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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jun 25, 2008 11:47:32 GMT
Would you spend 10 million on one player for Stoke?
Obviously it depend who it is but if you use the market prices for players at the moment, you'd get a rough idea of the type of player.
Example: Porstmouth have offered 9m for Crouch, Liverpool want 15m so he could go for 10m.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 25, 2008 11:49:12 GMT
No we could get 3 good squad players and that would be better for the team.
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Post by knowles on Jun 25, 2008 11:52:58 GMT
It is dependant on which player it would be but being sensible it would be a no.
You don't know what is round the corner- the £10 million player could be clobbered in the first minute at the Reebok and be out for the season.
At least if we bought 3 players with £10 million and one got injured, we would at least have two players to show for the money we had spent.
Make sense? ???
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Post by Lakeland Potter on Jun 25, 2008 11:55:26 GMT
No, not at the moment, for the reasons Knowles has stated. But I'm sure we all hope for the day when a Stoke manager could splash out that amount for a player and none of us would turn a hair.
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Post by PotteringThrough on Jun 25, 2008 11:55:35 GMT
If that £10mill player was guarantee us safety with 30 goals then yes, but i wouldn't accept anything less that that  |
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Post by wakefieldstokie on Jun 25, 2008 11:55:41 GMT
If I use the example of Crouch (rightly or wrongly). He scored 11 goals mostly from the bench last season. 11 goals from one player at Stoke would give us a real chance of staying up.
Admittedly he had Gerrard, Torres & co around him, so it may be a different story at Stoke.
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Post by stokeylad on Jun 25, 2008 11:58:34 GMT
i would yes, but only if he was a 20 goal a season striker or a midfielder that could make things happen from nothing
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Post by knowles on Jun 25, 2008 11:59:29 GMT
i would yes, but only if he was a 20 goal a season striker or a midfielder that could make things happen from nothing Ronaldo? ;D |
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Post by mermaidsal on Jun 25, 2008 12:06:02 GMT
Yes I would (like I have £10m in the bank or am a manager, but leaving that to one side...) - I reckon mostly we're going to be spending creatively around the £2/3m level or lower, but pushing the boat way out for a star creative midfielder or striker could make all the difference. Having said that though, for us at this moment it's possibly better business to take a one season hit on the wages for a 30+ year old star midfielder or striker on a free or nominal transfer fee.
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Post by basingstokie on Jun 25, 2008 12:06:18 GMT
No, spending on 1 10 million player would not improve the team, his talent would be wasted as he would be so much better than everyone else. Wages would be a big issue as well
5 or 6 ten millioners, yes
Otherwise better spending 3 or 4 million on 2 or 3 decent players
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Post by griffoisalegend on Jun 25, 2008 12:08:37 GMT
A 10 million pound player wouldn't join a club such as Stoke.
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Post by 01782 on Jun 25, 2008 12:17:29 GMT
The days of us shelling out a world record fee for a goalkeeper are gone but certainly not forgotten. It does just show how far we have fallen from grace..
This season is hopefully the first step on our road to paying big money for world class players, and those players wanting to come to play for Stoke..
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Post by glouscesterstokie on Jun 25, 2008 12:19:34 GMT
no, get 3 decent players
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Post by DelapsWankingArm on Jun 25, 2008 12:20:05 GMT
Totally Agree mate
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Post by followyoudown on Jun 25, 2008 12:31:49 GMT
If I use the example of Crouch (rightly or wrongly). He scored 11 goals mostly from the bench last season. 11 goals from one player at Stoke would give us a real chance of staying up. Admittedly he had Gerrard, Torres & co around him, so it may be a different story at Stoke. Good point Wakefield with Rory and Mama around him providing decent service I'm sure you're right he'd score lots more goals at Stoke ;D  |
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Post by lordb on Jun 25, 2008 12:34:51 GMT
AGRREE with Bogdan
any player worth £10m isnt going to sign for a promoted side.
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Post by Danstoke82 on Jun 25, 2008 12:36:06 GMT
No way, I'd rather 3 or 4 players, our squad is threadbare enough, no £10 million pound player would come to us at present.
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Post by stokecitytalke on Jun 25, 2008 12:39:51 GMT
i wouldn't spend that much on one player - not this season at any rate I bet Portsmouth fans were having this same conversation a few years ago. |
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Post by Northy on Jun 25, 2008 14:33:13 GMT
depends on how much total money you had. if you had £150m then yes, but if you only had £30m then no.
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Post by daverichards on Jun 25, 2008 18:42:26 GMT
yes : I'd spend that on peter crouch, sidibie with goals and england caps
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Post by GrandStokie on Jun 25, 2008 18:48:12 GMT
yes : I'd spend that on peter crouch, sidibie with goals and england caps I'd give it a go with Crouch, but its a pipe dream? |
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Post by daverichards on Jun 25, 2008 18:48:47 GMT
yeah I know .
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