by crazyhorse » Wed May 24, 2006 1:02 pm
OK. We all know we need a front man capable of knocking in 20 goals plus a season, and that a couple of our present front men will be leaving over the summer (Cisse, Pongolle and Morientes are most likely in my mind).
Robbie is capable of scoring plenty of goals but IMO he can only start 20 - 30 games a season in all competitions.
Crouch is a fit lad but not prolific.
We have gambled several times and payed 10 million plus for unproven PL players, and had out fingers burned - Cisse, Heskey, Diouf ect ect.
Andy Johnson would be available, Palace say they want 12 million but i reckon 10 would secure his signature, and we could reduce this still further if we threw in a squad player or two on part exchange.
He scored a lot of goals for Palace the season they went down, and was responsible for single handedly keeping hem in the hunt to stay up until the final day of the season. He is a proven goalscorer at PL level, and is a box player - a poacher who has the ability also to score from outside the box. I have watched him in the Championship this season and he is strong and has good distribution.
I reckon he would be worth looking at, compared with a lot out there we are talking about i do not think we could do any worse.
Discuss.
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crazyhorse on Wed May 24, 2006 1:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.