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Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:28 amby maguskwt
Dalglish wrote:maguskwt wrote:Bent is a good choice too though... He can have the same effect as Bellamy and he's more likely gonna be alot more prolific than Carroll...
Not sure about Bent.
Being more prolific than Carroll won't be difficult !
What you have to also consider is that Bent plays almost 100% of games when fit. His Goals ratio to mins on pitch is not even in the Top 20 Premiership Goalscorers.
At Charlton, Sunderland and Villa he was/is first choice and always plays so it skews his goals output. At Spurs he didn't always start and his record was very poor.
I wouldn't rush out and buy someone like we did last season when we splurged £35 Million on Carroll. January is an awful time to bring in new players and I've never liked it.
Peter Odewinge is worth a punt as long as we don't spend silly money. The alternative is to sit this one out and build for next season and hope we pick up one of the Cups.
Getting 4th place is a priority which will make it alot easier for us to attract top talent and re-build. The way I see it, with our stuttering goal scoring form, it will be very difficult to achieve 4th spot since we will be competing with Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal and possibly even Newcastle. Let's not kid ourselves into thinking we have turned a corner after the 3-1 win over Newcastle and the return of our captain.
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:07 pmby red till i die!!
imo failure to add in january will leave us short come may.
goals have been a problem all season and what we have isnt good enough to get the goals required in the long run.
completely obvious after the newcastle match that we are a one man team and if were relying on stevie to stay fit for the rest of the season then we are in trouble especially if suarez is banned.
id love to see us land hazard and i wouldnt mind seeing us pay up to 30mil for him.another shout is matt jarvis and im sure we could land him for half of what we paid for stew.we could also loan wolves a player or two to sweeten the deal.
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:47 pmby maypaxvobiscum
red till i die!! wrote:imo failure to add in january will leave us short come may.
goals have been a problem all season and what we have isnt good enough to get the goals required in the long run.
completely obvious after the newcastle match that we are a one man team and if were relying on stevie to stay fit for the rest of the season then we are in trouble especially if suarez is banned.
id love to see us land hazard and i wouldnt mind seeing us pay up to 30mil for him.another shout is matt jarvis and im sure we could land him for half of what we paid for stew.we could also loan wolves a player or two to sweeten the deal.
i rather we buy someone like Marko Marin, Marco Reus, Ganso, etc. i am sure there's another Chicarito out there to be found instead of another overpriced English player in the team. they are the worse players when it comes to technical ability and flair, and massively overrated by the same media that launches attack after attack on them during international tournaments.
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:14 pmby Benny The Noon
maypaxvobiscum wrote:red till i die!! wrote:imo failure to add in january will leave us short come may.
goals have been a problem all season and what we have isnt good enough to get the goals required in the long run.
completely obvious after the newcastle match that we are a one man team and if were relying on stevie to stay fit for the rest of the season then we are in trouble especially if suarez is banned.
id love to see us land hazard and i wouldnt mind seeing us pay up to 30mil for him.another shout is matt jarvis and im sure we could land him for half of what we paid for stew.we could also loan wolves a player or two to sweeten the deal.
i rather we buy someone like Marko Marin, Marco Reus, Ganso, etc. i am sure there's another Chicarito out there to be found instead of another overpriced English player in the team. they are the worse players when it comes to technical ability and flair, and massively overrated by the same media that launches attack after attack on them during international tournaments.
How much do you actually know about all these countless amount of foriegn players you keep mentioning we should buy ? Do you watch them on a regular basis or go by what the media say or use the power off
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:18 pmby Fowler_E7
please God not Darren Bent, he just screams mid table. He's a classic example of guy who is good being the star man in average team, his game is far to limited to play for a top side.
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Mon Jan 02, 2012 9:17 pmby Thommo's perm
Fowler_E7 wrote:please God not Darren Bent, he just screams mid table. He's a classic example of guy who is good being the star man in average team, his game is far to limited to play for a top side.
Cant see KK buying a striker to be honest
Unless its Torres...
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Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:36 amby maypaxvobiscum
i would really like to see Torres return. he would find his old form with us, not his current club. their style of play is just not suited to him.
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Tue Jan 03, 2012 10:58 amby Thommo's perm
maypaxvobiscum wrote:i would really like to see Torres return. he would find his old form with us, not his current club. their style of play is just not suited to him.
He needs hugs
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Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:06 pmby maguskwt
maypaxvobiscum wrote:i would really like to see Torres return. he would find his old form with us, not his current club. their style of play is just not suited to him.
Torres' betrayal is worse than Owen's if Owen's could even be called a betrayal. Dont' want him near our club... end of story... besides he has not looked himself since after the World Cup and only raised his game against Chelsea to put himself in the shop window... and what makes you so sure he will perform under Kenny's system... He wasn't a prolific scorer for Athletico he isn't a regular scorer at chelsea... he only scored lots of goals under Rafa...
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Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:12 pmby woof woof !
Fowler_E7 wrote:please God not Darren Bent, he just screams mid table. He's a classic example of guy who is good being the star man in average team, his game is far to limited to play for a top side.
Couldn't agree more.
Feel the same way about him as I do Downing, i.e. "a nearly man" Looks good playing in a mid table side not nearly good enough for a top four team.
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Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:27 pmby Kash_Mountain
woof woof ! wrote:Fowler_E7 wrote:please God not Darren Bent, he just screams mid table. He's a classic example of guy who is good being the star man in average team, his game is far to limited to play for a top side.
Couldn't agree more.
Feel the same way about him as I do Downing, i.e. "a nearly man" Looks good playing in a mid table side not nearly good enough for a top four team.
Prefer to have Downing then Darren Bent. Anyway, I just get a feeling the whole DB thing is a smoke screen...........
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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:58 pmby red till i die!!
i really hope these rumours regarding bent have no truth to them.
he has 3 and a half years left on his contract so he wouldnt be cheap and we'd be so foolish to overspend on another average player who in the long run isnt good enough to play here.
it would be the dearest piece of sellotape we ever bought
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:32 amby sully0182
i'd take torres back,,,for the simple reason he's started to look sharp again against wolves the other night, he's gonna start scoring at chelsea this month mark my words, u can't keep a player of that quality down and i certainly don't buy into this "he only scores for rafa" rubbish!
Still hate him though...
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:43 amby The_Rock
Hope we stop getting british players (if we are gonna sign anyone this transfer window).
Yohan Cabaye was signed for 4.3 mill....and he looks better than adam & henderson combined.
Seriously .....our best british signing since KK took over is bellamy.
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Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:21 pmby Raoul
How about Honda? He is getting towards the end of his contract with CSKA