Gary Hooper

[NooBHA]

How many hard working players can you fit into a team and retain the flair that makes them stand out. On your point he wouldnt have wanted Jimmy Greaves, Thierry Henri or Sergio Aguero as all they did was score goals.

Aguero never stups running all game and consistently has one of the highest stats in a game when he plays. I never seen Greaves play but Henry was always full of running. Trust me Hooper Hooper would not endear himself unless we continued to create chance after chance and he took them. I don't dislike him as a player but he is quite lazy.

 

[BensGrandad]

Aguero never stups running all game and consistently has one of the highest stats in a game when he plays. I never seen Greaves play but Henry was always full of running. Trust me Hooper Hooper would not endear himself unless we continued to create chance after chance and he took them. I don't dislike him as a player but he is quite lazy.

Having followed CH through his clubs I will take your word for it re Hooper but he does know where the ball has to go to win games.

 

[NooBHA]

Having followed CH through his clubs I will take your word for it re Hooper but he does know where the ball has to go to win games.

Norwich fans would disagree. Celtic and Scunthorpe fans would agree with you. Even I agree with you but all I said was quite lazy

 

[BensGrandad]

I accept that but as regards him not being a CH type signing did he not buy him for Norwich or are you suggesting he made a mistake then and wouldnt do it again.

 

[Bring back Bryan wade!!]

Just asking for the ratings isnt really starting anything meaningful. Starting the thread with your own score and insight would have been far better

A bit difficult when you haven't seen the game, hence asking for the ratings....

 

[sdmartin1]

Are we playing a game where we look at those with a half decent goalscoring record this season and suggest they'd be a 'good signing'?

 

[Medwayseagull]

It's a suggestion of a player who I believe would be a good signing for the club. I certainly don't automatically assume in every thread I open that we are bidding for the player.... I'm certainly not asking you to open the thread either. You didn't have to comment but you've chosen to...

But if we did sign every player you thought we should be interested in we would have a squad of about 200 by now.

 

[Bold Seagull]

What does it matter?? Seriously DFP never understand why that bothers people, regardless of whether I create a new post or add my contribution to an existing post I'm still ultimately posting it....

It's annoying. You intentionally don't expand the thread title either so naturally people look thinking we've been linked to a player.

 

[Weezle]

I remember when Norwich signed him. I expected him to do big things but it never materialised. I don't think it worked out as expected and Hughton didn't get the player he thought he was buying. At £30k a week, he's also out of our price range. I think this one is unlikely to happen.

 

[Rogero]

You need your own thread, nothing wrong with the suggestions but no need for endless threads, Shirley?

agreed.There are too many threads with a random name saying that they are a good player.Attention seekers.

 

[blockhseagull]

They are paying him £30k a week.

I heard £35k a week

 

[studio150]

I heard £35k a week

But with tax national insurance pension deductions its not really a living wage for a footballer bound to want an increase large signing on fee etc

 

[BensGrandad]

agreed.There are too many threads with a random name saying that they are a good player.Attention seekers.

Isnt the answer to open it, read it, if not what you was expecting close it and never open it again.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I heard £35k a week

Either way it's more than we would pay.

 

[J2 DOG]

I heard £35k a week

No value in that! Can get better for half that!

 

[Johnny RoastBeef]

I heard £35k a week

Every extra £10k a week in player wages we commit to is another £520k a year out of our budget and over £2 million over the course of a 4 year contract. It's the big wages that hurt you in the long run.

This why we are looking for value elsewhere. It's not just to find a bargain, but because the established big names over here command wages that don't fit in with our clubs wage structure.

 

[Hugo Rune]

What a great signing by Wednesday so far. They'll now be very confident of a play-off place with his goals. Hopefully we have still have some equally impressive targets we're negotiating for.

 

[dadams2k11]

If he get injured they will be F*cked.

 

[NooBHA]

I remember when Norwich signed him. I expected him to do big things but it never materialised. I don't think it worked out as expected and Hughton didn't get the player he thought he was buying. At £30k a week, he's also out of our price range. I think this one is unlikely to happen.

Hooper is a decent finisher but he is not the most energetic when it comes to playing 90 minutes of football. I think it was more David Mc Nallys obsession in signing Hooper than that of CH. McNally thinks he knows Scottish football inside out having been Chief Exec at Celtic before he went to Norwich and he pursued Hooper on the strength of that. You only have to look at the fact that he went back to Hamilton Accademicals for THEIR current manager, Alex Neil. Mc Nally lived in Hamilton when he was at Celtic. In football a lot of people revert to what they know. That's bourne out when you see managers raiding their old clubs for players, regardless of whether they are able to make the step up to a higher standard or not

CH knew that Hooper had a decent record as a goal scorer but he also knew that playing for Celtic he got 4 and 5 chances per game. He was never sure how he would do if he only got one chance per game. The answer was, not very well as it turned out. He will get more goal scoring opportunities in the Championship but to play with millions of pounds of peoples the Chairman's money, I think it's once bitten twice shy in relation to Hooper.

I don't know for sure but I think CH may even have been at Spurs when Hooper was actually released by them.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Hooper is a decent finisher but he is not the most energetic when it comes to playing 90 minutes of football. I think it was more David Mc Nallys obsession in signing Hooper than that of CH. McNally thinks he knows Scottish football inside out having been Chief Exec at Celtic before he went to Norwich and he pursued Hooper on the strength of that. You only have to look at the fact that he went back to Hamilton Accademicals for THEIR current manager, Alex Neil. Mc Nally lived in Hamilton when he was at Celtic. In football a lot of people revert to what they know. That's bourne out when you see managers raiding their old clubs for players, regardless of whether they are able to make the step up to a higher standard or not

CH knew that Hooper had a decent record as a goal scorer but he also knew that playing for Celtic he got 4 and 5 chances per game. He was never sure how he would do if he only got one chance per game. The answer was, not very well as it turned out. He will get more goal scoring opportunities in the Championship but to play with millions of pounds of peoples the Chairman's money, I think it's once bitten twice shy in relation to Hooper.

I don't know for sure but I think CH may even have been at Spurs when Hooper was actually released by them.

Good post.