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Posted
34 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

He destroyed our under 18s team a few years ago. We couldn't cope with his strength and speed.

 

 

Thanks for posting this. I was hoping to get in there first about it. 

Posted
29 minutes ago, Saint Matty 76 said:

Super important to utilise the Premier League loans and he’s a great start. Would also be happy to get a winger on loan.

 

JJ Gabriel please 🙏 

Posted
5 minutes ago, SNSUN said:

Max Alleyne can come home too. Only caught him once for City when he was recalled but he looked composed. Makes the CB spot stronger. 

Agreed.. Alleyne adds pace to the backline. Give the armband to Tay too

Posted
18 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

I was expecting to read rave reviews on the Stoke forum, but errrr.....

https://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/317513/divin-mubama?page=18&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google

 

2 minutes ago, Appy said:

Seems similar to chat about Larin before he signed. 

Exactly, youth football & loans are choppy waters in terms of predicting future outcomes.

Reading / Blackpool / Cambridge fans probably wouldn’t be saying Dom Ballard is going to boss League one in the 2025/26 season.

Posted
37 minutes ago, James said:

Yeah, he got a bad ankle injury. 

That was from January to March. 

Hope this isn't our Stewart replacement because he looks a pretty significant downgrade. 

Posted (edited)
24 minutes ago, HarvSFC said:

I was expecting to read rave reviews on the Stoke forum, but errrr.....

https://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/317513/divin-mubama?page=18&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=google

Bearing in mind how wrong I was about Larin I'm not going to judge. Seem to remember him being a handful against us before he got sent off last season.

This is a great chance to offer him minutes in a side that's going to get a lot of crosses in without expecting him to do it all on his own or expecting him to play 90 minutes every game.

West Ham fans reckon they'd happily take him back on loan.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, SouSaint said:

That was from January to March. 

Hope this isn't our Stewart replacement because he looks a pretty significant downgrade. 

I think we probably have to accept that any Stewart replacement would/will be a perceived downgrade. The only reason we'd have had a striker as good as Stewart as our backup striker is because he is made of biscuits

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Posted
3 hours ago, Ken Tone said:

Sorry to see Shea go but we have plenty of midfielders so no need to replace as such. Use (some of) the money to buy a striker now please. Another Larin type but maybe a bit younger and we'd have a bloody good side.

We don't have 'plenty' of midfielders. We need 4 CMs for the system and way we play. Critical that we replace Shea. Also critical that we bring in one or more like 2 strikers (and get rid of BBD/Down). Also need a backup keeper.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Saint NL said:

For those of us who haven't been paying attention, what sort of profile does Mubama have?

A big like-for-like of Stewart?

Young, Hungry and therefore GUARANTEED to improve!

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Posted
18 minutes ago, SouSaint said:

That was from January to March. 

Hope this isn't our Stewart replacement because he looks a pretty significant downgrade. 

Hopefully an upgrade on BBD though

Posted
1 minute ago, VectisSaint said:

We don't have 'plenty' of midfielders. We need 4 CMs for the system and way we play. Critical that we replace Shea. Also critical that we bring in one or more like 2 strikers (and get rid of BBD/Down). Also need a backup keeper.

Not particularly enamoured with our wing options either, Scienza aside. 

I was hoping Dragan's bullish talk of absolutely going for it this season would have looked a bit more ambitious, but I guess he said all the right things before season tickets went on sale, and here we are.

The squad's good, and we should certainly make the top 8. But the league is stronger this year, so standing still is not going to cut it.

Posted (edited)
56 minutes ago, saintant said:

Is this a new board game? Can't be arsed to work out what it all means. Who is the better player?

It's a Spider Graph (I think they probably call them something fancy in the world of footy analytics, like a Player Radar or something) anyway, What this one sort of shows (and given the minutes are similar, it's reasonably useful):

Mubama is stronger all-round/physical forward profile.


Lankshear: comparable player, with some potentially more interesting attacking numbers.

Which, given what we want is fine. We want a classic link-up man to bring the midfielders and wingers up the pitch as well as a finisher. 

I wouldn't trust just this graph, but it's a decent comparison for sure.

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

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Posted (edited)
15 minutes ago, Give it to Ron said:

Hopefully an upgrade on BBD though

My gran would be an upgrade on BBD and she has been dead over a decade!

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Posted
3 minutes ago, a1ex2001 said:

My gran would be an update on BBD and she has been dead over a decade!

Tonda played a blinder showing Spots how much we need to replace Stewart yesterday.

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Posted

Let's be honest no one has any idea if this is a good deal or not. He has shown a lot of promise in pre season which is good but was pretty underwhelming last season which is a negative. If Larin can stay fit then we won't have to rely on him too much anyway. Let's hope he's blossomed like a Delap or a Kane and in a better team that creates more he can score more and be a handful. Not the sure thing I was hoping for after Stewart left but could still end up as a smart acquisition. 

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What we all dont know is what his projected development trajectory looks like. Not that every player always ends up where it is forecast but you'd hope that all our analysts and sports science people have a decent idea of where he is. 

I like the sound of him and it could just be a brilliant signing. Was hoping for someone more established but theres gambles with them too. 

Larin, Mubama, Archer, Leo, Dobbin, Azaz....should be plenty of goals from them. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, MarkSFC said:

What we all dont know is what his projected development trajectory looks like. Not that every player always ends up where it is forecast but you'd hope that all our analysts and sports science people have a decent idea of where he is. 

I like the sound of him and it could just be a brilliant signing. Was hoping for someone more established but theres gambles with them too. 

Larin, Mubama, Archer, Leo, Dobbin, Azaz....should be plenty of goals from them. 

Then you've got the defenders especially THB and Manning.

Would be great if Fellows starts scoring but I'm not holding my breath.

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