Baggio Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 tal ben haim? was good at bolton, seems to be forgotten about at chelsea Most obvious player we should be siging. Him and Faye centre back. We should be aiming for better than Ben Haim if we're spending money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Rather than Crouch or Zigic, maybe Diego Milito or Elmander? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Rather than Crouch or Zigic, maybe Diego Milito or Elmander? Highly doubt Milito would come here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shaun11177 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Crouch was excellent against Arsenal-his link up play and his ability to hold up the ball were second to none-if you want a player to rotate with Viduka he would ideal. If you want a different type of striker-thats a different debut. Vucinic of Roma looks very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 What about Ronaldihno? Has he actually been mentioned in the thread? I think that he could be a target. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Would rather Santa Cruz than Crouch any day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrightstuff83 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Santa Cruz would be a great siging but we're looking for realistic sigings here! Blackburn simply wouldnt do busines with him and it would take silly money to even tempt them! Whereas Crouch is looking unsettled and IMO would jump at a chance to sign for a big club where he could play every week, star and push on with his england career! (can only imagine Crocuh and Owen playing well togehter at club level would help their cause at international!) Crouch has 14 in 26 for England and seems to score a fair few goasl at Liverpool WHEN he plays! His approach play is extrmely under-rated, it is expected due to his height that he should be winning headers and flick ons, yet he actually is really good at taking the ball down and laying it off, the key trait of 'the big man' in a front three formation! He is one I'd love to see here, honestly believe Martins and Owen would thrive off him, but yet theres something in my head, and dont know why, that has me excited about this Gomis character! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Adriano would be an absoltely immense signing as well, would be immense in the PL as well, i know he has a huge amount of baggage but i beleive if he's able to enjoy his football and have a team built around him he could thrive here. I genuinelyf eel that there are some surprisingly big targets going by some of Keegans quotes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LucaAltieri Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Crouch was excellent against Arsenal-his link up play and his ability to hold up the ball were second to none-if you want a player to rotate with Viduka he would ideal. If you want a different type of striker-thats a different debut. Vucinic of Roma looks very good. Vucinic is very good technically. He works fairly hard and could be instrumental in build up play but in terms of goals he's not prolific. He's not particularly strong or quick. Very much Kuyt the second. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Crouch was excellent against Arsenal-his link up play and his ability to hold up the ball were second to none-if you want a player to rotate with Viduka he would ideal. If you want a different type of striker-thats a different debut. Vucinic of Roma looks very good. Vucinic is very good technically. He works fairly hard and could be instrumental in build up play but in terms of goals he's not prolific. He's not particularly strong or quick. Very much Kuyt the second. agree with all that, but i'm amazed how people assume he's good technically.. he's not bad at taking on people, but he can hardly run straight with the ball and his dribbling style is very much kick the ball and run after it.. he was also quite prolific for Lecce.. i don't really like him as a player, although after his goal vs Madrid i told myself i'd never talk bad about him again.. same as Taddei Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LucaAltieri Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Crouch was excellent against Arsenal-his link up play and his ability to hold up the ball were second to none-if you want a player to rotate with Viduka he would ideal. If you want a different type of striker-thats a different debut. Vucinic of Roma looks very good. Vucinic is very good technically. He works fairly hard and could be instrumental in build up play but in terms of goals he's not prolific. He's not particularly strong or quick. Very much Kuyt the second. agree with all that, but i'm amazed how people assume he's good technically.. he's not bad at taking on people, but he can hardly run straight with the ball and his dribbling style is very much kick the ball and run after it.. he was also quite prolific for Lecce.. i don't really like him as a player, although after his goal vs Madrid i told myself i'd never talk bad about him again.. same as Taddei I rate him as a player, don't get me wrong. Comparing him to Kuyt wasn't meant to be an insult - they both bring a lot to a team. I just don't think either of them are players we need or would know how to use. Vucinic doesn't score that many goals, save one great season at Lecce. With the likes of Owen, Martins and Viduka in the squad I don't think it'd be a good move for either party. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJbarnes Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 people are now asuming that just because we have 1) keegan and 2) money that all the best players in the world are going to flock to us. and this is the relaistic target thread? henry- too good for us deco- likewise. i would love to see us sign bentley, but blackburn are higher in the league than us, chalenging for 6th plaace this season. it would take a lot for it to come off. we arent goiing to be able to attract players the calibre of owen and martins im afraid. this is just like th mackems thinking that they would get forlan and keane. not going to happen, although id like to think wed get better than chopra and andy reid!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridman Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 people are now asuming that just because we have 1) keegan and 2) money that all the best players in the world are going to flock to us. and this is the relaistic target thread? henry- too good for us deco- likewise. i would love to see us sign bentley, but blackburn are higher in the league than us, chalenging for 6th plaace this season. it would take a lot for it to come off. we arent goiing to be able to attract players the calibre of owen and martins im afraid. this is just like th mackems thinking that they would get forlan and keane. not going to happen, although id like to think wed get better than chopra and andy reid!! Was reading the mackems "realistic summer transfer" thread the other day and was thinking what a crazy bunch of delusional idiots they were, saying that Keane should go for the likes of Bentley or Martins. Then I come here and see us seriously talking about Henry, Deco and Ronaldinho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmsy10 Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 There was a young lad playing up front for Stoke tonight looks like he could do a job for us. Think his name is Ameobi or something like that....