Saint Nathan!

I always find 'stupid idiot' is a useful generic name for our players if their real name slips your mind.

 

Godammit! Why didn't I study less in school?! I knew education would turn out to be a load of old bollox.

 

No Nathaniel no, there must be more to life.*


*niche gag

 

War of the Worlds LTL?

 

Been wanting us to go for Redmond for 2/3 Summers now. Crazy that he's still only 22.

 

And of course Nate was the name for a hurricane, so we can expect him to blow away a few defences.

 

Yuk, id prefer him to get to the byline and cross the ball, but whatever wins matches nowdays I s'pose...

 

And 'Nate' is also 'Night' in Northern Irish. So let's hope can become a star.

 

There's a respected website called Transfermarkt [sans 'e' is intentional] too. Makes everyone an expert.

 

Or maybe just Na when we haven't got the effort to utter anything further.

 

On a scale of 1-10 where 10 is "I'm 100% convinced this guy is going to be our best player" and 1 is "I'm 100% convinced this is going to end up a train wreck" I would give this about a 6.5.

I know there are many people and pundits who like him, but every time I've seen him he's been relatively quiet. Maybe I just watched the wrong games. But it's not like I thought he was horrible or anything. He's a little tricky, and seems to not be much fun for defenders, but it feels like it's just cut inside cleverly, juke a little, bad shot/pass.

He's certainly the kind of player we should be going for in terms of age/position/potential. And the Black Box/Saints scouting have seen more of him and know much more about assessing talent than I do for sure. So I'm cool with it.

I feel about this the way I felt when we got Bertrand, and that ended up working out great. Also feel better about this than acquiring Chamberlain who would cost probably like 15-20m and much higher wages. Not that I dislike Chamberlain, he just can't stay healthy.

 

Agree in bits about Redmond. I give it 7 on the same scale. Oxo's health problem is a perennial Arsenal one. They just don't seem to be able to look after certain players.

 

What's his fitness/injury record like?

 

Ronald! He's dead! Buried under the rubble! Satan, why did you take one of your own?

 

Redmond looks a bit raw to me, but I'm sure the club is certain that he has a lot of space to develop with proper coaching which he will get with us. Similar fee seemed silly when we bought Long, but it doesn't seem silly now.

 

If Redmond is signed, that means Saints have players with pace to burn. Long, Mane (if he stays) Redmond. And at the moment there is still the guile of Pelle so the Saints attack could be a handful for many a PL team.

 

I'd be a big fan of this signing - as an addition to the squad. Not as a Mane replacement.

 

It's a thumbs up from me

 

Very much agree, he has a very good record for the under 21s

He has developed pretty well at Norwich, will only get better with us and Will fit our style.

Not a headline grabber but will be one day as his profile increases.

 

Will fit in and will join up with his International captain.