You will find it hard to find a Saints supporter who has a good word to say about Tall Paul Onauchu, now it seems that the saga could be at an end, at least temporarily with a move to Turkey.

According to sportwitness.co.uk Southampton striker Paul Onauchu is heading for Turkish Super Lig side Trabzonspor who as part of the deal will be loaning one of their players to our fellow Sport Republic owned club Goztepe.

Although the report does not clarify I would imagine that Onauchu will join Trabzonspor on loan, given the size of his wages in England.

Onauchu like James Bree has found himself a victim of circumstance, initially he showed a little bit of promise, if a header had gone in at Stamford Bridge in one of his first games or indeed another header against West Ham, it might have changed the course of his first months at St Mary's but they didn't and it didn't.

He was then like a rabbit in the head lights, not knowing what to do next for the best and he had little impact, although under Ruben Selles policy of panic and change he did get the odd occasion to redeem himself.

When Russell Martin arrived with his possession football, this was never going to be Tall Paul's type of game as was shown at Gillingham in the EFL Cup.

Hopefully he will get back to the goal scoring form that drove us to sign him in the first place, if he does then perhaps we will stand a chance of getting some of our money back in a season or two.

I wish him well, even his biggest critic could not accuse him of not trying, he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Block8 added 08:39 - Sep 8 A very bad buy as it turned out but thats not his fault. In a team that plays with wingers who put the ball in the box he will probably net a few goals. Our style of football gave him no chance as even when he did play or come on as sub we didn't play to his strengths, even when we were losing, which I still find odd! Good luck to him he is another who didn't lack effort just didn't fit in and our form was so poor he couldn't be afforded the time to settle.

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JoeEgg added 10:29 - Sep 8 "Onauchu like James Bree has found himself a victim of circumstance" Haven't we all! "When Russell Martin arrived with his possession footbal" Good luck Paul - there must be many supporters wishing they could come with you!!
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Saintaxidriver added 10:54 - Sep 8 We bought him then didn't get any crosses in or play to his strengths. Just another part of what was one of the most mis managed badly judged poorly organised seasons I have ever seen as a Saints fan. Good luck Paul hope things work out well!
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TimSaint added 11:52 - Sep 8 His name is Onuachu Get the U and the A the right way round - seems to be an ongoing issue !! :-)
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SaintPaulVW added 12:23 - Sep 8 Must be on the list of worst ever transfers. Genk missed out on winning the league, we were relegated and the player ended up not playing. Bad business whichever way you look at it.
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SWH1748 added 10:37 - Sep 9 JoEgg bye then 🤦‍♀️
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