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Post by Pugsley on Jun 29, 2009 21:28:33 GMT
On SSN now. Let's hope he is their Dave Kitson.  |
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Post by 606Stokie on Jun 29, 2009 21:29:39 GMT
Good signing for them id have liked him for us tbh
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2009 21:31:10 GMT
No great loss. No better than Kitson imo.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 29, 2009 21:34:45 GMT
They've got a very young, pacy team. Should be fun to defend against  |
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Post by Mezza on Jun 29, 2009 21:37:29 GMT
Doyle was never coming to Stoke.
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Post by stokester1989 on Jun 29, 2009 21:39:38 GMT
ohwell, we got beattie , fuller, possibly ashton. i think were better off , and the likes of abdoulaye and shawcross would destroy him anyways.
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Post by PickSCFC on Jun 29, 2009 21:40:14 GMT
thank god for that, never worth the money being mentioned
how much he gone for
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 29, 2009 21:40:30 GMT
A little dissapointed would have been good backup. Are there any more decent British strikers left now? I have a feeling we may end up getting one from abroad. I cant think of any others other than Ashton I'd want in the English game. Any one got any ideas?
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Post by Wizbit on Jun 29, 2009 21:41:21 GMT
That puts to bed the Doyle/Kitson swap theory then
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Post by Beardy200 on Jun 29, 2009 21:41:50 GMT
Can Reading buy Kitson now?
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 29, 2009 21:43:13 GMT
I'd offer the ginger ninja for Hunt.
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jun 29, 2009 21:43:21 GMT
No great loss. I wonder if Reading would be interested in Kitson and a bit of cash for Hunt instead? EDIT: Fook off Bayern, stupid idea!  ;D |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 29, 2009 21:45:29 GMT
If we keep Kitson then so be it we'll just have to get behind him. He has once had "it" so what's to say with some early goals and confidence he might be back to being the player that he was a couple of years ago.
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Post by PickSCFC on Jun 29, 2009 21:45:50 GMT
how much would shane long cost do you reckon, 3mil maybe
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Post by FullerMagic on Jun 29, 2009 21:46:39 GMT
Even if we were in for him, they always looked more attractive due to the amount of pretty nailed-on first-team football on offer there.
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Post by kevan45 on Jun 29, 2009 21:47:08 GMT
My view, for what it's worth;
Teams that get promoted from the Championship know they have a fair chance of getting relegated.
They also know they can attract the better Championship players, as they have Premiership status - if only for a season.
So just as TP did last summer, promoted clubs will move for the better Championship players in the hope that they are able to help with Premiership survival, alternatively, they go down, and the team have players proven to be more than capable at Championship level.
And if the club do go down, and the player(s) in question have shown they are Prem' quality, then the player gets a move to another Prem club, and the team recoup at least their initial investment - simples!!
Getting back to the subject... Doyle shows something like and keeps the dingles up - Wolves are winners
Doyle shows something like, but the dingles get relegated - Bolton, Sunderland, Wigan, THE MIGHTY SCFC pick him up for £4m
Doyle is sh1te, the dingles go down, TP tells Coates he was right again!!!!!!
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Post by bayernoatcake on Jun 29, 2009 21:49:14 GMT
No great loss. I wonder if Reading would be interested in Kitson and a bit of cash for Hunt instead? EDIT: Fook off Bayern, stupid idea! ;D ;D  |
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Post by mickstupp on Jun 29, 2009 21:49:15 GMT
6.5 million - thats a lot to pay for him, football has well and truely gone beserk
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2009 21:52:40 GMT
It was the figure to trigger the release clause?
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Post by diaofan on Jun 29, 2009 22:09:52 GMT
On paper, Doyle and Ebanks-Blake is a decent forward line for a club like Wolves (and with Iwelumo and Keogh on the bench).
That's 4 strikers better than the strikers that WBA started the season with last season (Bednar, Miller, Craig Beattie and Moore)
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Post by kevan45 on Jun 29, 2009 22:57:18 GMT
We don't play football on paper - we play it on CM 2009!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2009 23:02:58 GMT
I am not at all convinced about Blake...we shall see though.
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Post by kevan45 on Jun 29, 2009 23:28:09 GMT
("He's off again!!")
To me, the big difference between the Championship and the Prem' is that in the former, players can score 1 in 5 and be considered a quality striker - in the Prem, they will rarely get 5 chances in a match, and need to be scoring 1 in 2, maybe 3.
