Allan Saint-Maximin (now playing for Al-Ahli)

[The Prophet]

I am quietly impressed we've lined up a replacement at the same time as selling a player. Being a competent club, the little things ey.

[gdm]

18 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

 

Fraser £7.5m

 

What world do these people live in?

A world where people play too much football manager 

[Jonas]

Think what I'll miss most is the promise/threat having him on the bench brings. I cant think of any type of player you'd more want to introduce to the fray theoretically.

That being said its probably best all round. If fit he'd have gotten good game time with the CL but never guaranteed starts, we get money (35-40m hopefully) in for a squad player that can be reinvested into the club as the manager sees fit and a player that would start more and he'll be entertaining in that league.

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Jonas

[Gawalls]

18 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Pretty sure if we could do that we would.

And you’re the optimistic one out of us 

[toon25]

42 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Cancel the deal, this guy has it sussed.

 

 

 

 

I don't think we could give Hendrick away either

[Gawalls]

Just now, toon25 said:

I don't think we could give Hendrick away either

I think that would be a good deal

[Skeletor]

1 minute ago, toon25 said:

I don't think we could give Hendrick away either

 

Other than Lascelles I don't think we could give away any of them.

[gjohnson]

2 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

 

Other than Lascelles I don't think we could give away any of them.

We'd be lucky to get 6m for the lot

[Gawalls]

3 minutes ago, gjohnson said:

We'd be lucky to get 6m for the lot

But he’s trying to make a point, why do you have to ruin it with facts and common sense

[OptimusSlime]

Big fan of ASM he will sit in that category of at times flawed but mercurial French winger that we have seen a lot of at NUFC.  Ginola, Robert, Ben Arfa - all different but all among the best in the world on their day.

 

Going to the Saudi league at age 26 feels like a waste of a career but good luck to him.  I am surprised he is giving up on ever playing for France.

 

I completely trust that the club know what they are doing - and know better than me - so wish Maxi well and look forward to what is next.

[patrone]

Will ASM be remembered the same way the likes of Ginola and Laurent Robert are

 

Or more the the way of Scott Sellars and Ruel Fox ?‍♂️

[gbandit]

4 minutes ago, patrone said:

Will ASM be remembered the same way the likes of Ginola and Laurent Robert are

 

Or more the the way of Scott Sellars and Ruel Fox ?‍♂️

Below Ginola, Robert and HBA by a distance but still remembered fondly, above Fox for me. Sellars was slightly before my time. Just checked and he was there at the same time as Ruel Fox, I was only 6-8 years old but I remember Fox and barely remember Sellars

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by gbandit

[SiLvOR]

2 hours ago, Jonas said:

I cant think of any type of player you'd more want to introduce to the fray theoretically.

That's been the issue though, he's weirdly never really changed the game from the bench despite it logically making sense. I'm sad in a way he's going, as I really wanted all of the squad to get a bit of CL playing time. 

[FLUMPO235]

44 minutes ago, patrone said:

Will ASM be remembered the same way the likes of Ginola and Laurent Robert are

 

Or more the the way of Scott Sellars and Ruel Fox ?‍♂️

Probably more like mitro, with every game we draw or lose 1-0 the same people saying we would have won if he was playing or coming off the bench. Then forever posting every time he scores in Saudi. 

[ponsaelius]

3 hours ago, Jonas said:

Think what I'll miss most is the promise/threat having him on the bench brings. I cant think of any type of player you'd more want to introduce to the fray theoretically.

That being said its probably best all round. If fit he'd have gotten good game time with the CL but never guaranteed starts, we get money (35-40m hopefully) in for a squad player that can be reinvested into the club as the manager sees fit and a player that would start more and he'll be entertaining in that league.

 

I disagree tbh. He's generally been ineffective from the bench, and is far better when he is able to play from the start and feel his way into a game. It's one of the biggest reasons I am accepting of his sale. If he was a great supersub I'd find it much more deflating.

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by ponsaelius

[Memphis]

Few players have been as good in theory - yet quite a bit less so in reality - as Allan Saint-Maximin. The idealized ASM would be worth 150m. The actual one is not.

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Memphis

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I can’t decide whether he’s overrated or over criticised TBH. Probably both by different people. 
 

Sad to see him go but we’ll move on very quickly once the season starts. 
 

Who knows about FFP or whether we just wanted him out. Again, probably a bit of both. 
 

Always sad to see a maverick attacker not fulfil his potential. 

[RodneyCisse]

I’ll always remember him for being the hope during the Bruce years in the same we had Ben Arfa when Ashley was at his worst.

[Nine]

Understandable why some fans got emotionally attached to him, but in reality he cannot be consistently effective in this squad and system anymore. His best days for us were dragging us along under Bruce.

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Nine

[duo]

£25 mil would be a ridiculously cheap price -yes he lacks consistency but on his day he is unplayable.  I am not questioning selling him - I think I have been pro- selling him in the past.  It just has to be at the right price.

[Miercoles]

49 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I can’t decide whether he’s overrated or over criticised TBH. Probably both by different people. 
 

Sad to see him go but we’ll move on very quickly once the season starts. 
 

Who knows about FFP or whether we just wanted him out. Again, probably a bit of both. 
 

Always sad to see a maverick attacker not fulfil his potential. 

 

Yeah definitely both.

 

He's a world class specialist, unfortunately his specialty is dribbling which is not the most useful specialist. 

 

That's already a complicated case, then he's also one of those players who is world class if they're fit and give a shit - and of course those players, universally, are usually not. If they usually were fit and giving-a-shit they'd just be world class players, without the "if".

 

So yeah he's a really fucking good specialist in a not-that-useful specialty, he can turn it up and be better but he usually doesn't.

 

He's a good premier League player at the end of the day, but not a great one. That doesn't move a lot of data though, so the tendency is to say he's amazing or he's shit.

 

In reality, he's a'ight.

[Kanji]

I think the 200,000 in wages he’s getting a week also had his head turned. It sounds like he also was good with the move when the wages were sorted out. 

[Teslact]

6 hours ago, patrone said:

Will ASM be remembered the same way the likes of Ginola and Laurent Robert are

 

Or more the the way of Scott Sellars and Ruel Fox ?‍♂️

 

Sellars was my favorite player 93-94, though who can forget this the season before after being here about a month:

 

In some respects, it's a shame Maxi never had the chance.

 

[toontownman]

PL era?

 

For me:

 

He is a step above Nzogbia, step below Dyer but far more likeable than both.

 

Quite a few pegs below Hatem.

 

Not close to being used in the same sentence as Robert or Ginola.

[Displayname]

7 hours ago, patrone said:

Will ASM be remembered the same way the likes of Ginola and Laurent Robert are

 

Or more the the way of Scott Sellars and Ruel Fox ?‍♂️

As someone who wanted him to stay here, I think i will forget him pretty fast. 

His edgy emo instagram posts turned me a little off tbh.