Guest GAMMELL Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 A week gone and we've signed f**k all. Except Shola You ungrateful bast@rd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 No Arda Turan links yet, there was such a buzz about him not to long ago.. I'd completely forgotten about him. Did he end up just staying in Turkey last summer? Yup he did. Would be interested too. Looks a cracking player. Is he just left sided or central as well? Looks like a player you'd see on the wing, but actually showed a good deal of strength in the Euro's, I think he'd fit in well through the middle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I'd take a Smith for Mido swap definately, all jokes aside he can be an explosive player at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Don't know the position he (Turan) has played in this season for Galatasaray, but he has played 14 league games and scored 4 goals and no assists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Should we really be signing someone just on the basis of them being "better than Smith". Hes only managed 35 appearances and 7 goals in the last 2 and a half years... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Edd Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Mido has had 8 clubs in 8 years. Even if he was a really good player that would put me off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Smith has scored one goal in 8 years. And that was in training. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I'd take a Smith for Mido swap definately, all jokes aside he can be an explosive player at times. /O\ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 to the tune of 'Oh my Darling Valentine'... We've got Mido, We've got Mido And he looks like Richard Reid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Mido? Not good enough and he'll only become a drain on the club in the same way Viudka has been. I'd rather promote Ranger as a first-team squad player and just get rid of Smith.Mido is better than Smith but you'll just be replacing one problem with another all the same. As for Ferguson, what is the point? He's no better than Butt and is nearing the end of his career. 2 years down the line there'll be a Ferguson your time is up thread on here, countered by the club offering the player a new deal no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 If another club is prepared to take Smith as a swap we need the player coming in to be a central midfielder or full back. We don't need Mido (though on his day he's a decent player) unless we are unloading one or two of the 3 strikers we already have who are in the 6 foot 2 inches or more category. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 to the tune of 'Oh my Darling Valentine'... We've got Mido, We've got Mido And he looks like Richard Reid If you see him on a jumbo Make the dirty fucka bleed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Mido is 25, fitter and slimmer this year and can finish. He seems to be relatively stable, mentally, so to be paid to get a striker like him is an opportunity of a lifetime. I repeat, opportunity of a lifetime. He's got a sweet left-foot, some pace and is a decent header of the ball. I think he'd be an ideal partner for Martins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Mido goes through clubs very quickly but he could give us a short term boost which is what the recruitment team seem to be looking for this window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirLes9 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Don't know the position he (Turan) has played in this season for Galatasaray, but he has played 14 league games and scored 4 goals and no assists. 4 goals 8 assists in 24 games all competitions according to Wiki. He normally plays wide left or right. Don't think he can play centrally as well as he does out wide. Cracking little player though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 If we could get some sort of loan deal for Mido i'd be pleased. I'd genuinely offer them Smith for nowt, permanently, to have Mido till the end of the season. Aye he's not a great player but Smith is utterly, utterly worthless - it speaks volumes that he's been at his most useful for us in these last few months - ie, a million miles away from the pitch. Mido is a good player, make no bones about it. Seems to have the attitude of a twat and swaps ports as frequently as a gay sailor, but in the short term he'd give us something, definitely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Should we really be signing someone just on the basis of them being "better than Smith". Hes only managed 35 appearances and 7 goals in the last 2 and a half years... So he's seven times better then Smith Seriously while I don't really like Mido he's still far better then Smith, and if we can get him in a straight swap on not too high wages I'd be happy enough with the deal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Looks like this one is actually happening. I dont really see what either club gains from it. Of course we do get the better end of the deal though. Mido would come here, if fit and motivated would be a solid signing, that sounds just like the last guy we bought from the smogs though. Mido is probably the best player we can hope for in our current state. Its a strange one, why Boro would want to lose one of their better players for Alan Smith who really doesnt give them anything they dont have is beyond me. Can see Smith refusing them though, not sure if that leaves us looking elsewhere for a striker or a straight cash deal for Mido (who will come imo). He surely cant be so expensive just to buy straight out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Mido cant get in the Boro side, am i correct? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 He cant get air side nevermind the Boro side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I think he has just come back from injury though. Either way they seem to have preferred Alves and aliadiere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Mido cant get in the Boro side, am i correct? Doesn't really work like that though does it? Kevin Gallagher couldn't get in the Blackburn side which had just been relegated iirc, yet came in and did a tidy job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Joint top scorer in the league for them with Tuncay (4 in 11) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Joint top scorer in the league for them with Tuncay (4 in 11) How many has Alves scored in the cups then? Had read he has 9 in all competitions hasnt he. I was suprised he had half that amount, thought he had been a huge flop so far. Can edit my stupid self. 3 in total this year, 6 last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Joint top scorer in the league for them with Tuncay (4 in 11) How many has Alves scored in the cups then? Had read he has 9 in all competitions hasnt he. I was suprised he had half that amount, thought he had been a huge flop so far. Alves has 3 in the league and 2 in the cup against Barrow. EDIT - One of his league goals was from the penalty spot too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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