January Transfer Window

[Lighthouse]

5 minutes ago, OldNick said:

It is incredible if we dont bring a big forward in, I know Ross is decent if hes fit but it is something we cannot rely on. We all know the window will shut and he will get an injury! I so hope he wont but the odds are against him.

I also thought they might do something to raise thespirits in the fanbase and liven up the dressing room.

If we don't bring a forward in it'll because there's nobody decent available within our price range, not because everyone at the club has devout faith in the fitness credentials of Ross Stewart.

[Willo of Whiteley]

I don’t think we’ll make much change because it’ll be plainly obvious they’ll be changes in the summer again.

I don’t see Spors sticking around.

Tonda won’t be here come July 1st.

[DT]

29 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

If we don't bring a forward in it'll because there's nobody decent available within our price range, not because everyone at the club has devout faith in the fitness credentials of Ross Stewart.

It'll be because they have written the season off after their quite unbelievable lack of knowledge of the transfer market, or, indeed, football at any level.

© The Rasmus Way

[Give it to Ron]

41 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

If we don't bring a forward in it'll because there's nobody decent available within our price range, not because everyone at the club has devout faith in the fitness credentials of Ross Stewart.

Charlton got Lyndon Dykes for very little he created their winning goal on Saturday!

Armstrong and Archer would be far better off a target man. We are 15th we can’t be choosy we need a big target man for a change in tactics.

so in the whole of Europe and Tondas expertise not one target man is that what you believe?

Edited 7 hours ago by Give it to Ron

[UpweySaint]

46 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

If we don't bring a forward in it'll because there's nobody decent available within our price range, not because everyone at the club has devout faith in the fitness credentials of Ross Stewart.

I think you’re right-ish. The hedge is nobody decent available ‘that we have identified’. Ultimately our player recruitment hasn’t hit the mark on a consistent basis for a long time. I try to be pragmatic and avoid being reactive but there certainly seem to be other clubs who are less well resourced who have done a more effective job of squad building.

 

If we are trying to find a forward with the physicality we lack who also has the potential to develop into a premier league talent and have resale value it’s a big ask and hard to get right (see Downs). If the focus is on finding someone who can change how we play this season and next season it’s perhaps an easier job. I’m all for joined up planning and forward thinking but I think we can sometimes lack the pragmatism to reflect our immediate circumstances.

 

 

[OldNick]

2 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

If we don't bring a forward in it'll because there's nobody decent available within our price range, not because everyone at the club has devout faith in the fitness credentials of Ross Stewart.

I suppose wecould try and get one on loan, if I recall correctly the club said DD would not go unless we had somebody to replace him, he has gone on loan but hasnotbeen replaced. We are too close to the relegation zone to risk not being prepared to have enough forwards to keep us up.

We have 2 short forwards and a 3rd who is likely not able to play many games.

Perhaps I worry too much but I recall my father lamenting how we were top og the league and Charlie Wayman got injured with about 7-8 games to go. We didnt win another game and failed to get promotion

 

[UpweySaint]

35 minutes ago, OldNick said:

I suppose wecould try and get one on loan, if I recall correctly the club said DD would not go unless we had somebody to replace him, he has gone on loan but hasnotbeen replaced. We are too close to the relegation zone to risk not being prepared to have enough forwards to keep us up.

We have 2 short forwards and a 3rd who is likely not able to play many games.

Perhaps I worry too much but I recall my father lamenting how we were top og the league and Charlie Wayman got injured with about 7-8 games to go. We didnt win another game and failed to get promotion

 

Joel Piroe? Previously linked, proven at the level, not getting games and rumoured to be on the way out. I’ve not seen loads of him but he has a bit more height and physicality compared to Arma and Archer while still being able to play a bit.

[DT]

I'd have this guy in like a shot, even with an injury:

https://talksport.com/football/3879708/michail-antonios-move-to-championship-club-cancelled-in-heartbreaking-update/

[Lighthouse]

2 hours ago, Give it to Ron said:

Charlton got Lyndon Dykes for very little he created their winning goal on Saturday!

Armstrong and Archer would be far better off a target man. We are 15th we can’t be choosy we need a big target man for a change in tactics.

so in the whole of Europe and Tondas expertise not one target man is that what you believe?

