Norway Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Would you prefer James Beattie or Carlton Cole on a permanent deal? I can't see Cole leaving for more than 6M quid after this season. I mean, Hasselbaink went on a free, whilst Crespo was just rented out to Milan. The same with Veron. I Would prefer James Beattie over Cole every day. Beattie shows he is a great header and a "lucky" striker, meaning he has the ability to succeed with something unexpected, and scores goals on a regular basis, something Cole haven't showed us yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Ultimately it appears Cole wanted to come, Beattie didn't. For that alone Cole gets it. Besides, it's my surname and I can at last have a Villa shirt printed up with my name of it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 where is the option for "both" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 21, 2004 Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2004 Abstaining due to the daftness of the question a) We wont be buying Cole Beattie wont be £6mil next time around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted September 21, 2004 Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2004 Cole - greater potential, links play better Beattie - over-priced at that valuation ( I reckon we'll be offered him for £6m in Jan) Cole for me............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Cole preferably, but both would be nice. How funded? Sell Vassell as he is utter crap for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trinitytalk Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 would be very pleased with either, but i think beattieis more the type of player we need, a clinical finisher to finish off the chances we make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 anyone here think Baros is doing OK at Liverpool? I notice he was sub again last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted September 21, 2004 Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2004 bet he's not too happy at the moment, good foil for JPA ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bully Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I know we've been here before BUT I think there may be some movement regarding Baros sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7shadesofsmoke Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I went for Cole. Only 20 so he's a great prospect, tipped to make it at full international level already. Beattie is so fat he scored an own goal with his immense belly against Chelsae after blazing in a 'wonder strike'. I saw him in Sweden in a friendly pre-season and he had clearly eaten too many pies. Not impressed me at all yet this season. I still think he'd be a good buy but i'd go with Cole on current form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisal Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Would you prefer James Beattie or Carlton Cole on a permanent deal? I can't see Cole leaving for more than 6M quid after this season. I mean, Hasselbaink went on a free, whilst Crespo was just rented out to Milan. The same with Veron. I Would prefer James Beattie over Cole every day. Beattie shows he is a great header and a "lucky" striker, meaning he has the ability to succeed with something unexpected, and scores goals on a regular basis, something Cole haven't showed us yet. Cole, Anyway he scored 39 goals in 29 games for Chelsea reserves and was the Premier League topscorer at reserve level when he was 18 so he knows how to hit the back of the net. He needs to develop his mentality and he is only 20 so he can improve and I belive he will be far better than Beattie in time And Norway, Whats up with your pic? Are you pulling a face or were you born like that? I don't mean to cause any offence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanPabloAngel Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 And Norway, Whats up with your pic? Are you pulling a face or were you born like that? I don't mean to cause any offence Hilarious! Something so innocent, but funny in that question. I think he is pouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisal Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I think he is pouting. Thats what I thought at first but now I've seen him do it in 2 pics I can't be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanPabloAngel Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I think he may have been pouting & the wind changed direction, consequently his face stuck like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted September 21, 2004 Moderator Share Posted September 21, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norway Posted September 22, 2004 Author Share Posted September 22, 2004 And Norway, Whats up with your pic? Are you pulling a face or were you born like that? I don't mean to cause any offence haha, non taken. Im not born that way, just twitching (??) it or something.. tend to do that on pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 carlton cole to me... he seems to have more potential than beattie ever had.... i would love to have cole on villas books permanently..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Beattie scored one of the best goals ever the other day (It was conceded by Chelsea so it HAD to be good) I'd buy him purely on the basis of that goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7shadesofsmoke Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Beattie scored one of the best goals ever the other day (It was conceded by Chelsea so it HAD to be good) I'd buy him purely on the basis of that goal. yes but in that same match (as i mentioned earlier on this thread) he scored an own goal with his fat belly. he has been a lazy bastard recently for the Saints and we just spent a month getting Barry up to speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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