Though I agree with the sentiment; I would hate to imagine what these boards would be like if we did. Berbatov was never one for running, tracking back or helping out with any defensive work at set pieces (even the most ardent of Spurs fans would call him lazy).Genuinely the complete opposite of...
The "hopefully not one of our targets.............." certainly has a 'accidental Partridge' element to it given that his death was caused by a gun shot.
Of course loaning in a 18 year old player who has never made a Premier League appearance and putting him in with our match day squad would send all the right signals to both Baldock and our under 23's.
Akpom was highly rated, and had competitive match experience with Hull and look how that...
Yes. But due to the agreement we would be left to pay the agreed % of his wages until the end of our agreement, and we would also be back to the same position we are in now. If the plan was to bring someone in like Sturridge than the sensible thing to do would be to bring in two strikers.
Totally. There's no guarantee that a player will make an instant impact or even be able to adapt, but that can happen with any transfer. Important thing is that the club does its research properly and any risks that are taken going forward are calculated ones.
Club announced signing of Pascal Gross on 19th May. Window opened on 10th June. If you want another example then there's also that young Scandinavian striker that the club announced the signing of back in September and who joins next month.
The timing seems odd to me. Swansea sack Clement on Christmas Eve, Sheffield Wednesday sack Carvalhal on the same day. It's a fast appointment and given a lot of clubs won't sack a manager until after they've spoken to / have candidates lined up...
Set to be named new boss of Swansea... not often a manager get's sacked from a club in a lower division and then finds themselves managing a club in a higher league shortly after, something fishy going on?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42501945
Because long-term injuries may happen in-between the deal being agreed? Because the selling club know that other clubs may take a interest later on and want to maximise any transfer fee they receive and it's not beneficial to them having a player that they're still paying wages for but are...
Burnley's original bid for him wasn't far off that figure though when they were thinking of him as a replacement for Gray. It wouldn't surprise me if that 10.8m figure being bandied about is the 'base' figure though. You would expect them to build in a % of next sale clause and also another good...
His contract with Fulham had expired, so could move 'abroad' for a minimal compensation fee, Fulham actually got closer to 500k, PSG got a equal sized amount for their hand in his development. If he had gone to a English club (Spurs were very interested at the time) the amount would have been...
Didn't take him long to get another job, now taken over the reigns from Monk at Boro. Few of their fanbase don't seem to be fully enamoured with the appointment either.
Fully expect Walton to be our back-up keeper next season, and he'll count as another that's HGP. Things would need to go drastically wrong for any of Ince, LuaLua or Rosenoir to be in or amongst match day squads, fully expect the former two to be heading for the exit door permanently before the...