Confirmed Signing Josh King

[Toffe3m4n]

an option for who, us or him?

Us

 

[maccavennie]

The video last night had a 25 in though.

I thought it did mate! @DanEFC92 get me off ignore!!! lol

 

[Johnny Barton]

this a similar scenario with when we signed Super Kevin Campbell?
He was initially a loan wasn't he.

Yes, was banging them in for fun when on loan, but once he got his contract became a 1 in 4 striker

 

[Blue83]

Was against this, but I guess welcome Josh, prove us doubters wrong

 

[Liamliverpool86]

Is he faster then tosun ..
Is he gonna put more effort then tosun ..

I think this is a shewd signing .. but i think were all a bit worried because of this season but what we need to realise the standard of players hes gonna be with will be massively improved

i can see him getting 8-10 goals me

 

[witchdoc187]

better than nothing i hope. i mean there's no point bringing cenk on the pitch. If this guy can run or pass then he must be better.

 

[tommytowne]

Yes, was banging them in for fun when on loan, but once he got his contract became a 1 in 4 striker

You're correct. Despite his affinity with us, he was getting loads of stick towards the end of his time with us.

 

[Cameron Manning]

130 pages of comments and there's several things we can all agree on:

• He's a terrible signing that doesn't score goals
• He's a great signing and gives us pace we don't currently have
• It must be a loan because he'd never sign a 6 month deal
• It's a 6 month deal with an option to extend
• At 29 he is far too old to show any improvement
• He has everything to play for to prove himself
• He might not actually be Norwegian because his name is too English
• He definitely needs to start against Leeds but can't start against Leeds
• He'll give us another option in the FA Cup but can't play in the FA Cup
• He'll probably get 10 goals by the end of the season
• He'll get injured 20 minutes in to his first game and we'll never see him again

Exciting signing!!

Well you can’t say that Evertonians don’t make you think!!!

 

[Bob Elstone]

Rapid n can play both wings or upfront.

adds pace n options.

 

[Stuartisitc1878]

...Walcott currently out injured again for a lengthy spell.

Not surprising. Saints play a high tempo game and in fairness to him, from what I've seen he's massively upped his work rate.

 

[birdman]

How many goals we saying before season ends then?

I'm going for 10, and hopefully he will be giving Richy awake-up call

 

[maccavennie]

Yes, was banging them in for fun when on loan, but once he got his contract became a 1 in 4 striker

Not really.

We got him on loan where he scored 9 goals in 8 games and then signed him permanently. He had a decent first full season scoring on average 1 in 3. then the nex 2 seasons with less goals but played less due to injuries and still averaged 1 in 3, then another decent season and then injuries started to take its toll in his last 2 seasons where he barely played

Played a total of 139 games for us and scored 52 goals which is definitely not a 1 in 4 striker.

 

[witchdoc187]

The way I see it there are 3 possible outcomes of this transfer.
1 he doesn’t make much of an impact and leaves in the summer. Minimal harm done and allows us to rest DCL or Richarlison for the odd game which hopefully allows them to avoid burnout.
2. He does ok. Scores 2 or 3 goals and is involved in a few others. His contribution is then worth 5-8 points and 1 or two league positions. In which case our league return money easily pays for his loan.
3. He does well and scores 5 plus goals, and the competition up front helps us go on another run and a crack at top 4. In which case we offer him another year.

Whatever the outcome, this was a signing that had to be completed

You missed out..

4. Injures himself in warm up v Leeds and never seen again
5. Scores a couple of goals, gets 10year 100K a week contract and never seen again.

 

[Bob Elstone]

Can he play v Leeds?

 

[maccavennie]

Be lovely if he scored the winner against the mancs on Saturday, thats how you make a name for yourself!