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 people are now asuming that just because we have 1) keegan and 2) money that all the best players in the world are going to flock to us. and this is the relaistic target thread? henry- too good for us deco- likewise. i would love to see us sign bentley, but blackburn are higher in the league than us, chalenging for 6th plaace this season. it would take a lot for it to come off. we arent goiing to be able to attract players the calibre of owen and martins im afraid. this is just like th mackems thinking that they would get forlan and keane. not going to happen, although id like to think wed get better than chopra and andy reid!! Was reading the mackems "realistic summer transfer" thread the other day and was thinking what a crazy bunch of delusional idiots they were, saying that Keane should go for the likes of Bentley or Martins. Then I come here and see us seriously talking about Henry, Deco and Ronaldinho. Keegan has already intimated that some of the targets he has in his head are big names. "Maybe im dreaming" well what kind of sigining would mak him give himself that assessment. I genuinely think that there are some big signings in there, Spurs beat Man U to Bale, albeit with a 5th place finish under there belt the previus season, Man City signed some CL players who would of been coveted by some big Euroean sides, despite finishing poorly the previous seaosn, well we are a team with fresh impetus, and a solid foundation to build something huge on. What is to stop us signing players like Deco, Henry and Ronnie who a few years ago were on the radar of some of the biggest clubs in the world and now are part of a pack of players who dont have the star quality they once had. There are countless sides in the past who have upped there own levels of ambitions by outlaying a lot of cash and getting the big players, with obviously varying degrees of succes, why cant we be any different. Lazio, Roma, Man City, Villa, Newcastle, Chelsea, Betis, Athletico Madrid, Leeds. Now im not comparing Newcastle to these clubs in the direct sense, but im saying that they all have demonstrated that dspite there varying history and circumstance they have all showed the ability to sign big big player by outlaying cash. Why cant we be any different? Its all there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakie Doke Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 There was a young lad playing up front for Stoke tonight looks like he could do a job for us. Think his name is Ameobi or something like that....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Crouch has something like 11 in 13 starts. A good player, who would work well in our system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Not that I'd be opposed to signing Henry, Deco and all these other big names but I'd be perfectly happy to give the new scouting/recruitment a chance to earn their money and find some new, younger talent who would be excited to play for a big Premiership club. Discovering the next Henry should be our objective in my opinion. This club has more prestige than any outside the top 4, has excellent facilities, spends good money on its players and is very well supported. There's no reason we can't be the ones producing the next big thing instead of the ones paying 20 mil for him when he turns 30. Unless you have Roman Abramovich, that's how titles & trophies are eventually won. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Crouch has something like 11 in 13 starts. A good player, who would work well in our system. Aye, very good infront of goal. Definitely offers something different, too - i could see Keegan getting some good football out of him. Wouldn't be my first choice to 'fill Viduka's shoes', but if we'd tried other options and failed - i'd take him at the right price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sniffer Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Much better player than viduka though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Much better player than viduka though. More consistent maybe, but Viduka is technically much better than him imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Not that I'd be opposed to signing Henry, Deco and all these other big names but I'd be perfectly happy to give the new scouting/recruitment a chance to earn their money and find some new, younger talent who would be excited to play for a big Premiership club. Discovering the next Henry should be our objective in my opinion. This club has more prestige than any outside the top 4, has excellent facilities, spends good money on its players and is very well supported. There's no reason we can't be the ones producing the next big thing instead of the ones paying 20 mil for him when he turns 30. Unless you have Roman Abramovich, that's how titles & trophies are eventually won. Absolutely. But it doesn't hurt to prime the pump by signing a couple of classy veterans if the price is right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spurs_from_Africa Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Not that I'd be opposed to signing Henry, Deco and all these other big names but I'd be perfectly happy to give the new scouting/recruitment a chance to earn their money and find some new, younger talent who would be excited to play for a big Premiership club. Discovering the next Henry should be our objective in my opinion. This club has more prestige than any outside the top 4, has excellent facilities, spends good money on its players and is very well supported. There's no reason we can't be the ones producing the next big thing instead of the ones paying 20 mil for him when he turns 30. Unless you have Roman Abramovich, that's how titles & trophies are eventually won. I was reading through the last few pages and wondering if some of you will ever learn. Newcastle have tried the 'big money signings' before, players that everyone would assume would do well but rarely do. As you've said, you need to branch out. There are some great deals to be had at championship level. Great deals to be had in la liga. And yet you're still talking about the likes of Henry and Deco, who with all due respect, I doubt would go to Newcastle and if they did, it wouldn't be for footballing reasons. Fredbob, I would have to disagree with you there tbh. Clubs of our size ( I'm classing us, Villa, you, Everton in this group) cannot realistically compete with the big boys. We got Berbatov, not united, because we had been after him for months while they came in at the last second. We got Bale instead of united because we made a massive effort to get him, while Fergie's attempts were half-hearted. Last season, we seemed to be going for a lot of man utds targets and Nani showed exactly what happens when someone big gets properly involved. We were close to getting nani, his agent calls man utd, who fly over there and within days, a deal is agreed between them. I'm sure Deco will still be wanted by a lot of cl clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 only the Sun mind Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan is targeting a £6m summer move for Liverpool midfielder Jermaine Pennant. (The Sun) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Vucinic is a good shout, and he's far more dangerous than Kuyt, who's nothing but a hard working footballer. Vucinic has got a pretty good shot, scores goals and does a lot of running for it. Kuyt just runs and wins himself throws. Doubt Vucinic would want to come here though. What ever happend to Oscar Cardozo of Benfica? Seems like a pretty complete forward type of player.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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