Sniffer-Clarke Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 My nephew up Newcastle told me today that there are rumours going around that the Yak is on A.P.radar at £2mil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accessory Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 My nephew up Newcastle told me today that there are rumours going around that the Yak is on A.P.radar at £2mil. Please let these rumours be true.. Yakubu can only score goals against lower-half teams - no better than Fryatt, really. Remember how dire he was against top sides like Reading, Norwich and Forest. We can and should do a lot more with the money both he and Everton will demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitlock Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 I still think the Yak would be a decent signing, currently we have Steve Howard and Waggy as our only strikers and Vas also. Strikers will be bought and i hope he is one of them. He'd score 20+ in this division easy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accessory Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 I still think the Yak would be a decent signing, currently we have Steve Howard and Waggy as our only strikers and Vas also. Strikers will be bought and i hope he is one of them. He'd score 20+ in this division easy days. Not in games against promotion rivals he won't. When the likes of Kamara are out of contract, there are far better bargains to be had in this market, and the serious cash can be spent on attracting quality defenders to the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00nie Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 Please let these rumours be true.. Yakubu can only score goals against lower-half teams - no better than Fryatt, really. Remember how dire he was against top sides like Reading, Norwich and Forest. We can and should do a lot more with the money both he and Everton will demand. better than a 1 in 2?? i doubt it.. give him a full season and he will be one of the top goalscorers in the league imo.. it wasnt just him that was dire either, still need the team to feed him as they say.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 Not in games against promotion rivals he won't. When the likes of Kamara are out of contract, there are far better bargains to be had in this market, and the serious cash can be spent on attracting quality defenders to the club. of course, it's not like he scored against millwall, watford, middlesborough and ipswich who all finished around us and of whom ipswich and middlesborough should be up there with watford challenging for the play-offs again (as for mill i have no idea, they might have over-achieved this season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 Not in games against promotion rivals he won't. When the likes of Kamara are out of contract, there are far better bargains to be had in this market, and the serious cash can be spent on attracting quality defenders to the club. Sell 'em all then, nobody scored for us against QPR this season. Let's just buy people who've scored against QPR and Norwich. Good idea that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thybluefox Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 kamara is the ideal partner for Yakubu, runs alot, quick, skillful, and free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James18 Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 Please let these rumours be true.. Yakubu can only score goals against lower-half teams - no better than Fryatt, really. Remember how dire he was against top sides like Reading, Norwich and Forest. We can and should do a lot more with the money both he and Everton will demand. Bit of an over-exaggeration don't you think? Can't say there's many strikers that would out do his goal scoring record for us this season for the price of 2 million. Remember that he also achieved his 11 in 20 by coming in half way through the season with an in-consistent side. Imagine him after a full pre-season and a better side around him. Easy 20+ goals and that's what we need. Also quick point. I don't know myself but I swear it has been said that he's not on a huge wage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Hero Posted 9 May 2011 Share Posted 9 May 2011 He has scored at a rate of better than 1 in 2, in a team which has been strong at home but indifferent away. That's not from a running start either where he was playing 90 minutes a week for Everton before arriving. The result is extremely impressive and would see him score something like 25/26 LEAGUE goals in a single season (assuming he plays every game and scores at that rate). Ian Hume and Trevor Benjamin used to round around about four times more than Yakubu but as a result neither were ever really in the right place at the right time. Yakubu is focused, he's a specialist. He's a goalscorer. Shall we go back to the useless, mis-directed endeavour and sweat of Hume, Benjamin, Hammond and (this will upset folk) Wagggehhhh? I like goals, assists, impact, victory, success... but it seems many prefer badgekissing, glorious failures, hardworking nearly-men and gutsy losers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusko187 Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 Please let these rumours be true.. Yakubu can only score goals against lower-half teams - no better than Fryatt, really. Remember how dire he was against top sides like Reading, Norwich and Forest. We can and should do a lot more with the money both he and Everton will demand. He had a slight dip in form halfway through his period at Leicester... Who cares! Plenty of players have them (I.e. Torres), rather pay 2 million where he has had his dip in form and hopefully has had enough game time and consistency in the squad to get him back in scoring form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teblin Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 He has scored at a rate of better than 1 in 2, in a team which has been strong at home but indifferent away. That's not from a running start either where he was playing 90 minutes a week for Everton before arriving. The result is extremely impressive and would see him score something like 25/26 LEAGUE goals in a single season (assuming he plays every game and scores at that rate). Ian Hume and Trevor Benjamin used to round around about four times more than Yakubu but as a result neither were ever really in the right place at the right time. Yakubu is focused, he's a specialist. He's a goalscorer. Shall we go back to the useless, mis-directed endeavour and sweat of Hume, Benjamin, Hammond and (this will upset folk) Wagggehhhh? I like goals, assists, impact, victory, success... but it seems many prefer badgekissing, glorious failures, hardworking nearly-men and gutsy losers. Couldn't Agree more with that. The Yak Will Score goals in this league, he has proved that. I was never a Hume fan, lots of huff and puff and the odd wonder goal to mask the fact he wasn't that good. I've said before Waggy doesn't do the simple things very well, like holding the ball up. He is to busy fighting with centre backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxhateram Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 Couldn't Agree more with that. The Yak Will Score goals in this league, he has proved that. I was never a Hume fan, lots of huff and puff and the odd wonder goal to mask the fact he wasn't that good. I've said before Waggy doesn't do the simple things very well, like holding the ball up. He is to busy fighting with centre backs. Im not keen on Yak's work rate, but then again I am one of those managers who expects everyone to be putting in 110% effort. However you can't argue with his scoring rate. 11 in 20 appearances means hes scored 1 in 2. That's pretty impressive. A full season of that will see him with 22 goals not far from the top scorers of this year. The reason people like waggy, is because he works hard and gives that effort and determination. His return is also not that bad when you consider he has only come on as sub for the last ten minutes for most of this season. His scoring record was not bad last season after Fryatt's injury. 