Gary Hooper

[BensGrandad]

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.

This just shows that signing players is not as easy as it seems just sign them and they will score goals but the rest of the make up of the team has to be right to get the best out of any signing..I am sure CH will sign the right man if and when he becomes available.

 

[greenfordgull]

No way Sheffield Wednesday would sell, to us for a remotely sensible price. Also he is too similar to Wilson...