Guest Roger Kint Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Would seriously question why we would pay huge money(well it is for us) on someone who could miss 2 months of the next two seasons with the ACN, especially given the points made by colocho and tomlker El-Arabi, Sow and Gervinho would all be involved in the ACN. Only Gameiro wouldn't be, but I just can't see us signing him. Wasnt sure where El-Arabi was from, thought he was declared for France. If we sign Gervinho i would expect us to sign another strker anyway. He's been playing for the Moroccan national team since the turn of the season. Only ever seen highlights of French matches so seen very little other than what has been said on here, for some reason i assumed he had chosen France over wherever he came from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeordieBatistuta Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 We've signed Moussa Sow... ...according to wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussa_Sow Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If Pardew wants to play a lone striker with HBA supporting, surely we won't be signing Gameiro? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Gameiro has said he wants to move to Spain, preferably a club like Villareal. When / Where did he say this? I know he was close to a move to Villareal in January, but they didn't meet the valuation. I was told by a friend in Madrid that there was a story in Marca about a week ago suggesting he wants to join Villareal, and his agent has already spoken to the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 This is only Sow's first season at Lille, hard to see them getting rid of him when they are likely to play in the champions league and they are already likely to lose Gervinho. Good player though if they are offered enough and the player wants out it's hard to see him staying. given the choice of champs league with lille or a crack at the prem,spanish or german leagues he'd probably forego the champs league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If Pardew wants to play a lone striker with HBA supporting, surely we won't be signing Gameiro? why ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 How much would the pair of Rondon and Caicedo cost? Should not be more than 15m. the same caicedo that played at man city? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If Pardew wants to play a lone striker with HBA supporting, surely we won't be signing Gameiro? why ? Because we play plenty of long balls direct passes and Gamerio is hardly the tallest or biggest built is he? I'm not a french football expert, in fact I've rarely seen it since Setanta went bust, but I've seen KG on youtube and he hardly looks like he'd fit into the lone striker role for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If Pardew wants to play a lone striker with HBA supporting, surely we won't be signing Gameiro? why ? Because we play plenty of long balls direct passes and Gamerio is hardly the tallest or biggest built is he? I'm not a french football expert, in fact I've rarely seen it since Setanta went bust, but I've seen KG on youtube and he hardly looks like he'd fit into the lone striker role for us. Another reason I'd rather we sign El-Arabi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If Pardew wants to play a lone striker with HBA supporting, surely we won't be signing Gameiro? why ? Because we play plenty of long balls direct passes and Gamerio is hardly the tallest or biggest built is he? I'm not a french football expert, in fact I've rarely seen it since Setanta went bust, but I've seen KG on youtube and he hardly looks like he'd fit into the lone striker role for us. so we'd keep the same style of football with HBA and gameiro ? you are only thinking of the lone striker as the big target man, with the right support it can work, think beardsley/cole (HBA is the nearest i've seen to beardsley). it would mean, from the current personnel, jonas having to push further on and stop spending half the game on jose's toes,nolan would play as he does anyway and barton would have to come into the back area more when we have the ball on the other side. all of them would have to learn to move a bit to take advantage of HBA's drifting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 How much would the pair of Rondon and Caicedo cost? Should not be more than 15m. the same caicedo that played at man city? Yep the same one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 How much would the pair of Rondon and Caicedo cost? Should not be more than 15m. the same caicedo that played at man city? Yep the same one. i have to admit to not seeing him play since, i'm assuming he's improved drastically? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 How much would the pair of Rondon and Caicedo cost? Should not be more than 15m. the same caicedo that played at man city? Yep the same one. i have to admit to not seeing him play since, i'm assuming he's improved drastically? Tbh i've not seen very much of him this season, but he has scored quite a few goals for a poor side, the couple of games i saw he was very good (dont remember which ones though) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Agreed fee for his loan club to buy him(about £1m iirc) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 If Pardew wants to play a lone striker with HBA supporting, surely we won't be signing Gameiro? why ? Because we play plenty of long balls direct passes and Gamerio is hardly the tallest or biggest built is he? I'm not a french football expert, in fact I've rarely seen it since Setanta went bust, but I've seen KG on youtube and he hardly looks like he'd fit into the lone striker role for us. so we'd keep the same style of football with HBA and gameiro ? you are only thinking of the lone striker as the big target man, with the right support it can work, think beardsley/cole (HBA is the nearest i've seen to beardsley). it would mean, from the current personnel, jonas having to push further on and stop spending half the game on jose's toes,nolan would play as he does anyway and barton would have to come into the back area more when we have the ball on the other side. all of them would have to learn to move a bit to take advantage of HBA's drifting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 How much would the pair of Rondon and Caicedo cost? Should not be more than 15m. the same caicedo that played at man city? Yep the same one. i have to admit to not seeing him play since, i'm assuming he's improved drastically? Tbh i've not seen very much of him this season, but he has scored quite a few goals for a poor side, the couple of games i saw he was very good (dont remember which ones though) i dont even know who he plays for now i just recall him being a source of much amusement in our house during his time at man city, he was awful Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I think a Doyle type striker. Someone who you know what you are going to get and knows the league would complement a striker who would be new to the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I think a Doyle type striker. Someone who you know what you are going to get and knows the league would complement a striker who would be new to the league Doyle for quite a cheap fee, alongside another better striker signing, would be OK IMO. He doesn't score many goals but he works his arse off, runs into the channels and creates space for other people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I think a Doyle type striker. Someone who you know what you are going to get and knows the league would complement a striker who would be new to the league depends if the plan is to go with a standard 2 man front line as opposed to a forward with HBA playing off. i'd guess we are looking at many possibilities for this summer as if we were to get a top(ish) line striker the requirements to form a game plan round, say, gameiro would be different to sow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doyle? No thanks. We've already got Best and Ameobi. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I want Sow or Gervinho, they've got the best names. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doyle? No thanks. We've already got Best and Ameobi. Aye, Best could very easily do the job Doyle would do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesPaul Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doyle? No thanks. We've already got Best and Ameobi. Kevin Doyle is better than both of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 But not good enough for where I hope we want to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doyle? No thanks. We've already got Best and Ameobi. Kevin Doyle is better than both of them. Arguable. What's the point of signing average strikers ffs? Doyle's 27, as well. Would be a terrible signing. We should spend £12-15m on Sow or El-Arabi, and another £7-10 million on someone like Rondon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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