I never said that, I said that if we don't bring one in it'll be because we couldn't get someone in who would improve us, within our budget. January is a notoriously poor time to do transfer business. As for Dykes... Christ if we signed a player who managed two goals in League 1 last year, that'd be a new low, even for us. I don't care if he's 7'13" he's crap.

[Midfield_General]

It's hard enough to find a decent goalscorer at the best of times. In January, when literally no-one is going to sell anyone decent, it's basically impossible. That's why you end up with overpriced, panic buy crap like Carillo and Onuachu, or complete non-entities like Orsic or Gronbaek. 

And that was the level of shit we could attract when we were in the Premier League, not 15th in the Championship and 6 points off the relegation zone to League One. 

At centre forward, Spors had the chance to make us competitive in the summer. He chose to spend £7m on Damion fucking Downs. So now we're going to be seeing out the season relying on Stewart staying fit*, other teams letting Armstrong have the only type of service he's effective from *, or Archer looking like a footballer*. 

Spors has utterly fucked it, and now the chickens are coming home to roost. 

(* Spoiler: they won't) 

[Verbal]

3 hours ago, DT said:

It'll be because they have written the season off after their quite unbelievable lack of knowledge of the transfer market, or, indeed, football at any level.

© The Rasmus Way

It's quite something when the miserabilist outlier that is DT becomes all of us. 

[Harry_SFC]

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

Edited 3 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[Osvaldorama]

8 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

Off you fuck then, wanker 

[HarvSFC]

24 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

It's hard enough to find a decent goalscorer at the best of times. In January, when literally no-one is going to sell anyone decent, it's basically impossible. That's why you end up with overpriced, panic buy crap like Carillo and Onuachu, or complete non-entities like Orsic or Gronbaek. 

The same January we signed Onuachu and Sulemana, Bournemouth signed Outtara and Semenyo. We paid £40m for our pair. Bournemouth paid £30m for theirs. We got £24m back from their sales. Bournemouth got £104m back.

Good players do move in January, we just can't identify them.

[Gloucester Saint]

26 minutes ago, Verbal said:

It's quite something when the miserabilist outlier that is DT becomes all of us. 

@AlexLaw76 surely worth one of your ‘Look at Me - We are all DT now’ emojis? 

Edited 3 hours ago by Gloucester Saint

[Toussaint]

10 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

The same January we signed Onuachu and Sulemana, Bournemouth signed Outtara and Semenyo. We paid £40m for our pair. Bournemouth paid £30m for theirs. We got £24m back from their sales. Bournemouth got £104m back.

Good players do move in January, we just can't identify them.

That’s some indictment 

[Midfield_General]

24 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

Our captain, ladies and gentlemen. 

The dressing room is rotten to the core. 

[LuckyNumber7]

13 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

The same January we signed Onuachu and Sulemana, Bournemouth signed Outtara and Semenyo. We paid £40m for our pair. Bournemouth paid £30m for theirs. We got £24m back from their sales. Bournemouth got £104m back.

Good players do move in January, we just can't identify them.

Tbf we were heavily linked with Semenyo that window. Maybe he turned us down.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Our captain, ladies and gentlemen. 

The dressing room is rotten to the core. 

Captain….Crap!

[Verbal]

2 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Captain….Crap!

This post should go noroviral.

[Wade Garrett]

33 minutes ago, Harry_SFC said:

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

Hopefully he’ll take Downes, Manning and Stephens with him.

[Gloucester Saint]

5 minutes ago, Verbal said:

This post should go noroviral.

Had it three times - x24🤮 and x24 💩 in as many hours each time. 

It was honestly even worse than watching Saints under SR.

[Football Special]

3 minutes ago, Midfield_General said:

Our captain, ladies and gentlemen. 

The dressing room is rotten to the core. 

There was no doubt in my mind at the Hull game that he wasn't playing at full effort,  clearly had enough of the club whether it's his team mates, managers, non-existent coaching staff, fans, whatever if we've received a bid I can see him going 

[Ekelund]

3 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Had it three times - x24🤮 and x24 💩 in as many hours each time. 

It was honestly even worse than watching Saints under SR.

Hi Flynn. Any transfers in the offing??

[Oisin]

4 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

If we don't bring a forward in it'll because there's nobody decent available within our price range, not because everyone at the club has devout faith in the fitness credentials of Ross Stewart.

