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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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9 minutes ago, OldNick said:

Well he is,he is a PL striker who has scored goals. As for stats they are misleading, that team and until last night we havent utilised his assets. Perhaps now IJ is going to use his strengths and the naysayers will perhaps go away. Archer or TP? I would have him all day long

He’s scored two headers, which is a fairly tepid return for a striker who’s 9ft 4in, and tapped in a couple of rebounds off the keeper/post. The fact that people are actually bigging up a striker with four goals by April, one ahead of Jan Bednarek, just shows how ridiculously low saints fans expectations have fallen.

If I’m wrong then we’ll be entertaining bids from other PL clubs in summer, possibly from those just promoted, however I suspect I’m not and we won’t be.

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OldNick

OldNick

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1 minute ago, Lighthouse said:

He’s scored two headers, which is a fairly tepid return for a striker who’s 9ft 4in, and tapped in a couple of rebounds off the keeper/post. The fact that people are actually bigging up a striker with four goals by April, one ahead of Jan Bednarek, just shows how ridiculously low saints fans expectations have fallen.

If I’m wrong then we’ll be entertaining bids from other PL clubs in summer, possibly from those just promoted, however I suspect I’m not and we won’t be.

Thise tap ins were a bit more than that, we havent anybody else who gets near to rebounds. He was quicker to the ball at Ipswich and the ball coming back off the post against Wolves took quick reaction.Yes he has scored with 2 headrers, but even you will admit to the case we havent played to those strengths and not got the ball into the box to let him get more.

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Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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I’m not convinced he’ll be that good in the championship. Whilst it’s true the defending is a different level in the premier league, it’s more physical lower down and players are more used to playing against big lumps. 
 

For me, keeping him will depend on a few factors. The style the new manager wants to play, the alternatives available to us, and the offers we get for him, being the main 3. 

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saintant

saintant

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2 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

He’s scored two headers, which is a fairly tepid return for a striker who’s 9ft 4in, and tapped in a couple of rebounds off the keeper/post. The fact that people are actually bigging up a striker with four goals by April, one ahead of Jan Bednarek, just shows how ridiculously low saints fans expectations have fallen.

If I’m wrong then we’ll be entertaining bids from other PL clubs in summer, possibly from those just promoted, however I suspect I’m not and we won’t be.

How many actual minutes has he played to score those four goals? I wager it's not many which is a point you continually ignore.

Fabrice29

Fabrice29

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13 minutes ago, saintant said:

How many actual minutes has he played to score those four goals? I wager it's not many which is a point you continually ignore.

848. Which is 200 minutes more than Mara got last season, who scored 3 goals and I don't remember people arguing he should have been given a whole season in the Championship playing to his qualities.

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OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint

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4 hours ago, Fabrice29 said:

848

 

47 minutes ago, davefizzy14 said:

Four goals in nine games

One of these must be wrong. 9 games x 90 minutes mounts up to 810 minutes. Reckon he's played more like the nine games (and not all them either). Fact is, you need a striker and we've only got Archer, previously AA, and a non-playing Stewart - so TP needs to play.

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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If you take his goals-to-minutes ratio and use a fairly standard coefficient calculation considering standard of opposition across his career then it is a very reasonable assumption that in next years Championship season Tall Paul can and will score 57 goals.

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Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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6 hours ago, saintant said:

How many actual minutes has he played to score those four goals? I wager it's not many which is a point you continually ignore.

Like I said, we’ll see what summer brings. He could probably do alright in the Championship but then again so should Archer and Armstrong. I think the £25-30m other PL clubs will pay for a 15+ goal a season striker could be better spent elsewhere.

Lee On Solent Saint

Lee On Solent Saint

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25 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Like I said, we’ll see what summer brings. He could probably do alright in the Championship but then again so should Archer and Armstrong. I think the £25-30m other PL clubs will pay for a 15+ goal a season striker could be better spent elsewhere.

I'd get rid, no way is he up to the rigours of a 46 game Championship season. He's basically fucked after 60 odd minutes.

suewhistle

suewhistle

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He used to be, but I think he's actually got fitter. Maybe that's what has led him to getting more minutes recently, unless it's purely Juric's desperation!

Lord Duckhunter

Lord Duckhunter

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17 hours ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

He's basically fucked after 60 odd minutes.

 

14 hours ago, suewhistle said:

He used to be, but I think he's actually got fitter. 

Yeah, hes fucked after 70 mins now…

UpweySaint

UpweySaint

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The palace goal was a good finish and his height causes problems but he remains a technically limited footballer. If we set up to play to his strengths he could be important next season. My gut feeling is this won’t happen - I can’t say I’m too fussed though. Either we plan with him or plan without him, so long as there is a workable plan.
 

