LuckyNumber7

I recall being quite impressed by Larin when seeing him for Canada. Experienced, and a physical presence with a good goal record albeit in some lesser leagues. Isn't that what most have been crying out for? Seems the Saintsweb way to bitch and moan at any incoming. We're mid table in the Championship, I'm not sure who people are expecting us to attract in January.

Yep, I was right behind the goal in the freezing cold that night and that miss still gives me nightmares. Relegated by two points in the end. Far worse than that sending off. Can't believe it was 21 years ago!

Absolute madness, he looks bang average at best every time I see him. Just goes to show how difficult it is to get a decent striker these days. Regarding Arma, I'm not his biggest fan but it's undeniable he scores goals in the Championship and that won't be easy to replace. But if we get a good offer approaching £15M I think it would be hard to turn down and it feels like both player and club could do with a fresh start, so I wouldn't be too upset.

I think it's mainly down to PSR, and it's precisely because Birmingham haven't been in the PL for a long time that they have the room to splurge a bit (same for Wrexham). We on the other hand have a large squad full of players on high wages and are still owing instalments on PL transfer fees. Combined with the financial losses of relegation, we have to be very careful what we spend. I'd rather we kept our powder dry for the summer tbh, but would like to see a striker come in on loan if we can find a suitable one.

Yes, remember the Luke O'Nien incident against Sunderland in the playoffs a few years ago. Bunch of inbred neanderthals. "Ner ner ner ner ner Portsmuff"! Bestest in the world...

Let's be honest, most people on here have been saying for months that our team of soft arses were going to wilt and embarrass us in this game, but they didn't. Far from a brilliant performance but they did compete and get stuck in, like others have said I really liked Downes' performance and he looked like he was enjoying it. I think they realised how much this meant and we can't question their effort. I like the look of Peretz, so much more commanding than Baz. He'll make the odd clanger I think but he inspires a lot more confidence, he's a proper 'keeper. Overall I'm frustrated not to have won after looking in control, but the main thing is we didn't lose. They barely created anything and only scored with a handball. It could have been a lot worse.

I can't remember a single game under Still where we played well. Closest was probably the 0-0 v Swansea where we did create chances but it still wasn't a good performance, similar to Hull on Saturday. He was taking us nowhere and looked lost. I live a 20 minute walk from SMS and feel obliged to go as a ST holder, but I really don't want to. Not all down to SR though.

Tbf we were heavily linked with Semenyo that window. Maybe he turned us down.

I can't wait for the day he leaves and we never have to see him in a Saints shirt again. Horrendous footballer. Ironically he was slightly less shit in the PL imo but overall he has been terrible for us. He just cannot defend. I don't really get the hate for Welington. He's unspectacular but always puts in a decent shift and is solid enough. It's baffling how so many managers keep picking Manning.

Yes I noticed this too. Not only was there no bollocking, but Manning and Quarshie actually shook hands as they were walking back as if to say 'ah well, you tried'. Thought that just summed everything up, they should have been going mad at each other. (Manning totally at fault btw, not Quarshie). I will give some credit to THB today as I thought he was doing his best, he just looks so confused in a back 3. He gets a lot of stick on here but I do think it matters to him. Also fronted the Northam after the game despite a lot of booing. He should be captain imo. Just don't know where we go. The whole club feels broken and I'm dreading next Sunday.

Yes you can. IIRC we spent around £120M and were one of the highest spenders that summer. You can't just take Downes and THB out of the equation as we spent £40M combined on them, which everyone was happy with at the time. You also didn't mention Fernandes and Archer who I think were another £15M each, and another £3M on Wood. We absolutely did spend the money, just as MLG said we spent it very badly.

It's not mental at all. Last season he scored 3 goals in 35 matches in League 1 for Blackpool and Cambridge. I can just imagine the meltdown on here if we were linked now with a striker from the division below with that record! He may well go on to have a good career but it would have been a huge gamble to be relying on hime to score goals in the Championship. He's also far too similar to Armstrong and Archer in profile. We need/needed more of a target man type striker, a more physical presence. Why? I wouldn't be expecting much. I think there's a good chance we'll loan in a striker before the end of the window but unlikely we do more than that. Not much business gets done in January.

I'm not sure many fans did want Carrick? Regardless, he's only at Man Utd because of his connections with the club. Boro fans don't think too highly of him. As for Rosenior, anyone who thought he'd have left Strasbourg to come here is utterly deluded.

I am sure Onuachu would have scored goals in the Championship but what people are forgetting is how knackered he always looked. There's no way he'd have handled the rigours of a 46 game Championship season. Pretty sure he wanted out anyway. Salech would be an ideal signing but there's no way Cardiff would let him go, and they'll be in the same league as us next season.

I'd argue he's the opposite of a typical SR signing. He's 27 so not some untested kid from Man City that we'll look to develop. We were reportedly very close to signing him in the summer, but I thought he was more of a winger than a striker and we went for Fellows and Scienza instead. So it could just be lazy journalism, who knows. Either way, I think people need to get check their expectation levels. We're a mid table Championship team and it's the January transfer window. Anyone we sign is going to be a punt to some degree. It hasn't worked out for Guilavogui at Lens but he had a decent time in the Bundesliga.