No chane on £5m. More like £15m. No way in hell Hughes will sell like.
I would of said 10m and why would Hughes? It was more in reference to another thread.
Look at his first choice attacking players, McCartney, Santa Cruz, Pederson and Bentley - I'd have them at toon if we could.
Bentley is a winger as is Pederson. Mc Carthy and Sant Cruz are first choice with Roberts and Derbyshire as backup.
Bentley is on the verge of an england call up and there is no way in hell he will be sold. I reckon a £15m bid wouldn't shift him. Blackburn are hardly poor either.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/middlesbrough/6950238.stm
Santa Cruz looks like a very astute signing already. Hughes is really good at picking them out:
Samba, Mc Carthy, Cruz best so far all for relatively little.
Against boro he was pretty solid the odd lapse but it wasn't capitalised on. He is still trying to do his long ball trick although it works better with Sibi and Heskey upfront.
Found his level then.
Probably the worst player of the last 5 years. Doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the first team and I fear it is more out of sympathy after his injury than (non existant) talent.
Agree with this, dunno why he was so hyped up?
Before his ACL? injury he won the Jackie Milburn award thing (as did Carrol) and was highly rated. It appears it has carried over despite his injuries and lack of recovery.
Thats the second time that someone has mentioned his health, not injury, what is this urban myth that surrounds him?
He has a mystery health problem under Roeder IIRC.
Found his level then.
Probably the worst player of the last 5 years. Doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the first team and I fear it is more out of sympathy after his injury than (non existant) talent.
All they need is Jenas
They'd be the match for ANY team then.....as long as the aim of the competition was to run with the ball for a bit (bonus points for sideways), pass the ball badly, fail to provide goalscoring opportunities, and be massively overpaid.
In fact, if they could get Zakora as backup, they'd be crowned champions now!
I think this is the first time I've agreed with you NM!