Cyle Larin

[Jack]

Don’t think anyone could’ve expected the impact he’s had so far. His range of finishing is amazing and he’s so much more than the big difficult to manage target man we thought he’d be. Canada’s Rickie Lambert but with more pace, he’s been absolutely brilliant. Just seems happy to be here and playing regularly and adored by the fans. He was so unfit when he arrived but I’m sure scoring with his first touch would’ve motivated him and he’s been top class since, let’s hope we can get 35+ games out of him this season. 

[Midfield_General]

47 minutes ago, Jack said:

Don’t think anyone could’ve expected the impact he’s had so far. His range of finishing is amazing and he’s so much more than the big difficult to manage target man we thought he’d be. Canada’s Rickie Lambert but with more pace, he’s been absolutely brilliant. Just seems happy to be here and playing regularly and adored by the fans. He was so unfit when he arrived but I’m sure scoring with his first touch would’ve motivated him and he’s been top class since, let’s hope we can get 35+ games out of him this season. 

And that the manager who knows exactly how to get the best out of him doesn’t get banned (or for too long) 

[St Chalet]

Colin Clarke's debut half season was very very good.

Up there with Lambert and Pelle etc.

Hoping that Cyle gives us 2-3 years of what we are seeing now.

[Miltonaggro]

16 hours ago, Jack said:

Don’t think anyone could’ve expected the impact he’s had so far. His range of finishing is amazing and he’s so much more than the big difficult to manage target man we thought he’d be. Canada’s Rickie Lambert but with more pace, he’s been absolutely brilliant. Just seems happy to be here and playing regularly and adored by the fans. He was so unfit when he arrived but I’m sure scoring with his first touch would’ve motivated him and he’s been top class since, let’s hope we can get 35+ games out of him this season. 

Nail on the head here with fitness and literally hitting the ground running with the first touch goal.  After his relative success at Betsiktas (83 games 31 goals), with various loans he had five clubs in three countries over four years prior to signing for Saints (132 games 26 goals), so the initial sceptism appeared justified.  At the time it looked like we were getting a 30 year old journeyman, lacking in match fitness with a record of one goal in five games.  Larin appears incredibly at home at SFC, has bonded with the fans and willing to give 110% for the jersey.  Connection and commitment has always been a big factor with Saints supporters, and we've been starved of that in recent years.

[suewhistle]

It must have been the deep visceral roar from us home fans when he scored with his first touch! He fancied more of the same..

[Turkish]

Injured his back in the gym then 🤦‍♂️

[Patrick Bateman]

4 hours ago, Turkish said:

Injured his back in the gym then 🤦‍♂️

Bet he didn't listen properly to the spotty oik doing his gym intro on how to use the machines, sigh

[saintant]

Still, at least he's back early and, if he is fit, won't have to worry about jet lag.

[Dark Munster]

I think we should've brought in an experienced front/target man as a back up. Easy to say in hindsight of course, and not many could've predicted it.

Apart from about 50,000 of us Saints fans.

[Football Special]

2 hours ago, Dark Munster said:

I think we should've brought in an experienced front/target man as a back up. Easy to say in hindsight of course, and not many could've predicted it.

Apart from about 50,000 of us Saints fans.

Larin isn't even capable of playing 90 mins when 'fit'  , we needed another player to do what we had last season , Larin plays 60, other plays 30, then on next game other plays 60, Larin plays 30 

[The Kraken]

1 minute ago, Football Special said:

Larin isn't even capable of playing 90 mins when 'fit'  , we needed another player to do what we had last season , Larin plays 60, other plays 30, then on next game other plays 60, Larin plays 30 

The Larin/Stewart arrangement last year worked brilliantly, but because it was out of necessity. LND needed easing back and not playing every game, Larin wasn’t fully fit and also needed rotating. It was a great arrangement but in that I would imagine is difficult to replicate. People talk about Lankshear, he was in demand and would never have agreed to a timeshare arrangement.

I genuinely think the club though Mubama could do it. He wasn’t a last minute signing, he was signed mid August. And Dobbin was more an Archer swap imo. So i see it as a failure in who we recruited, rather than a lack of recognition of what we needed.

Makes little difference in any case. We’re a decent striker short.