Cyle Larin

[Toadhall Saint]

1 hour ago, BotleySaint said:

Fair enough. I didn't realise there was only 16 left. Where has the season gone..!

Down the shitter

[pingpong]

12 hours ago, BotleySaint said:

Fair enough. I didn't realise there was only 16 left. Where has the  season gone..!

We have 23 games left (15 league season + 3 playoffs + 5 fa cup games).

[SNSUN]

5 minutes ago, pingpong said:

We have 23 games left (15 league season + 3 playoffs + 5 fa cup games).

And Alex McCarthy's testimonial if he decides to have one! Ten years this year. 😁

[Miltonaggro]

The ‘showreels’ that accompany Larin are quite worrying, as he doesn’t seem to do anything a forward should do particularly well. Hopefully a reverse De Ridder, if you will.
Not expecting much, but he improves massively on Damion Downs if he can niggle and mix it with defenders, hold up play, and know roughly where to stand for crosses and set pieces. If he does that, the likes of Scienza and Azaz will be able to benefit. 
Feyenoord are managed by Van Persie and second in the league, so whilst he flopped on loan there, you’d like to think he must have something about him. 
Good luck Cyle, do the business and celebrate with a few beers and a kebab! 

[Convict Colony]

I predict a goal from him today, probably bicycle.

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

4 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

I predict a goal from him today, probably bicycle.

I’m expecting a hatrick, so more tricycle

[saintant]

The one thing going for this guy is that he has a massive incentive to show the Canadian boss what he can do over the rest of this season. Having barely played he is sure to be rusty but he'll need to get whatever act he has together very quickly and start showing he can do the business if he wants to get into the Canada squad for the World Cup. That's my biggest positive for him.

[hypochondriac]

Always said he was decent.

[SNSUN]

What was our quickest debut goal ever? 

[Hoggins]

His movement is really good

[Turkish]

Proper old fashioned centre forward 

I like him

[Osvaldorama]

Get in!

He actually looks like he plays football. Much better than our previous striker signing already. 

[Turkish]

1 minute ago, Osvaldorama said:

Get in!

He actually looks like he plays football. Much better than our previous striker signing already. 

Canada > USA

 

[Colinjb]

So. He looks alright.

[swedish dave]

On 04/02/2026 at 12:24, Convict Colony said:

more chance of it being a Innit name

.Jamaican?

 

On 05/02/2026 at 17:28, Holmes_and_Watson said:

Nowhere near a road 🙂

just stay clear of the M27 

[Saint_clark]

Never doubted him. 100% conversion rate.

[saintant]

On 05/02/2026 at 12:13, saintant said:

No need to hide. I have been open that I have big doubts about this guy but will be delighted if he proves me wrong and will be on here singing his praises. I just don't see him doing well for us going by all the evidence but maybe I'll get a pleasant surprise as he performs well and bangs in a few goals. 

Good 45 minutes capped by a lovely headed goal to earn the three points. Hopefully, the first of many pleasant surprises and on the way to proving me wrong🙂 He looked powerful and led the line well. Keep that up and he'll prove a shrewd signing.

[saintant]

33 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Always said he was decent.

Me too!

[petermcpete]

Goal reminiscient of Rickie's first touch debut England goal vs Scotland 😍

[Harry_SFC]

He looks very unfit but that's to be expected considering he's barely played this season. 

He isn't going to the type of player who runs around a lot but he will provide a focal point when we are under the cosh.

Plus he knows where the goal is which is always handy. 

[sfc4prem]

Is he our Canadian Rickie Lambert?

[Turkish]

18 minutes ago, Colinjb said:

So. He looks alright.

Your eyes might be deceiving you 

[egg]

Hopefully the flappers will now stop flapping. 

Proper CF, and decent enough cover for big Ross. 

Nice. 

[Turkish]

Averaging a goal every 24 minutes for Saints with 15 games left that’s 56 goals. I’m excited!

Edited 20 hours ago by Turkish

[benjii]

Was it, quite literally, his first touch?

[CSA96]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

What was our quickest debut goal ever? 

Charlie Austin against United at Old Trafford, perhaps?

[SNSUN]

Just now, CSA96 said:

Charlie Austin against United at Old Trafford, perhaps?

Nope I looked that one up, 8 minutes.

[CSA96]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

Nope I looked that one up, 8 minutes.

