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Post by markscfc72 on Dec 28, 2007 7:44:03 GMT
STOKE and Norwich are squaring up for a £1million scrap over West Ham centre-half Calum Davenport, 24.
The Potters want the 6ft 4in star to help their promotion bid, while Norwich hope he can help them beat the drop
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Post by lordb on Dec 28, 2007 8:53:12 GMT
same story in the Star as well - so it must be true!
starange one really given Shawcross is confirmed as staying.
With Zakuani here as well that would make 4 decent centrehalfs & only 1 (in truth) quality centremidfielder (Diao,a bit harsh on Euastace maybe).
Perhaps TP has more money to spend than is being suggested.
Perhaps TP just loves buying centrehalves.
Perhaps the price isnt as high as £1m.
Perhaps the story isnt true.
Perhaps Zak' is to play RB & Wright isnt signing?
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Dec 28, 2007 9:00:31 GMT
ok lordb why dont u ruin the topic for all of us by mentioning every conceivable possibility of this news?
I have literally nothing to bring to the table on this one now!
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Post by lordb on Dec 28, 2007 9:04:41 GMT
sorry.
perhaps aliens have taken control of Coates & TP & need as many centre halves as possible for food on their homeland.
as Homer would say 'mmmm.......soylent green'
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Dec 28, 2007 9:13:01 GMT
as Loyd Grossman used to say to say on Through the Keyhole
"Lets look at the evidence"
An Irish past
A career in professional sports
A hammer on the mantelpiece
A naval connection (port)
A possible transfer to championship rivals
Now who would play for a team like this??? Lordb its over to you
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Post by lordb on Dec 28, 2007 9:19:48 GMT
is he 6ft+ ? - I tink so.
is he injury prone?
has TP been after him for eons?
nailed on signing then.
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Post by george2again on Dec 28, 2007 9:41:19 GMT
With Shawcross signed till the end of the season and thinking he will be playing centre half , perhaps TP has penciled him in for left back and pushing Pugh to left midfield?? Hope not as Pugh is not the best at left mid and Shawcross has been outstanding in the middle. The logic would be that TP feels more comfortable signing a centre half that a left winger and Shawcross is not long term if we don't get up. Perhaps we are not buying Cort after all or its just a made up story from the Sun. Any other theories?
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Post by cheekymatt71 on Dec 28, 2007 9:43:55 GMT
TP is gay and he likes to watch big ones in the showers after the games? He's heard that Calum has a 3rd leg so wants to find out if it's true!
beat that lordb!
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Post by lordb on Dec 28, 2007 10:19:19 GMT
You want me to beat what?
who do you think I am Pericards prison shower friend?
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Post by idslovechild on Dec 28, 2007 10:25:08 GMT
I think we're missing the big issue here - where the fcuk did Norwich get £1 million from!?
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Post by bogus on Dec 28, 2007 10:27:36 GMT
same story in the Star as well - so it must be true! starange one really given Shawcross is confirmed as staying. With Zakuani here as well that would make 4 decent centrehalfs & only 1 (in truth) quality centremidfielder (Diao,a bit harsh on Euastace maybe). Perhaps TP has more money to spend than is being suggested. Perhaps TP just loves buying centrehalves. Perhaps the price isnt as high as £1m. Perhaps the story isnt true. Perhaps Zak' is to play RB & Wright isnt signing? You missed, from his interview at the weekend: Perhaps TP is concerned that we are conceding too many silly goals and having to score 3 times, away from home, to get a result. |
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Post by stokiemac on Dec 28, 2007 11:24:39 GMT
wouldnt be a bad signing as long as its not our only one he could keep shawcross and cort on their toes
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2007 11:50:34 GMT
A million quid is a lot to spend on defensive cover though.
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Post by stokiemac on Dec 28, 2007 11:55:41 GMT
if we get to the last month of football in second and shawcross does his knee a million quid will look the bargain of the century  so maybe we are just spending all this money the papers say we have. a million invested in each department would suit me |
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Post by FullerMagic on Dec 28, 2007 12:15:30 GMT
Davenport surely wouldn't come to sit on the Stoke bench though.
And surely our recent club record signing and Shawcross wouldn't either.
If true, it'd seem a slightly odd way to spend our January warchest, given the fact that our current 3rd choice CB, Zakuani, is so capable.
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Post by Stick It On Cort's Head on Dec 28, 2007 12:19:06 GMT
the way how shawcross and cort played against barnsley....
get him in!!
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Post by FullerMagic on Dec 28, 2007 12:25:51 GMT
And drop who? A bloke TP will spend over £1m on next Wednesday? Or a bloke who most of the fanbase would be more than happy for us to spend £1m on?  When Zak has been so able when called on, going over the £1m barrier on yet another CB seems like overkill, given the glaring deficiencies elsewhere in the squad. Not that I'm knocking all this talk of big money investment! |
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Post by Stafford-Stokie on Dec 28, 2007 12:36:23 GMT
Perhaps this is TP starting to build to keep us in the prem. Look where we were left when all the loanees went back last season. There was nobody left to buy that was any good and in our price bracket. Just a thought like. |
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Post by scfclifer on Dec 28, 2007 13:24:17 GMT
i heard this rumour a couple of days ago and posted it on here not only davenport but alsa zamora and quashie supposed 2 being looked at aswell
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Post by MrMagic on Dec 28, 2007 14:18:49 GMT
On the face of it, another centre half doesn't look good news when we are crying out for a bit of "quality" in the middle.
Maybe he's thinking of ridding someone, or maybe he's obsessed with CH's. I think history indicates the latter. However, the comment about building for next year is a good one, and if he thinks he can get Davenport now, avoiding a battle for a signing in the summer then I'm happy to support him.
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Post by Fred Astaire on Dec 28, 2007 14:35:28 GMT
Could our Tone be looking at playing 3 central defenders at the back with Pugh & Wilko playing down the flanks with Lawrence, Diao and Eustace in the middle with Ricci and Cresser up top?
Simmo
Wilko Cort Shawcross Davenport Pugh
Lawrence Diao Eustace
Cresswell Fuller
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Post by MrMagic on Dec 28, 2007 14:38:18 GMT
That looks a bit too much like a fancy-dan continental set-up to me Fred.
We will never go for it.
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Post by lordb on Dec 28, 2007 14:40:21 GMT
TP isnt likely to ever play anything other than two banks of four.
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Post by cymap on Dec 28, 2007 15:07:16 GMT
I think its a good move as Shawcross id just a loan player and is not ours for good. Perhaps TP is planning ahead for once.
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Post by Davef on Dec 28, 2007 16:59:23 GMT
According to this blog by Karren Brady in The Sun, Norwich are haggling over a price for Martin Taylor from Birmingham, so I can't see them being prepared to pay £1M just like that for Davenport. I've got my doubts whether even Tony Pulis would spend another £1M on a centre half after bring Leon Cort to the club. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/sunsport_columnists/article626855.ece |
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Post by lordb on Dec 28, 2007 17:00:24 GMT
I've worked it out:
Shawcross or Cort upfront!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2007 17:01:54 GMT
Davef that was my initial thought when seeing this, though I wouldn't rule out that a few enquiries have been made about certain players at WHU.  |
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so maybe we are just spending all this money the papers say we have. a million invested in each department would suit me 