How many strikers in the Championship could've scored that goal against Man City?
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Post by chamaggem on Jun 30, 2009 0:14:55 GMT
When we got promoted we were told by the powers that be ,that players dont want to come to newley promoted clubs but bloody Birmingham Wolves and Burnley are attracting player we couldn't in our first year up and we dont seem to be attracting them in the second year so far i take it Cisse being one that tp has addmired for a long time and wanted to sign has turned his back on us.I'm certain we have got to change our style of play then we may attract players What do you think tell me am i totally wrong or does anyone agree
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Post by Carrot on Jun 30, 2009 1:03:56 GMT
When we got promoted we were told by the powers that be ,that players dont want to come to newley promoted clubs but bloody Birmingham Wolves and Burnley are attracting player we couldn't in our first year up and we dont seem to be attracting them in the second year so far i take it Cisse being one that tp has addmired for a long time and wanted to sign has turned his back on us.I'm certain we have got to change our style of play then we may attract players What do you think tell me am i totally wrong or does anyone agree Personally, I would say that you're totally wrong ;D . At the start of last season (not including January), we managed to sign; Dave Kitson - £5.5 mill Olofinjana - £3 mill Sorensen - Free Amdy Faye -Undisc. Abdoulaye Faye - £2.25 mill Andrew davies - Undisc. Sonko - £2 mill Higginbotham - Undisc. Soares - £1.25 mill Tonge - £2 mill. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but what players couldn't we attract that Wolves, Birmingham and Burnley have?  . The season before, Dave Kitson had scored 10 goals in a relegated team and was a high-profile signing at the time and one which we all thought would 'rock the city'. Don't forget also though that every player that we signed had already had premiership experience to some extent which therefore gave us an advantage the other promoted teams and indeed some existing ones. To be honest, these signings that I've already stated haven't even included our january signings of Etherington, Beattie, camara and kelly, which I must reiterrate ALL had premiership experience and are quality players for a newly promoted side. Now, tbh, there's plenty of time to get new players in imo and I would rather we take our time getting teh right players in that would improve the first team rather than gambling 8 million or whatever it is on that Cristian benitez or whatever his name is. Oh and Burnley's fantastic signing Tyrone Mears . There's plenty of time yet and i'm sure Pulis has got his good od 'Irons in the fire'  . Also, while I'm on a roll, let's not forget that Cisse only seems to be interested in teh big money and indeed European football, hence the move to Panathinikos and tehrefore we wouldn't have had much of a chance with bringing him to Stoke anyways so yeah, it was to be expected imo. Also, with the addition of new quality players, which should be soon if we are to believe the management team, then these new quality players will improve our style of play anyway so if I were you chamaggem, I wouldn't worry about it ;D . There's plenty of time yet and many clubs haven't delved into the market yet either so I wouldn't worry too much atm ;D . GO'ARRRRRN STOKE!! ;D |
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Post by Inverness Stokie on Jun 30, 2009 7:26:10 GMT
They can keep him if a figure of £6.5M is being branded about. I'd like us to snatch Obafemi Martins though. |
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Post by scfclifer on Jun 30, 2009 7:55:37 GMT
I am not at all convinced about Blake...we shall see though. He Wanks Blake is vastly over-rated not a patch on Fuller or Beattie |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2009 8:00:54 GMT
As long as they use half of it to buy Ginge back then I’m a happy bunny.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2009 8:08:36 GMT
When we got promoted we were told by the powers that be ,that players dont want to come to newley promoted clubs but bloody Birmingham Wolves and Burnley are attracting player we couldn't in our first year up and we dont seem to be attracting them in the second year so far i take it Cisse being one that tp has addmired for a long time and wanted to sign has turned his back on us.I'm certain we have got to change our style of play then we may attract players What do you think tell me am i totally wrong or does anyone agree Erm, haven't Birmingham largely signed a bunch of Championship players so far, like we did? Haven't Wolves only really signed an expensive Reading striker who could go either way, like we did? Who the fuck have Burnley attracted? Tyrone Mears? Jesus, missed the boat with that superstar Don't Panic! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2009 8:10:16 GMT
I am not at all convinced about Blake...we shall see though. He Wanks Blake is vastly over-rated not a patch on Fuller or Beattie I used to think that when he was at Plymouth but he's looked awesome at Wolves. Pace, power, top scorer in the division the last two seasons. At least as good as Fraizier Campbell imo. Think he might make it. |
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