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His attitude is probably more of a worry than his poor goalscoring record and his fitness I wonder how he'll cope when he becomes part of Tony's Tombola..... dropped one week, playing out of position the next or (more likely) sitting on the sub's bench for months while he adjusts to Tony's "system"

I sincerely hope that it isn't true. Paying £6m would be a huge gamble. We grossly overpaid for Brereton and Gallagher but the club doesn't seem to learn from its past mistakes. In the past a player like Obafemi with multiple issues hanging over him would be a free transfer. Saints want Armstrong badly - for once the cards are in our favour and we should play it tough.

You'd have to hope we wouldn't be paying any transfer fee at all. There's so many question marks over Obafemi and spending that sort of money would not make much sense and represents a serious financial risk. He's worth a gamble on a free, but that's all

Thanks for confirming why there should be serious doubts about signing this player

We had a good defence that season! Barton just didn't look like a goalkeeper. He wouldn't be a pro these days I'm sure. Our list of poor goalkeepers is quite long....longer probably than the good ones we've had.

Around the same time as Fred Else and Adam Blacklaw in the 1960s. Sadly died in 2014 https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11491190.tributes-former-blackburn-rovers-goalkeeper-dies---aged-72/

Yes I forgot. Butcher. He was poor ....he dropped the ball more often than he caught it and it makes you wonder how some players actually became professionals. But in terms of sheer uselessness, Barton has to be the worst. Looked like a rugby league forward with about the same mobility.

Thanks

Link?

Barton, Fettis, Steele, Walton, Leutweiler All of them poor Barton was the worst though.

Ability: Southampton fans aren't that bothered he's going Career: Stats speak for themselves Fitness: His record isn't good Instead of embarrassing yourself with ad hominem attacks perhaps you'd like to explain why (apart from the fact he's young and "might" improve) he would be a good signing and why we should pay good money for him?

Mowbray: "Armstrong has a growth mindset" Thanks Tony for the management bullsh!t

You checked his wiki and are now claiming to be some kind of expert ,running the rule on his ability and career It's actually embarassing.

Assuming he comes, we should not be paying any money for Obafemi The lad's scored 4 goals in 32 games in his career, had just 19 minutes of first-team football in the whole 2020-21 season and underwent a serious operation in January I bet Southampton can't believe their luck The fact he's an Ireland international is irrelevant. They're so poor my 80-year-old Irish relative would get a game Edit: and he's got an attitude problem https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/southampton-fc-news/saints-michael-obafemi-hasenhuttl-st-marys/

Sounds correct

With his injury record and poor goalscoring record he should be a free transfer

Oh cripes Headline Southampton bite hand off mug buyer

Be fair old chap, they never read newspapers so they are vastly more informed. Wish you'd stop predicting easy Rovers wins though.

So a crock who scored a few goals years ago Sounds perfect for us And Southampton want money for him?

Why?

One of the worst pieces of business we did, although Davies became an excellent player for Bolton and Beattie flopped at Everton, so you can never tell why players do well at some clubs and not at others.

Why? He's scored 4 goals in 32 games for Southampton

Mowbray will love boasting to the owners that this is his buy young/nurture/sell strategy working. Tony gets a 5-year contract extension as a reward?

Type "Brighton record signing" into Google. and this is the top result https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brighton_and_Hove_Albion_F.C._records_and_statistics#:~:text=from 1922–1936.-,Highest transfer Fee Paid,reported to be £17m. Mea culpa (look it up) though. As you famously said, you've got better things to do than read newspapers.

Shows you shouldn't trust wikipedia