Michail Antonio.

[VLC86]

 

30 minutes ago, CloudFox said:

Bit harsh, we probably can't speak to his intelligence.

He’s probably on about us and our leaders.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

All the positive posts for signing him have been "he's not as bad as the shit we have" rather than "he's a good player"

[burleighfox]

9 hours ago, HankMarvin said:

Especially as Vardy is rumoured to be on €35k basic 

Which goes to show that Vardy just wanted out, pure and simple.

[Nods]

As long as it's a this season only thing and he's been putting the hard yards in to be as close to match fitness as is realistic, I don't mind it.

 

Realistically we don't have the funds or the pull to attract the type of striker to build a team around. Not in a January window anyway. Famously a sellers market.

 

We're desperate, he's desperate. In that sense it's a good match. 

 

Hopefully he's match fit in a month or two and if nothing else he offers us much needed physicality at the top end of the pitch.

 

Sign a promising young striker in the summer.

[LCFCCKEANO]

2 minutes ago, Nods said:

As long as it's a this season only thing and he's been putting the hard yards in to be as close to match fitness as is realistic, I don't mind it.

 

Realistically we don't have the funds or the pull to attract the type of striker to build a team around. Not in a January window anyway. Famously a sellers market.

 

We're desperate, he's desperate. In that sense it's a good match. 

 

Hopefully he's match fit in a month or two and if nothing else he offers us much needed physicality at the top end of the pitch.

 

Sign a promising young striker in the summer.

In the meantime whilst he’s gaining fitness he will still be big and strong enough to be better for the last 20 than Daka, ball may actually stick. 

[JimJams]

22 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

All the positive posts for signing him have been "he's not as bad as the shit we have" rather than "he's a good player"

No good player that costs fxxk all to sign is coming to us though.  

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

3 minutes ago, JimJams said:

No good player that costs fxxk all to sign is coming to us though.  

 

Okay - so we should sign players for the sake of it? Ones that aren't going to be the difference between life above this division or in it? When we're in the dirt financially? Have a think, Christ

 

[StanSP]

10 hours ago, Dan said:

I did always quite like him but blimey. He looked to really drop off in the last couple of years - for obvious sort of reasons.

Think he lost a bit of his drive. 

[murphy]

3 hours ago, fox_favourite said:

I don't mind it, if it's a short term deal and he has an option if he performs for us. In other words a motivation to at least try. 

 

Not a terrible decision, he's better than Daka and Caranza. Like others have said, just his injury that is the worry. 

I thought in the summer that it wouldnt be possible to find a striker worse than Daka and Ayew, yet we did it.   I should never have doubted you Rudders. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

16 minutes ago, JimJams said:

No good player that costs fxxk all to sign is coming to us though.  

 

Then I would genuinely rather sign no one and just play kids.

[Guy]

Hopefully it's not going to pan out to be another Edouard scenario!!

[Nods]

16 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Okay - so we should sign players for the sake of it? Ones that aren't going to be the difference between life above this division or in it? When we're in the dirt financially? Have a think, Christ

 

Think it exposes the thinking from the board that they think it's still possible for us to go up.

 

I disagree, but tbf it's still on the cards on paper.

 

It's a big 'if', but if he can be fit, he could be a difference maker.

 

I don't think we make the play-offs with or without him, but to have any chance we'd need a better option up top than our current lot.

[Tommy Fresh]

Seems pointless, we aren't going up and can't see us going down, let's try and use the rest of this season to give game time where possible to the kids in preparation for next season. Rather than clog the squad up further, only benefit I can really see is he'd probably be good around the place in terms of atmosphere but if we want that let's bring Ben Hamer back as well.

[Joe90]

He can’t be any worse than the absolute shit we already have in this position, the bar is set as low as a flea’s cock though!

[Jattdogg]

52 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

All the positive posts for signing him have been "he's not as bad as the shit we have" rather than "he's a good player"

Less shit then shit?  Gerrimin

 

 

[Bablemikey]

10 hours ago, VLC86 said:

Bloke broke both legs in a car accident and hasn’t played for over a year, which immediately makes him an improvement on what we have.

And still scored only two less than Daka in that time!

[AyewJoking]

20 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Then I would genuinely rather sign no one and just play with  kids.

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

13 minutes ago, Nods said:

Think it exposes the thinking from the board that they think it's still possible for us to go up.

 

I disagree, but tbf it's still on the cards on paper.

 

It's a big 'if', but if he can be fit, he could be a difference maker.

 

I don't think we make the play-offs with or without him, but to have any chance we'd need a better option up top than our current lot.

 

Long winded way of agreeing with me mate 

[coolhandfox]

6 month contract it worth the risk.

[AjcW]

Miquel doesn’t like this… expect to see Jake Evans mum/sister create a foxestalk account soon! 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Just now, AjcW said:

Miquel doesn’t like this… expect to see Jake Evans mum/sister create a foxestalk account soon! 

 

I'm not really that arsed, I appreciate he's better than what we've got but I don't think he gets us up, which makes the whole deal more cash down a plughole? It's not my fault rational people have started chewing their keyboards tonight

[RumbleFox]

I mean. I’ve always liked him as a player and would wish him the best and he may actually be better than what we have but fvck me it’s a depressing, desperate signing that sums up so much about what is wrong with our club at the moment.

[Wink84]

Providing we do thorough medical and hes fully fit. I have no problem with a short term deal and championship wages. Get rid of Carranza and there's no difference, if he does okay then bonus. If not then were in the same dire situation as we already are. At least hes a proper number 9. Its just his fitness that's the real question mark. 

[VLC86]

8 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

I'm not really that arsed, I appreciate he's better than what we've got but I don't think he gets us up, which makes the whole deal more cash down a plughole? It's not my fault rational people have started chewing their keyboards tonight

To get us up from where we are now would take 5/6 signings to hit the ground running and our manager to suddenly become tactically competent, neither of these are going to happen.

 

It’s shit that this is where we are as a club, but I genuinely think he improves us and we are currently at risk of going down with a points deduction. If he ended up scoring a few goals to keep us up then fair enough.

 

That said, a player declining who then nearly dies in a car crash and can’t get another club is not filling me with confidence.

[ALC Fox]

Better than what we have.

 

If he can come back with a good level of fitness he'll not only be a good goalscorer at this level but also give us some real presence up top.

 

Not ideal with Ayew and Reid as our other aging forwards, but on a short-team deal he gives us something we currently don't have.

 

If he's good, hopefully we can bin off Ayew. I just hope this doesn't mean that Evans gets bumped back down and not given a shot. I'd love to see him get some game time soon.