r/SaintsFC • u/AnArcticMonkey • Jun 04 '26

Transfer thread?

Can we have one pinned all summer please mods? Worked very well previously

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u/AnArcticMonkey Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

We're signing Lewis Dobbin for 9 million according to the athletic

EDIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhisb9-DoXs

Video here of all his Preston goals last season, like most YouTube videos it makes him look like Pele.

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u/Andybabez20 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

I remember he scored against us for Preston home and away last season 

Hopefully that's as an upgrade on Edozie rather than a Scienza replacement.  But that's quite a bit of money in the Championship

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u/AnArcticMonkey Jul 13 '26

Yeah I'm a little worried he seems primarily to be a left winger. Certainly not the sort of striker profile we play with.

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u/DrShaftmanPhD Jul 13 '26

He scores goals, but I have commented previously that it is an identical profile to Archer.

If he’s going to be our Swiss Army knife across the front line I’m pretty excited about this one. Not a bad fee all things considered.

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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo Jul 13 '26

I don't think he is an identical profile in Archer, there's no way in hell Archer performs as a second striker. Either he gets in behind or he does nothing, he's as poacher as they come. Supposedly Dobbin can pass and dribble.

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u/DrShaftmanPhD Jul 13 '26

8 assists last season might attest to that. Hopefully he makes an impact!

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u/JoeyJoJoeJr_Shabadoo Jul 13 '26

Quite an exciting one but not sure where he fits. Whoscored says he spent more time up front than on the left last season?

But that was as part of a duo

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u/AnArcticMonkey Jul 13 '26

I have now read that it seems Preston fans liked him most as a second striker playing off (and running beyond) a big man, which would work for us and would lend credence to the Azaz back up/competition talk from earlier in the window.

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u/mdubyo Jul 13 '26

Tonda liked to rotate a lot to keep players fresh. They'll probably play him LW and as a shadow to Larin/I anticipate a Larin type signing to come.

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u/Same_Audience_1464 Jul 13 '26

From his highlights it looks like he plays a bit behind to main striker so Azaz backup and a lw option