Adam Armstrong - Official: Signs for Wolves

[Saint86]

17 minutes ago, Pwoite said:

When Alfie House suggested that there were a number of players who were being disruptive, he added Arma as a possible. Yet Armstrong was team captain up until four matches ago. What happened? Was something said or done in the frank conversations after the Hull game? Did the situation get out of hand or were bridges burnt then? Immediately, there were rumours that Armstrong wanted out, and the club has done, apparently, nothing to keep him here. There must be a story behind this. What did happen?

Armstrong clearly wasn't one of the bad eggs imo. He came out a number of times to lambast standards and lack of effort, ran his socks off every game, looked pissed off over the bad run of form, and was stand in Captain for Stephens. Smells like a tactical PR leak tbh. Also, if he did get involved in a dressing room row over the shit period of results we've just been on, then fair play to him - or is it okay for the fans to tear into SR's poor performances and their tactical inflexibility, but not okay for the players to say it isn't good enough?

Personally I'm sad to see him go, even if he isn't quite good enough for the prem (which ultimately isn't his fault, and may have been partly due to lacking quality around him). He has been fantastic for us in the champ and gave us all very fond memories from Wembley with a very well taken and important goal. Very uncertain as to how we will replace his goals and assists going forward, and if we don't go up then we've directly strengthened one of the main promotion contenders next season for a bargain price.

Edited 3 hours ago by Saint86

[Lee On Solent Saint]

14 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Armstrong clearly wasn't one of the bad eggs imo. He came out a number of times to lambast standards and lack of effort, ran his socks off every game, looked pissed off over the bad run of form, and was stand in Captain for Stephens. Smells like a tactical PR leak tbh. Also, if he did get involved in a dressing room row over the shit period of results we've just been on, then fair play to him - or is it okay for the fans to tear into SR's poor performances and their tactical inflexibility, but not okay for the players to say it isn't good enough?

Personally I'm sad to see him go, even if he isn't quite good enough for the prem (which ultimately isn't his fault, and may have been partly due to lacking quality around him). He has been fantastic for us in the champ and gave us all very fond memories from Wembley with a very well taken and important goal. Very uncertain as to how we will replace his goals and assists going forward, and if we don't go up then we've directly strengthened one of the main promotion contenders next season for a bargain price.

I lost all respect for him when he basically said that he and they team weren't trying as hatrd when Still was here.

[saintstowin]

I think we're a better squad with him in it but it's hard to justify giving him a starting place every week. Maybe that's reason enough to sell and I expect he was up for the move. One or both parties were looking at a future away from Saints last season too.

He's played really well at times, best season the last champ one of course. And for a while this season looked like he was returning to form as a CF until the whole team turned rubbish again.

I wish him well. And I'm saying that with no idea whether he's been disruptive etc. I've never picked up any of those vibes from him on or off the pitch.

[Andy Hill]

Glad he has gone to be honest. Misses way too many chances and never is a No. 9 !!

[Disco Stu]

I never took to him to be honest. Being our direct replacement for Danny Ings in the Premier League, he always symbolised our decline for me.

Not his fault and he is a proven commodity in the Championship but his body language hasn't looked right for a while now. Not celebrating our goal against Portsmouth said it all. He wanted out and I won't miss him.

Edited 3 hours ago by Disco Stu

[RedArmy]

38 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

Armstrong clearly wasn't one of the bad eggs imo. He came out a number of times to lambast standards and lack of effort, ran his socks off every game, 

Not in that hull game he didn’t. He was pathetic. And has been on a few occasions in 2026. 

[benali-shorts]

I never really trusted his leprechaun beard. But did enjoy his unexpectedly clinical strike at Wembley. 
my third favourite Armstrong after David and Stuey (apologies to Ken). 

[HarvSFC]

It would be nice if we could find someone you actually feel confident in scoring a penalty again.

[suewhistle]

Well, at least we won't miss his ability in that direction.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Brought in on what the club could reinvest of the Ings money, in the last half Gao season. He wasn't coming in as an upgrade, just as what we could afford and the hope his form at Blackburn the season before would continue.

Which it didn't and we relied on others to keep us up in his first season. In his second, no one kept us up.

When he struggled to score, you could see it knock him and he was often not in the side. He saw himself as a central player, although we often didn't play to accommodate that.

Back in the Championship he thrived again. Sure, he's not our target man. But he's more than just being out wide. I think his ability to score from narrow angles after cut backs, really got our season going. That, his determination and work rate lifted the side.

We were better with him being mobile, with better players to link up with. He got loads of assists for us too.

SR are noted for failures to bring in strikers, chopping and changing systems with each manager, and reducing the quality of the squad. AA has come through all of those four years. 

While a first 11 may not seem to have a place for him, he's our top scorer for a reason. There was more to him than just goalscoring.

It's a shame to see him go. He'd have been well down my list of players I'd like to see leave.  As noted, we've probably just handed a good Championship scorer to  a rival for next season. 

As for him, it's a new challenge away from our basket case club. But possibly joining another one, especially if they go down.

[davefizzy14]

I wish Adam all the best. He always put a shift in and scored goals. The day out at Wembley was one of the best days ever topped off with his goal to clinch our promotion 😊

[leeham_69]

I remember seeing him score on debut, absolutely clinical in a 1-on-1 and thinking, "we're going to be ok after all"........ we weren't. Consistency and decision making clearly the two things preventing him becoming a top flight striker. Obviously lumping long balls to him would never work but nobody would care about his size if he scored even half the sitters he missed. Interesting summer window coming up!

[sledger]

1 hour ago, davefizzy14 said:

I wish Adam all the best. He always put a shift in and scored goals. The day out at Wembley was one of the best days ever topped off with his goal to clinch our promotion 😊

sorry i disagree,hes hardly picked a leg up for weeks,if stewart had been fit and archer not been a waste of space he would have been dropped weeks ago,didnt seem to affect saturday him not being there.

[Saint Fan CaM]

He’s been a decent servant to the club, but it’s clear that he’d become stale and his time here was over. Good luck with Wolves…you’ll need it!