jim mk2

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

The most Brighton have spent on a player is £17m. I doubt they’ll exceed that for an unproven player at the top level of dubious quality. Bottom line is Brighton don’t have the spending power. I’d be very surprised if they came in for Armstrong above Palace’s offer

I very much doubt he wants to stay It's every lower league player's dream to play in the Premier League and a couple of PL clubs want him.... the question is only the price Why should he run his deal down when next summer no PL club might want him?

....... because ManU are a quoted plc with access to public market funding and both United and Spurs have multi-multi-billionaire owners who ultimately will keep the clubs afloat because they are backed by rich assets like the players, the stadiums and the commercial interests Brighton, like Rovers, are a smaller/medium sized club with wealthy owners but limited spending power Debt ultimately for those sort of clubs is unsustainable That's why it matters