BigJim Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 I would certainly take Sidwell on a free, but there will be an awful lot of competition for his signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Quaresma is a light version of Ronaldo, even though that doesn't have to a bad thing. I have heard they are supposed to be pretty good mates, you can see they do much of the same footwork (heelclicks etc). I would rather have Simao though. He seems more down to earth and has a killer free-kick as well as corners. He is the kind of player who scores 5-6 goals a year on FK as well as swinging in numerous crosses (a bit of the Becks mould). He would much more relish a move to the bigger clubs such as Liverpool and Sevilla I would imagine, but for some reason a move has never materialised. I don't think we have a shot at all, but stranger things have happened. I mean, West Ham got Mascherano and Tevez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Money talks to be honest, if you offer players the cash, they will come simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddysi Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Money talks to be honest, if you offer players the cash, they will come simple. Up to a point, there are other things such as the opportunity for European football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam100 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Money talks to be honest, if you offer players the cash, they will come simple. it is to an extent but how much do you have to offer? we aren't going to be offering players a 80 - 100k a week and i can't see someone like queresma or anderson sacrifising there careers to play some mid table football alongside a majority of players who aren't half as good, with the main short term goal to play in a european competition which is a minor one to the one they are already playing in - the champions league if a player like queresma became available we would be in the queue behind a team from france, 3 teams from germany, 4 from italy, 4 or 5 from england and about 4 from spain and probably a dutch team, and even if we were the only team who wanted him im sure he'd prefer to play for porto than us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo69 Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 the signings i expect us to make in pre season are not world beaters, but players who are better than what we currently have and will help us challenge for europe rather than mid table, and sidwell fits that bill. exactly. well put.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlitobrigante Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 will be very sad if mon isnt in for bent in the summer, 12-14 mill and we'd have our top 20 goal a year striker for the next 4-5 years if not more... Cisse would be a very cheap and good signing in my eyes... Reo-coker seems the most 'gettable' midfielder for us so I'd have him.... A defender and another midfielder and ill be happy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulanddonya Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I don't know who it'll be but I would be astounded if we bought a "foreign" central midfielder. Look what he has done up front - Celtic - Hartson, Leics - Heskey, Villa - Carew Now look at his past central midfielders - Celtic - Neil Lennon, Leics Gobby Cabbage (and I hate to admit it - but what I wouldn't give for a prime Gobby in our side - just what we lack). Whether it is Sidwell / Reo Coker or another - I fully expect us to buy one of these types and not someone from abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 MON has got a different type of team and ambition now. At Celtic he could play himself and still win the league. He has got different types of money as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 MON has got a different type of team and ambition now. At Celtic he could play himself and still win the league. He has got different types of money as well. It's a new challenge for him in both respects. I hope he's up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticFan Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I don't know who it'll be but I would be astounded if we bought a "foreign" central midfielder. Look what he has done up front - Celtic - Hartson, Leics - Heskey, Villa - Carew Now look at his past central midfielders - Celtic - Neil Lennon, Leics Gobby Cabbage (and I hate to admit it - but what I wouldn't give for a prime Gobby in our side - just what we lack). Whether it is Sidwell / Reo Coker or another - I fully expect us to buy one of these types and not someone from abroad. In all his time at Celtic I think MON bought one player from abroad - and he saw him by accident while scouting another UK player on a video. I can see him buying almost exclusively from the Premier League and Championship, maybe the odd SPL player. I think Carew was a player he would have taken to Celtic had we had the money at the time. Rocafella - Celtic got to a UEFA cup final and regularly competed in the Champions League beating the likes of Barcelona and Juventus along the way, so please don't underestimate what he did at Celtic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocafella Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Rosenborg beat Milan at San Siro, as well beating Real Madrid at home. I take that as amazing one-time results, luck and under estimation. Same with Celtic. Over the long run they would never go on to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticFan Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Rosenborg beat Milan at San Siro, as well beating Real Madrid at home. I take that as amazing one-time results, luck and under estimation. Same with Celtic. Over the long run they would never go on to do anything. You should look up Celtic's record in Europe on Wikipedia or something, rather than continually making an arse of yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasthevillan Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Rosenborg beat Milan at San Siro, as well beating Real Madrid at home. I take that as amazing one-time results, luck and under estimation. Same with Celtic. Over the long run they would never go on to do anything. You should look up Celtic's record in Europe on Wikipedia or something, rather than continually making an arse of yourself. :notworthy: When did Rosenborg get to a Uefa Cup final Rocafella? And you can't belittle it that season becaused that Porto team won the lot. Celtic have always been a big club but MO'N put the life back in the club that hadn't been there since Jock Stein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRL Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Rosenborg did in fact get to the quarter final in CL league, which we have never done. Have Celtic? They might have, but its far harder getting to the quarter final in CL then the UEFA cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Rosenborg did in fact get to the quarter final in CL league, which we have never done. Have Celtic? They might have, but its far harder getting to the quarter final in CL then the UEFA cup final. I'm not sure that it is. Rosenborg had to beat Gothenburg twice and Milan once to qualify to qualify for the quarter finals, and were given the luxury of getting another hammering off Milan and losing twice to Porto and still going through, before going out tamely to Juventus. Celtic had to beat Boavista, Liverpool, Stuttgart, Celta Vigo and Blackburn for their run to the final. I know which I'd rather have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnock1984 Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 ok, so 30 million plus sales OUTS (clear out the dead wood) Sutton - Free Angel - 2m Beger - Free Hendrie - Free DJDJ - 0.5m Delaney - Free Samuel - Free Hughes - 1m Taylor - 1m =34.5 million INS Boruc - 4m Bardsley - 2m Disitn - Free L.Young - 4m Barton - 5.5m SWP - 9.5m That leaves 9.5m for a goalscorer, and I'm sure Randy would give us a few more quid if a truly top class striker came along. Would also consider sidwell on a free if Petrov shows nothing before the end of the season and we need more competition in centre midfield. Also Saviola on a free would be a good shout on a two year contract if we struggle to get a top striker or want to send agbonlahor or moore on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 ok, so 30 million plus sales OUTS (clear out the dead wood) Sutton - Free Angel - 2m Beger - Free Hendrie - Free DJDJ - 0.5m Delaney - Free Samuel - Free Hughes - 1m Taylor - 1m =34.5 million INS Boruc - 4m Bardsley - 2m Disitn - Free L.Young - 4m Barton - 5.5m SWP - 9.5m That leaves 9.5m for a goalscorer, and I'm sure Randy would give us a few more quid if a truly top class striker came along. Would also consider sidwell on a free if Petrov shows nothing before the end of the season and we need more competition in centre midfield. Also Saviola on a free would be a good shout on a two year contract if we struggle to get a top striker or want to send agbonlahor or moore on loan. Can live with that list, except for that I'd like us to go for a better RB than Bardsley as it is now. He's decent, yes, but I think we could do better. And considering the talks on here Boruc would come for no less than £6m. But apart from that, yes, seems good as the next step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V111AFC Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Whats happened to dica, lets get him. he looks class and wont be expensive. we have all seen the youtube clips of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Who's gonna buy these players. Makes me laugh when people do lists of players leaving. Unless its a free, who would want any of our shit fringe players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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