January Transfer Window

[die Mannyschaft]

After the Oxford shambles it confirms we cant compete v bottom 3 once subs start. Any 5 will do as long as they are championship quality and can play for at least 60 mins without making 200 passes back and side and have experience in moving forward. Preferably able to dribble , not backwards. 

[saintant]

There is a lot to do that's for sure. I hope Spors knows this cos if not he's some kind of fool.

[LoyalSaintSO50]

Yet again Spors, shit loads to do to sort this squad out.. 

Keeper situation: shambles X 3 

Centre backs: can’t trust 2 out of 5, to play in a back 4

Full backs: (not that we play them) / Wing backs (not that we have any) Best out on loan at Charlton and no doubt won’t be back. Wellington, roerslev, jelert not worked. Manning defensive disaster 

Midfield: downes still getting booked every game, looks leggy, Charles played all season at Wednesday, still manages to injure him, and now the recovery gone quiet. German lad technical and some potential but finishing is abysmal. Lightweight combination 

Azaz, one of the most frustrating players I’ve ever seen. Decent at times, horrific when not. We’ve been fleeced 

miscellaneous: Fellows. Armstrong. Playing out of position and sussed since Charlton game. Love leo but off by the time I’ve finished my half time drinks 

Forwards: haven’t got any 

Subs: Aribo, Fraser, oriel… struggling to run. Archer, just struggling. Robinson, it never comes off but at least direct 

In addition: character, confidence, pace, power, plan b and some fkin bollox would be a bonus before we turn up at the at that cess pit down the road. Get on with it sharpish 

 

 

[die Mannyschaft]

Can we get players in on loan outside of Jan window up to end season? I don't think we will get any players in Jan. Just more take best players off as need them next game and hope we don't let goals in last 20 mins. I can't see us getting many points in next 2 months just enough to avoid relegation and that's going to be good enough for club. Unless it back fires then its loan players.

[LoyalSaintSO50]

4 minutes ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Can we get players in on loan outside of Jan window up to end season? I don't think we will get any players in Jan. Just more take best players off as need them next game and hope we don't let goals in last 20 mins. I can't see us getting many points in next 2 months just enough to avoid relegation and that's going to be good enough for club. Unless it back fires then its loan players.

Can’t remember us using the loan market well for a long time. Spors too clever for loans 

[saintant]

8 hours ago, die Mannyschaft said:

Can we get players in on loan outside of Jan window up to end season? I don't think we will get any players in Jan. Just more take best players off as need them next game and hope we don't let goals in last 20 mins. I can't see us getting many points in next 2 months just enough to avoid relegation and that's going to be good enough for club. Unless it back fires then its loan players.

We keep hearing that promotion is a serious target for SR. If so they'd better be very busy in the January window.

[S-Clarke]

11 hours ago, saintant said:

There is a lot to do that's for sure. I hope Spors knows this cos if not he's some kind of fool.

'The club are happy with the squad, and will only act if a really strong opportunity arises. The club are not planning any major changes'

Prepare for this.

[saintant]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

'The club are happy with the squad, and will only act if a really strong opportunity arises. The club are not planning any major changes'

Prepare for this.

Then it's more madness from the idiots presiding over our club. Opponents know there are two easy ways to beat us. You play a low block as Oxford did to shut down the space near their goal and then rely on how inept our defence and goalkeeper are and wait for your chances - that worked beautifully for them yesterday and went exactly to plan. Make no mistake Oxford are a very poor side. Or you press us high and aggressively and force mistakes and long clearances to a small centre forward as we dither around trying to play out from the back. Our passing is generally pretty appalling and we continually give the ball away under little or no pressure. We need major surgery in the January window when we must add some much needed physicality to the squad.

[S-Clarke]

5 minutes ago, saintant said:

Then it's more madness from the idiots presiding over our club. Opponents know there are two easy ways to beat us. You play a low block as Oxford did to shut down the space near their goal and then rely on how inept our defence and goalkeeper are and wait for your chances - that worked beautifully for them yesterday and went exactly to plan. Make no mistake Oxford are a very poor side. Or you press us high and aggressively and force mistakes and long clearances to a small centre forward as we dither around trying to play out from the back. Our passing is generally pretty appalling and we continually give the ball away under little or no pressure. We need major surgery in the January window when we must add some much needed physicality to the squad.

