Blue Wiz
Player Valuation: £25m
Me neither.. but that doesn't prevent the fact that I'd love to see him play for us.
I like it.
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Me neither.. but that doesn't prevent the fact that I'd love to see him play for us.
fozzy
Player Valuation: £60m
i though this was a good read what do you think?????
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11662_2668478,00.html
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11662_2668478,00.html
GhostOfDixie
Player Valuation: £70m
That is interesting, but then these two are different players. I would expect AJ to score more goals coming off Yakubu, not the other way around.
But whats all this talk about Yakubu having a record 2nd to Henry?
fozzy
Player Valuation: £60m
yeah i know! thats what i thought prehaps it was southgate starting that rumour to bump the price up.
To be pedantic yes, Milan are financed by Berlesconi and his media company, Barca are financed by their membership. It's Juventus and Real Madrid that are financed by Fiat and the Spanish government
On the subject of AJ, I had my reservations when we signed him, not because he was a bad player, I don't think he is, but equally I don't think he's world class. Come to think of it I'm not really sure he's international class either. At the time he was a decent signing and a definate improvement on what we had at the time but I really don't see him leading the line when we lift the title, I think if we're to get to that stage then we'd need a better striker.
That's all pie in the sky though. At the moment he'll probably do us just fine and is suffering for two main reasons. Firstly he's not our penalty taker so doesn't get the regular goals that he was accustomed to at Palace. Secondly he's played his entire career with us without a top, experienced strike partner. This has often forced us to play a certain way with him taking the ball in wide areas allowing midfielders to get into the box. Obviously that won't help him to score goals but it helps the team tremendously.
Now this doesn't excuse his slack finishing and I'm not sure he'll ever be a 20 a season guy for us (without the aforementioned penalties anyway), he just isn't clinical enough for that because we don't create enough chances to afford to miss a few before he scores. Hopefully Yakubu will help and if both of them get around the 15 mark each season that will do us fine because the likes of Arteta and Cahill normally chip in with around 10 each as well so, as last season showed, goal scoring as a team isn't that big a problem.
Sim
Player Valuation: £8m
Robert Jarvis
Player Valuation: £35m
A good summation Bruce. I have felt that he can get a few goals but he is a bit lightweight and seemingly unable to stand up to the challenges of defenders. As to him chasing wide for balls, cannot blame him for having to do that, one must look at the tactics that are being employed and question them.
Spot on Bruce, you said everything I wanted to. Now we have to get realistic, we need to play our new signings for the next game. I expect to see jag, baines, manny and yak in our next game. No better time to slot them in than now. No point having 25 million worth of talent on the bench.
GhostOfDixie
Player Valuation: £70m
Need to point out that we only have two of those guys.
GhostOfDixie
Player Valuation: £70m
well remember just because they are in the stadium doesn't mean they will make it to the signing table or pick up the scarf.
To be honest, if we miss out on both, we'll probably endure the course of the seasons with patches of good and bad runs hoping that the good last longer than the bad ones. Afterall we're playing with the same side as last seasons.
The result and performance today brought me down to earth from the dizzy height after our win against spurs. We have to be realistic, we're not guaranteed the best of the rest outside top 4. We still need improvement in playing staff in order to make it certain nevermind breaking into top 4.
The result and performance today brought me down to earth from the dizzy height after our win against spurs. We have to be realistic, we're not guaranteed the best of the rest outside top 4. We still need improvement in playing staff in order to make it certain nevermind breaking into top 4.
GhostOfDixie
Player Valuation: £70m
No we just need to bed the signings in. Which we have made 3 of who haven't really been given the chance to make the impact, plus 2 likely signings who will also make the difference.
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