Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Is it not worth having a striker in the squad? Seems strange not to have one at all. Well, Villa is a striker even if he's on the wing. To be frank, Guardiola's replicating Cruyff's tactic before the signing of Romario, we didn't play a striker then, with Laudrup coming from deep and Stoichkov and either Goiko or Txiki cutting inside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 That was a Txiki tactic to use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 More like a forward that can play in the wing. Pretty much what Pedro/Villa do. Also a CB or two. If there's enough money (doubtful) get Cesc to ready him as Xavi's understudy. We've been linked to a crapload of players, nothing solid so far. Any names who you would like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 More like a forward that can play in the wing. Pretty much what Pedro/Villa do. Also a CB or two. If there's enough money (doubtful) get Cesc to ready him as Xavi's understudy. We've been linked to a crapload of players, nothing solid so far. Any names who you would like? Of the ones we've been linked to, Neymar would be... interesting. Sometimes I feel we lack that additional bite in the last third that Henry gave us in the treble year, somebody that defences are terrified of apart from Messi. I also want Cesc though, and there's no money for them both. We need to ready ourselves to replace Xavi, whose fitness hasn't been the best this year although he can go for a bit yet, but will need more rest. Same with Puyol hence another CB, although we haven't been linked to one yet. We have also been linked with Pastore (he's been linked to Madrid, but don't think he'll go there after RM buying Sahin and possibly Altintop), who doesn't really float my boat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 SteveMc is raging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 By the way, Forlán had a run in with his manager yesterday, can't really see him staying in the summer, even if they sign Luís Enrique as manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 More like a forward that can play in the wing. Pretty much what Pedro/Villa do. Also a CB or two. If there's enough money (doubtful) get Cesc to ready him as Xavi's understudy. We've been linked to a crapload of players, nothing solid so far. Any names who you would like? Of the ones we've been linked to, Neymar would be... interesting. Sometimes I feel we lack that additional bite in the last third that Henry gave us in the treble year, somebody that defences are terrified of apart from Messi. I also want Cesc though, and there's no money for them both. We need to ready ourselves to replace Xavi, whose fitness hasn't been the best this year although he can go for a bit yet, but will need more rest. Same with Puyol hence another CB, although we haven't been linked to one yet. We have also been linked with Pastore (he's been linked to Madrid, but don't think he'll go there after RM buying Sahin and possibly Altintop), who doesn't really float my boat. I always hear about Barca not having a load of money, and I just dont get it? with your success, stadium size etc. How come? Excuse my ignorance by the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We inherited a huge debt from the board in the 2000s, we were very unsuccessful during those years and threw money at it every season with some mental deals. The largest part of our debt was accrued during those years. The last board did well at the beginning but lost his way a bit towards the end (see the Zlatan deal), also we were hit with a huge tax fine (€40m) for some dodgy behavior by our board in the 1990s. That said, I'm not hugely worried about our mid-term stability, particularly after throwing the towel and getting an sponsor (€35m a year will make a big difference to our bottom line) but probably will affect us in the transfer market. Can't see us making more than one marquee signing this summer. Also, he's not been linked to us, but the player I'd love us to sign the most is Kun Agüero. Think he'd fit us as a glove. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Adebayor states he was close to joining us in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Adebayor states he was close to joining us in January. I hope you weren't part of the racist chanting KD? Clubs should only sign him on 6 month contracts, i'm surprised he'll go to a club who won't pay him a lot (relative) and have no European football next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Racist chanting seems more your thing tbh. Anyway he'd start if he does come and uefa cup football is still a possibility (well I'd rather we didn't like I said before). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If spuds treat him right and kept him interested he'd be a magnificent signing. You'd have 4th spot sown up had you bought him start of the season. Problem being he'll have half a good season then be looking to move to Barcelona or Inter Milan then form will drop off and you're stuck with a moody striker on massive wages not putting the effort in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If spuds treat him right and kept him interested he'd be a magnificent signing. You'd have 4th spot sown up had you bought him start of the season. Problem being he'll have half a good season then be looking to move to Barcelona or Inter Milan then form will drop off and you're stuck with a moody striker on massive wages not putting the effort in. Are you having a laugh? City in part got 4th spot because they cut their losses with the brainless b******. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Adebayor would be good for Spurs if you knew he would keep his head screwed on the whole season. Still think they would need a more pacey striker alongside him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If spuds treat him right and kept him interested he'd be a magnificent signing. You'd have 4th spot sown up had you bought him start of the season. Problem being he'll have half a good season then be looking to move to Barcelona or Inter Milan then form will drop off and you're stuck with a moody striker on massive wages not putting the effort in. Are you having a laugh? City in part got 4th spot because they cut their losses with the brainless b******. More to do with Silva and Yaya Toure while having no challenge from Liverpool than getting rid of Adebayor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 "As" reporting that Florentino Pérez has met with Marotta from Juve. Apparently they are interested in Benzema and Lass, and possibly Higuaín. Chiellini and Amauri would have been offered in part-exchange deals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Adebayor would be good for Spurs if you knew he would keep his head screwed on the whole season. Still think they would need a more pacey striker alongside him. I agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Good job West Ham are getting relegated and Keane's coming back then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Good job West Ham are getting relegated and Keane's coming back then? No bad for us and i wouldn't laugh just yet as your own club might be mad enough to put a bid in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We could have done with him for this season, but he's not what we need now. Target man ftw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We could have done with him for this season, but he's not what we need now. Target man ftw. He's been pretty shit since he went to West Ham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We could have done with him for this season, but he's not what we need now. Target man ftw. He's been pretty s*** since he went to West Ham. Pretty shit? He's been fucking abysmal. The west ham fans despise him already (was pretty obvious it was gonna fail miserably). Still think we'll get some bids in from some delusional premiership teams tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If spuds treat him right and kept him interested he'd be a magnificent signing. You'd have 4th spot sown up had you bought him start of the season. Problem being he'll have half a good season then be looking to move to Barcelona or Inter Milan then form will drop off and you're stuck with a moody striker on massive wages not putting the effort in. Are you having a laugh? City in part got 4th spot because they cut their losses with the brainless b******. More to do with Silva and Yaya Toure while having no challenge from Liverpool than getting rid of Adebayor. And no challenge from Spurs. Why you think they'd finish 4th with Emmanuel Offside is beyond me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 If spuds treat him right and kept him interested he'd be a magnificent signing. You'd have 4th spot sown up had you bought him start of the season. Problem being he'll have half a good season then be looking to move to Barcelona or Inter Milan then form will drop off and you're stuck with a moody striker on massive wages not putting the effort in. Are you having a laugh? City in part got 4th spot because they cut their losses with the brainless b******. More to do with Silva and Yaya Toure while having no challenge from Liverpool than getting rid of Adebayor. And no challenge from Spurs. Why you think they'd finish 4th with Emmanuel Offside is beyond me. Emmanuel offside that actually scores goals is better than Jermain Offside, Roman nostrength and Peter 1goalin300. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 We could have done with him for this season, but he's not what we need now. Target man ftw. He's been pretty s*** since he went to West Ham. Pretty s***? He's been f***ing abysmal. The west ham fans despise him already (was pretty obvious it was gonna fail miserably). Still think we'll get some bids in from some delusional premiership teams tbh. He's only played a handful of games, and he's been no worse than Defoe this season. Would still have taken a loan punt on him in January. Keane > Lovenkrands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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