BensGrandad
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I would think that if it was a question of money the same player would be still available at the higher price but if it was the player not wanting the move probably not. So we will have to look elsewhere.
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- Thread starter fatshats
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- Jun 27, 2012
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Blimey Icy. 21 players out of our current 25 man squad would be on their way ?.
You'd keep 3 or 4 players, sell the rest and buy another 20 !!!
Of course we will.*
*we won't.
Icy Gull
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BensGrandad
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Frederico Macheda not good enough for us to consider but on trial at Watford.
- Jun 27, 2012
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How do you know he's "not good enough for us" and I suspect the reason he's on trial at Watford is because he and his agent want him to play for a Premier League Club who play premier league wages.
All this arguing about whether we could or should have got a fast second forward/number 10 in this summer, whether we tried hard enough, whether any were available, on and on and on and on......................................
Why don't we just go out and get a twenty goal a season left back, then everyone'll be happy!
NB He's better be left footed though, otherwise some will still moan........................................................
Why don't we just go out and get a twenty goal a season left back, then everyone'll be happy!
NB He's better be left footed though, otherwise some will still moan........................................................
fosters headband
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Would the Barnes scenario be when a player might become available in January. Barnes wouldn't sign a new contract in August and if we had not sold in January Barnes could go for free. So then a club that did do not want to sell then cuts it's losses. A scenario that may still happen with Stephens.
No goals in 11 games at Cardiff last year, and an (8 year career) career grand total of 26 goals, suggests that he really isn't.
BensGrandad
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I wouldnt have thought that Maceda or his agent would be chasing big money and although not a prolific goal scorer surely an improvement on Manu to do a similar job to SB helping others to score. Must have been worth at least a look at. His Cardiff failure could have been due to the way they played under Slade. Obviously Watford prepared to have a look as readily available.
- Jun 27, 2012
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How do you know that our scouting team/manager haven't looked at him ?
...because we haven't signed him ?
And the 26 goals in seven years previous? What was that 'due to'?
Take out one half-way respectable season with Doncaster Rovers (13 in 33), his career tally is 13 goals in 99 appearances.
BensGrandad
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We dont but this is a football forum for fans to discuss the whys and wherefores and most on here have written him off as not good enough.
For me, the second striker position become a problem as soon as I had seen Baldock play half a dozen games. He does not have the ability to command a starting position in a top Championship side.
Like CMS (who was regularly slaughtered on these boards), he puts effort in and runs about a lot but his goals to game ratio is far inferior to that of CMS (who was often played as a lone striker or as a winger). As with CMS, League 1 is where Baldock should be.
It is a problem and nothing has happened in the past three windows to rectify that problem. But we assume that the money is there but we won't spend it. What if it isn't?
Like CMS (who was regularly slaughtered on these boards), he puts effort in and runs about a lot but his goals to game ratio is far inferior to that of CMS (who was often played as a lone striker or as a winger). As with CMS, League 1 is where Baldock should be.
It is a problem and nothing has happened in the past three windows to rectify that problem. But we assume that the money is there but we won't spend it. What if it isn't?
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