James Ward-Prowse

[Saint Scott]

19 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said:

One thing I vividly remember JWP being good at was receiving the ball somewhere near the corner of the box on the right and whipping in a quality first time cross.

This might be how we can get the most out of Fellows - by taking on the LB, getting into the corner and then laying it back (seeing as his crossing and shooting are both appalling). 

Stick them onto the head of Larin and we could be onto a winning formula.

Two link ups we didn't expect this season. JWP/Larin and Salah/Tall Paul

[PerthshireSaint]

He loves SFC in his bones. Fully see the arguments being made but he isn’t a Lallana or a Romeu. This, to me, can only be a positive. He will give his all. 
welcome home son. 

[revolution saint]

Reckon Matsuki would benefit from having JWP around. Pretty similar players so maybe a bit of competition but if we think Matsuki could develop into central midfield then there’s worse players to learn from.

[Cuddles]

1 hour ago, Saint Scott said:

Two link ups we didn't expect this season. JWP/Larin and Salah/Tall Paul

Salah / Tall Paul is wild

[austsaint]

8 hours ago, The Kraken said:

Agreed. I also think they forget what he could do for us. I’ve heard him termed as a crab merchant many times, but he needs one more to bring up 50 goals in his career for us. Was it Everton away he scored, in his final season? A burst through from midfield and a cracking finish.

Probably need to temper expectations that we’re not getting the player we sold in 2023. But he’s always been a solid pro who was regularly putting in the most miles on the pitch. Him Downes and Jander, yes please. And just give him the armband back, another reason to jettison captain Jack.

Anyone ITK about his wages?   

[goodymatt]

3 hours ago, austsaint said:

Anyone ITK about his wages?   

Not ITK but he was on £110/120k per week in the PL apparently and they had a 50% relegation clause. So would have been on £55-60k/week at WHU for this season.

i believe Azaz is now our top earner at £50k/week, you’d expect JWP will be on similar.

FLW think he was on £50k for this season at WHU.

Edited 2 hours ago by goodymatt

[SaintN14]

Excited by this, I think he’ll be great for ys looking forward to the annocumentment video 

Edited 3 hours ago by SaintN14

[Toussaint]

Better get a shift on if he is to play tomorrow. 

[goodymatt]

Interesting watching his highlights from his first season at WHU before he got Nuno’d. 

Im sure I’ve read some posters saying his corners aren’t very effective, plenty of assists for WHU from them and even scored one. 

After this we have a 2 year period of not seeing enough of him to judge but I can’t help but feel he is going to be very effective at this level where set pieces can be very important. Much more of a goalscoring threat with late runs than any of of existing CMs too.

[hypochondriac]

18 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Interesting watching his highlights from his first season at WHU before he got Nuno’d. 

Im sure I’ve read some posters saying his corners aren’t very effective, plenty of assists for WHU from them and even scored one. 

After this we have a 2 year period of not seeing enough of him to judge but I can’t help but feel he is going to be very effective at this level where set pieces can be very important. Much more of a goalscoring threat with late runs than any of of existing CMs too.

The more I think about this the more I think this could work out excellently. There's still a worry about balance and missing a central midfielder but JWP was excellent in his first season at West Ham. Then Nuno came in and they didn't get on and he's had a bit part to play ever since.. He will bring an brilliant mentality and set standards, obviously cares for the club, will be 32 soon but has excellent fitness so I don't think age will be much of an issue at the moment. We have never seen him in a saints team that is one of the bigger boys in the division and expected to go on the offensive against teams. Despite what some people say about crab football and being negative, much of that occurred when we were a small fish in a big pond rather than the other way round. Lets not forget that Charles got 3 goals last season and Jander got 2. I would be happy to wager that JWP will get more than both of them if he stays fit. 

[Cuddles]

Would have loved to see THB getting on the end of those corners!

[austsaint]

26 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

The more I think about this the more I think this could work out excellently. There's still a worry about balance and missing a central midfielder but JWP was excellent in his first season at West Ham. Then Nuno came in and they didn't get on and he's had a bit part to play ever since.. He will bring an brilliant mentality and set standards, obviously cares for the club, will be 32 soon but has excellent fitness so I don't think age will be much of an issue at the moment. We have never seen him in a saints team that is one of the bigger boys in the division and expected to go on the offensive against teams. Despite what some people say about crab football and being negative, much of that occurred when we were a small fish in a big pond rather than the other way round. Lets not forget that Charles got 3 goals last season and Jander got 2. I would be happy to wager that JWP will get more than both of them if he stays fit. 

Just a bit of fact checking.  Charles scored 6 goals last season for Saints in all competitions.   JWP scored 7 in his first season for West Ham; one from a corner. He didn't score a goal in the following two seasons.     

[Patrick Bateman]

56 minutes ago, goodymatt said:

Interesting watching his highlights from his first season at WHU before he got Nuno’d. 

Im sure I’ve read some posters saying his corners aren’t very effective, plenty of assists for WHU from them and even scored one. 

After this we have a 2 year period of not seeing enough of him to judge but I can’t help but feel he is going to be very effective at this level where set pieces can be very important. Much more of a goalscoring threat with late runs than any of of existing CMs too.

Interesting watch, not many West Ham players actually thank JWP for his deliveries from corners when they score? I'm pretty sure most of our team acknowledge a really good corner or pass?? I know Scienza definitely does. 

[davefizzy14]

Fingers crossed he gets signed in time to play tomorrow 🤞

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, austsaint said:

Just a bit of fact checking.  Charles scored 6 goals last season for Saints in all competitions.   JWP scored 7 in his first season for West Ham; one from a corner. He didn't score a goal in the following two seasons.     

It didn't need fact checking. I was referring to the league last season where Charles scored 3 goals and Jander scored 2. As I said, he had a bit part in a west ham team where he wasn't wanted by the manager and then a terrible Burnley side -both in the league above. 

[trousers]

47 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

will be 32 soon but has excellent fitness so I don't think age will be much of an issue at the moment.

Indeed. 7 years younger than Messi, and a similar physical stature / engine. Loads of life left in him yet I would venture. 

Edited 1 hour ago by trousers

[Willo of Whiteley]

I doubt he’ll play or be in the squad tomorrow.

I imagine the media team and trying to decide how to frame his return. He didn’t leave under a cloud, but it’s a bit different to Lallana and Walcott where at least they left and won trophies before returning.

[hypochondriac]

45 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I doubt he’ll play or be in the squad tomorrow.

I imagine the media team and trying to decide how to frame his return. He didn’t leave under a cloud, but it’s a bit different to Lallana and Walcott where at least they left and won trophies before returning.

I doubt it will take much thought about how to frame his return. It will be obvious and the copy and media framing almost writes itself.