9 in 20 after Matty's injury i believe(this may be wrong). That is not half bad for a young lad. He also did well at holding up the ball last year i felt, he set up a lot of goals in the second half of the season I know that. He's strong for his age, and likes to run at defenders. Hes got a lot to learn agreed, but he is pretty useful for a young player, he deserves more of a chance than Sven has given him. I think to be honest they would compliment each other well next season, Waggy on the left, Yak in the middle and Kamara on the right sounds pretty dangerous to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 Sell 'em all then, nobody scored for us against QPR this season. Let's just buy people who've scored against QPR and Norwich. Good idea that. Fryatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 when we went down we had 11 players huffing & puffing and working hard A team is about being a blend of skills - I'd quite happily 'carry' one player if they offered something else. Especially when the something else is more than 1 goal in 2 games Sign him up. 20+ a season goalscorers are incredibly hard to come by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozwin Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 You know how everyone bangs on about his 50k a week wages? Well I heard that we only paid him 10k if he started the weeks game. Bit late to tell everyone now but it's interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmfox Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 I think we should stick with Gallagher Kamara Vassell With Dyer and Waghorn + Big Steve as impact subs Dyer is great to bring on with 20 mins left, if we need to play more direct then put steve on. If we need to win the ball back more, put waghorn on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artursteppe Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 I think we should stick with Gallagher Kamara Vassell With Dyer and Waghorn + Big Steve as impact subs Dyer is great to bring on with 20 mins left, if we need to play more direct then put steve on. If we need to win the ball back more, put waghorn on Apologies, but I'm glad you're not the manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narborough_fox Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 He may not of scared against QPR and Norwich but that was spell when nobody in the team was playing well and in my opinion he was one of the best player against QPR and looked like the only player who could do anything against them. Please Sven sign him up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiv Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 Im not keen on Yak's work rate, but then again I am one of those managers who expects everyone to be putting in 110% effort. However you can't argue with his scoring rate. 11 in 20 appearances means hes scored 1 in 2. That's pretty impressive. A full season of that will see him with 22 goals not far from the top scorers of this year. The reason people like waggy, is because he works hard and gives that effort and determination. His return is also not that bad when you consider he has only come on as sub for the last ten minutes for most of this season. His scoring record was not bad last season after Fryatt's injury. 9 in 20 after Matty's injury i believe(this may be wrong). That is not half bad for a young lad. He also did well at holding up the ball last year i felt, he set up a lot of goals in the second half of the season I know that. He's strong for his age, and likes to run at defenders. Hes got a lot to learn agreed, but he is pretty useful for a young player, he deserves more of a chance than Sven has given him. I think to be honest they would compliment each other well next season, Waggy on the left, Yak in the middle and Kamara on the right sounds pretty dangerous to me. You're a manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUltimateWinner Posted 11 May 2011 Share Posted 11 May 2011 Please Yakubu Sign, Guy is a beast. 25+ Goals if he had a full season technically/realistically! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 12 May 2011 Share Posted 12 May 2011 Please let these rumours be true.. Yakubu can only score goals against lower-half teams - no better than Fryatt, really. Remember how dire he was against top sides like Reading, Norwich and Forest. We can and should do a lot more with the money both he and Everton will demand. He's much better than Fryatt. Much stronger on the ball and capable of scoring more types of goals. The problem against better sides is not so much his as our not having sufficiently fast and dangerous wide players to help make a bit of space fo him. As good defences retreat and become more contracted there's precious little room available in the penalty area. Playing with King as his closest partner has helped in those tight places but having wide players to stretch defences will help still more. Injury free the bloke is nailed on for 20 goals plus in The Championship and always has to be marked anywhere in or around the box. Fryatt in contrast can so easily be shepherded into no man's land or onto his weaker foot, is no worry from distance, no threat in the air and and no problem for a reasonably mobile and stong defender. Nor is he very good at shielding the ball to feed for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliottbaby. Posted 12 May 2011 Share Posted 12 May 2011 Sign him up and give him a wage cut. It wouldn't be fair for him to be on 50k a week and not work, and then wellens or kingy to only be on about 15k and who actually put a shift in. Yes yak was lazy, but he did get quite a few goals if you look at it. Plus it was his first time in this league and its obviously going to be harder for him to adapt quickly to it, especially when your getting man marked by two men each game. Felt a little sorry for him tbh, sign him and give him a second chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GianEmmo Zola Posted 12 May 2011 Share Posted 12 May 2011 I could swear he fired pompey to The prem in 2003 when we went up with tricky trev. So he has been in div 1 before. Sign him up. Whatever the cost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster Posted 13 May 2011 Share Posted 13 May 2011 Sign him up and give him a wage cut. It wouldn't be fair for him to be on 50k a week and not work, and then wellens or kingy to only be on about 15k and who actually put a shift in. Yes yak was lazy, but he did get quite a few goals if you look at it. Plus it was his first time in this league and its obviously going to be harder for him to adapt quickly to it, especially when your getting man marked by two men each game. Felt a little sorry for him tbh, sign him and give him a second chance. No its not, he played with Portsmouth in the championship the season they won it and we came second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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