Either way I’m pleased to see him get a few goals this season. He seems to have a good attitude and he was becoming a bit of a punch line despite impressive numbers in admittedly lesser leagues.

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Verbal

Verbal

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And Tall Paul has finally, officially, gone....

 

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To consider damning trousers to hell
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Football Special

Football Special

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2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

You know what they say about a man with big shoes

They have big feet? 

He'll be missed, but at least we can move on from hearing his song. Please get a decent striker in Saints 🙏 

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Miltonaggro

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1 hour ago, trousers said:

 

 

Another good result in terms of repairing the damage of past folly.  Fair play to Spors.  Hope he keeps going through this mediocre squad like bespectacled German hornet.

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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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1 minute ago, Turkish said:

All of Paul’s goals here for us to enjoy 

don’t be sad it’s over be glad it happened 

 

All 4 goals 😂

I do note the Sully/Tall Paul power-combo, as seen in the clip at Ipswich, has been mercilessly ripped out from the team!!!!!

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sockeye

sockeye

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19 minutes ago, Turkish said:

All of Paul’s goals here for us to enjoy 

don’t be sad it’s over be glad it happened 

 

The Alvin and the Chipmunks backing track really compliments his performances

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ecuk268

ecuk268

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2 minutes ago, Saint86 said:

What's the fee / damage at the end of the day then?

 

Apparently, they still owe us money for Orsic.

disconnect

disconnect

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58 minutes ago, sockeye said:

The Alvin and the Chipmunks backing track really compliments his performances

That was truly awful. As were some of the skills. A couple of good headers there though!

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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Thank goodness, feels one of the longest sagas.

He was a weird player, some uncharacteristic moments of skill in some games, but if we're honest he was a truly horrendous footballer and will almost certainly not be missed.

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coalman

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There were rare occasions he looked unplayable and truly unsettled opponents. Those were few and far between. English football was never going to be a match for the panickiest of panic signings at the end of the Jones era.

goodymatt

goodymatt

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31 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

Tall Paul + Marcelo Carillo + Augustin Delgado
Put them all together and you wouldn't come up with a decent player.

Guido Carrillo

Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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2 hours ago, Turkish said:

All of Paul’s goals here for us to enjoy 

don’t be sad it’s over be glad it happened 

 

A couple of powerful headers with decent centre forward positioning, one decent poachers goal and one where he looked too knackered to do anything other than stop running, but it hit off him anyway.

A panic buy to support a manager who was already rambling towards the exit. That was followed by systems that were never a fit, long spells out of the side and random appearances when managers had gone through every other option.

In those he often wheezed and puffed after 20 minutes. Having said that, in at least one wheezing, puffing game he did keep it going and looked better for a while, before it finally took its toll. When he did appear, managers really didn't set up to take advantage of his strengths.

A poor signing for all concerned, with only his bank balance, and agent, having done well out of it.

skintsaint

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2 hours ago, Turkish said:

All of Paul’s goals here for us to enjoy 

don’t be sad it’s over be glad it happened 

 

Can score with both feet and looks great in the air, sign him up!

Turkish

Turkish

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Just now, skintsaint said:

Can score with both feet and looks great in the air, sign him up!

now if only there was a winger available with pace, power and can get 15 assists a season? What a pair they'd be!!

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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2 hours ago, Turkish said:

All of Paul’s goals here for us to enjoy 

don’t be sad it’s over be glad it happened 

 

That video is only one minute long and he's scored four goals.

In a standard Prem season there is 3,320 minutes. So if you extrapolate that correctly how many goals should he have scored?

Really makes you think.

Turkish

Turkish

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23 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

That video is only one minute long and he's scored four goals.

In a standard Prem season there is 3,320 minutes. So if you extrapolate that correctly how many goals should he have scored?

Really makes you think.

He’s a 40 goal a season striker FACT

coalman

coalman

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1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

Take the piss but he got his shot away ;)

You'll want to watch the video from the first link too.

skintsaint

skintsaint

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1 minute ago, coalman said:

You'll want to watch the video from the first link too.

Don't need to, it was like a prime Zidane that will be remembered for a while.

coalman

coalman

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1 minute ago, skintsaint said:

Don't need to, it was like a prime Zidane that will be remembered for a while.

Fair play to the lad - he's not afraid to try things.

Sunglasses Ron

Sunglasses Ron

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2 hours ago, CB Fry said:

That video is only one minute long and he's scored four goals.

In a standard Prem season there is 3,320 minutes. So if you extrapolate that correctly how many goals should he have scored?

Really makes you think.

2 hours ago, Turkish said:

He’s a 40 goal a season striker FACT

I've actually done the math and it indicates that he'd score about 3-400 goals per season.

Mark my words, we will live to regret this sale.

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