Guest VegasToon Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Who would you rather have Ben Arfa for 7 million or Wickham for 15 million? 15 million is an obscene amount of money for him. Like the poster said above you can easily scour the world and probably find 5 players with great potential for that kind of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 How often do you think you can pick up Ben Arfa's and Tiotes? If it was that easy the transfer market would be far more sensible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 How often do you think you can pick up Ben Arfa's and Tiotes? If it was that easy the transfer market would be far more sensible. It is in most other countries. That's why we got HBA and Tiote in the last 12 months for a fraction of the fee it will cost to land Connor Whickham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 6m is the max amount we should gamble on him. If it's higher than that, why not just buy an established international striker? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Who would you rather have Ben Arfa for 7 million or Wickham for 15 million? 15 million is an obscene amount of money for him. Like the poster said above you can easily scour the world and probably find 5 players with great potential for that kind of money. How often do you think you can pick up Ben Arfa's and Tiotes? If it was that easy the transfer market would be far more sensible. It is in most other countries. That's why we got HBA and Tiote in the last 12 months for a fraction of the fee it will cost to land Connor Whickham. 6m is the max amount we should gamble on him. If it's higher than that, why not just buy an established international striker? Couldn't agree more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertCommunicator Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Who would you rather have Ben Arfa for 7 million or Wickham for 15 million? 15 million is an obscene amount of money for him. Like the poster said above you can easily scour the world and probably find 5 players with great potential for that kind of money. How often do you think you can pick up Ben Arfa's and Tiotes? If it was that easy the transfer market would be far more sensible. It is in most other countries. That's why we got HBA and Tiote in the last 12 months for a fraction of the fee it will cost to land Connor Whickham. 6m is the max amount we should gamble on him. If it's higher than that, why not just buy an established international striker? Couldn't agree more! Because a quality established international striker will cost £10M+, maybe only have seven good years left in him and will be a depreciating asset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Because a quality established international striker will cost £10M+, maybe only have seven good years left in him and will be a depreciating asset. So you're actually saying that you're not willing to buy an attacker that has proven his worth, but think it's ok to buy an attacker for more money but who has not much to show for, just because he's young and English If we by an attacker that is established, who's 25-26 years old, he will not be an depreciating asset as long as he scores goals. If he do that, he will increase in value for 2-3 seasons, and we can sell him when he's around 28 with profit. On the other hand, Carr will find us a diamond. It's not likely that we will pay £10 mill for a player unless God commands Geravinhio to join us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thenorthumbrian Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Why is the argument that we should sign young players that will bring in a profit when we sell them ? Here is a an idea, why not sign young players and keep them to try and build a good team ? Who knows, one day we might have a team capable of competing with the best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Why is the argument that we should sign young players that will bring in a profit when we sell them ? Here is a an idea, why not sign young players and keep them to try and build a good team ? Who knows, one day we might have a team capable of competing with the best. That's not my main argument actually. I'm all pro when it comes to buying the young and promising. But right now, I want to focus on signing players that will strengthen our first team right away. It's those buys that are important if we want to keep the likes of Enrique. Such reinforcement can of course be young too, but it's a difference between being in early-mid 20s and a teenager like Wickham. That's many years separating them in experience. It's not before we've managed to secure sufficient depth in our squad and on regular basis are pushing for an European spot that we can begin to hunt the hottest youngsters.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thenorthumbrian Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Why is the argument that we should sign young players that will bring in a profit when we sell them ? Here is a an idea, why not sign young players and keep them to try and build a good team ? Who knows, one day we might have a team capable of competing with the best. That's not my main argument actually. I'm all pro when it comes to buying the young and promising. But right now, I want to focus on signing players that will strengthen our first team right away. It's those buys that are important if we want to keep the likes of Enrique. Such reinforcement can of course be young too, but it's a difference between being in early-mid 20s and a teenager like Wickham. That's many years separating them in experience. It's not before we've managed to secure sufficient depth in our squad and on regular basis are pushing for an European spot that we can begin to hunt the hottest youngsters.. Fair enough, mind you there it is unlikely that Connor Whickham would look twice at United. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shaun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wickham is a Liverpool fan. Or so I've heard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wickham is a Liverpool fan. Or so I've heard. Great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wickham is a Liverpool fan. Or so I've heard. Ranger is an Arsenal fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Carroll is Newcastle fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Nolan is a Liverpool fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Andy Sinton is a Newcastle fan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I am a Newcastle fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Hitler was a Schalke fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Mussolini was a FC Forli fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 osama bin laden is an arsenal fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Steve Cram is a Sunderland fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shaun Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Wickham is a Liverpool fan. Or so I've heard. Great. 2 years down the line it could be Carroll all over again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 i was a teenage armchair honved fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 John Kettley is a weather man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 John Kettley is a weather man. and so is michael fish. (i got half way through putting that then decided on the hmhb reference instead ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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