is, for instance we stood strong with Tino and looks like we are with Lavia too, so not sure what changed with JWP.. I genuinely don’t know btw I just hope it was player pressure but I guess we’ll find out this week.. it’ll probably be done today tbh

Im genuinely not sure but it seems like, for some reason, we’ve gone from 40m to 30m which is a significant drop Id be dissapointed again if it’s literally just to enable a loan deal for Downes IF it doesn’t include a form of buy option but we’ll wait to see, thats the rumour anyway and it ties in with what we know about our interest In reference to the post about the loan system, generally I do agree, thats loans aren’t that great due to players not buying in etc but it is a good method to get out of the Championship, plenty have employed it before (forest for example). It does mean you then have to try to rebalance a squad IF you are promoted or even if you aren’t, but in the former case you almost have to anyway so Im not completely against bringing in a few good loans

The thing Im really concerned/confused at is our softening of our resolve around JWP Was it enforced on the players end ? Did we see more value in the sale rather than retaining him ? Are we getting a player in return ? Who knows 🤷‍♀️

With respect… we knew Lavia was going, we knew Salisu was going, we knew Tino or KWP were going and we knew JWP was going I am now genuinely dissapointed that we’ve not sorted our incomings quick enough But this isn’t any information that wasn’t previously around Its not rocket science to ‘guess’ that we’ll lose a number over the next weeks or so.. Id not expect ABK, Onuachu, Perraud and maybe not even kamaldeen to be here either

The CoT said you’d get rattled tbf

If we replaced him with Hamer Id absolutely lose my shit, incredible player at this level Can’t see it happening though

Exactly this… I don’t want him to go, I think it’ll be a mistake on our part.. understand it to a degree on his But don’t be all holy about saying goodbye, its not an enforced sale.. its a choice As per those saying he is only a middling premier league player, I think he is better than that, he is a highly technical 6/8 with an ever presence and world class set piece ability More so, he currently epitomises Saints… its a loss imo

Maybe I was being dramatic tbf 😂

So you didn’t really read what I said at all then ? What team would you have put out ?

I think there is a dramatic meltdown on here after, admittedly, a disastrous result last night aside.. thankfully we shouldn’t see much of that team moving forward As far as our first 11 is concerned I do think that overall us (and the other relegated teams) probably have too much strength.. Leeds and Leicester, and even us to an extent, had plenty of dominance in our games, we all just need to turn that into goals My real concern is depth, behind our first 11 CBs and CMs we’re not only short of quality but bodies in general

One of those Id be pissed off with if we lose KWP but ultimately not overly bothered if we keep KWP

He mentioned Charles got much needed game time.. I was sort of lumping Meghoma in with the youngsters I think

We have a crucial game against Norwich on Saturday, if we had played Stephens/Bednarek or any of our first choice CMs last night and they picked up an injury then the opinion would rightly be; “why did we play them in a nothing game” I think we can question Martin for last night, up to a point, but at the moment its a freak result in isolation with mitigating circumstances Hypo isn’t really wrong in his insistence to ask what you’d do differently ? It did pertinently highlighted our need for reinforcement even before further outgoings though, of that I agree

“I’ve compromised because of fans, and so on, a few little things but – no more. I’ve been very successful playing a fluent style, Luton were a real aggressive front-footed side. Statistically, there weren’t many better than me around Europe in terms of aggression, clean sheets, defending the box, balls in the box, xG, all those sort of things. “We were pound-for-pound the best because we were spending next to nothing and producing so much. And I’ve gone away from that” 😂 Yup.. fairly similar

Listen.. if I get a chance to blame Semmens Im taking it

The problem is we play a 3 man midfield and have; Smallbone, JWP, Charles, Alcaraz.. even if JWP stays thats not enough.. we’re 1 or 2 injuries/suspensions from S Armstrong/Aribo in there

Semmens

I personally think we need 1 now, so if JWP goes we’ll need 2

you lads get the point and the BBC links up above He’s not happy

tonights going well

In fairness to Martin… he’s not held back

Ill be honest I didn’t realise how painfully thin we are in certain areas until I tried to figure out a 2nd 11 for tonight.. it’s woeful We definitely need a CM and a CB.. even before Lavia and Lyanco/ABK move Frankly Stu Armstrong doesn’t have the legs to cover Cm anymore and Lyanco is even more dreadful than last year McCarthy is somehow even worse than I remember too… pitiful