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Reply | Is that it ?
at 16:03 3 Feb 2026
Probably not but if Blackburn win their game in hand they're 8 points behind us
If Larin fails to reproduce the level of play he hasn't achieved for four seasons or gets injured we're relying on Stewart staying fit or Archer suddenly finding the scoring boots he lost three seasons ago
So whereas we should be safe we can't afford to go on another run like we had after the WBA win. |
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Reply | Saints Announce Signing Of New Striker
at 12:38 3 Feb 2026
I admire your optimism SouthamptonFan but unfortunately SR have turned me from a glass half full to a glass half empty type.
I desperately hope Larin does well but to me it looks like another shocking signing from SR. His 30 international goals have been against mostly small central American countries and Caribbean islands. Of his 30 international goals only 8 have come in the last 4.5 seasons in 43 games
When you look at his club and international stats he scored at a decent rate up to the age of 25 but has tailed off drastically over the past 5 years
I'm also concerned that some sites have him noted as currently injured with a hamstring problem. I'm assuming Saints medical team checked this - just like they did with Ross Stewart
We'll have to wait and see. |
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Reply | New Players : Dont knock him until he has had a go
at 11:08 3 Feb 2026
As I said on a previous thread he scored 88% of his goals between 2014 and 2022 and 12% of his goals from 2022 to 2026
I hope I'm wrong and he hits the ground running but it doesn't look promising |
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Reply | Is that it ?
at 22:33 2 Feb 2026
I’m hoping Ross Stewart stays fit, but I doubt it
I’m hoping Larin suddenly starts scoring for the first time in 4 seasons and stays fit, but I doubt it
I’m hoping Archer finally delivers for the first time since 2022/23 season but I doubt it
I’m hoping 19 year old Oyekunle scores 10 plus goals before the end of the season, but I doubt it
I’m hoping we avoid relegation……………….. |
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 14:34 2 Feb 2026
Thing is Grumps the chances are Stewart will be out injured within the next few weeks and Larin has already been out injured three times this season. If Archer goes and Stewart and Larin get injured which is highly likely then that leaves 19 year old U21 Oyekunle as the only striker available
This is utter madness |
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 07:50 2 Feb 2026
I hope you're right 1teem but let's look at Larin's overall career stats
Cyle Larin played in Canada & USA between ages of 18 & 21 scoring 43 goals in 87 games in a league that at that time was equivalent to L1/2
Moved to Besiktas between ages of 21 and 25 and scored 31 goals in 83 games (had one good season where he scored 19) in a league where Onuachu scored 30 goals in 52 games at the age of 29 -31
From the age of 26 to date he went on loan in Belgium for Waregem, played for Club Brugge, Valladolid, Mallorca and Feyenoord and scored 10 goals in 67 games
Total 84 league goals in 237 games which sounds good at 1 goal every 2.8 games but you have to take into account he scored 74 goals between the ages of 18 and 26 and only 10 goals between the ages of 26 to 30
So, he scored 88% of his goals between 2014 and 2022 and 12% of his goals from 2022 to 2026 plus he’s had 3 injuries already this season
This just sounds like another shocking SR striker signing |
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 22:11 1 Feb 2026
Here’s his goal tally for Canada
Puerto Rico 1
Dominica 3
Honduras 4
El Salvador 1
US Virgin Islands 2
Bermuda 3
Cayman Islands 1
Aruba 1
Haiti 4
Martinique 1
United States 2
Mexico 2
Jamaica 1
Qatar 1
Curaçao 1
Trinidad and Tobago 1
Panama 1
BTW these are total goals v the relevant country ie he didn’t score 4 in one game v Honduras
Looks like another 💩 striker signing from SR
If Arma goes and we get this donkey we kiss goodbye any hope of promotion [Post edited 1 Feb 22:14]
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 17:31 1 Feb 2026
Having a cousin who’s a Feyenoord fan she describes him as having a case of Larin-shytus  |
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Reply | New striker - Cyle Larin
at 17:10 1 Feb 2026
His stats are really impressive
He's a 30 year old who has played for Feyemoord for two seasons scoring 1 goal in 15 games.
Before that he played for 3 seasons and scored 10 goals in 68 games
Prior to that he was at Valladolid and scored 8 in 19. Before that 1 goal in 9 for Club Brugge and 7 in 29 for Waregem
So very much a poor man's Onuachu |
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Reply | Stoke Game Match Day Thread
at 13:24 31 Jan 2026
We’re playing well but only 1-0 up. You can almost see what’s coming
It highlights our continued need for a striker |
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Reply | No Armstrong Or Archer In Team Or On Bench
at 12:12 31 Jan 2026
In 3 seasons Stewart has never played 90 minutes for Saints and has only started 4 times
This means it’s extremely likely that we will be relying on an untried U21 forward |
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Reply | New striker incoming???
at 19:34 29 Jan 2026
I dunno, Armas contract expires June 2027.
I could see us getting rid while we can still command a fee. If on the highly unlikely event we scrape promotion we know that Armstrong is nowhere near a PL player so it might be we get rid now |
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Thread | New striker incoming???
at 15:13 29 Jan 2026
If you believe the rumours Arma and Archer could be on the move so with only injury prone Ross Stewart left it would suggest we might be getting a striker.
The only thing worrying me is SR's clear inability to identify anyone who could hit the side of a barn with a banjo
The list of shame so far reads:
Sulemana – cost £22m, played 74 games, scored 4 goals
Onuachu – cost £18m, played 40 games, scored 4 goals
Mara - cost £11m, played 64 games, scored 8 goals
Edozie - cost £10m, played 63 games, scored 6 goals
Orsic - cost £8m, played 5 games, scored 0 goals
Stewart - cost £10m, played 29 games, scored 4 goals
Archer - cost £15m, played 35 games, scored 9 goals
Brereton- Diaz - cost £7m, played 13 games, scored 0 goals
Damion Downs - cost £7m, played 14 games, scored 0 goals
I should add appearnces include sub appearances
So in three and a half seasons we’ve bought 9 strikers who between them cost £108m, played 337 times and scored a total of 35 goals
That’s one goal every 9.6 games and £3.086m per goal
Staggering !!!
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Reply | Tyler Dibling
at 14:39 29 Jan 2026
Personally, I never thought he was anything out of the ordinary.
He definately has skill but I never thought he delivered particularly and he definately wasn't a team player. Just my opinion |
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