Popular Post Villan4Life Posted August 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2014 For £9mil surely someone like Holtby would be a better addition to our team? 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted August 28, 2014 Author Share Posted August 28, 2014 £8M for a player in the last year of his contract who has flattered to deceive and when we would need strengthening elsewhere, not sure I want this to be true Well it would be good to see us over spend for once compared with scrimping and scraping and hopefully we might over spend a couple more times before the window closes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 8m is way too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 My God this site is like the land of never ending negativity. He's a player who will improve our first team. Sanchez, Cleverly, Delph is a strong central midfield and a good core to our team. Added to a solid back 5 and we just need a wee bit more in the wide areas and Benteke back and we've a team to challenge for the top half of the League. Very happy Have Westwood to do Cleverley role though, and to be fair Cleverley doesn't score or assist much even if we played him attacking midfielder. Seems pointless when for 8/9mil could get a quality attacking midfielder around europe for that!! Westwood is a limited player and given we are going to play with a central 3 we need a pool of 5 at least which we'll now have. I want competition for places. We're getting that now. The final piece is the right wing, one more player there and I'll be beyond happy at the ins and outs. I have almost no fear of relegation this term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benireduk Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Not for me. Honestly don't think he's better than what we've got currently. £8m is too much for a player in his last year of his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Budget related issues aside, he'll improve our squad. The fact he seems to be costing so much makes me more optimistic we'll start spending these kinds of fees on players again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Well, he's a decent player and would certainly be a big improvement on Westwood, and so on the whole I'd be pleased with the signing. £8m is a lot of money though, and you'd have to wonder if there was better value available elsewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Given we have no or little money to spend and Lambo had a reputed budget of £10M this summer, then 8M suggests to me there may be a sizeable player departure or two. If its someone like Gabby and Bent and maybe Clark or Baker then thats fine. If it is Delph or Vlaar or Benteke in the winter then thats an issue £8M for a player in the last year of his contract who has flattered to deceive and when we would need strengthening elsewhere, not sure I want this to be true Says the man who constantly moans at us for not spending money. I think Richard wants us to spend money on proven quality, not just money for the sake of it. What the hell is your problem. Randy? £8m is the going rate in today's market. Tell me what more you can get for £8m this summer? As for 'proven quality', he has about 4 years of Prem experience behind him and has played for his country. Anderson at Man United is also proven quality then... Proven as in can do it at the highest level, not just appearances or caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeParker91 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I'd rather the money went on someone like Holtby but I don't think this would be as much as a disaster people are making out. To think we were linked to Jay Spearing not long ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Has he got buns? Cus I don't want him if he ain't got none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I'd rather the money went on someone like Holtby but I don't think this would be as much as a disaster people are making out. To think we were linked to Jay Spearing not long ago... I agree, I don't think it is a terrible signing, but we have been told we are cost cutting, the club is being sold, we can't afford a/b, now suddenly we are bidding £8m on a player who has never hit any heights and is paid 60k by his club. It seems very very odd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Given we have no or little money to spend and Lambo had a reputed budget of £10M this summer, then 8M suggests to me there may be a sizeable player departure or two. If its someone like Gabby and Bent and maybe Clark or Baker then thats fine. If it is Delph or Vlaar or Benteke in the winter then thats an issue £8M for a player in the last year of his contract who has flattered to deceive and when we would need strengthening elsewhere, not sure I want this to be true Says the man who constantly moans at us for not spending money. I think Richard wants us to spend money on proven quality, not just money for the sake of it. What the hell is your problem. Randy? £8m is the going rate in today's market. Tell me what more you can get for £8m this summer? As for 'proven quality', he has about 4 years of Prem experience behind him and has played for his country. Anderson at Man United is also proven quality then... Proven as in can do it at the highest level, not just appearances or caps. He has played in a Champions league final, yeah I would say he is proven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 His confidence is shot at the moment. There's a good player in there somewhere, and he is capable of being a genuine goalscoring midfielder if used correctly. I don't know if he necessarily represents good value at the price but the market is high this summer. Lambert usually picks out the unknown gems when he has some money to spend so he must have some confidence that he can rediscover his Wigan and Watford form. The sad fact is though that Hull will probably offer him more money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Given we have no or little money to spend and Lambo had a reputed budget of £10M this summer, then 8M suggests to me there may be a sizeable player departure or two. If its someone like Gabby and Bent and maybe Clark or Baker then thats fine. If it is Delph or Vlaar or Benteke in the winter then thats an issue £8M for a player in the last year of his contract who has flattered to deceive and when we would need strengthening elsewhere, not sure I want this to be true Says the man who constantly moans at us for not spending money. I think Richard wants us to spend money on proven quality, not just money for the sake of it. What the hell is your problem. Randy? £8m is the going rate in today's market. Tell me what more you can get for £8m this summer? As for 'proven quality', he has about 4 years of Prem experience behind him and has played for his country. Anderson at Man United is also proven quality then... Proven as in can do it at the highest level, not just appearances or caps. He has played in a Champions league final, yeah I would say he is proven. Anderson is proven? Maybe we should sign Fabio from Cardiff too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Hull have also made a bid for him, so guess it's between the two clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CVByrne Posted August 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2014 So how many disaster signings have we made this summer. Senderos, Cissoko and now Cleverly. Shocking stuff. All worse than what we'd got we're defo going to be relegated. The pessimism on here is bordering on comic. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Just crazy when someone like Dusan Tadic leaves to go to Southampton for around £10mil and he can score and assist! then have likes of Cleverley who doesn't score or assist for a million or so less!! Hence why someone like Holtby should be option!! players like Chadli & Salah only cost around £9mil to Spurs and Chelsea and each of these players are far superior than Cleverley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted August 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2014 Given we have no or little money to spend and Lambo had a reputed budget of £10M this summer, then 8M suggests to me there may be a sizeable player departure or two. If its someone like Gabby and Bent and maybe Clark or Baker then thats fine. If it is Delph or Vlaar or Benteke in the winter then thats an issue I don't think anyone really knows his budget. It seems Randy has given Lambert some funds, and this is how Lambert is choosing to spend it. Which leaves me quite disappointed with Lambert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Given we have no or little money to spend and Lambo had a reputed budget of £10M this summer, then 8M suggests to me there may be a sizeable player departure or two. If its someone like Gabby and Bent and maybe Clark or Baker then thats fine. If it is Delph or Vlaar or Benteke in the winter then thats an issue £8M for a player in the last year of his contract who has flattered to deceive and when we would need strengthening elsewhere, not sure I want this to be true Says the man who constantly moans at us for not spending money. I think Richard wants us to spend money on proven quality, not just money for the sake of it. What the hell is your problem. Randy? £8m is the going rate in today's market. Tell me what more you can get for £8m this summer? As for 'proven quality', he has about 4 years of Prem experience behind him and has played for his country. Anderson at Man United is also proven quality then... Proven as in can do it at the highest level, not just appearances or caps. He has played in a Champions league final, yeah I would say he is proven. Anderson is proven? Maybe we should sign Fabio from Cardiff too? One was a rotation player who made a handful of starts and released to Cardiff, the other is player who played a major part in several trophies and played in a CL final. Erm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 The trouble with asking for "proven" players is you're generally asking for players of a standard where their club don't want to sell them and they don't want to come here. Cleverly is no Juan Mata, but that doesn't make him unproven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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