Blimey, revisionist memory had it at like two minutes. Fair enough

[SNSUN]

Just now, CSA96 said:

Blimey, revisionist memory had it at like two minutes. Fair enough

It's the only one I could think of at the time! 

[Doctoroncall]

4 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

I’m expecting a hatrick, so more tricycle

Unicycle in the end, happy he’s found balance. 

[goodymatt]

 

[LiberalCommunist]

Great start to saints life. Well played.

[rallyboy]

I thought he was ok.

[spyinthesky]

Great header.
Just a thought but wonder if the Ref would have been brave enough to give a penalty for the Watford defenders grapple on Welington.
However I wonder if this actually made space for Larin to score

[Toadhall Saint]

Well well well - who knew eh? 😉

[Stud mark of doom]

The bloke next to me referenced the rickie lambert England debut goal when he’d just come on. couldn’t believe it when we had a mirror image goal almost immediately! 
 

He had the look of Rickie in terms of being a big strong lad the other players were bouncing off. Who knew that might work with two good wingers? 
 

Quick debut goals: Steve Moran maybe  - was it against Man City 

[Willo of Whiteley]

2 hours ago, Osvaldorama said:

Get in!

He actually looks like he plays football. Much better than our previous striker signing already. 

He was worlds above Ross Stewart, and that was in the two minutes before his goal.

[Lighthouse]

2 hours ago, SNSUN said:

Nope I looked that one up, 8 minutes.

My first thought was David Connolly, as I went to that Oldham away game. Eight minutes too, apparently. I seem to recall Saganowski hit the post about twenty seconds into his debut, that would have been a good start.

[egg]

Loved the celebration too. Puts to bed any doubts about him wanting to be here. Total commitment. 

[LGTL]

3 hours ago, benjii said:

Was it, quite literally, his first touch?

He’d scored with his head before touching the ball with his foot, I think. 

[LiberalCommunist]

Great that he gets off to a flying start. That was incredibly important considering a lot of us were sceptical of his arrival. Really hope he goes on to cement his place in the team and score a hat full.

Another peg shape sorted perhaps.

[Nordic Saint]

I was very impressed by Larin today. I don't think we have another player who could have scored a diving bullet header like that. But, it wasn't just his goal; his all-round game was good too.

Of course, it'e early days, but today at least he reminded me of Cyrille Regis. I'm looking forward to seeing him score more goals. 

The 2nd half performance was good. The team really seemed to click, especially when Larin came on. After he scored, we stayed in control and the Watford fans fell silent because they could see their team wasn't going to come back. 

Edited 17 hours ago by Nordic Saint

[Gloucester Saint]

3 hours ago, Stud mark of doom said:

The bloke next to me referenced the rickie lambert England debut goal when he’d just come on. couldn’t believe it when we had a mirror image goal almost immediately! 
 

He had the look of Rickie in terms of being a big strong lad the other players were bouncing off. Who knew that might work with two good wingers? 
 

Quick debut goals: Steve Moran maybe  - was it against Man City 

The Moran goal is featured in the MOTD Saints 1960s/70s/80s programme I posted on a prior thread.

[St. Ciervo]

AA who? That was exactly the type of goal we have been missing in our repertoire for several seasons now.  

[Appy]

Loved that header, proper bullet header, can’t remember a striker of our scoring one like that for ages, reminiscent of some of Lambert’s. 

Edited 15 hours ago by Appy

[SNSUN]

3 hours ago, Stud mark of doom said:

 

 

Quick debut goals: Steve Moran maybe  - was it against Man City 

The ever reliable AI says he scored after one minute. So that's probably accurate.

[Paul_B]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

Averaging a goal every 24 minutes for Saints with 15 games left that’s 56 goals. I’m excited!

Can't argue with the stats!

[bugenhagen]

28 minutes ago, Appy said:

Loved that header, proper bullet header, can’t remember a striker of our scoring one like that for ages, reminiscent of some of Lambert’s. 

Some might even say a thunder bastard diving header

@Convict Colony ? 

😀

[Tommy Mulgrew]

7 hours ago, SNSUN said:

What was our quickest debut goal ever? 

Ahem

1954, first game of the season, at home v Brentford, “my” debut: a goal after 15 seconds; the fastest ever goal at the Dell.  And the best hair by far!

👏👏👏

I thank you.  Glad to be of service.

😇

[Sunnyside Saint]

10 hours ago, goodymatt said:

 

😀dont think he appreciated the hair ruffle from Stephens!!