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spyinthesky

spyinthesky

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In all my years watching Saints I cant remember a worse striker performance than Downs tonight.

What is it with our striker recruitment?

Absolutely crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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He seriously needs to be sent to the reserves/on loan

What a ridiculous signing he is. Farking awful

Does not run, cant pass, rarely challenges, does not make the man marking him uncomfortable at all - WTF is that about?

Carrillo was better than him

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Give it to Ron

Give it to Ron

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Just now, spyinthesky said:

In all my years watching Saints I cant remember a worse striker performance than Downs tonight.

What is it with our striker recruitment?

Absolutely crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have seen better walking footballers at Eastleigh than him! How anyone thought he was the answer to our striking issues baffles me

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Monk

Monk

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He's arguably one of the poorest players I've ever watched. 

There's no football IQ and the technical ability is appalling. So naturally, you'd assume we're banking on his athletic profile of 6ft4 and developing that. 

As a fan, I'm angry at his performance as a player and the clubs recruitment.
As someone who dabbled in talent ID for a very brief period, he wouldn't of passed the provisional screening (watch before you add to a pool for further reporting and observations) for League Two club. 

 

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Turkish

Turkish

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Just now, Monk said:

He's arguably one of the poorest players I've ever watched. 

There's no football IQ and the technical ability is appalling. So naturally, you'd assume we're banking on his athletic profile of 6ft4 and developing that. 

As a fan, I'm angry at his performance as a player and the clubs recruitment.
As someone who dabbled in talent ID for a very brief period, he wouldn't have passed the provisional screening (watch before you add to a pool for further reporting and observations) for League Two club. 

 

This is so true he’s show absolutely nothing 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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6 minutes ago, 4nd7 said:

Ali Dia in disguise!

Worse than that. U21s and then when does the MLS window open? Might just take a loss  or loan with a very low buy option. The club have been stubborn about Bazunu but they really are needing to write off here, be lucky to get 2m for him. I had a feeling at the Stoke game the players really didn’t want to pass to him and easy to see why.

Whoever recommended signing the worst footballer I’ve seen National League and upwards for any club should be taken outside of an SR board meeting and shot by one of Dragan’s party.

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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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3 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Seven

Million

Pounds

mate, it is incredible. I kind of get it if he was £1-3m, or even a loan with an option.

But this is big money in this league. What the fuck is that about?

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notnowcato

notnowcato

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Martin Keown has a better first touch. Fuck me, Peter Sutcliffe has a better first touch. 
 

Shame as we seem to have spunked too much cash on the lad. 

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SfcPhil

SfcPhil

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2 minutes ago, SuperSAINT said:

Would be currently better off with Baylee Dipepa up top from the 21’s

Would be better off with my grandad up top and he died in 2006.

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Ekelund

Ekelund

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The problem is now you can see the rest of the team reacting to every shit touch. It’s like watching a make a wish at the moment. There was one, on the 88th ish when still, downs (the average one) and manning just stood there, arms out wide and basically calling him out. It’s obvious now.

Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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1 minute ago, SuperSAINT said:

Would be currently better off with Baylee Dipepa up top from the 21’s

Miles better footballer than Downs. SR can’t stick their head in the sand like they’ve done with Bazunu, this is an AI signing and total fuck up. Just take the loss and give him away to a smaller MLS outfit and they take the wages. He will never improve to the point of playing in the Champ and he’s miles off League 1 as well. He wouldn’t even get a game at Cheltenham and we are managerless (Cotterill might becoming back) and rock bottom of the EFL. I’m not joking. 

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CB Fry

CB Fry

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2 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Cheltenham and we are managerless (Cotterill might becoming back)

Ooh, that's exciting.....I lived in Cheltenham during their golden era under Cotterill.

 

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

Would love to see him in training. He must be doing something right or surely he wouldn’t have started at the weekend? 

Bazunu still starts league games so wouldn’t be so sure there isn’t interfering from Rasmus via Spors. If Downs is still featuring at the weekend we have our answer.

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Monk

Monk

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The other element I would be exploring is;

Is it that the coaches are working with him, tasking him to impose himself to their ball carriers, runs beyond and his learning IQ is too low? or there's an arrogance that he thinks he doesn't need to do that. 

or (and one I'm also leaning towards)

The standard of coaching intervention and feedback is poor. Which would fit with the narrative of Captain Crankypants (Still) of not having enough time on the training ground?

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Monk

Monk

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4 minutes ago, Ekelund said:

The problem is now you can see the rest of the team reacting to every shit touch. It’s like watching a make a wish at the moment. There was one, on the 88th ish when still, downs (the average one) and manning just stood there, arms out wide and basically calling him out. It’s obvious now.

This... Ryan Mannings reaction was 100% to this. I think I saw Flynn react to his touch off the ball too. 

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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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Just now, Monk said:

The other element I would be exploring is;

Is it that the coaches are working with him, tasking him to impose himself to their ball carriers, runs beyond and his learning profile is too low or there's an arrogance that he thinks he doesn't need to do that. 

or (and one I'm also leaning towards)

The standard of coaching intervention and feedback is poor. Which would fit with the narrative of Captain Crankypants (Still) of not having enough time on the training ground?

I think he is just shite, and playing at a level way beyond him

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SfcPhil

SfcPhil

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Let's just remember he's a Johannes Spors signing, that he "had to have" or however Dragan put it.

That along with Stephens 3-year contract and possibly the recruitment of Will Still (time will tell), are potentially three blotches on his résumé.

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Gloucester Saint

Gloucester Saint

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Just now, CB Fry said:

Ooh, that's exciting.....I lived in Cheltenham during their golden era under Cotterill.

