| Tall Paul 11:48 - Oct 5 with 2315 views | Southamptonfan |
A strong physical player, who held up the ball, worked hard, ran about, scored a few goals in the PL, and has a history of scoring goals. Why an earth didn't they keep him if that's the way Will Still plays? 😬
He would have got goals in the championship, and his physical, tall stature would have been perfect in this league. He would have got on the end of long throws. He wasn't PL standard but could have done a job in this league. We couldn't just rely on Stewart with his injury record. Instead, Tall Paul goes and we buy Downes 😤. Maybe he wanted to go, but encourage him to stay, put his money up. There is just no ambition or sensible thinking.
And we still have Aribo and Edozie. They have literally been thrown out in the cold by Will Still. [Post edited 5 Oct 11:53]
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| Tall Paul on 12:03 - Oct 5 with 2260 views | felly1 |
Totally agree.
Unless he made it clear he wanted out we should have kept him.
Bought for 16m sold for 4m
Downs bought for 7m ...God knows what his value will be next year?.
I thought Onuachu was a player with limitations but often made a real difference when he played.
I think the phrase " from the sublime to the ridiculous " summed him up nicely!
Definitely an asset to have in the Championship, particularly if you errrr decide to buy lots of wingers and bang in crosses....nah we'll stick with Cam Archer , not the tall fella who's built his career from scoring from crosses. | | | |
| Tall Paul on 13:39 - Oct 5 with 2162 views | grumpy |
Paul has scored 5 in 7 games for his new club.
While I am prepared to concede he probably wasn't Premier league standard he could have been an asset in the Championship. |  | | |
| Tall Paul on 01:14 - Oct 6 with 1869 views | saintpaz |
maybe he wanted to go, maybe he didn't like living here etc |  | | |
| Tall Paul on 09:42 - Oct 6 with 1748 views | MattFinish |
Onuachu has scored 6 goals and 1 assist in 8 Turkish Superleague games for Trabzonspor who are second in the league. He’s also scored 2 cup goals in 4 games
Okay he wasn’t good enough for the PL but we might have seen a more productive return from him if we’d given him the service he needed
I suspect he got pi**ed off with his time here particularly under Martin and wanted to go. Who could blame him |  | | |
| Tall Paul on 10:08 - Oct 6 with 1714 views | SaintNick |
| Tall Paul on 09:42 - Oct 6 by MattFinish |
Onuachu has scored 6 goals and 1 assist in 8 Turkish Superleague games for Trabzonspor who are second in the league. He’s also scored 2 cup goals in 4 games
Okay he wasn’t good enough for the PL but we might have seen a more productive return from him if we’d given him the service he needed
I suspect he got pi**ed off with his time here particularly under Martin and wanted to go. Who could blame him |
Probably a combination of both, the player himself had probably had enough and the Club had probably had enough, getting £4 million now and getting his wages off the books was probably playing it safe, if he had stayed and failed then the club would be getting major stick now.
It surprises me how many players stick up for him, Stewart gets stick for being injured, something beyond his control, yet Onuachu who wanted out two years ago rather than play in the Championship and spent most of the summer of 2024 trying to move back to Turkey, only not doing so because no club there was willing to sign him permanently due to his wages gets some sort of godlike status.
If you look deeper to the 6 goals he has scored this season, the 3 goals in the last two games have been against the bottom 2 sides and another 1 against the 4th from bottom, he has struggled against sides further up the league. |  |
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| Tall Paul on 10:14 - Oct 6 with 1701 views | yateleysaint |
So you reckon he’d still be able to score against the likes of Sheffield United and Derby then? |  |
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| Tall Paul on 11:11 - Oct 6 with 1657 views | grumpy |
| Tall Paul on 10:08 - Oct 6 by SaintNick |
Probably a combination of both, the player himself had probably had enough and the Club had probably had enough, getting £4 million now and getting his wages off the books was probably playing it safe, if he had stayed and failed then the club would be getting major stick now.
It surprises me how many players stick up for him, Stewart gets stick for being injured, something beyond his control, yet Onuachu who wanted out two years ago rather than play in the Championship and spent most of the summer of 2024 trying to move back to Turkey, only not doing so because no club there was willing to sign him permanently due to his wages gets some sort of godlike status.
If you look deeper to the 6 goals he has scored this season, the 3 goals in the last two games have been against the bottom 2 sides and another 1 against the 4th from bottom, he has struggled against sides further up the league. |
That's ridiculous.
Onuachu wanted out because the way he was being played didn't suit him and his form suffered subsequently.
Wasn't his fault he was on the wages he was .
'godlike status' are you joking? He was slated for not scoring, often the little time he was on the field.
'If you look deeper to the 6 goals he has scored this season, the 3 goals in the last two games have been against the bottom 2 sides and another 1 against the 4th from bottom, he has struggled against sides further up the league'
Well you can only score against the teams you play and how do you know he has struggled against sides further up the league? What! because he hasn't scored against them?
Onuachu wasn't Premiership standard but would have fared better than Downs in the Championship. [Post edited 6 Oct 11:14]
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| Tall Paul on 13:32 - Oct 6 with 1586 views | MattFinish |
| Tall Paul on 10:08 - Oct 6 by SaintNick |
Probably a combination of both, the player himself had probably had enough and the Club had probably had enough, getting £4 million now and getting his wages off the books was probably playing it safe, if he had stayed and failed then the club would be getting major stick now.
