ponsaelius Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ricardo Fuller? Seriously? Stoke will owe them money off Kenwyne. Sunderland must be skint. Good point actually. Like offering a favour to pay off a beer tab. They reckon he'll score more goals for them because he's 'good with his feet' and will suit their 'superior football'. Words fail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Fuller's not that bad. Reasonable striker for someone of Stoke/Wigan/Sunderland's level tbh. Wouldn't touch him with a shitty stick in terms of NUFC, naturally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Adequate replacement for Bent. Think he'll give them a good presence up top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Fuller's not that bad. Reasonable striker for someone of Stoke/Wigan/Sunderland's level tbh. Wouldn't touch him with a shitty stick in terms of NUFC, naturally. Wind-up, right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Fuller's not that bad in the same sense that Hepatitis isn't as bad as Aids. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Fuller's not that bad. Reasonable striker for someone of Stoke/Wigan/Sunderland's level tbh. Wouldn't touch him with a shitty stick in terms of NUFC, naturally. Wind-up, right? How? If Newcastle spent £3 million on 31 year-old Ricardo Fuller I'd be apoplectic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller's not that bad. Reasonable striker for someone of Stoke/Wigan/Sunderland's level tbh. Wouldn't touch him with a shitty stick in terms of NUFC, naturally. Wind-up, right? No? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Not that bad but in terms of replacing a 15-20 goal a season striker then it's a disaster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Bent had more PL goals last season than Ric Fuller in his entire career. Don't be daft, this is an abysmal signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 It's not great signing for them, but he'll work better with Gyan than Bent did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 It's not great signing for them, but he'll work better with Bent than Gyan did. Shame Bent's at Villa then innit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller's not that bad. Reasonable striker for someone of Stoke/Wigan/Sunderland's level tbh. Wouldn't touch him with a shitty stick in terms of NUFC, naturally. Wind-up, right? How? If Newcastle spent £3 million on 31 year-old Ricardo Fuller I'd be apoplectic. I should have made clear: it was the implied logic behind it which confused me. For one, I'm confused as to how Wigan are equated to Sunderland's level when there is quite a gap between them, hell, Stoke are on a different level to Wigan who IMO are strong relegation candidates and will go down; and also I didn't agree with the implicit reasoning of him being good enough for Sunderland but not for Newcastle. That may however be more case-specific in which case fair enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 It's not great signing for them, but he'll work better with Bent than Gyan did. Shame Bent's at Villa then innit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nice edit Nixey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller is one of those players who, when he doesn't play for you, is quite easy to admire in certain ways (I think he's underrated), but at the same time, you'd shit the bed if you thought you'd wake up in the morning to find out you'd signed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller is one of those players who, when he doesn't play for you, is quite easy to admire in certain ways (I think he's underrated), but at the same time, you'd shit the bed if you thought you'd wake up in the morning to find out you'd signed him. I'd stop short of shitting the bed, but my socks would well and truly be remaining on my feet, that's for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Nice edit Nixey Whatever do you mean Sewelly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller's not that bad. Reasonable striker for someone of Stoke/Wigan/Sunderland's level tbh. Wouldn't touch him with a shitty stick in terms of NUFC, naturally. Wind-up, right? How? If Newcastle spent £3 million on 31 year-old Ricardo Fuller I'd be apoplectic. I should have made clear: it was the implied logic behind it which confused me. For one, I'm confused as to how Wigan are equated to Sunderland's level when there is quite a gap between them, hell, Stoke are on a different level to Wigan who IMO are strong relegation candidates and will go down; and also I didn't agree with the implicit reasoning of him being good enough for Sunderland but not for Newcastle. That may however be more case-specific in which case fair enough. There was a little WUM material in that particular bit I admit. What I meant is that to me he's no worse than many other average as fuck strikers plying their trade in the Premier League. Outside the top five or six (and the odd exception) there's not a lot between the rest in terms of the rest of the league IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller isn't the answer, they need a targetman to suit their style of football, long ball, while Fuller understands that at Stoke and uses his strength to be effective in that it's really not his game. £3m is hefty for him at what, 31? Ouch. K Jones is probably best suited, not going to happen like but currently available boothroyd would be a great signing for them but Bruce is obsessed with fast strikers and I reckon he'll go that route again if given the chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 seriously, bruces master plan is to replace 24 goals last season darren bent with fuller which the most he ever got was 17 one season for preston north end in the championship so bruces entire plan is gyan suddenly turning into a 1 in 2 goal scorer while hes adapting to a new league and through his career the best he's done is roughly 1 in 3. And its not like their midfield is full of goals either so where exactly are the goals going to come from? meanwhile the mirror is saying bruce has gone sniffing for that exemplifier of loyalty mr insomnia but whelans saw him coming and saw how much sunderland just got paid by villa and put up the price from 9 to 12m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller is one of those players who, when he doesn't play for you, is quite easy to admire in certain ways (I think he's underrated), but at the same time, you'd shit the bed if you thought you'd wake up in the morning to find out you'd signed him. I'd stop short of shitting the bed, but my socks would well and truly be remaining on my feet, that's for sure. i'd wake up with an extra pair of socks on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Wait, they're not really trying to sign Ricardo Fuller? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Wait, they're not really trying to sign Ricardo Fuller? £3m bid accepted - BBC Sport Understands....................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 12m for zog Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fuller's goal against Villa a couple of years ago is still one of the best I've seen in the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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