Damion Downs

[Gloucester Saint]

43 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Here’s his player profile. No significant strengths 😂😂

Apart from that, he’s brilliant then. I’d play Damion Thorn up there - gives you a 6 out of 10 performance every time.

Edited 17 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[Baz Fl]

On 04/10/2025 at 14:27, coalman said:

If the lad is struggling for form and confidence you put him on when you're winning and comfortable. Not when it matters. That's twice in two games Still has hooked the winger that's looking most likely.

What should you do with a player struggling with football ability? 😜

[Midfield_General]

On 05/10/2025 at 16:47, Sunglasses Ron said:

I feel a mere explanation simply won’t do it justice, so I present it in three key images.

1. Ball comes to him from long;

2. Ball hits him (possibly in the nuts, but let’s do him a solid and say he did well to hold off his man and receive with the thigh); and

3. In one fluid motion the ball gets laid off to Azaz, who in turn sets up Fellows for our near winner.

In summary, we have lift off and this is hopefully the first of many more successful passes.

He laid one off with his nut sack in one of the early games as well. 

Maybe that's his thing. 

Someone tell WhoScored.com, they can put it down as a strength, give the boy some confidence in case he googles himself. 

 

 

[SW5 SAINT]

The days of Seko Mara now seem like a golden age……...to keep making the same mistake is the definition of stupidity…..

Edited 14 hours ago by SW5 SAINT

[Patrick Bateman]

29 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

He laid one off with his nut sack in one of the early games as well. 

Maybe that's his thing. 

Someone tell WhoScored.com, they can put it down as a strength, give the boy some confidence in case he googles himself. 

 

 

Strength: Iron ball bag.

[Turkish]

3 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Apart from that, he’s brilliant then. I’d play Damion Thorn up there - gives you a 6 out of 10 performance every time.

Saints fans reaction when they see Damions name on the team sheet (if you know the scene you know)

[Challenger]

Not too much of a gamble considering his cost, but a gamble well and truly lost nevertheless.

Edited 12 hours ago by Challenger

[Göztepe]

 

Let him come to Göztepe on loan, Stoilov will fix him Romulo is playing well in Germany, as you know, and Emersonn scored 2 goals against Lyon. Not playing with two strikers could make him more comfortable.

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Challenger said:

Not too much of a gamble considering his cost, but a gamble well and truly lost nevertheless.

It’s the opportunity cost though. 

His individual cost wasn’t that much* but gambling on him meant we didn’t buy someone else who could actually score goals for us as a CF. Now Stewart’s injured again, that decision means we don’t have anyone with the profile of a strong, oven-ready centre forward who can score the goals we need to challenge for the top of the table. If that decision means we miss out on promotion, as it could well do, then the cost of that utterly failed gamble is potentially £100m+. 

(*Although other teams in this division have also spent much less on centre forwards who are having much more impact) 

Edited 11 hours ago by Midfield_General

[CB Fry]

4 hours ago, Challenger said:

Not too much of a gamble considering his cost, but a gamble well and truly lost nevertheless.

Seven million quid is fucking loads in the Championship.

We are two failed promotion attempts away from being barely able to pay that kind of money for players ever again.

Edited 8 hours ago by CB Fry

[IFHP]

26 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

Seven million quid is fucking loads in the Championship.

We are two failed promotion attempts from being barely able to pay that kind of money for players ever again.

Yet some fans think staying in the championship is a good thing .

[Badger]

1 hour ago, Göztepe said:

 

Let him come to Göztepe on loan, Stoilov will fix him Romulo is playing well in Germany, as you know, and Emersonn scored 2 goals against Lyon. Not playing with two strikers could make him more comfortable.

The way things are looking you may well get your wish.

[Saint_clark]

I think people are writing him off far too early. 5 league appearances, 4 as sub and a total of 183 minutes - so basically 2 games. 

[OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

I think people are writing him off far too early. 5 league appearances, 4 as sub and a total of 183 minutes - so basically 2 games. 

Sorry Saint_clark but I think we have every right to write him off. Originally, he looked like a Sekou Mara v2 but that's a disservice to Mara. Downs has an incredibly poor touch, can't head, can't hold the ball up, can't pass - can't do anything useful.

It's trendy to revert to lumps up front who can boss a defence. We could do a lot worse than follow this trend. Aribo anyone?

[Badger]

8 hours ago, Turkish said:

Here’s his player profile. No significant strengths 😂😂

Their match day ratings of over 6 seem a bit generous 

[AlexLaw76]

3 hours ago, Challenger said:

Not too much of a gamble considering his cost, but a gamble well and truly lost nevertheless.

Not too much of a gamble?

are you mad?

[BarberSaint]

8 hours ago, pingpong said:

He can still come good. He's very young, has had a rough time settling in off the pitch (USA games, lots of moving around), and he's only had what, 200mins of game time so far?

Personally I'd like still to keep giving him minutes, and at least he has a chance of coming good, I wouldn't give up on him yet, it's not like he is keeping le tiss out of the team.

Which were excuses we all used for Mateus Fernandes, weren't they?

 

 

[BarberSaint]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

I think people are writing him off far too early. 5 league appearances, 4 as sub and a total of 183 minutes - so basically 2 games. 

Or 183 minutes of complete turd.

[Challenger]

59 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Not too much of a gamble?

are you mad?

From a SR point of view and their priority objective of making a profit on player purchases, they have drawn yet another dud from a not too massive outlay.

From the perspective view of progressing the team to a level of realistic hopes of promotion, it's an absolute disaster especially with the injury to Stewart.

[pingpong]

1 hour ago, BarberSaint said:

Which were excuses we all used for Mateus Fernandes, weren't they?

 

 

They are the same age, but fernandes was a premier league signing, with decent pedigree. Also midfield, where the pressure to score is less and getting service and possession is much easier. 

A better comparison would be pelle, who also got dogs abuse when he started but turned out to be decent.

[CB Fry]

8 hours ago, Challenger said:

From a SR point of view and their priority objective of making a profit on player purchases, they have drawn yet another dud from a not too massive outlay.

From the perspective view of progressing the team to a level of realistic hopes of promotion, it's an absolute disaster especially with the injury to Stewart.

Still not sure where you're getting "not a massive outlay" from.

This summer only Ipswich and Wrexham (and us) spent more than his fee on an individual player.

Downs is about 12th in fees paid for any player in the whole league. His fee is more than half the league clubs paid out in total for all their signings this summer.

I don't know why you are pretending otherwise.

Edited 4 minutes ago by CB Fry