 

Jon Brady also linked, good option at that level. Some sympathy with Michael Flynn where the Mike Garlick takeover only happened last few days of the window but they’ve been diabolical, much worse than Saints. 

Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I think he is just shite, and playing at a level way beyond him

Yep, he looks exactly how players playing well above their level look. I know hes mentioned a lot in jest, but Ali Dia didn’t look any worse in the one match he played, similarly out of his depth. 

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S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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He's 'raw', but as we all said, we didn't need a gamble striker when our options weren't convincing as it was.

The two ends of the pitch remain our problem places, most of our goals will need to be from wide and AMC imo. It'll interesting to see how his stats look come the new year.

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Tauro

Tauro

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13 minutes ago, Monk said:

He's arguably one of the poorest players I've ever watched. 

There's no football IQ and the technical ability is appalling. So naturally, you'd assume we're banking on his athletic profile of 6ft4 and developing that. 

As a fan, I'm angry at his performance as a player and the clubs recruitment.
As someone who dabbled in talent ID for a very brief period, he wouldn't of passed the provisional screening (watch before you add to a pool for further reporting and observations) for League Two club. 

 

Im with you. I dont get it. Ive played with many over the years who knew where to be positionally and secondly where their first touch needed to take them. I see absolutely no ability from Downs when it comes to being in the right place at the right time, nor having a good enough touch to create something for himself or a team mate. 

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Paul_B

Paul_B

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Never want to see this guy in a Saints squad ever again. Absolute fucking fraud, how he has become a professional player to this level is beyond me. Give me Ali Dia over him any day! At least he could run.

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Roo1976

Roo1976

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10 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Bazunu still starts league games so wouldn’t be so sure there isn’t interfering from Rasmus via Spors. If Downs is still featuring at the weekend we have our answer.

Downs should be nowhere near the bench let alone the team.Fuck me why do we fail in the fucking recruitment time after fucking time?.................on the plus side AA played well and Stewart showed more presence of mind to try and affect the game more than that fucking useless cunt Downs.....i give up pathetic,big time stadium to get yourself noticed and every Saints fans noticed for the very worst he had to offer,and he got ahead of better options.

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ally_uk

ally_uk

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I haven't really been paying much attention to him. Come on lads he can't he that bad surely ?

Preseason when he banged in that goal I thought hold tight, he looks a decent finisher.... 

So what's going on? Struggling to adjust? Or is just naturally shite and the preseason goal was a fluke....

Also why isn't that Japanese lad playing? He cooked preseason! 

Ekelund

Ekelund

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50 minutes ago, ally_uk said:

I haven't really been paying much attention to him. Come on lads he can't he that bad surely ?

Preseason when he banged in that goal I thought hold tight, he looks a decent finisher.... 

So what's going on? Struggling to adjust? Or is just naturally shite and the preseason goal was a fluke....

Also why isn't that Japanese lad playing? He cooked preseason! 

He’s wank

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Mickey Evans he is not
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Badger

Badger

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Has looked pure dog turd so far.

Awaiting him to burst into form, become unplayable and go on a scoring run so some posters can make Sadio Mane comparisons. 

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Dusic

Dusic

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Regardless of ability he also looks so low on confidence and afraid of receiving the ball. Manning was into him the whole time he was on the pitch as nothing was sticking to him at all.

Shows how little Still rates Stewart too.

PJ

PJ

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And he didn't even celebrate the goal. Not even a hint of a smile. What's that about? We equalise at anfield and he doesn't even seem to care. There is zero connection between him and the rest of the squad. 

People don't want to pass to him. No point him being on the pitch. He's probably someone who always had a physical advantage. No way is he a footballer, though 

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sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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Can't trap a bag of cement. No aerial presence. No tenacity or desire - chance to make a run when Armstrong was breaking in the second half and he barely gets past a jog.

I swear he must be breaking some sort of human rights legislation by serving up these bag-of-shite performances. Sack the bloke off.

 

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trousers

trousers

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What puzzles me is that Pochetttino obviously sees something in him to have called him up for the USA squad this year...  Unless the USA talent pool is much worse than one assumes it is...

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Baz Fl

Baz Fl

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5 minutes ago, trousers said:

What puzzles me is that Pochetttino obviously sees something in him to have called him up for the USA squad this year...  Unless the USA talent pool is much worse than one assumes it is...

He’s got 0 goals and 0 assists for the US national team. Always a sub and has missed a few sitters, just like at Saints. We’ve unearthed another shite #9

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Mboto Gorge

Mboto Gorge

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6 minutes ago, Baz Fl said:

He’s got 0 goals and 0 assists for the US national team. Always a sub and has missed a few sitters, just like at Saints. We’ve unearthed another shite #9

Shite? He’s not even that good! Beggars believe that we’ve spent 7m on this bloke, something must be going on with him surely? He can’t always have looked this bad, I fail to accept even our dreadful Recruitment network watching him play like this and thinking “yep that’s our man”

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Osvaldorama

Osvaldorama

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Ali Dia 

 

Literally the worst player I have seen since him. 
 

Only saints could sign a player this shit. 
 I didn’t think we could see a player worse than guido Carrillo but fuck me, we’ve actually done it. 
 

Weak, dumb, can’t control it, can’t pass it, can’t shoot. Fuck sake 

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Greenridge

Greenridge

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8 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Bazunu still starts league games so wouldn’t be so sure there isn’t interfering from Rasmus via Spors. If Downs is still featuring at the weekend we have our answer.

Perhaps in a Joelinton type reassignment we could move Downs to replace Bazunu / McCarthy in goal? 

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