Papillon Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I think Arsenal are actually favourites to signing Forren He'd fit into their side really well Vegard Forren would never get into the Arsenal-side, at least not now. There is a pretty big gap between the Norwegian Tippeliga and the Premier League. He would be good in Belgium or something like that, but to say he is the next big thing already is a bit early. He has 4 games for Norway, against Thailand, South Korea (in a stupid friendly tournament), as well as Switzerland (where he was OK) and Cyprus. Guess he is on about the same level as Baker, who would also rule in Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 at the moment were just mentioning who wed like, who we like may differ to what PL wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Really wish we'd got Berbatov. That guy is absolute class. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Really wish we'd got Berbatov. That guy is absolute class. This only seems to happen under certain managers imo - Jol being one of them. I do not think he would have made any impact for us and we already have a sulking striker of our own to deal with atm. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Might very well be one or the other, but from what i've seen of Bony (only a few games to be honest) they are not really that similar and might work very well together. Bony is faster, shorter and has a better touch and technique than Benteke who is equally strong but taller and more of a target man thats how i saw it, i reckon Bony & Benteke would be some partnership! Benteke a more taller target man, but Bony more of a poacher plus being 23 and 22 would be excellent. Check his goals out here!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKWodin3QOk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Really wish we'd got Berbatov. That guy is absolute class. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Really wish we'd got Berbatov. That guy is absolute class. I don't, as that would have almost certainly meant no Benteke. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 We were also trying to sign Dempsey so the possible signing of Berbatov would not necessarily have meant 'no Benteke.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJVillan Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I have faith in Lambert to get it right. The only new player I'd even vaguely heard of that he brought in over the summer was Vlaar - and even then a lot of people had written him off after a poor Euro 2012. So i'm sure whoever he brings in this time will be new to us, from lower leagues or abroad. The only thing I demand is that we bring in a left back. Bennett has looked massively out of his depth so far (hopefully just due to injury/fitness and settling in problems) and though Stevens played well against United...that's 1 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 We were also trying to sign Dempsey so the possible signing of Berbatov would not necessarily have meant 'no Benteke.' Dempsey isn't a striker. We would not have ended the transfer window with Gabby, Bent, Weimann, Delfouneso, Berbatov, Benteke and Bowery. You don't need that many strikers. Anyway, Berbatov would never have happened and I don't know why people keep on going on about it. He would have always chose us over Fulham because of the Jol connection, he would've demanded too high wages and he's quite old. Benteke was the long term option and Berbatov was the short term one. Thank God our manager has the long term in mind, which is more than can be said about some of our other managers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Dempsey isn't a striker. We would not have ended the transfer window with Gabby, Bent, Weimann, Delfouneso, Berbatov, Benteke and Bowery. You don't need that many strikers. Anyway, Berbatov would never have happened and I don't know why people keep on going on about it. He would have always chose us over Fulham because of the Jol connection, he would've demanded too high wages and he's quite old. Benteke was the long term option and Berbatov was the short term one. Thank God our manager has the long term in mind, which is more than can be said about some of our other managers. Fonz and Bowery were never going to be 1st teamers as you can see with Fonz out on loan. That would have left us with Bent, Benteke, Gabby and Weimann none of whom are a number 10 play in the hole striker and that's why we went for Dempsey. So Berbatov could still have been a possibility and wouldn't have affected the purchase of Benteke which was your original point. Both Berbatov and Dempsey play similar roles so there's your answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Fonz and Bowery were never going to be 1st teamers as you can see with Fonz out on loan. That would have left us with Bent, Benteke, Gabby and Weimann none of whom are a number 10 play in the hole striker and that's why we went for Dempsey. So Berbatov could still have been a possibility and wouldn't have affected the purchase of Benteke which was your original point. Both Berbatov and Dempsey play similar roles so there's your answer. Berbatov is an out and out striker, Dempsey is not. We would not have bought both Benteke and Berbatov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Id not say no to another loan of Keane if we need a bit of canny again come January. Whatever we think of mcleish that was a fine signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banger75 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 I reckon Fat Frank would be a decent January addition. Obviously wages are an issue, not to mention coming to Villa (!), but he brings some experience that 'only money can buy'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 No old timers for me thanks. I respect the desire to bring in experienced Premier League players but I have to admit Lamberts transfer policy has been very exciting for me so far, much more so than signing a few more well known names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 players can have experience from an earlier age nowadays, so we dont need to look at 30+ players anymore, id say 27, 28 at most, we could still get 3 years from a decent player on the wrong side of his career Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Vegard Forren would never get into the Arsenal-side, at least not now. There is a pretty big gap between the Norwegian Tippeliga and the Premier League. He would be good in Belgium or something like that, but to say he is the next big thing already is a bit early. He has 4 games for Norway, against Thailand, South Korea (in a stupid friendly tournament), as well as Switzerland (where he was OK) and Cyprus. Guess he is on about the same level as Baker, who would also rule in Norway. Remember that he's on the team that's won the league twice in a row and he's got experience from europe - more than you can say about most of our cb's. Baker is okay, nothing more, nothing less. Forren is, from what I have seen, much better with his feet, in tackles, in the air and most of all at passing out of defense. On top of that he scores alot of goals from corners and free kicks. He's a bit like Vermaelen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Berbatov is an out and out striker, Dempsey is not. We would not have bought both Benteke and Berbatov. With all due respect Mantis it is a well known fact that Berbatov is not 'an out and out striker.' He actually has made his career by dropping into the hole behind the main striker and that's one of the reasons why he wasn't getting games at Manchester. He had a certain Wayne Rooney in front of him. Your point was that by purchasing Berbatov it would have influenced the purchase of Benteke. I have proven otherwise as we also put in a bid for Dempsey (who plays in the same position as Berbatov) when signing Benteke and it would be refreshing for once to admit when your wrong instead of once again going off in a tangent to try and prove a point! I'm going to leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's highly unlikely that Berbatov would have been on our radar anyway given his wage demands. Signing players like him (of his age and wages) seems to be contrary to what Lambert is trying to do here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 It's highly unlikely that Berbatov would have been on our radar anyway given his wage demands. Signing players like him (of his age and wages) seems to be contrary to what Lambert is trying to do here. Yeah but he went for Dempsey who would probably be on a fair whack at Spuds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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