Barnes23 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Sturridge doesn't fit the type of striker we were previously supposed to be after. Not sure how well he would complement Ba, either. Obviously would be delighted if we got him in, even on loan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Sturridge doesn't fit the type of striker we were previously supposed to be after. Not sure how well he would complement Ba, either. Obviously would be delighted if we got him in, even on loan. He'd be exactly the type of forward we were looking at, pacy and a good eye for goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We shouldn't try to sign any one as there's the off chance that the club will want one of our best players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 as opposed to those slow lumbering goal shy forwards that we aren't interested in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Sturridge doesn't fit the type of striker we were previously supposed to be after. Not sure how well he would complement Ba, either. Obviously would be delighted if we got him in, even on loan. He'd be exactly the type of forward we were looking at, pacy and a good eye for goal. Doesn't fall into the same category as the "second striker" types like Erdinc and Long,though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Second striker in terms of position or pecking order? Neither Long or Erdinc are 'second strikers' I don't think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 all 3 (ba,sturridge and erdinc) could play as part of a strike duo or mobile lone striker with the corect support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We shouldn't try to sign any one as there's the off chance that the club will want one of our best players. Wish I shared your optimism that we wouldn't sell Tiote if Chelsea decided they wanted him. A deal for Sturridge when he was out of our price range until now sounds fishy to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Second striker in terms of position or pecking order? Neither Long or Erdinc are 'second strikers' I don't think. Sorry, not the best description. Meant a hard working,pacy, off the shoulder type striker like Bellamy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Second striker in terms of position or pecking order? Neither Long or Erdinc are 'second strikers' I don't think. Sorry, not the best description. Meant a hard working,pacy, off the shoulder type striker like Bellamy. Right. I was going to say like, Sturridge is more of a 'second striker' than those two as he can drop out wide or deep to pick up the ball and create. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I hope theres substance in the Sturridge link, rather than just another lazy, Sunday rumour because he's exactly what we need. The risk with 'loan to buy' is that he'll do well here but he won't sign for us because someone bigger wants him......thats how little I trust footballers now. But the good thing is that - with the striker search getting grim - it gives us another year to find the right striker to buy. Having said that, I still think we'll end up with Erdinc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 the key to second strikers, lone strikers etc is often the support and general set up of the rest of the team. with ben arfa,marveaux,cabaye,jonas (if his arse is kicked into using space), gosling, and barton being told if he plays to get in the box more particularly when we have possession on the other wing. we ought to have a good bit more support for the forward(s) than the last few seasons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 As delighted as I would be to get Sturridge on loan, it'd be yet another reason to not spend a transfer fee on a new player. Not really not spending, just delaying. I reckon we'd take up the buy option at the end. EDIT: Quote from Pardew on the second page - "We would also do a loan player if there was something at the end of it for us.” I'd sooner us get someone like Sturridge on loan now and be in a position to sign a better calibre of striker than Erding & Long next summer, than pay £8m for one of those now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We shouldn't try to sign any one as there's the off chance that the club will want one of our best players. Wish I shared your optimism that we wouldn't sell Tiote if Chelsea decided they wanted him. A deal for Sturridge when he was out of our price range until now sounds fishy to me. If we want to sell him then we'll sell him, regardless of Sturridge or not. We don't always have to go all doom monger you know. We're not going to sell everybody. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We shouldn't try to sign any one as there's the off chance that the club will want one of our best players. Wish I shared your optimism that we wouldn't sell Tiote if Chelsea decided they wanted him. A deal for Sturridge when he was out of our price range until now sounds fishy to me. If we want to sell him then we'll sell him, regardless of Sturridge or not. We don't always have to go all doom monger you know. We're not going to sell everybody. Good luck with that argument Jonny, it never works for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Sturridge, if he comes as good as he was at bolton, got the goals to fire us to europe. But our luck he'll probably get injured right away. But optimism is there, he is my number one target. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We shouldn't try to sign any one as there's the off chance that the club will want one of our best players. Wish I shared your optimism that we wouldn't sell Tiote if Chelsea decided they wanted him. A deal for Sturridge when he was out of our price range until now sounds fishy to me. If we want to sell him then we'll sell him, regardless of Sturridge or not. We don't always have to go all doom monger you know. We're not going to sell everybody. Good luck with that argument Jonny, it never works for me. It's just a pointless argument in this situation. If we sign Sturridge, we could sell Tiote. Well it's the same if we buy Erdnic, or Long, or N'Zogbia, or Wayne Bridge, or Dave Nugent. Let's just sign nobody then there's a chance we won't sell Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We shouldn't try to sign any one as there's the off chance that the club will want one of our best players. Wish I shared your optimism that we wouldn't sell Tiote if Chelsea decided they wanted him. A deal for Sturridge when he was out of our price range until now sounds fishy to me. If we want to sell him then we'll sell him, regardless of Sturridge or not. We don't always have to go all doom monger you know. We're not going to sell everybody. Good luck with that argument Jonny, it never works for me. It's just a pointless argument in this situation. If we sign Sturridge, we could sell Tiote. Well it's the same if we buy Erdnic, or Long, or N'Zogbia, or Wayne Bridge, or Dave Nugent. Let's just sign nobody then there's a chance we won't sell Tiote. But I'm not making any argument, I'm just pointing out that it sounds fishy to me as we had dismissed the Sturridge links previously and Essien has now got injured. That might just be me getting paranoid so don't fret you can view the situation entirely differently, that's fine as well. I hope you're right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 We dismissed the Ba rumours too. And Sol Campbell last year. etc. etc. It's just a case of us returning to the ideas board when other plans go tits up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 How would people actually feel if we lost Tiote but got Sturridge in the process? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 How would people actually feel if we lost Tiote but got Sturridge in the process? IMO we will sell Tiote anyway within the next two seasons, so to get Sturridge in return would be a bonus (only on a permenant). Doesn't mean for a second that i want to see him leave, this season or any season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 How would people actually feel if we lost Tiote but got Sturridge in the process? I would be devastated to lose Tiote full stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 How would people actually feel if we lost Tiote but got Sturridge in the process? We must keep Tiote at all costs. Sturridge can piss off if it meant The Terminator going the opposite way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I think what we should be after is a player who can play either out wide or just off the striker. Pardew seems like he fancies playing a 4-4-1-1/4-2-3-1. Ba would appear to be the likely first choice as the one up front, and I suppose I could probably stomach having Best and (*sigh*) Shola as the reserve options in that spot. But we're a bit thin in terms of the pacey options you need out wide to make that work, and we also don't have anyone else in the squad that I feel could fill in for Ben Arfa if he gets injured/struggles for form/needs a rest. Vuckic theoretically would be a good fit in that spot, but I don't know if he's ready. It's why I'm so disappointed that we seem to have given up on N'Zogbia, think he'd have been the perfect addition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Would be devasted due to the fact that there would be no reason for us to lose Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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