Divin Mubama

[LegalEagle]

I said two months ago that this guy is a fraud. Doesn’t look like a footballer and nothing has changed. The worst forward in a Saints shirt in at least the last 20 years. He’s horrific. 

[saintant]

A passenger in the squad who is stealing a living especially as we have guys in the U21s who could do a better job. Hope we send him back in January because he's a waste of a squad number and I think he could well be pissing off some of his team mates with his half hearted approach. Get rid because we can and need to do so much better.

[Gloucester Saint]

1 hour ago, LegalEagle said:

I said two months ago that this guy is a fraud. Doesn’t look like a footballer and nothing has changed. The worst forward in a Saints shirt in at least the last 12 months. He’s horrific. 

99% right, just tweaked your post slightly in remembrance of Damian Downs, whose two first team contributions were air shots. Divin is the second worst striker I’ve seen since 2006. How the scouting team find these 💩 I’ve no idea.

[Sheaf Saint]

10 minutes ago, Gloucester Saint said:

99% right, just tweaked your post slightly in remembrance of Damian Downs, whose two first team contributions were air shots. Divin is the second worst striker I’ve seen since 2006. How the scouting team find these 💩 I’ve no idea.

I wonder if we made a genuine error when we were offered him on loan by City and we thought we were actually getting Divine Mukasa, who has done alright for West Ham so far and looks a much better prospect.

Edited Saturday at 21:29 by Sheaf Saint

[Football Special]

3 hours ago, LegalEagle said:

I said two months ago that this guy is a fraud. Doesn’t look like a footballer and nothing has changed. The worst forward in a Saints shirt in at least the last 20 years. He’s horrific. 

Guido Carrilo for £19M was worse surely?

[HKsaint]

Send him them and get back the loan fee.

[saintant]

9 hours ago, HKsaint said:

Send him them and get back the loan fee.

Yeah, they might be glad to have him next season when all their superstars leave. 

[Nordic Saint]

11 hours ago, Football Special said:

Guido Carrilo for £19M was worse surely?

Reading that made me wonder what happened to him so I looked him up. He is currently the captain of Estudiantes:

I agree with you that he was an overpriced flop here, a bit like Agustin Delgado, but still a hero to his fans in South America. I guess neither Carillo nor Delgado really wanted to be here.

Edited yesterday at 10:52 by Nordic Saint

[saintant]

His pathetic attempt to get on the end of the ball from JWP was a classic example of how half hearted this guy is. He was neither switched on or determined enough to get in front of defenders and get a touch which would have ended in a certain goal. Zero strikers instinct shown.

[sfc4prem]

The bloke is woeful. 

[Miltonaggro]

Tick tock. Seven weeks…

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Things he did well:

His presence changed Preston's defensive approach.. More than it changed our attacking one.

They thought we'd brought on a target man. We continued to break ourselves against two banks of defenders. Whether that was long range shots they were happy to block, or us failing to pass through them.

Mubama gave us a little more room, as Preston were having to watch him, as he was often the only player of our in the box. That led to a couple of Azaz efforts nearly having him on the end of them.

That he wasn't, looked to be down to his sharpness and awareness as a finisher. He took up the standard positions in the box. While we should have looked to use that a lot more, he also has to be aware he's not going to get many chances. And those could be from rebounds. He has to be right on it, for the ones he gets. And yesterday, he wasn't.

Whataboutery says:Neither were anyone else.

[benjii]

1 hour ago, saintant said:

His pathetic attempt to get on the end of the ball from JWP was a classic example of how half hearted this guy is. He was neither switched on or determined enough to get in front of defenders and get a touch which would have ended in a certain goal. Zero strikers instinct shown.

Yeah, really should have scored that. It was there on a plate.

[chivvy]

Maybe the 60k plus

per week we are paying ramsdale is a factor in recruiting a top striker.

Edited 16 hours ago by chivvy

[suewhistle]

19 hours ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

hat he wasn't, looked to be down to his sharpness and awareness as a finisher. He took up the standard positions in the box. While we should have looked to use that a lot more, he also has to be aware he's not going to get many chances. And those could be from rebounds. He has to be right on it, for the ones he gets. And yesterday, he wasn't.

Those goals from rebounds and sharpness in the box seem to be exactly the ones I've seen from Princewill at u21 level. Can he replicate that in the league? By now it must be worth a try..

[saintant]

37 minutes ago, suewhistle said:

Those goals from rebounds and sharpness in the box seem to be exactly the ones I've seen from Princewill at u21 level. Can he replicate that in the league? By now it must be worth a try..

Agree. Princewill is 21 and is a big 6'3" unit with some pace. Surely it must be worth giving him a start and if he struggles he's no different to Mubama and can be subbed off......presumably to be replaced by Mubama. I think the least you'd get from him is effort and 100% commitment which I'm not seeing from our Man City loanee.

[Ldnsaint]

Can't believe the criticism of a young striker getting 10 minutes here and there 🤦‍♂️ Tonda should've started him on Saturday 

[Daft Kerplunk]

The poor lad was probably an early developer when it came to physicality, which at younger age categories would have given him the edge, which is probably why his youth record was very good.  But this might also have meant that he didn't need to develop the sort of technique you need at the higher levels of the game, and this is being exposed now.  He doesn't look like he knows what to do, and because he may have found youth football relatively easy due to physical strenghts, he will get frustrated that the same things don't work that might have for him.  We aren't the right football club for him right now as we need impact, not players having to relearn or learn how to play.  

[Lee On Solent Saint]

How desperate must the Under 21's be for forwards if he keeps getting call ups?

[Miltonaggro]

9 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said:

How desperate must the Under 21's be for forwards if he keeps getting call ups?

Desperate to field players from the big five clubs.