rodders0223

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.

Lots of people said that Holt was too old, wouldn't last 30 minutes and wasn't even wanted by Wigan, but he did a job. He lasted full matches, he popped up with a goal, he helped us see out a few results and he really gave his all for Villa. Joe Cole may be a very similar signing, so don't write him off just yet. If he makes 10-20 appearances, pops up with a few assists/goals and can be an experienced head on the pitch and the training ground, then great, he'll have done his job.

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.

Yeah, 4 years too late with this signing. He is well past it now unfortunately. Reminds me of when we braught Pires in, great players in their day but we can only lure that sort of player when theyre in the very final moments of their career. But hey, beggars cant be choosers n all that..

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.

Another poor signing who again is the type of player that teams who go down sign. Over rated throughout his career and he has pretty much done nothing in the last 3/4 years. Also his injury record is a huge worry. It seems obvious that there's no money to spend and that the remit is: get some experienced players on bosman's or loans and hope to whichever God you want that it's enough to keep us up. 

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'd be happy if it's Hoolahan coming in along with Keane as assistant. 

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

 

 

Let's assume Benteke is out until the New Year and Kozak doesn't make the start of the season;

 

Who would be your preferred choice up top; Bent, Agbonlahor, Weimann, Bowery or Bendtner?

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.

 

 

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

Meh.

 

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.

 

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

Meh.

 

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.

Good players from good sides have signed for smaller teams than expected, in the past. I'm not saying that we will sign a player like Diego, I'm just saying it shouldn't be dismissed just because of how far we've fallen. If Lerner changed his transfer policy, or we got rid of Bent/ Given/ Hutton, and were able to offer their wages to someone else, it's not unthinkable for a team like us to pick up a good player.

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

For me that's just laziness. Not doing training.

No wonder phelan said he was basically manager the last couple years.

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.

Rodders what you think of mariga and eric maxim choupo-moting

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.

He plays for wolfsburg massive club lol if he dosnt get any offers that suit uk is a great league to play in. Who do you suggest rodders

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.

He hasnt set the world alight recently. Id offer 50k if someone offers better then fair enough

What are you talking about?

He and his agent wouldn't even sit down to listen to our offer.

Diego from wolfsburg is out of contract this summrr hes 28yrs old id snap him up he needs to rekindle his future in the game.

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.

FFS

 

Going to have to look at that twitchy eyed wheeler and dealer for the next 12 months now

 

Can't wait to see him hanging out his land rover door tapping up just about every other team's player 

 

Wait and see he will come sniffing round us the amount of players we have who's contracts are nearly up will have him salivating

He can have them.

How do you know that? People were calling Ronaldo a talented show pony when he was Hazard's age

Ronaldo was scoring 40 goals a season at Hazard's age, dragging Man Utd to league and european titles.

Hazard should be at that level now with the ability he has, but I don't think he has Ronaldo's desire,

He is a flat footed clown, slow, clumsy, surprisingly weak and a daydreamer.

Absolute useless.

Contract length?

Too long.

You have to factor in cultural things too. Hazard is a French speaking Belgian. Maybe Paris will appeal to him more than London.

That and the fact he can turn it off and on whenever he wants and still be in a winning side.

I would sell him, a brilliant talent but will never impact the big games like a Ronaldo does.

 

 

It's a bit of a weird debate to have about a player that does not cost you a transfer fee not being able to decline in value as it is not really in the spirit of the point I was making (which I have clarified earlier).  Trent can definitely get one internet point from me for services to pedantry, but all i was trying to say is that Senderos is a bit pants and he is liable to be as pants if not slightly worse by the time we are shot of him.

 

Personally thought your meaning was quite clear, and I totally agree.

 

He's garbage, and so is Hangeland. At least Hangeland used to be good. Senderos has never been good enough in the Prem. We won't sell him for a fee, and he won't improve the first team. 

 

Garbage. 

 

You don't get 84 appearances and a contract extension for Arsenal by being garbage. Clark and Baker on current showing would never play for a top 4 team. Senderos will simply be back-up to Vlaar and Okore.

 

Bendtner?