We don't know how much we bid for him, I saw rumours ranging between £3-5m
Lots of other clubs failed to get the strikers they wanted. We could have been in the Adebayor race. At least we weren't in the Carlton Cole race (snigger)
I actually think he'd have done really well at our club. He's got experience, intelligence. He's have lined up well with wingers and given Benteke something to think about. To play football doesn't require 11 gucci players. It takes 3-5 individuals playing within a framework for them to operate. A (currently) lazy striker failing to hold the ball, failing to create space for the likes of Gabby/Weimann/Gil/Delph/N/Zog/Sinclair is a MASSIVE hindrance. If we get an on-form target man, we're laughing.
Agreed. I'm content. We probably did as well if not better than the majority of clubs around us.
Agree with final point, though not sure 'bout the implication that Richard Lambére is an on-form target man.
As it stands, happy it didn't go through, just confused why we tried