The club have already fed the media mouth pieces that we won't be doing much/if anything in January.

We need a new GK, LB, CB and ST - just to be competitive, but the club won't see that. They're still putting their eggs in the Stewart basket, expect media driven puff pieces around him in the coming weeks.

[Miltonaggro]

Canary in the coalmine is having a new goalkeeper starting against Boro on January 4th. Loan or permanent. The overpaid cretins have had months to see and sort this. 

[saintant]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

The club have already fed the media mouth pieces that we won't be doing much/if anything in January.

We need a new GK, LB, CB and ST - just to be competitive, but the club won't see that. They're still putting their eggs in the Stewart basket, expect media driven puff pieces around him in the coming weeks.

Is this you reading between the lines or do you have a contact with inside information?

[S-Clarke]

1 minute ago, saintant said:

Is this you reading between the lines or do you have a contact with inside information?

This is just me saying, nothing I know about. But it's fairly obvious in my eyes that they'll be doing this.

Jan 10th - 'Stewart back is amazing news, it's like a new signing!!''    - Feb 10th - ''Stewart out for the season''

[saintant]

Just now, S-Clarke said:

This is just me saying, nothing I know about. But it's fairly obvious in my eyes that they'll be doing this.

Jan 10th - 'Stewart back is amazing news, it's like a new signing!!''    - Feb 10th - ''Stewart out for the season''

We'll see and you may well turn out to be right.

[Pamplemousse]

To be fair it would be beyond idiotic to state we intend to sign a load of new players publicly, as the selling club would just hike up the price.

Personally I feel like the only value in January is with loan players. Brooks and Rothwell coming in two seasons ago really helped, just to bring in a bit of additional energy. Let's not mention Gronbaek last season... There must be a GK somewhere out there sitting on the bench unhappy who can come in immediately. Hopefully those conversations have already happened, if we haven't got someone in by mid-January then we've fucked up again.

 

I'm OK waiting until next season to mount a promotion push as the defence needs an overhaul and that won't happen overnight sadly. But we need a GK now because we can't go to Fratton with Bazunu.

Edited 11 hours ago by Pamplemousse

[Challenger]

If the owners aren't going to bring in any half decent recruits then at least bin off some of the shite chancers we've already got.

[ant]

While I understand the club doesn't want to loan in Premier League players (with the view that you have to spend to stand still), I increasingly feel frustrated by that logic. 

By my count we only have Jelert and Long on loan - neither of which making the matchday squad. 

That essentially leaves 5 loan slots we could make use of to improve the starting XI and/or bench. 

Perhaps we ought to make strides towards securing promotion before worrying about us not owning the players that spur us there?

Also, we don't have to be sentimental about any loan players that do us a service.

Like with Ryan Fraser after Martin got us promoted - thank him very much, send him a case of champagne and move on...

Edited 7 hours ago by ant

[trousers]

5 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

This is just me saying, nothing I know about. But it's fairly obvious in my eyes that they'll be doing this.

Jan 10th - 'Stewart back is amazing news, it's like a new signing!!''    - Feb 10th - ''Stewart out for the season''

This is precisely what will occur.... More obvious than an obvious thing from obviousville, but you can bet your life savings on it coming as a complete shock to the geniuses at Sport Republic when it happens....

[Baz Fl]

Good #1’s and #9’s will get you results in every league from top to bottom and yet somehow the powers to be are oblivious to this basic football fact! 99.9% of Saints fans have seen it for the last few years but either the club are blind, stubborn or cheap or a combination of all 3 🤬🤬

[Challenger]

It's nearly clutch at straws,can we salvage our season time of year.

[Appy]

5 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

This is just me saying, nothing I know about. But it's fairly obvious in my eyes that they'll be doing this.

Jan 10th - 'Stewart back is amazing news, it's like a new signing!!''    - Feb 10th - ''Stewart out for the season''

Yep, loads of it. 
 

