Langley Posted 13 June 2014 Posted 13 June 2014 Looks like a gerner like Kingy. Him, King and Phil Jones all on the same pitch...
Guest Posted 13 June 2014 Posted 13 June 2014 None of them were a gamble all were proven. Just cos we did not know them in the uk does not mean they are not proven. You're right about three of them but not Van Persie. He was seen as a risk even at £3m as he had talent but the other stuff - attitude, temperament etc was seen to be a problem when he was young in Holland. Wenger took a punt and it paid off.
jayfox26 Posted 13 June 2014 Posted 13 June 2014 None of them were a gamble all were proven. Just cos we did not know them in the uk does not mean they are not proven. my point was though that none of them were proven in the prem so there was still risk attached. Pelle has proven over the past 2 seasons he is a class act. Suarez could have ended up being crap. Many said at the time he would be cos he came from the Dutch league. many strikers from the Dutch league have been crap like Afonso Alves but you get the odd gem here and there. Yes its a risk, yes he could be crap if he came here but he could also be amazing!
sylofox Posted 14 June 2014 Posted 14 June 2014 my point was though that none of them were proven in the prem so there was still risk attached. Pelle has proven over the past 2 seasons he is a class act. Suarez could have ended up being crap. Many said at the time he would be cos he came from the Dutch league. many strikers from the Dutch league have been crap like Afonso Alves but you get the odd gem here and there. Yes its a risk, yes he could be crap if he came here but he could also be amazing! English football is littered with good players gone bad and supposed bad players turned good. Every purchase is a gamble they won't all work out. Two easy ones Keegan seen as to small and not good enough for the top flight. Garry Birttles scored for fun at forest went to Man u and could not hit a cows arse with a banjo foreign players are a little more of a risk as they have to move to a new country with culture changes
MPH Posted 14 June 2014 Posted 14 June 2014 Few trips to Greggs, no where near a beach... they'll look like this by the end of his contract.....
WhispyWizard Posted 14 June 2014 Posted 14 June 2014 Can only go by the youtube vid but seems to look for the corner when he has a shot, i'd prefer this to a hit and hope approach. Also he can score using his head! We havn't had this since super Steve or Schmeichel.
sotonfox Posted 14 June 2014 Posted 14 June 2014 With Koeman looking like being the new Southampton manager, we might need to get in quick if we want this guy!
johnny the fox Posted 15 June 2014 Posted 15 June 2014 We will not get involved in a bidding war for an unknown quantity.. fact..
Sydney Fox Posted 16 June 2014 Posted 16 June 2014 Can only go by the youtube vid but seems to look for the corner when he has a shot, i'd prefer this to a hit and hope approach. Also he can score using his head! We havn't had this since super Steve or Schmeichel.
dpjfox Posted 16 June 2014 Posted 16 June 2014 no doubt Southampton will be favourites to sign him now, as his current manager is there
ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 17 June 2014 Posted 17 June 2014 no doubt Southampton will be favourites to sign him now, as his current manager is there Yep, mentioned in the Sun today that he's gonna go in for him. Not that the Sun is gospel by any stretch!
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 17 June 2014 Posted 17 June 2014 Tbf i don't think he would look good in blue Tbf i don't think he would look good in blue
sphericalfox Posted 17 June 2014 Posted 17 June 2014 Tbf i don't think he would look good in blue Tbf i don't think he would look good in blue wrong thread.
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 19 June 2014 Posted 19 June 2014 That's the bit that doesn't quite fit our style. Last season we looked great playing one way with the right personnel and considerably weaker in different formations - maybe this is the route to solving this, I suppose he just doesn't fit into our style - obviously though he'd be a better option than GTF or Wood I'm sure. I thought we would go for pace with the the bigger bucks for a starting 11 player with Vardy Yes, I agree with you.
Asherz Posted 20 June 2014 Posted 20 June 2014 Pearson has said many -a - times players he buys (not free ) have to be young with a big potential for market value so that the club can profit from the players and grow its simple buissness management ... Big nige would be an amazing director of football once he hangs up his tracksuit
PAPA LAZAROU Posted 20 June 2014 Posted 20 June 2014 He's not that big actually. I'm six foot three and look down on him, it's all relative. But I agree he has done an amazing job at this club , clearing up the god awful mess Erickson left and getting us promoted with what seemed relative ease. And it was down to getting in relatively cheap signings that turned out to be absolute gems . And I for one hope he continues in that vein.
Babylon Posted 23 June 2014 Posted 23 June 2014 Slowest "swooping" in history. You do know that the other team and the player actually have a say in it don't you.
Steven Posted 23 June 2014 Posted 23 June 2014 Southampton plot Graziano Pelle transfer and a reunion with his old Feyenoord boss Koeman http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/southampton-plot-graziano-pelle-transfer-3745093
Ric Flair Posted 23 June 2014 Posted 23 June 2014 We simply cannot compete with Southampton on this one. It's blatant he'll join Koeman, and rightly so. He's the replacement for Lambert in every sense. We'll pay £15 million for Carl Asaba instead.
digitalalba Posted 27 June 2014 Posted 27 June 2014 Sign him up Nige. He's ****ing quality ! Also has good technique and I think he is suited to English football, with his strength and finishing. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/21/premier-league-second-expat-europe-cyprus If im reading this right, 60.4% of players in the premiership are foreign, hardly an English league... A league in England yes, but definately not English. They ought to call it the multicultural premierleague.
LCFC FOX Posted 27 June 2014 Posted 27 June 2014 Oh look someone moaning about the prem again! Yawn. Without the foreign players the prem wouldn't be what it is. We should be grateful that we have some world class players playing in England
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