dudevillaisnice Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Podolski is big name.. he will sell shirts/merchandise all over the world which could finance the transfer in itself. Fletcher? not so much. Podolski if he flops (which imo he won't) can easily go back to the bundesliga for a good fee. Fletcher if he flops? I'm sure Sunderland will like to recoup that type of money they are spending on him but will they have it easy? I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Podolski is big name.. he will sell shirts/merchandise all over the world which could finance the transfer in itself. Fletcher? not so much. Podolski if he flops (which imo he won't) can easily go back to the bundesliga for a good fee. Fletcher if he flops? I'm sure Sunderland will like to recoup that type of money they are spending on him but will they have it easy? I doubt it. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Podolski if he flops (which imo he won't) can easily go back to the bundesliga for a good fee. On that sort of wages, I'm not sure there will be a lot of bidders. Also, Podolski is 2 years older than Fletcher, which means that he will lose his value more quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 In 3 years from now Fletcher's value will still be 6-7m. Mark it down in your diary ITK time traveller?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 There will be, 100 caps for Germany, has the experience and also has proven over several years that he has the quality.. I'm pretty sure I read Schalke were prepared to offer him big wages aswell so there are takers. Podolski will bring in more to Arsenal than Fletcher will to Sunderland.. or any other club financially (and most likely through ability too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legov Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 At any rate, this really shouldn't be a debate about who's a better fit or not. LondonLax's point was that analysing the prudence of a transfer isn't as simple as juxtaposing the player's name with his transfer fee - there are a lot of factors involved, and player quality alone isn't enough for good and holistic analyses of deals. So to address this question: You seriously aren't comparing Fletcher to Podolski Maybe Podolski's the better deal, but for the reasons mentioned above, it's not ludicrous to at least make the comparison and start the debate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 It was a statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zatman Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Podolski is big name.. he will sell shirts/merchandise all over the world which could finance the transfer in itself. in Poland and Germany he is a big name but not all over the world. Id rather have Fletcher than Podolski who except last season has never really done it at club level. pretty sure a quarter of his international goals came against San Marino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 What I mean is Arsenal have fans all over the world.. they have huge fanbases in Asia etc so they will enjoy the financial benefits of a big signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KHV Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Podolski is big name.. he will sell shirts/merchandise all over the world which could finance the transfer in itself. in Poland and Germany he is a big name but not all over the world. Id rather have Fletcher than Podolski who except last season has never really done it at club level. pretty sure a quarter of his international goals came against San Marino Podolski has scored more goals for Germany than he has at club level. I think he got about 11 goals in 2 seasons at Koln. Podolski is shit, his goal record at Munich was also shit. I think he had one good season at Koln about 5 years ago which is why Bayern bought him. Thay sold him back to Koln after thay realised he was actually shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Same could be said for Fletcher, Was good at 1 club, might not be good at another.. Look at how Torres Struggled when he went from Liverpool to chelsea. Except fletcher has done it for more than one club, and both of them shit so you have to wonder what he might do in a better team. Oh and is this the same podolski who flopped at Bayern Munich? Face it, for years now theres been an agenda for foreigners and against British players on this forum, brought on of course by MoN's transfer policy whilst here but no more validated by it. Anyway, we'll see when Fletcher ends up on circa 15 goals and podolski struggles to even get a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 What I mean is Arsenal have fans all over the world.. they have huge fanbases in Asia etc so they will enjoy the financial benefits of a big signing. they could sign anybody in that case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 As always if it hasn't happened in the UK it hasn't happened and does not count... Whats next? Barry Bannan bigger talent than Mario Göetze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 What I mean is Arsenal have fans all over the world.. they have huge fanbases in Asia etc so they will enjoy the financial benefits of a big signing. they could sign anybody in that case Arsenal fans have been saying this for a while.. "spend some money." Wenger has other ideas but has spent some money this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggy_333 Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Just read an interesting stat, Fletcher has been involved in 96 Premier League games now for Wolves/Burnley and in the games he's played his team has lost 62.5% of those matches. Not all his fault obviously but just thought it was quite interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Why is this thread open ? We are not in for him ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyHowell Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Wouldn't surprise me at all if we suddenly announce the signing of Fletcher. And a good one it would be as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Whether it would be a good signing or not depends on the price. For instance, I wouldn't class anything above £8 million as being good business for a player like Fletcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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