With Farid injured it was absolutely essential that we signed a like for like replacement before the window shut. The only forward we managed to get on the books was Jake Sinclair on loan. I've been doing a bit of research on Jake and he looks like he is a decent prospect. However it seems he is pretty short. He is described by the Southampton official site as "diminutive" although neither that site or how wiki page or his soccer base profile actually state his height. It's almost as if no one wants to admit how small he is.
So far this season pretty much all farad's goals have come from headers (apart from the consolation against hearts) and it seemed that the key tactic that we have been working on has been to create width and get crosses in to the box on top of that farid has had a lot of success with flick on and winning the ball and holding it up…Heffernan doesn't score any goals..let alone headers and he does't seem capable of holding the ball up. Cummings has got no height either..so who the hell is going to get on the end of all these crosses ? who is going to win the flick ons ? who is going to hold the ball up ?
I'm delighted we have signed Sinclair. Seemingly he is fast and direct. If he was in addition to Farid then it would be great news, but as a replacement for him it just doesn't make sense. we'll have to completely change the way we play..or spend a lot of time watching crosses into the box headed away by opposition defenders.
Every team in the league knows we are a soft touch, who are under a lot of pressure and can be got at with muscle tactics. To counter this we have brought in someone small and nippy in the form of Sinclair and errr.someone small and nippy in the form of McGeouch (5'10"). The only cover we had that had any height and physical presence was OTJ and we have just let him go.
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02-09-2014 06:56 AM #1
I don't understand the Sinclair signing
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02-09-2014 07:01 AM #2
We couldn't move on the goal machine that is Heffernan, we needed his wages freed up to allow us to bring in another striker, or we got Leigh on loan.
Farid's injury is hard to take but all they've done is brought in cover for Cummings, when we really needed a main guy, piss poor as usual.
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02-09-2014 07:01 AM #3
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We had hoped that with the changes there might be somebody who actually gave a flock, or had a clue, but we were wrong again.
Incompetent shysters the lot of them!
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02-09-2014 07:02 AM #4
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I have no problem with the Sinclair signing. We needed two forwards minimum brought in. A replacement for Farid and another one as we are terribly short of people who can score at the club.
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But if we were only going to sign one…why another small nippy guy ?
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02-09-2014 07:10 AM #6
Im utterly confused by this signing too if he doesnt start banging them in right away then we are ****ed
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02-09-2014 07:14 AM #9
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I agree 100% with this but who should we have brought in? We had about 48 hours from the Farid injury to the window closing & I'm sure AS was thinking exact same thing as you. The player you describe is pretty much on the wanted list for every club in the country. I expect we'll still bring someone in but as it will be an out of contract player I can't imagine too many happy campers on this board! Mind you most weren't happy when we signed Farid!
PS, change of subject, did I miss that much in demand star, James McF signing for Arsenal or the like or is he still out there playing hard to get?
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Sinclair should be arriving with a point to prove, desperate for experience and with a senior player ahead of him in the pecking order who he needs to get past.
Instead he's arrived as the guy we're expecting to be thrown in as the main striker and we need him to score 20 - 30 goals.
No pressure like.
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02-09-2014 07:24 AM #13
Is this just not the equivalent of Butchers Watmore signing .A young player with promise ,but no experience coming into a team lacking in confidence ,not keeping clean sheets ,and not scoring ,therefore not winning games .
Or has the new scouting system and vetting player procedure unearthed someone who will hit the ground running at this level and he will score on his debut and go on to our top scorer in next few months .
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02-09-2014 07:30 AM #14
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02-09-2014 07:34 AM #15
I think the Sinclair signing is actually quite a good move by the club, but it should have been in addition to a more experienced 'first choice' striker to replace El Alagui. The fact we are relying on a bunch of kids and a misfiring Heffernan, none of whom have any evidence as goalscorers at any sort of level, is worrying.
Someone mentioned that Dempster has suggested the transfer window shutting wont stop us moving for a replacement for El Alagui. I certainly hope thats the case!
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After the absolute debacle of previous windows it's depressing to see the club has not learned a thing.Last edited by Baader; 02-09-2014 at 07:40 AM.
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02-09-2014 07:43 AM #18
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I would suggest with the football we are playing we need someone who will take a shot at goal!
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We are still in that situation with Goalkeepers and centre backs too.one injury and we have no cover except untried kids.
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02-09-2014 09:59 AM #22
According to this (if it's accurate) he's 1.69 mtrs. Which is just under 5' 7"
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02-09-2014 10:10 AM #23
Interesting site, thanks for the link..it also shows his goalscoring record for Southampton U21s which is pretty reasonable.
14 goals and 7 assists from 46 appearances total of 3594 minutes played..so a goal every 256 minutes..so about one goal every three games, by time on the pitch.
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02-09-2014 10:49 AM #27
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I see that Courier got a few goals at the weekend along with Jason Scotland, these are big strong forwards who hold the ball up as we found out in the Hamilton game, are people telling me that we could not afford to BUY a player like one of these two ?, if that is the case we are truly Friar Tucked !.
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02-09-2014 10:55 AM #28
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Not got a clue about this signing however I'm hoping he's a poaching type of player, we have not had one of those type players for ever and a day.
However even if he is will he manage to get the goals we need? probably not. Yet again another transfer window where we as supporters of this great club are mugged of for another season. GGTTH
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