Eagles, McCourt, Etherington, Baldock, Wallace, Becchio.

[kevtherev]

There's the list, now go and get them.

 

[Trigger]

Burke's list is probably full of cheaper L1/L2 players.

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

You want us to pay £4 Million for Baldock ?

Becchio however, yes please.

 

[y2dave]

On the plus point Burkes lists have included the elusive combination of realistic and exciting targets. Players like Ward, Grabban, Clayton and Conway so the talent identification appears to be working.

Since we have been without Gus to sell the club (and himself) Burke seems unable to secure our priority targets and ends up settling for cast offs like Lita, Obika, Kemy, Spanish Rod etc. There's not a lot wrong with the structure and recruitment framework he has in place but he's clearly not the man to close deals.

 

[Biscuit]

Na,

We'd be out maneuvered by footballing powerhouses like Berry and Newhaven Town.

 

[The Wizard]

Becchio IN. Would be a more than adequate replacement for Leo, Wallace & Baldock yes. Not sure on the others, Eagles is a big wage, Etherington has injury issues and I don't know much about McCourt in fairness.

 

[BensGrandad]

I would go for those except Baldock as too expensive and not needed if we had Becchio

 

[Foolg]

Becchio is on about 30k a week at Norwich, hence why he's not been moved on yet.

Eagles was on 30k a week according to the Burnley fan on this board, Etherington probably similar. Bristol City want £4m for Baldock.

Stupid post.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I would go for those except Baldock as too expensive and not needed if we had Becchio

A) what makes you think Becchio will come cheaply?

B) what makes you think Sami wants another target man as opposed to a mobile striker?

 

[Blackadder]

On the plus point Burkes lists have included the elusive combination of realistic and exciting targets. Players like Ward, Grabban, Clayton and Conway so the talent identification appears to be working.

Since we have been without Gus to sell the club (and himself) Burke seems unable to secure our priority targets and ends up settling for cast offs like Lita, Obika, Kemy, Spanish Rod etc. There's not a lot wrong with the structure and recruitment framework he has in place but he's clearly not the man to close deals.

Purely on a pedantic note. I understand that it was Garcia that wanted Kemy.

 

[Gullys Cats]

There's the list, now go and get them.

They've all just u-turned.

 

[BensGrandad]

A) what makes you think Becchio will come cheaply?

More reason to show that we dont need both Baldock and Becchio so forget Baldock

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Becchio is on about 30k a week at Norwich, hence why he's not been moved on yet.

Eagles was on 30k a week according to the Burnley fan on this board, Etherington probably similar. Bristol City want £4m for Baldock.

Stupid post.

I would be astonished if Eagles was on that much at Burnley (is he still a Burnley player?) as he must have agreed a contract when they were a Championship club, & their wage bill was smaller than ours last season.

I doubt even Ings was on that much & he was their star player.

 

[Foolg]

I would be astonished if Eagles was on that much at Burnley (is he still a Burnley player?) as he must have agreed a contract when they were a Championship club, & their wage bill was smaller than ours last season.

I doubt even Ings was on that much & he was their star player.

Eagles was on 15k a week at Burnley, and moved to Bolton, where he was on £30k a week.


'Chris Eagles (£30,000 a week) is in the same wage bracket' - Cut and pasted from The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...eas-proprietors-to-damage-a-club-9042669.html

 

[Lawson]

the way people talk about Becchio makes me wonder if anyone has ever actually watched him play. He was very one dimensional, usually scoring a tap in or header, and scored so many goals because of Leed's one plan that involved attacking relentlessly at the complete sacrifice of any defensive coherence, he received buckets of chances similar as to why CMS scored fifty at Peterboro and only a dozen or so in a season for us. Also lets not forget that he is now thirty and hasn't played regular football in a year and a half or scored a goal in that period. Not bad as a bench boy perhaps but certainly not a replacement for Ulloa, two very different players.

 

[Marshy]

on top of that why do we need Becchio... we dont we have COG

the strikers we get in will be in a different mould in my opinion

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Eagles was on 15k a week at Burnley, and moved to Bolton, where he was on £30k a week.


'Chris Eagles (£30,000 a week) is in the same wage bracket' - Cut and pasted from The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...eas-proprietors-to-damage-a-club-9042669.html

Bolton, of course. My bad

 

[Foolg]

Bolton, of course. My bad

Quite alright.

Point stands though, he's an extremely lazy player, albeit a talented one, but he won't track back or put a shift in - hence Bolton tried to send him out on loan and he stopped being picked last season.

He sounds EXACTLY like the likes of Agustein, Harley, Dobbie....

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

I'd have a punt on Etherington...

Sorry, poor choice of words

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Quite alright.

Point stands though, he's an extremely lazy player, albeit a talented one, but he won't track back or put a shift in - hence Bolton tried to send him out on loan and he stopped being picked last season.

He sounds EXACTLY like the likes of Agustein, Harley, Dobbie....

I agree entirely. Clearly a man of great talent, but a career spent at Watford, Burnley & Bolton suggests to me a certain lack of application. An occasional matchwinner, but a regular source of frustration for fans.