This would be a fair point, if it wasn’t for the fact that we’ve now used this rationale (or variation of) to justify our inability to sign a competent striker for 10 transfer windows.

[Gloucester Saint]

Just now, Football Special said:

There was no doubt in my mind at the Hull game that he wasn't playing at full effort,  clearly had enough of the club whether it's his team mates, managers, non-existent coaching staff, fans, whatever if we've received a bid I can see him going 

Playing like he is, I’d miss his goals in the purple patches he has but misses a lot even so, and not even getting in the positions at the moment. Plus cannot play as a central striker for toffee. Brum I’d guess or Ipswich.

I also have fuck all confidence in SR finding anything over than another Damion Downs-style pea-hearted big lazy car crashing lump with dogshit on his boots. Our shittiest ever outfield player. Cheers Spors.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 minutes ago, Ekelund said:

Hi Flynn. Any transfers in the offing??

Don’t think so…but I’ve undercooked that chicken again…excuse me 🤢🤮

[Lighthouse]

7 minutes ago, Oisin said:

This would be a fair point, if it wasn’t for the fact that we’ve now used this rationale (or variation of) to justify our inability to sign a competent striker for 10 transfer windows.

Thus proving the point that it's really not that easy to sign a decent striker and more often than not they end up being a waste of money. It's not using a rationale, it's just the truth.

[Oisin]

5 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Thus proving the point that it's really not that easy to sign a decent striker and more often than not they end up being a waste of money. It's not using a rationale, it's just the truth.

It’s proved that saints find it difficult to do this … I think there’s one or two other clubs that have successfully obtained the services of a half-decent striker in the last 5 years.

Congratulations for helping to confirm and demonstrate that saints are especially inept in this.

[Midfield_General]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

Fuck me, if he goes we’re reliant on Stewart and Archer 🤣

Cheers Johannes 

[bangkoksaint]

Maybe I’m missing something. Losing AA in this window and not adequately replacing him could be catastrophic. Think what you like of him but he’s bagged 11 goals already and is the league’s top scorer. I’m not his biggest fan and yes move in the summer but now is not the time

[Lighthouse]

4 minutes ago, Oisin said:

It’s proved that saints find it difficult to do this … I think there’s one or two other clubs that have successfully obtained the services of a half-decent striker in the last 5 years.

Congratulations for helping to confirm and demonstrate that saints are especially inept in this.

Except we're not. West Ham are staring relegation in the face having spent hundreds of millions on failed strikers over the last decade. Leicester spent £25m each on Daka and Iheanacho, who've struggle to average five goals a season in either the PL or the Champ. Half the people on this forum were fuming because we didn't pick up Danny Ings in summer, who was, "obviously proven PL quality, but that's not the SR way FFS!" Over half a season later, he's registered one goal against Norwich. Liverpool have just spent a quarter of a billion Euros on Isak and Wirtz, have they got five goals between them? That's after wasting about £80m on Darwin Nunez.

Football is riddled with clubs who can't find a decent striker for love nor money. We've actually got one of the best in the Championship on the books already.

[Willo of Whiteley]

1 hour ago, Harry_SFC said:

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

I wouldn’t blame him.

He isn’t the problem.

The problems run a lot deeper than him. Given that he has been the most creative and scored our goals this season you can’t slag him off in that regard.

I wouldn’t want to be at the club if I was a player.

[SaintsRoyalty]

Possibly a player moving to or from Salzburg. 

[Graffito]

Days before the derby which we are all desperate to win to salvage something from a rotten season, we find out the team captain wants to leave, apparently even as soon as the current transfer window. 

[Starksj1995]

5 hours ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I don’t think we’ll make much change because it’ll be plainly obvious they’ll be changes in the summer again.

I don’t see Spors sticking around.

Tonda won’t be here come July 1st.

He could be gone lose tomorrow tbh 

[Nieldy]

 

We can always buy the current league one top goal scorer Dom Ballard with the money we get of Armstrong

How much did we sell Ballard for. Knowing our lot we would buy him three times as much as we sold him.You think of some of the crap we have had instead of him.

