DanishVillan Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Is he injured or something? Not in the Denmark-squad for their next game. Called up today as last player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bose Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 He's gonna be a class player for us, no doubt in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCRAMTIN Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 He reminds me of Peter Crouch, not because of his hight, but because of his dribbling style. Slow legs (and pace) but for some reason I always get excited when seeing him coming to field. Hope to see more of him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 He ones of those players that will need a bit of time to settle into the pace of the Premier League. Might be next season before we see the best of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) He reminds me of Peter Crouch, not because of his hight, but because of his dribbling style. Slow legs (and pace) but for some reason I always get excited when seeing him coming to field. Hope to see more of him! I can certainly see why you would say that. People always put Crouch down for some reason but he was genuinely a good footballer in his prime, scored some cracking goals. Helenius clearly has skill with his feet and hopefully he'll gain his shooting form like he did in Denmark. Edited October 4, 2013 by samjp26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banger75 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I really like him, and I think he deserves a chance at 90 min. I reckon hull is a good shout for him to play off gabby or kozak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 He reminds me of Peter Crouch, not because of his hight, but because of his dribbling style. Slow legs (and pace) but for some reason I always get excited when seeing him coming to field. Hope to see more of him! I can certainly see why you would say that. People always put Crouch down for some reason but he was genuinely a good footballer in his prime, scored some cracking goals. Helenius clearly has skill with his feet and hopefully he'll gain his shooting form like he did in Denmark. He has got a good touch for a big man...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. We signed two of Denmark's hottest prospects, a striker and a centre back, for about £5m combined. Where else would you have used the estimated £1m spent on Helenius? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. We bought he because he was a steal. One of he top prospects in the Danish League going for £1m was not going to happen next season so we jumped in and bought him a season early and will wait for him to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. Get over the Darren bent thing! It's been 6 games what did you want 10 hatricks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. We signed two of Denmark's hottest prospects, a striker and a centre back, for about £5m combined. Where else would you have used the estimated £1m spent on Helenius? The money we spent on both Helenius and Kozak should have either gone towards a quality DM or AM. With Benteke injured Gabby could have played the loan front role until Benteke was fit again. Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. Get over the Darren bent thing! It's been 6 games what did you want 10 hatricks? I think we're all 'over the Darren Bent thing' and since we're on a restricted budget why spent part of that budget on players who aren't playing in the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Sorry Paul, you obviously know better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 He wasn't brought in to replace Darren Bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 We spent an entire £1m of our budget on a crap, top goal-scoring in Denmark, great prospect of a player. How dare we. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Who isn't playing for a first team that badly needed strengthening after a flirtation with relegation on a limited budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_of_Pongo_Waring Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thought he was purchased to replace the alienated Bent. Not sure now why he was purchased when we could have used the money elsewhere. Strange signing. We signed two of Denmark's hottest prospects, a striker and a centre back, for about £5m combined. Where else would you have used the estimated £1m spent on Helenius? The money we spent on both Helenius and Kozak should have either gone towards a quality DM or AM. With Benteke injured Gabby could have played the loan front role until Benteke was fit again. So who would you have played against Man city, when they were both injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackpotForeigner Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Excellent point, Morpheus. With the money saved by not buying that obvious flop Helenius, we could have bought almost an eighth of Kiyotake. Lambert out. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_of_Pongo_Waring Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Who isn't playing for a first team that badly needed strengthening after a flirtation with relegation on a limited budget. Last season we had to play all the new players pretty much straight away. This season we've the opportunity to introduce them more gradually. Just because he's not been thrown in at the deep end from day one does not mean he's not needed or not good enough. A squad needs depth, as last saturdays game shows with Gabby and benteke both out injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Excellent point, Morpheus. With the money saved by not buying that obvious flop Helenius, we could have bought almost an eighth of Kiyotake. Lambert out. Interesting summation of my post. Struggling to see where i've described Helenius as a flop or asking for Lambert to be sacked. Maybe if you take the time to read my posts properly you would note that i quoted the combined fee of Helenius and Kozak to pay for either a DM or AM and i didn't mention Kiyotake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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