Mido to Stoke?

[patobanton]

Mido has rejected claims he could join Turkish side Besiktas but hinted he could leave Middlesbrough. "If Boro agreed to sell me to an English club then I will go, otherwise I am staying for now," he said. (icteeside.co.uk, 1620 GMT)

source BBC news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7829987.stm

Would Mido come? be any good?

[n01stokie]

why sign him? he is no better than what we already have

[Maccca100]

we are interested

[n01stokie]

is he better than Kitson/Beattie though?

[lordeffinghamhunt]

I said we should go for Mido a few weeks ago, and got called a cunt for my troubles

[ersaurebot 1, 000, 000 views]

i dont think you did lord?

[monkeycat]

I posted on here a couple of weeks back, that a Boro season ticket holder, had told me that we had enquired about Mido. He reckoned Mido want's out because Boro have been linked with Fletcher of Hibs who we were rumoured to be linked with.

He also added that there are a lot of very unhappy players at Boro and that he fears the worst for this season.

[Lakeland Potter]

Mido seems to start off well at a club and then lose form after a while. On his day he is great but he has too many off days/weeks/months. Whether TP could add some consistency I don't know - but it would be a risk finding out.

EDIT - maybe a loan with an option to buy - but how much would that cost?

[knowles]

He's certainly better than Andy Gray!!

[monkeycat]

He doesn't really seem a typical TP sort of player does he.

[ersaurebot 1, 000, 000 views]

neither does ethers or even BT for that matter!

[knowles]

Not at all Mat. He will probably leave in a strop after twelve months. He usually does pretty well initially at a new club though. Five goals between now and May could be enough to keep us up.

[potterspride88]

i rate him, get him in tp

[monkeycat]

Beattie, a big strong center forward, I would have thought was a TP sort of player, not Ethers though

[dexter97]

Jan 15, 2009 17:06:38 GMT ersaurebot 1, 000, 000 views said:

neither does ethers or even BT for that matter!

Beattie is very much a TP-type IMHO.

[georgeberrysafro]

We had a few rumours from posters at the start of Jan but it's gone quiet on him recently.

Still only 25 and has a lot of talent but his attitude seems poor at times. When he signed for Boro he was also in talks with Birmingham but his wages demands and clauses he wanted in the contract meant the deal fell through.

He is 6"2, powerful so ticks those boxes, been sent off, been criticized for his training attitude (Ronald Koeman), called "irresponsible and disrespectful" by Martin Jol, thrown scissors at a teamate (Zlatan Ibrohimovic), fined for speeding, reacted badly at being substituted and thrown out of the Egypt team...plsu numerous injuries which recently included a fracture to the pubic bone

I can't really see him being a Pulis player, just too much baggage and I don't think he's a relegation fight type...plus we all know Pulis likes to put them through their paces in training!

For me I'd be very surprised if he came here.

[dexter97]

Jan 15, 2009 17:11:44 GMT georgeberrysafro said:

I can't really see him being a Pulis player, just too much baggage

Are you kidding?! TP loves baggage! When he retires from football I can see him getting a part-time job at Waterloo Station!!

;D

[patobanton]

Jan 15, 2009 17:11:44 GMT georgeberrysafro said:

He is 6"2, powerful so ticks those boxes, been sent off, been criticized for his training attitude (Ronald Koeman), called "irresponsible and disrespectful" by Martin Jol, thrown scissors at a teamate (Zlatan Ibrohimovic), fined for speeding, reacted badly at being substituted and thrown out of the Egypt team...plsu numerous injuries which recently included a fracture to the pubic bone

Yeah, but we are battersea dogs home

[Deleted]

Fat, lazy, temperamental. No thanks.

[parttimelurker]

Jan 15, 2009 17:11:44 GMT georgeberrysafro said:

We had a few rumours from posters at the start of Jan but it's gone quiet on him recently.

Still only 25 and has a lot of talent but his attitude seems poor at times. When he signed for Boro he was also in talks with Birmingham but his wages demands and clauses he wanted in the contract meant the deal fell through.

He is 6"2, powerful so ticks those boxes, been sent off, been criticized for his training attitude (Ronald Koeman), called "irresponsible and disrespectful" by Martin Jol, thrown scissors at a teamate (Zlatan Ibrohimovic), fined for speeding, reacted badly at being substituted and thrown out of the Egypt team...plsu numerous injuries which recently included a fracture to the pubic bone

I can't really see him being a Pulis player, just too much baggage and I don't think he's a relegation fight type...plus we all know Pulis likes to put them through their paces in training!

For me I'd be very surprised if he came here.

How can that be considered a negative, unless you mean because he only threw them instead of burying them into his forehead??

[Irish Stokie]

I think he is a class act when at his best but he is very hot and cold so who knows which we would get but i think he would be worth a gamble as Tone is generally good with these types of players

[McLovin]

MIIIDOOOOOOOO, HE'S GOT A BOMB MIDO

[Bick]

Jan 15, 2009 16:59:41 GMT lordeffinghamhunt said:

I said we should go for Mido a few weeks ago, and got called a **** for my troubles

[jbstokie]

I've never really rated him from when he was at Spurs probably could be AS GOOD as what we have but not better and can't really see where he'd fit in