rodders0223

I would be very surprised if he starts over 10 games tbh. He is an option to bring on and nothing more, imo.

£500K for 45 minutes of football. That is Balaban territory.

He was unemployed, so he didn't take any pay cut.

Lambert and Faulkner, clearly

Just because we have the wages spare now doesn't mean we should waste it on shite. I think that is the issue here.

I don't mind the fact Barton is a complete ****. I wouldn't take him becuase his legs have gone, and he is a crap footballer.

No he didn't. He was absolute dog shite, we were lucky no teams could get points on the board because playing with that **** up front for a few more weeks would have relegated us.

If we signed him 4 years ago, we would have had to have matched his £100k Liverpool gave him so not sure why people keep saying this.

He was a quality player, probably the most naturally gifted of his generation tbf. I wouldn't want him now, but depending on his wages he could be a decent option to have around the squad.

I would rather Keane coming in along with Hoolahan as assistant tbfh;

Missing the point a bit though. The fact is that we do have the aforementioned strikers on the wage-bill so unless Lambert is going to get rid of a couple of them, no new strikers should be added and he should be pragmatic enough to work with what he has. Obviously though, 'Lambert' and 'pragmatism' are words that you will seldom find in the same sentence. Also, what about when Benteke and Kozak return to fitness? We'll basically have a third-choice striker on biggish (by our standards) wages* that could be better used elsewhere. Not to mention that Bendtner is the sort of player who will instantly kick up a fuss about it also. *Anyone who thinks Bendtner will come here for less than something like £25k/w (if that) is deluded. I don't think the future wage bill issue is much of a concern to Lerner anymore, as he's practically checked out. It's almost like we have no owner at the moment, so any longer-term view is largely irrelevant. Whether we are interested in Bendtner or not is up for debate, but I fully expect a few more freebies coming in, should we add to the squad. In lieu of any transfer fee, putting a free agent on a contract creates a new, sell-on value for them - effectively offsetting some of their wages if sold. Benteke has shown that he doesn't come back from injury by hitting the ground running so, even if he returns in the new year, it may take a while to hit form again. Kozak may not be ready for the start of the campaign and in our position we need to get as many points as we can, as quickly as we can. Who knows about Bent - was behind the kids in the pecking order at Fulham. I wouldn't be surprised to see another experienced striker come in, and possibly another midfielder in the same vein. Tell that to QPR and all the free transfers they signed from higher clubs, dropping down to 'do them a favour'

Zat Knight, Pascal Chimbonda or we have tempted Wayne Bridge out of retirement.

We wouldn't be paying "high wages" - we all know this. He's (only) 26 and has been playing at a decent level for a long time. Much like with the Senderos situation, I struggle to see much wrong in bringing in this kind of player on a free transfer. £29k per week according to his Wiki. He was earning £52k a week at Arsenal, the same as his shirt number. Says it all about his ambitions for me. Wouldn't want him.

We wouldn't be paying "high wages" - we all know this. He's (only) 26 and has been playing at a decent level for a long time. Much like with the Senderos situation, I struggle to see much wrong in bringing in this kind of player on a free transfer. He won't be coming then. He was proven time and time again when Arsenal have tried to shift him that he cared more about salary. He will end up in Turkey somewhere earning the millions.

Decent player, not as good as he thinks he is, crap attitude and high wages. Meh.

He is not going to change the policy and nobody is going to take those donkeys off our books though.

Laziness? Hahahahaha You don't know a manager manages and the coaches coach? Do you work in a professional enviroment at all? Anything to have a dig at Lambert I suppose.

I have never seen any of them play regular, but they both have pedigree and play in a decent league, so we will not afford them IMO.

It doesn't matter who I suggest, we will not be signing any class players this summer. We will continue the trend we started with Senderos. We will be lucky if we end up signing a Karl Henry or a Sidwell.

What are you talking about? He and his agent wouldn't even sit down to listen to our offer.

An absolute class player who would never come here in a billion years. Stop playing FM. Just won La Liga, Diego would have a hundred teams better off than us in for him this summer, 100 teams willing to offer more money, 100 teams who could offer him a better lifestyle. Diego on a free will probably be picking up £100k a week somewhere next season.

Hart Johnson Cahill Jagielka Baines Henderson Gerrard Sterling Lallana Ox/Barkley Sturridge. Rooney can't cut it anymore, only place I can see him being successul is striker, but for me Sturridge is more of a threat now and more deserving.

Yeah, because he was wank for 85% of his time here.

Personally would take the risk and include him. He is a match winner and an unknown quantity to a certain extent. Can run at defences for fun even after long spells out. Natural athlete, he's not a Rooney.

He can have them.