Greg2607 Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 From Stringers Twitter: Yakubu to #lcfc could be on. Sven's interested (as reported in the Daily Mail although other sources have confirmed) - thoughts on him? Where is bert when you need him?!?!? BERT?! BERT!!!!! shed some light dear boy!!!!
Jon the Hat Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 bernard parker must be the back up if nobody joins! Read!!!! We are waiting to see if Parker has a six month ban or not.
ibbosuk Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 Where is bert when you need him?!?!? BERT?! BERT!!!!! shed some light dear boy!!!! Yakubu played for Everton tonight V Spurs If he was going to come to Leicester he would not be playing tonight, I dont think.
hackneyfox Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 Would he want to join West Ham who could well be a Championship club next season? Wasn't Zahavi involved in Sven joining us?
MikeyT Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 Yakubu played for Everton tonight V Spurs If he was going to come to Leicester he would not be playing tonight, I dont think. Maybe a farewell game?
KFS Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 Yakubu played for Everton tonight V Spurs If he was going to come to Leicester he would not be playing tonight, I dont think. He came on and missed
Bausor Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 Shop Window ? Imo would be a good signing for the right price, does anybody know the price?
cc_star Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 Shop Window ? Imo would be a good signing for the right price, does anybody know the price? He was £11m a couple of years ago.. It is thought they want £7m from West Ham
Leicester_Mad Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 read it on here somewhere, I perhaps shouldn't have assumed someone knew what they were talking about If he can't get into a team which doesn't score goals, and Everton fans have disdain for him, he's probably not the best use of £5m-£7m So why do a lot of our fans back Waghorn then?
ibbosuk Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 He came on and missed The point is he played, and like I said if you are about to sell somebody, you dont risk playing him.
Benjaldinho Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 In this day and age money controls 80% of football wen now have a reasonable amount of money available to us so there no reason why he wnt comeif we beat any other contract offer saying that though £55,000 per week on one player (even though he'd be raping the league week in week out) seems a bit much considering there is a few other gaps we need to plug..... £55,000 per week could ger us 2/3 quality players in stead of one
deep blue Posted 5 January 2011 Posted 5 January 2011 So why do a lot of our fans back Waghorn then? Probably because of the goals he scored last season; and he only cost 2 mill (so far).
cc_star Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 So why do a lot of our fans back Waghorn then? He's proven at the level We know he's not just going to turn up take his £50k a week then sulk & moan when playing away from home on a freezing cold Tuesday night in February Plus Waggy is already on our books and won't cost a further £7m + £50k/week, and he's yound so with good coaching & management which we've got he will improve if he's given a chance and he takes it
STUHILL Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 He's proven at the level We know he's not just going to turn up take his £50k a week then sulk & moan when playing away from home on a freezing cold Tuesday night in February Plus Waggy is already on our books and won't cost a further £7m + £50k/week, and he's yound so with good coaching & management which we've got he will improve if he's given a chance and he takes it That is a ridiculous assumption
cc_star Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 That is a ridiculous assumption No it's not, we know that about Waghorn, we don't know that about anyone else, particularly an £11m player taking a step down
conradno1 Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 would love it, but cant see it happening to be honest
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 we must trust svens judgement i suppose - not sure myself about yakubu
STUHILL Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 No it's not, we know that about Waghorn, we don't know that about anyone else, particularly an £11m player taking a step down Oh I'm sorry, I thought as this was the thread about Yakubu, that meant you were directing that at him in particular which would be quite an assumption
Lesta Legend Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 In this day and age money controls 80% of football wen now have a reasonable amount of money available to us so there no reason why he wnt comeif we beat any other contract offer saying that though £55,000 per week on one player (even though he'd be raping the league week in week out) seems a bit much considering there is a few other gaps we need to plug..... £55,000 per week could ger us 2/3 quality players in stead of one Great point although a fit yak in this league would tear every team a new a hole it would sit a bit strange with him on massive wages amongst the rest of the team, when we could easily add quality of two or three instead of one.
cc_star Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 Oh I'm sorry, I thought as this was the thread about Yakubu, that meant you were directing that at him in particular which would be quite an assumption It's no more of an assumption than assuming he's not a tad stale and that he's worth £7m + £50k/wk (talked about above, I don't know) and will fire us to the Prem I can't see the maths adding up, he'll only ever be worth less, he'll be taking up a vast amount of our resources that could fund 3 other quality players and he's plains & simple a bit of a gamble (especially in this division where you have to be up for a fight every single game) as he's been so long without form... That seems like the mother of all assumptions to me
kylecoare Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 When was the last time Yakubu did anything of note, anywhere?! He can't even get into the Everton team and they're struggling for goals. They'd rather play Tim Cahill as a lone striker instead of Yakubu, that says it all. His best days are long gone, face facts. He might be in his prime age-wise but he's had major injuries and since he's come back he has lost his pace and finishing ability. He's not the same player that he was 3 or 4 years ago. Look at his statistics for crying out loud - last season, 25 league appearances and 5 goals. This season 12 league appearances and 1 goal. Whatever, you can all get carried away in dream land if you want. Yakubu will not be our saviour, mark my words. we would rather play vassell gallager and dyer, but fryatt has already scored for hull. just because a team doesnt play a player doesnt mean they are bad
Bausor Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 if the fee of 7m is the price there asking NEVER in a illions years NOT worth it, but for the right price defo.
STUHILL Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 It's no more of an assumption than assuming he's not a tad stale and that he's worth £7m + £50k/wk (talked about above, I don't know) and will fire us to the Prem I can't see the maths adding up, he'll only ever be worth less, he'll be taking up a vast amount of our resources that could fund 3 other quality players and he's plains & simple a bit of a gamble (especially in this division where you have to be up for a fight every single game) as he's been so long without form... That seems like the mother of all assumptions to me Well as I've said a few times now, I wouldn't be interested at 7million and 50k/wk and I don't think any team would. 3-4 Million is his current value and I very much doubt we would be matching his Premiership wages although he would be our biggest earner by far until we got promoted. Every single player we sign in this division is a gamble. Yakubu has real proven quality in the Premiership and is still only 28! Who are these 3 other quality players we can buy for 3-4 million who are not a "bit of a gamble" as you put it?
Bettsj2 Posted 6 January 2011 Posted 6 January 2011 Well as I've said a few times now, I wouldn't be interested at 7million and 50k/wk and I don't think any team would. 3-4 Million is his current value and I very much doubt we would be matching his Premiership wages although he would be our biggest earner by far until we got promoted. Every single player we sign in this division is a gamble. Yakubu has real proven quality in the Premiership and is still only 28! Who are these 3 other quality players we can buy for 3-4 million who are not a "bit of a gamble" as you put it? The fact is that you get nowhere by playing safe. Sometimes if you want to step up then you have to take a 'gamble' or pay over the odds for someone. Yeah it might not come off but if you dont try, you just sign players like Fryatt who with all the goodwill in the world, will never be a striker that will fire you into the Premiership. If we want to make the change from normal Championship team to mid table Premiership team, this is the sort of deal we have to get involved in. Otherwise we'll just be like every other team from 1st to 15th in the Division of which there isnt much to choose.
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