Bazunu will make a save in the next week and there will be an Echo opinion piece about how he’s turned the corner. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, Appy said:

Yep, loads of it. 
 

Bazunu will make a save in the next week and there will be an Echo opinion piece about how he’s turned the corner. 

Yep, there are plenty of helpful idiots that will go along with it - eg Alfie House - and sections of the fanbase, although those sections are shrinking by the week. 

[Gloucester Saint]

7 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

The club have already fed the media mouth pieces that we won't be doing much/if anything in January.

We need a new GK, LB, CB and ST - just to be competitive, but the club won't see that. They're still putting their eggs in the Stewart basket, expect media driven puff pieces around him in the coming weeks.

There’s more doubling down than the WDC at the Ally Pally. I’ve never seen in business people so desperate not to admit mistakes - formation, team selection, Stewart and Bazunu stand out - let alone put them right. Has to be Ankerson driving it and no coincidence as soon as Still sacked and Eckert interim that Gavin dislodged McCarthy. 

[SW5 SAINT]

6 hours ago, Pamplemousse said:

To be fair it would be beyond idiotic to state we intend to sign a load of new players publicly, as the selling club would just hike up the price.

Personally I feel like the only value in January is with loan players. Brooks and Rothwell coming in two seasons ago really helped, just to bring in a bit of additional energy. Let's not mention Gronbaek last season... There must be a GK somewhere out there sitting on the bench unhappy who can come in immediately. Hopefully those conversations have already happened, if we haven't got someone in by mid-January then we've fucked up again.

 

I'm OK waiting until next season to mount a promotion push as the defence needs an overhaul and that won't happen overnight sadly. But we need a GK now because we can't go to Fratton with Bazunu.

There’s a goalkeeper at Newcastle just sat on the bench……!

[Dark Munster]

19 hours ago, saintant said:

There is a lot to do that's for sure. I hope Spors knows this cos if not he's some kind of fool.

Spoiler alert: he is.

[Dark Munster]

8 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

The club have already fed the media mouth pieces that we won't be doing much/if anything in January.

We need a new GK, LB, CB and ST - just to be competitive, but the club won't see that. They're still putting their eggs in the Stewart basket, expect media driven puff pieces around him in the coming weeks.

[Saint Pete]

8 hours ago, S-Clarke said:

This is just me saying, nothing I know about. But it's fairly obvious in my eyes that they'll be doing this.

Jan 10th - 'Stewart back is amazing news, it's like a new signing!!''    - Feb 10th - ''Stewart out for the season''

Sadly, I think this quite likely. They have already made public he is back in training. Would expect the "like a new signing" rhetoric to ramp up from here on. What I would hope to happen is that we loan out Downs and preferably Stewart as well and get in a loans for a striker who can do a job at this level and not made of glass, and if poss another wide attacking option. But let's be honest, what should happen often doesn't with our club. 

[Ekelund]

1 hour ago, SW5 SAINT said:

There’s a goalkeeper at Newcastle just sat on the bench……!

Pope?

[Toussaint]

29 minutes ago, Ekelund said:

Pope?

He’ll do

[BARCELONASAINT]

32 minutes ago, Ekelund said:

Pope?

You would expect him to be good at crosses!

[Oh no Mick Mills]

2 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Yep, there are plenty of helpful idiots that will go along with it - eg Alfie House - and sections of the fanbase, although those sections are shrinking by the week. 

Nope, Alfie House made it very clear on Total Saints Podcast that he doesn't rate Bazunu and he felt McCarthy was the best of the current crop. 

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, Oh no Mick Mills said:

Nope, Alfie House made it very clear on Total Saints Podcast that he doesn't rate Bazunu and he felt McCarthy was the best of the current crop. 

At least Mr RAF moustache got something right, although I’d prefer it if he did his job and actually reflected this in his output, instead of stressing about receiving a text message from Denmark.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

3 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

In just 2 weeks, those eggs will be back in their shells, all together in an upright basket.

- There are eggs in a basket, then there are SR eggs in a basket.