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Willo of Whiteley

Willo of Whiteley

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If we’re talking goal scoring records can I put forward by record back in the day at Goals when I played seven-a-side?

I scored ten over the course of the year, absolutely piss-poor but based on this logic I should be a starter for Saints. 🤣

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Anders

Anders

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18 players scored more than him last season in BL2, I don’t have a problem with signing players for the future but we should have been signing a centre forward who could make an immediate impact. 

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SuperSAINT

SuperSAINT

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On 25/09/2025 at 13:55, Saint_lambden said:

I don't think he's a total write-off so early on but he's not adapting to the physicality of the English game. When your first touch is so poor you need to be able to hold off defenders but like Stewart, it's frustrating how he's not using his size to his advantage at all. 

Suspect he'll be shipped out on loan in January back to Germany. 

There is usually someone who needs games and is available on loan for us to bring in during the January window.

CB Fry

CB Fry

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6 minutes ago, spyinthesky said:

But didnt Pochettino recommend Downs to us?

The quote i remember was Pochettino recommending our club to Downs, not the other way.

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Turkish

Turkish

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Just now, CB Fry said:

The quote i remember was Pochettino recommending our club to Downs, not the other way.

If you're looking for a club who will pay you a lot of money and expect you to do very little get on the first plane, were his words i believe. 

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whiteleySaint30

whiteleySaint30

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3 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

I said it on the match thread, but I’ll reiterate here:

 

he looks like he’s never played football before 

Totally agree - i know the stock answer is to give him time to settle but surely that is to understand team tactics/formation etc. You'd think he'd arrived with the basics of being able to run, pass 5 yards, trap a ball and head a ball......

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Disco Stu

Disco Stu

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We have to cut our losses with him. Leave him in the reserves and ship him out on loan with a discounted option attached in January.

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Saint NL

Saint NL

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This guy must be fantastic in training, he shouldn't be anywhere near the team. Unfortunate as Stewart will be out for a while, we have only Armstrong and Archer left.

Toussaint

Toussaint

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15 minutes ago, Bewildered said:

With any luck AFC Totton or Sholing FC will be in the market for a backup striker in January.

They’ll be aiming higher 

Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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6 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I actually think he's worse than Ali Dia 


Yeah I do too. He’s absolutely abysmal lol. 
 

Ali Dia at least ran and nearly won a tackle if I recall 

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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5 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I actually believe he's worse than Ali Dia 

Fixed it for you. This is why AI scouting by itself doesn’t work, you need to watch players properly several times live. And I mean the player not the actual game.

The fans are going to make mincemeat of him if he doesn’t at least display some work ethic and compete in the air. As usual, we have to do the club’s work for them. 

Greedyfly

Greedyfly

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6 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:


Yeah I do too. He’s absolutely abysmal lol. 
 

Ali Dia at least ran and nearly won a tackle if I recall 

He nearly scored let alone a tackle

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LGTL

LGTL

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It’s incredible to be honest. Where do we find these complete idiots? He’s the worst striker I’ve seen in my lifetime, without question. 

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Baz Fl

Baz Fl

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With Stewart injured I’m afraid we are going to be subjected to more shite from Downs unless we move AdamA there which hurts him or Archer. Either way who the hell is Fellows meant to cross to? Three bloody years we’ve asked for a proper #9 and Spors give us Downs🤬 Ollie McBurnie was a free, he would have at least given us a physical presence in the box. 1’s and 9’s will save an average team, that’s just a basic fact that seems to allude SR & Spors

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die Mannyschaft

die Mannyschaft

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With Stewart injured I’m afraid we are going to be subjected to more shite from Downs unless we move AdamA there which hurts him or Archer. Either way who the hell is Fellows meant to cross to? Three bloody years we’ve asked for a proper #9 and Spors give us Downs🤬 Ollie McBurnie was a free, he would have at least given us a physical presence in the box. 1’s and 9’s will save an average team, that’s just a basic fact that seems to allude SR & Spors

Stewart injured!! God now we in deep shit. Basics of a football team is to have a striker, unless your happy with draws.

Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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Surely time to cut our losses with this fucking clown and exclude him from the squad. We must have a big striker in the under 18s who could do a better job than this idiot. If I was Still I’d be banging Spors door down asking him what the fuck is this he’s lumbered me with , and demanding a replacement in January, though it’s worrying in itself that Spors is capable of signing such complete dross. Lost all faith he can find a decent alternative too.

 

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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3 minutes ago, Mboto Gorge said:

Surely time to cut our losses with this fucking clown and exclude him from the squad. We must have a big striker in the under 18s who could do a better job than this idiot.

Why the under 18s before the under 21s?

Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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Why the under 18s before the under 21s?

It was really to emphasise the point that even the younger bracket of age groups within our club would show more willing and desire , basics for every footballer, than this bloke and as a result bring more to the table than absolutely nothing, which is what he’s currently giving us. Absolutely fuck all. But hey, your hero spors signed him so let’s hope he comes good. Any comments of your own or opinions about how things are going? Or are you going to nit pick on irrelevant parts of other posters comments as usual? 

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Dman

Dman

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Is he shit, or is the manager killing him. All of our attacking players have looked a bit crap. 

Probably the former based on what we’ve seen, but I’d like to see him play for a manager who knows how to get players in behind. 

Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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25 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

It really says something when we are watching relegation threatened sides built on a shoe string and seeing better strikers 

Yep, every time you see an opposition with a 10th20th/50th of our budget , have a striker who does a good job, keeps our defenders occupied, wins balls in the air, holds the ball up and generally cause a nuisance and provide them with a focal point, it really hammers home the point of how mind bogglingly shit and grossly incompetent our recruitment is, we had 7 million where others have had 100-200k, and we’ve spunked it all on one of the worst strikers anyone has ever seen at this level, and for this club at any level. Fucking pathetic and Spors and his team need to answer some questions about this at some point. He’s not just bad, he’s horrific, barely looks league 2 level and plays like he can’t be arsed. After the record breakingly bad recruitment we’ve had to put up with prior to Spors arriving, for him to pull out this steaming turd of a signing is just taking the piss. 

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Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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You have to wonder what Still sees in training to make him think it's a good idea to play him.

I genuinely can't think of a more ineffective player I've ever seen in a Saints shirt. Today I saw him receive, control and pass the ball once. Once! Every other time the ball came near him he either missed it completely, got outmuscled, or just couldn't be bothered to run to get it.

The one time I did see him try and sprint to get on the end of a throughball, he looked like he was wearing concrete boots.

He's fucking hopeless. 

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Football Special

Football Special

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29 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

You have to wonder what Still sees in training to make him think it's a good idea to play him.

I genuinely can't think of a more ineffective player I've ever seen in a Saints shirt. Today I saw him receive, control and pass the ball once. Once! Every other time the ball came near him he either missed it completely, got outmuscled, or just couldn't be bothered to run to get it.

The one time I did see him try and sprint to get on the end of a throughball, he looked like he was wearing concrete boots.

He's fucking hopeless. 

And *if* Stewart is injured for a period of time we're pretty much reliant on Downs to lead the line , crazy. 

Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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1 minute ago, Football Special said:

And *if* Stewart is injured for a period of time we're pretty much reliant on Downs to lead the line , crazy. 

Yes and the irony is, Spors saw him as the main centre forward at the club when he signed him, his comments at the time said so. Well now he will see that come to fruition, This is what he wanted , the guy he signed to be our main focal point. Couldn’t make it up 

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RedArmy

RedArmy

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9 minutes ago, Football Special said:

And *if* Stewart is injured for a period of time we're pretty much reliant on Downs to lead the line , crazy. 

Either that or Baz has to go back in goal and we play out from the back a lot more. 
 

Both equally terrifying prospects. 

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Matthew Le God

Matthew Le God

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1 hour ago, Mboto Gorge said:

It was really to emphasise the point that even the younger bracket of age groups within our club would show more willing and desire , basics for every footballer, than this bloke and as a result bring more to the table than absolutely nothing, which is what he’s currently giving us. Absolutely fuck all. But hey, your hero spors signed him so let’s hope he comes good. Any comments of your own or opinions about how things are going? Or are you going to nit pick on irrelevant parts of other posters comments as usual? 

I have passed comment about him

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