Apparently we made an offer, which Southampton accepted, of £2m for Kevin Phillips in the transfer window. If this from the official site is to be belived, anyway:
As for Earnshaw, i heard that Adrian Chiles bloke (The Baggies fan who presents MotD2 for the BBC) talking about the lightbulb shaped headed striker on 606 to another Baggies fan who doesnt understand why Earnshaw doesnt start regularly for WBA, especially given his recent goalscoring from. What Adrian Chiles said in reply was very interesting.
He sees pretty much every WBA game home and away, or via the BBC's internal live streams when he cant make the game due to work commitments, so i feel he is qualified to talk.
He is of the opinion that Rob Earnshaw is the single most weird player he has ever seen. A real Jekyll and Hyde character. In the area, as a finisher, the guy is a different class. As good as anybody. A top striker who you really do think will take most of his chances.
Outside the area, in his general play, he really is quite awful. He just isnt a very good footballer, and doesnt contribute to the team. He cant pass, or tackle to the required standard. He is just an out and out finisher.
Still, he is only 22/23 years old, so the rest of his game has still got time to develop, but when West Brom fans dont think he is good enough to start regularly in a team who are desperate for goals, and only think he should come on as a substitute when the Baggies really need him, i dont fell a club that are (or should be, at least) aiming for Europe every season will be going in for him.