 

[sadoldgit]

18 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Except we're not. West Ham are staring relegation in the face having spent hundreds of millions on failed strikers over the last decade. Leicester spent £25m each on Daka and Iheanacho, who've struggle to average five goals a season in either the PL or the Champ. Half the people on this forum were fuming because we didn't pick up Danny Ings in summer, who was, "obviously proven PL quality, but that's not the SR way FFS!" Over half a season later, he's registered one goal against Norwich. Liverpool have just spent a quarter of a billion Euros on Isak and Wirtz, have they got five goals between them? That's after wasting about £80m on Darwin Nunez.

Football is riddled with clubs who can't find a decent striker for love nor money. We've actually got one of the best in the Championship on the books already.

Not for much longer if the latest report is true.

[Lord Duckhunter]

1 hour ago, HarvSFC said:

The same January we signed Onuachu and Sulemana, Bournemouth signed Outtara and Semenyo. We paid £40m for our pair. Bournemouth paid £30m for theirs. We got £24m back from their sales. Bournemouth got £104m back.

Good players do move in January, we just can't identify them.

You can always pick and choose shite. Everybody creaming themselves over Brighton & Bournemouth. Fucking hell, we had years picking up decent talent, then replacing it with decent talent, and did better with it than either of those teams (or Brentford for that matter). 

Edited 2 hours ago by Lord Duckhunter

[Göztepe]

1 saat önce Harry_SFC şunları söyledi:

Sanki burada olmak istemiyormuş gibi oynuyorum. diğerleri gibi. 

It's high time to get rid of him. We need a striker over 1.85m tall who can also play as a lone striker.

Edited 2 hours ago by Göztepe

[Harry_SFC]

2 minutes ago, Göztepe said:

It's high time to get rid of him. We need a striker over 1.85m tall who can also play as a lone striker.

Yep. The problem is we'll probably sell him then be scrabbling around on deadline day for a replacement and miss out on a striker all together. They clearly don't have a one lined up regardless of AA leaving. Haven't seen any links what so ever. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Harry_SFC

[SW5 SAINT]

With all our Danish connections we should be all over Kasper Hogh who has just scored two goals against Man City. Apparently Norwich have been linked….!

[WinglessWonder]

4 minutes ago, SW5 SAINT said:

With all our Danish connections we should be all over Kasper Hogh who has just scored two goals against Man City. Apparently Norwich have been linked….!

I came here to say this, surely we can offer a better package than bloody Norwich!

[coalman]

4 minutes ago, SW5 SAINT said:

With all our Danish connections we should be all over Kasper Hogh who has just scored two goals against Man City. Apparently Norwich have been linked….!

We have bought Scandinavian attacking players after scoring 2 against Man City before.... Elyounnousi did that in the Champions League as well

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

13 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

You can always pick and choose shite. Everybody creaming themselves over Brighton & Bournemouth. Fucking hell, we had years picking up decent talent, then replacing it with decent talent, and did better with it than either of those teams (or Brentford for that matter). 

They are doing it now in the present. You are recalling the past.

[Crab Lungs]

1 hour ago, HarvSFC said:

The same January we signed Onuachu and Sulemana, Bournemouth signed Outtara and Semenyo. We paid £40m for our pair. Bournemouth paid £30m for theirs. We got £24m back from their sales. Bournemouth got £104m back.

Good players do move in January, we just can't identify them.

This sums up those useless nerds on Apple Macs in our recruitment.

[Football Special]

40 minutes ago, Nieldy said:

 

We can always buy the current league one top goal scorer Dom Ballard with the money we get of Armstrong

How much did we sell Ballard for. Knowing our lot we would buy him three times as much as we sold him.You think of some of the crap we have had instead of him.

 

I don't think we got any money for Ballard did we?

[coalman]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

He's been playing like he doesn't want to be here. Just like a lot of them. 

He can't play as a lone CF and isn't going to get on the end of the crosses that Fellows and Scienza put in. His performances as captain have not been inspirational and he's easily bullied off the ball by defenders. Throw in his comments about not trying to the previous manager and I'm not sure it's such a bad thing.

[Hawkswood]

7 minutes ago, Football Special said:

I don't think we got any money for Ballard did we?

I was told 100k but with big sell on clause 

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Just now, coalman said:

He can't play as a lone CF and isn't going to get on the end of the crosses that Fellows and Scienza put in. His performances as captain have not been inspirational and he's easily bullied off the ball by defenders. Throw in his comments about not trying to the previous manager and I'm not sure it's such a bad thing.

Also, he has been tried in the prem twice and been found a failure both times