Steve Wigan
Player Valuation: £35m
Hurrah! At least someone talks else talks sense.
er....oops !
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Hurrah! At least someone talks else talks sense.
No I didn't say that. As I originally stated:
'Unless they're going to genuinely compete for a starting XI now, or in the foreseeable future, then it's not worth it.'
I can imagine Besic will play in the foreseeable future, especially with necessary rotation, hence he has added to the squad.
With regards to the forward line. We have Lukaku, Eto'o, Naismith and a returning Kone. Mirallas can play there as well.
Can we justify spending money on another striker, who'll most probably not regularly contest at the least the first three?
To me that rules out the need for Jonas and Nilmar. We'd all like extra cover, but we need to be sensible about necessity.
Ninis as a winger is probably the most tempting one, but again I wonder about his quality and necessity.
We have McGeady, Mirallas, Atsu, Pienaar and I'm sure some of the front men will drop to a wider position in cases.
In the centre (where he prefers) he could make an impact I guess, but then there is Barkley, Osman and Naismjth.
So, as I originally stated, unless they can genuinely compete for a starting XI now or in the future then it's a nay from me.
Otherwise you're going to be paying a sign on fee and wages for third or fourth place cover, and very rarely play.
I'd rather see the kids do that option and keep our wage bill sensible. In the long term it's the safe way.
As Groucho also mentioned, they're normally free for a reason.
It's like buying something you don't need simply because it's got 90% off
Just because they're free doesn't mean they're always going to be good enough!
If there was a quality defender available then I'd say yay, otherwise I 'my happy as we are.
Slightly off-topic but the following players are out of contract next summer:
Doumbia
Yarmolenko
Konoplyanka
Milner
Ayew
Huntelaar
Pato
Delph
I was trying to make myself feel at home.er....oops !
No I didn't say that. As I originally stated:
'Unless they're going to genuinely compete for a starting XI now, or in the foreseeable future, then it's not worth it.'
I can imagine Besic will play in the foreseeable future, especially with necessary rotation, hence he has added to the squad.
With regards to the forward line. We have Lukaku, Eto'o, Naismith and a returning Kone. Mirallas can play there as well.
Can we justify spending money on another striker, who'll most probably not regularly contest at the least the first three?
To me that rules out the need for Jonas and Nilmar. We'd all like extra cover, but we need to be sensible about necessity.
Ninis as a winger is probably the most tempting one, but again I wonder about his quality and necessity.
We have McGeady, Mirallas, Atsu, Pienaar and I'm sure some of the front men will drop to a wider position in cases.
In the centre (where he prefers) he could make an impact I guess, but then there is Barkley, Osman and Naismjth.
So, as I originally stated, unless they can genuinely compete for a starting XI now or in the future then it's a nay from me.
Otherwise you're going to be paying a sign on fee and wages for third or fourth place cover, and very rarely play.
I'd rather see the kids do that option and keep our wage bill sensible. In the long term it's the safe way.
As Groucho also mentioned, they're normally free for a reason.
It's like buying something you don't need simply because it's got 90% off
Just because they're free doesn't mean they're always going to be good enough!
If there was a quality defender available then I'd say yay, otherwise I 'my happy as we are.
Different one mate.
Slightly off-topic but the following players are out of contract next summer:
Doumbia
Yarmolenko
Konoplyanka
Milner
Elm
Ayew
Huntelaar
Pato
Abate
Delph
Wickham
Cleverley
Think the day of turning a very quick profit on Lucas Neill was a one off. I have a feeling it was the Cahill connection that made that happen anyway.
take someone on trial? o'keefe said martinez wanted someone like piennar as back up on deadline day..
It was Cahill that told Lucas to come to Efc. Lusas Neil didn't want to leave . The guy I work with grew up with Lucas Neil and lived with him in London whenever he visited the uk. He met Timmy through Lucas Neil and says Timmy is a legend as down to earth as you get. Says when they went our he would see other players like too Ferdinand and alike and they were always making everyone know they were footy players. Timmy used to tell everyone he was a mechanic or something , says whenever Tim used to drink he used to get blind and has seen him pudding in corners of bars and clubs ...had lots of stories and both Lucas Neil and Timmy sounded so "normal"
Diakite would be alright on a free
You sound like the little fella off South Park: Timmy, Timmy, Timmy, Timmy...