It surprises me how many players stick up for him, Stewart gets stick for being injured, something beyond his control, yet Onuachu who wanted out two years ago rather than play in the Championship and spent most of the summer of 2024 trying to move back to Turkey, only not doing so because no club there was willing to sign him permanently due to his wages gets some sort of godlike status.
If you look deeper to the 6 goals he has scored this season, the 3 goals in the last two games have been against the bottom 2 sides and another 1 against the 4th from bottom, he has struggled against sides further up the league. |
I’m not saying Onuachu would be the answer and we’ll never know how he’d do in the championship but he outscored the rest of the strikers we have in the PL last season albeit only just. I certainly don’t afford him godlike status neither do I criticise Stewart. If Stewart was injury free I’d say he’s probably better than tall Paul.
Having said that I agree Nick that he wanted out after a less than impressive stay and we wanted him off the payroll due to his high wages. However neither tall Paul is responsible for his high wages and lack of service nor Roscoe responsible for being signed with a terrible injury record. They were both panic buys by SR because they hadn’t identified a suitable striker in time.
As for some of Tall Paul’s 6 goals being against relegation threatened clubs, how many of our strikers have done that this season. I’d have sooner kept Onuachu and got rid of Archer and not signed Downs [Post edited 6 Oct 13:38]
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| Tall Paul on 13:39 - Oct 6 with 1570 views | Southamptonfan |
I saw his performances when he did play. He tried hard, he ran about and was a physical nuisance. I remember him hitting the bar away to West Ham, when had previously never played. In Juric first game at home, he had a cracking header brilliantly saved. He scored away to Ipswich didn't he? He was then in and out of the team. Players like Mara, Archer, and now Downes played instead and they never ever score and arn't a nuisance! | |
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| Tall Paul on 13:44 - Oct 6 with 1555 views | MattFinish |
| Tall Paul on 13:39 - Oct 6 by Southamptonfan |
I saw his performances when he did play. He tried hard, he ran about and was a physical nuisance. I remember him hitting the bar away to West Ham, when had previously never played. In Juric first game at home, he had a cracking header brilliantly saved. He scored away to Ipswich didn't he? He was then in and out of the team. Players like Mara, Archer, and now Downes played instead and they never ever score and arn't a nuisance! |
Yes even in the PL he was physical and held the ball up well with absolutely no support
Having said that he’s gone so we will never know but I think with the chances we are creating now he’d have been our top scorer | | | |
| Tall Paul on 16:53 - Oct 6 with 1490 views | Ifonly |
Ridiculous decision making to not cross to him when we played him.
Ridiculous decision to get rid of him when we then brought in a manager who likes crosses.
Ridiculous decision to not replace him with another centre forward.
Saints = ridiculous | | | |
| Tall Paul on 17:06 - Oct 18 with 910 views | felly1 |
Bump...he scored again today. Top scorer in Turkish Premier league. | | | |
| Tall Paul on 17:22 - Oct 18 with 876 views | Southamptonfan |
| Tall Paul on 17:06 - Oct 18 by felly1 |
Bump...he scored again today. Top scorer in Turkish Premier league. |
How we could have done with him today, holding the ball up and getting on the end of the some of the crosses, against their tall defenders. But our pathetic owners got rid. | |
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| Tall Paul on 19:27 - Oct 18 with 788 views | saint22 |
| Tall Paul on 17:06 - Oct 18 by felly1 |
Bump...he scored again today. Top scorer in Turkish Premier league. |
He would have excelled in this league
Another example of clueless leadership | | | |
| Tall Paul on 21:54 - Oct 18 with 668 views | hedgeend61 |
| Tall Paul on 19:27 - Oct 18 by saint22 |
He would have excelled in this league
Another example of clueless leadership |
Nobby, somehow he got picked to play for his National team World ranked 10th and played poorly for us in the PL , wen Stevie Wonder could have seen he was useless.
Lucky boy really as anyone who knows an ounce about football wouldn't have picked him for the Dog and Duck pub team. |  | | |
| Tall Paul on 08:58 - Oct 19 with 544 views | jopreston |
I think a lot of people forget the fact that moves are sometimes unavoidable, because the player wants to go. I am pretty sure that was the case with TP. Maybe we tried to keep him but he wanted to leave. So what can we do? |  | | |
| Tall Paul on 10:13 - Oct 19 with 505 views | Ifonly |
Tall Paul was the best centre forward we had available last year. That's why he was consistently in the team after Rusty got the sack. He's a better no. 9 than Arma or Archer so he'd still be in the team if he was here and no doubt he'd be helping us turn draws into wins. He would help us because he can do things that the midgets can't.
We will continue to be one dimensional and toothless until we get a proper replacement for Tall Paul, which Damion Downs clearly isn't. | | | |
| Tall Paul on 15:15 - Oct 19 with 422 views | Southamptonfan |
| Tall Paul on 08:58 - Oct 19 by jopreston |
I think a lot of people forget the fact that moves are sometimes unavoidable, because the player wants to go. I am pretty sure that was the case with TP. Maybe we tried to keep him but he wanted to leave. So what can we do? |
Pay him 7 million a year instead of buying Downes. This equates to 150k a week. Get the money by not spending it on Downes. Pay people enough, they will stay.
Alternatively, you get a proper replacement in, a proven goal scorer at this level, not a 19 year old from an inferior league. [Post edited 19 Oct 15:25]
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