Saints Academy Thread

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fran-MLs little camera said:
And things that don't come off aren't always a fiasco. If one of us didn't buy a car because it was more than we wanted to pay.....would that be a fiasco?
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Agreed. I don't think we could have really handled it any differently but I do fear that having alerted the rest of the Premier League as to his availability we will probably be gazumped in the summer. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst I guess...

Sims could definitely be the saviour this season though.
 
fran-MLs little camera said:
And things that don't come off aren't always a fiasco. If one of us didn't buy a car because it was more than we wanted to pay.....would that be a fiasco?
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The fiasco part of it was that despite having considerable funds to spend and a whole month, Les Reed failed to bring an attacking player with pace into the club ( and one that the Manager desperately wanted apparently).

Walcott was option one, Promes option two, where was option three?.
 
Saints_Alive said:
The fiasco part of it was that despite having considerable funds to spend and a whole month, Les Reed failed to bring an attacking player with pace into the club ( and one that the Manager desperately wanted apparently).

Walcott was option one, Promes option two, where was option three?.
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That's not a fiasco though is it. You can't have an endless supply of options. Better to wait than get second best or pay over the odds in terms of wages.
 
Saints_Alive said:
There is room for Sims' pace, directness and trickery plus Hesketh's vision, skill and intelligence but as I said before picking both of them is a leap of faith that Pellegrino doesn't possess.

I hope that I an wrong but I think that he will continue to use Sims as an impact sub.


I would see Sims as a Redmond/Boufal relacement and Hesketh as a Tadic replacement.
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Personally would love to see a team next season with Sims, Hesketh, JWP and Stephens all in the starting line up. Add Harry Reed to that and you have that magic 45%-50% from the academy that many of us dream of.
 
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mowgli said:
Personally would love to see a team next season with Sims, Hesketh, JWP and Stephens all in the starting line up. Add Harry Reed to that and you have that magic 45%-50% from the academy that many of us dream of.
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Can't see Harry being at the same level as the others. Apart from one game where he had an action man 45mins , he did not show me how he'd contribute to a quality Prem team. Love to be proved wrong though.
 
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mowgli said:
Personally would love to see a team next season with Sims, Hesketh, JWP and Stephens all in the starting line up. Add Harry Reed to that and you have that magic 45%-50% from the academy that many of us dream of.
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You also have a lower end championship team but don't let that worry you.
 
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