Cheik The Room Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I think we are getting Gomis beacuse Villa won't budge on Bents price and Remy is the other forward we're trying to sign. I also think Bent will come in aswell if Cisse leaves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Worried Gignac is the Remy alternative tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 No amount of puffed our chest Ronaldo posturing makes it any different. What is this nonsense? just pre empting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheik The Room Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Worried Gignac is the Remy alternative tbh. I hope you're wrong. They're so different in terms of style so I don't think Gignac is an alternative to Remy. More to Gomis in that case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Totally different type of player, so clearly not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 £8m a stupid price for a proven PL goalscorer? There are decent Championship players that go for £8m now. Are you seriously telling me you think Darren Bent's worth £8m? Maybe for the right club I suppose. I can see why Villa would want £8m, especially after paying £18m not so long ago. He's 29 sure, but Cisse is not far off that and I doubt we'd take less than £10m. Not that I'd want to pay £8m for Bent. Cisse is a much better player IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Totally different type of player, so clearly not. He is a totally different player but he does also plays out wide left. We have a bid in, reported in several places that hasn't been denied yet either right? Depends on Pardews idea of what we need upfront. He seems to value strength, Power, Pace.. tricks and skills are secondary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Totally different type of player, so clearly not. He is a totally different player but he does also plays out wide left. We have a bid in, reported in several places that hasn't been denied yet either right? Depends on Pardews idea of what we need upfront. He seems to value strength, Power, Pace.. tricks and skills are secondary. Are you saying Gignac can play wide left? I've never heard that. He seems completely unsuited to that role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 No, Im not an aficionado of French football.. I should have phrased it more of a question than a statement. I have read he plays wide left in several places. That said it was my fear he would be an alternative to Remy.. and I could see Pardew wanting a more physical approach to the skills of Remy. Having bids in for both Gignac and Gomis seemed to hint at that. Could also be a replacement for Cisse though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Unless Cisse leaves or is certain to leave I can't imagine Ashley will sanction us buying two additional forwards. I don't believe that we would bid for both Gignac and Gomis, there would be no point at all in buying both. Best case scenario is Cisse leaves (this appears inevitable so might as well get it over and done with) and is replaced by Gomis and Remy out of the players we have being linked with. None of the above is very appealing but would be better than almost certain relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Recoba Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Ive never been convinced by Gignac. But I would be over tge moon if we signed him, because he would be a signing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 £8m a stupid price for a proven PL goalscorer? There are decent Championship players that go for £8m now. 8m for a 29 year old one trick pony. 6 at the absolute most is acceptable. If we get Bent we need others to make up for his lack of other ability. He ain't worth 8m. End of. No amount of puffed our chest Ronaldo posturing makes it any different. I don't think he's quite worth it. But it's not a stupid price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 It's not a crazy price except for what I think a general feeling that Bent is outdated in his style right now, taking into account the english premium it's not a bonkers price, he's just not the solution imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 http://www.insidefutbol.com/2013/07/21/newcastle-plot-move-for-evian-striker-saber-khelifa/92687/ more crap I bet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 http://www.le10sport.com/football/mercato/mercato-psg-newcastle-sinvite-dans-le-dossier-gameiro111351 Quoting Le Parisien saying we're looking at Gameiro again. (nothing on its website that I can find yet) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Gameiro's a midget so if we're going to continue to punt the ball 70 yards to him while offering no support, we'll be even worse than last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 BUYLINK ALL THE STRIKERS!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 It is absolutely mental we have recruited JFK and now seemingly Mick fucking Harford only. The season starts in less than a month and a team that struggled to stay up is the only one in the league without a first team signing. If Ashley is not going to invest I think it is going to be difficult to stay up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 £8m a stupid price for a proven PL goalscorer? There are decent Championship players that go for £8m now. 8m for a 29 year old one trick pony. 6 at the absolute most is acceptable. If we get Bent we need others to make up for his lack of other ability. He ain't worth 8m. End of. No amount of puffed our chest Ronaldo posturing makes it any different. I don't think he's quite worth it. But it's not a stupid price. He's hardly played any football, man. 8m is a silly price for him now. If he'd been in the team last year, playing a few games, getting some goals, then fair enough, you'd have a good argument. But not now. It's no one else's fault Villa paid far too much for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I don't know why we are being linked with so many foreign footballers when the recruiting hierarchy is rolling back the years to 1990 and long ball mania. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I don't know why we are being linked with so many foreign footballers when the recruiting hierarchy is rolling back the years to 1990 and long ball mania. Rather ironic that the long ball started before Kinnear was appointed the DOF. Got to love Pards eh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I don't know why we are being linked with so many foreign footballers when the recruiting hierarchy is rolling back the years to 1990 and long ball mania. Rather ironic that the long ball started before Kinnear was appointed the DOF. Got to love Pards eh Pards wasn't getting the finer nuances of hoofball right so now he's got seasoned experts JFK and Harford to iron out the flaws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I don't know why we are being linked with so many foreign footballers when the recruiting hierarchy is rolling back the years to 1990 and long ball mania. Rather ironic that the long ball started before Kinnear was appointed the DOF. Got to love Pards eh Pards wasn't getting the finer nuances of hoofball right so now he's got seasoned experts JFK and Harford to iron out the flaws. God, when you put it like that..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 £8m a stupid price for a proven PL goalscorer? There are decent Championship players that go for £8m now. 8m for a 29 year old one trick pony. 6 at the absolute most is acceptable. If we get Bent we need others to make up for his lack of other ability. He ain't worth 8m. End of. No amount of puffed our chest Ronaldo posturing makes it any different. I don't think he's quite worth it. But it's not a stupid price. He's hardly played any football, man. 8m is a silly price for him now. If he'd been in the team last year, playing a few games, getting some goals, then fair enough, you'd have a good argument. But not now. It's no one else's fault Villa paid far too much for him. He's a proven goalscorer in this league at a time when there aren't too many of them kicking about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 If we got him for 6-8m and he scored 15-20 goals a season for 2/3 seasons for us it would be a good purchase imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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