OnePablo Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 **** Darren Bent - get Kenny Miller from Celtic! Ex dingle and second rate championship striker? Nah, think I'll pass. Benfica didn't think so last night. Not many strikers can score the second goal he did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam100 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 plenty could have, it was maloneys great pass which made it an easier chance for miller to put away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam100 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 makoun from lille looks a good player defensive midfielder - man united were after him a while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 makoun from lille looks a good player defensive midfielder - man united were after him a while ago christ lets not fall into that trap again.....do you remember Djemba Djemba, bet ferguson is still laughing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 depending on how things progress at West Ham i wonder if Ashton would become a possibility. think he would suit villa and MON down to the ground. I fully expect us to go in for a target man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 imagine ashton and moore, or ashton and gabby... what a strikerforce that would be in a year or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam100 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 christ lets not fall into that trap again.....do you remember Djemba Djemba, bet ferguson is still laughing makoun is a lot better than djemba djemba, we probably wouldn't go for him as he would cost a lot, but hes closer to essien than djemba djemba hes regularly played well for lille, and done well in the champions league, scoring yesterday which reminded me of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonBurgundy Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Ashton would be a great shout, but i think we would struggle to get him. If anything his stock has risen during his injury whilst West Ham have been cack. He's English to boot which always adds value onto a potential transfer... In terms of what he could offer the team, well it would be fantastic, and i can't think of many others that could fulfill the target man up front as well as he could. Maybe with the instability looming at West Ham with a takeover...just maybe we could get him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quizme Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Matieu Bodmer from Lille is awesome: But what do I know, Berson was good in France too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 i think Ashton is certainly realistic, West ham have six first team strikers after all and they might decide to cash in. Depends if they get sold I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Ashton would be a great shout, but i think we would struggle to get him. If anything his stock has risen during his injury whilst West Ham have been cack. He's English to boot which always adds value onto a potential transfer... In terms of what he could offer the team, well it would be fantastic, and i can't think of many others that could fulfill the target man up front as well as he could. Maybe with the instability looming at West Ham with a takeover...just maybe we could get him... ashton is so much more than a target man... his creativity and movement are also superb... he is like shearer and sheringham rolled into one player... unfortunately though, he seems to have sheringhams pace... if he was quick, then he would simply be one of the most all round strikers in the game, and that my friends, would mean that he would develop into a world class player... as it stands, he still might... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villab0y Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Didn't he turn us down before? Although we do look a whole lot more attractive now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomIsADeftone Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Didn't he turn us down before? Although we do look a whole lot more attractive now! I'm pretty confident that previously we've never had the money for him. and personally would love him to be the spearhead of our attacking 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy178 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I don't think West Ham would let Ashton go for any less than 15m, look at how cack they've been without him. They realise how important he is to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheltenham_villa Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 at the end of the day WHAM are a selling club, i think to get Ashton in January would be a touch optimistic but if they continue to struggle then i wouldnt be surprised if he became available. He wouldnt be cheep and we certainly wouldnt be the only club in for him. But for injury he'd be an england international and given recent fortunes would probably be starting. in short, id love Ashton but i think we've a lot of work to do in order to attract players like him. More realistic transfer targets, i still think a target man is likely, what about Kevin Davies. look at how hes playing with anelka and diouf either side of him. could see him doing an excellent job with Gaby and Moore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 if we're after a target man - we should go in for Miroslav Klose or Luca Toni, the latter would be easier to get IMO due to the docked points at Fiorentina and the little hope of European football next season Ashton would be great but I don't think west ham will sell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayton8321 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I know people dont want to hear it around here.. but once again Crouch looks pretty good on the field scoring against Bordeaux. Thought then and now.. DOL ****-up didn't know how to use him.. Angel... Barry... Moore... Gabby.. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrogers Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sorry but I still don't see what Crouch brings to Liverpool or what he brought to Villa, very, very average play IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBrownsGoVilla Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sorry but I still don't see what Crouch brings to Liverpool or what he brought to Villa, very, very average play IMO He's tall. If he keeps scoring how average can he be? His overall game might be average but if it leads to goals is it worth it? It's like the Beckham conundrum, he's very average but his one skill leads to great chances and goals. Beckham is good on free kicks, Crouch is tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablopicasso Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 he would be great if we could set him up about 357 times a game.... i see he still misses easy chances from about 3 yards though.. so maybe, we should give the bambi on ice streak of piss, a miss... eh, fellas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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