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fozzy
Player Valuation: £60m
im so trying to be so optimisic as you that the yak will come back from this!
i just cant see him being anywhere nere the player he was!!
cuz he is 24 going on 45 years old ffs (them english years are a killer!)!!
Scottoffee
Player Valuation: £10m
City have reached an agreement for Santa Cruz.
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | M | Man City | Man City agree Santa Cruz switch
With Hughes likely to stick with him, Robinho, Bellamy and Bojinov/Caicedo, our chances of another Jo loan might've just improved this morning.
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | M | Man City | Man City agree Santa Cruz switch
With Hughes likely to stick with him, Robinho, Bellamy and Bojinov/Caicedo, our chances of another Jo loan might've just improved this morning.
uknightbreed
Player Valuation: £35m
well if man city now have cruz robinho and bellamy , i think a loan or cheekly low bid for any of there remaining strikers (apart from vassell) might be a good move.
theres sturridge on a free , caicedo and jo - both handy .....and lastly bojinov who in my opinion is a very strong , very talented striker and the pick of the bunch.
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Bez625
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To be honest i'm not sure where I stand with Jo as I feel I may have got sucked in to the fact he is Brazillian and a big money player etc. Thinking back I cant really remember him doing a great amount outside of his first game, something else which may have made me fall for him a bit more.
I genuinely think i and probably a few other fans have been a bit overawed by these things and I think many people will agree he's not worth 18mil of our money. He just hasnt done enough for me, in some games he's looked lost/lazy and just generally not been in it, I also dont think he's as good a natural finisher as the Yak is either, he's missed one or two sitters most strikers wouldnt have needed a second glance at.
For me, like many I reckon, i'd love to give him another season on loan and see how he fares but a buy for his kind of fee is just too risky for us with our current finances. At least on loan we could give him a cup run, a summer and pre season to gel a little more and see if he can get his head into some big games and make a difference. This is just too many if's for a buy tho.
I genuinely think i and probably a few other fans have been a bit overawed by these things and I think many people will agree he's not worth 18mil of our money. He just hasnt done enough for me, in some games he's looked lost/lazy and just generally not been in it, I also dont think he's as good a natural finisher as the Yak is either, he's missed one or two sitters most strikers wouldnt have needed a second glance at.
For me, like many I reckon, i'd love to give him another season on loan and see how he fares but a buy for his kind of fee is just too risky for us with our current finances. At least on loan we could give him a cup run, a summer and pre season to gel a little more and see if he can get his head into some big games and make a difference. This is just too many if's for a buy tho.
Rook
Player Valuation: £80m
He's young and obviously talented and seems to love playing here. Right now I don't think his game is suited to prem footie but he could probably adapt into a very good striker however it'll take him a couple years. Remember guys like Ronaldo were show ponies for a couple years before blossoming.
I can't really see him worth less than 8M even if he's a bust so I'd take him for say 9-12M if the wage demands aren't too steep.
I can't really see him worth less than 8M even if he's a bust so I'd take him for say 9-12M if the wage demands aren't too steep.
BigBlueConk
Player Valuation: £70m
If I may give an opinion that applies to every pro-footballer out there:
I only want players who want to play for Everton because it is Everton.
If we can afford him, I'd take a chance on Jo. Has big potential.
I only want players who want to play for Everton because it is Everton.
If we can afford him, I'd take a chance on Jo. Has big potential.
wabisabi
Player Valuation: £1.5m
yup. i think he's worth a go. especially so if moyes felt he could cultivate him ala jags, lescott etc.. he seemed to fit in with and get inspired by the everton team ethic. i think this is becoming such a big part of what we're about now and imo sets us apart from the gash of prem trash.
get him on another season loan with a solid option to buy?
get him on another season loan with a solid option to buy?
Scottoffee
Player Valuation: £10m
Just been thinking about the vast number of Brazilians that weren't cut out for the Premiership, seems to me that more than most are much better suited to La Liga or Serie A and there's been 100s of millions pretty much wasted by clubs trying to find one of the few that make the grade.
Sure, there's guys like Juninho, Alex, Belletti, Eduardo, Gilberto Silva, Rafael & Denilson (young one) that have managed to hold their own, but still were/are either not 1st choice or hardly setting the league alight (Juninho, Rafael & Eduardo excepted).
But I'm more worried about the likes of Afonso Alves, Deco, Julio Baptista, Cacapa, Gomes, Elano, Geovanni, Glauber, Fabio Aurelio, Anderson Silva, and that Rodrigo we had - these guys have either been a complete waste of space (Alves) or haven't been able to perform with any remote kind of consistency (Robinho).
Whilst I wouldn't mind Jo in on loan again, I don't think he'll ever be as good or consistant as a lot of other options out there and I'd prefer we didn't blow a wad of cash on him.
If it's raw untapped talent Moyes wants in his strikers - at the U21 Euro's Marcus Berg looks an absolute star in the making and would be cheaper from FC Gronigen and I remember reading that Robert Acquafresca (quality name!) is fed up with Mourinho & Inter mistreating him and wants out.
Sure, there's guys like Juninho, Alex, Belletti, Eduardo, Gilberto Silva, Rafael & Denilson (young one) that have managed to hold their own, but still were/are either not 1st choice or hardly setting the league alight (Juninho, Rafael & Eduardo excepted).
But I'm more worried about the likes of Afonso Alves, Deco, Julio Baptista, Cacapa, Gomes, Elano, Geovanni, Glauber, Fabio Aurelio, Anderson Silva, and that Rodrigo we had - these guys have either been a complete waste of space (Alves) or haven't been able to perform with any remote kind of consistency (Robinho).
Whilst I wouldn't mind Jo in on loan again, I don't think he'll ever be as good or consistant as a lot of other options out there and I'd prefer we didn't blow a wad of cash on him.
If it's raw untapped talent Moyes wants in his strikers - at the U21 Euro's Marcus Berg looks an absolute star in the making and would be cheaper from FC Gronigen and I remember reading that Robert Acquafresca (quality name!) is fed up with Mourinho & Inter mistreating him and wants out.
Jo offeres us a lot in the deep lying role! IMO
bluebloodinmyveins
Player Valuation: £60m
JO IS CRAP IMO
How do you really feel about him?
Desaparecido
Player Valuation: £15m
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