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Offline alanclare

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Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« on: April 25, 2011, 12:50:58 PM »
Chelsea paid £50 million for Fernando Torres who has scored one goal in 14 appearances for them.

Villa paid less than half of that amount for Darren Bent who has scored seven goals in 12 appearances for us.

Did Gérard Houllier know what he was doing or what?

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2011, 01:01:25 PM »
Yeah I am glad we turned down Torres for Bent, what a lot of money we would have wasted.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 01:15:56 PM »
Well if we had a return of one goal instead of seven then we would probably now be at best about a point off the relegation places instead of virtually safe. Short term it has paid off big time.

If we get to half way through next season with Bent on 12/13 and Torres on 3/4, Mr Abramovich will be most displeased.

Offline DeKuip

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 01:54:40 PM »
It's all about chemistry and strikers suiting a teams' style of play.

For instance Ian Rush and Mark Hughes didn't become bad players when they moved abroad, but they turned out to be bad buys.
Garry Birtles scored loads for Clough's Forest but looked like a pub player at ManU.

I hope Torres turns it round at Chelsea - he's a top talent and the game needs players of his ability.

If you look at the returns from all the Premier League's January transfers then Bent is one of the few who have really paid off. The loan signings of Danny Sturridge and Obafemi Martins (one touch one trophy) are two others who have turned out to have been worth the effort.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 02:00:40 PM »
If he can stay fit, I think we'll see Torres' true value next season when Chelsea have dispensed with Drogba and possibly Anelka and built a system around him. Torres is a great striker who isn't fit or comfortable. I still think that Bent offers far more value because he can score in any system, whereas Torres needs the right set up.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2011, 02:18:28 PM »
I wouldn't buy Torres as he need to be 100% right and a system suit him, but when it is right, he is very good. Chelsea can afford to spend silly money unlike us.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2011, 07:46:39 AM »
I hope Torres turns it round at Chelsea.

me too. can't stand smug scousers.

Offline Rip Van We Go Again

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2011, 07:52:28 AM »
Be interesting to see if the thickos at Chelsea let Sturridge go.

A top player in front of their noses and they don't seem to realise it.

Offline Linus

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2011, 08:31:30 AM »
I don't think you can call Houllier a genius for signing a striker any manager (except Meltface) would have.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2011, 08:50:06 AM »
Bent was the perfect signing for us. We needed a goal scorer and he has delivered immediately. The way we did the deal; out of the blue and without alerting other clubs was a great piece of work. To not give the manager any credit strikes me as a bit petty.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2011, 08:55:06 AM »
Genius would be a bit strong a description, spotting good value would be more apt.  So far we've had a decent return on our investment.  The same can't be said for Liverpool and Chelsea, for the former, we'll have to see what he does injury free but he strikes me as the kind of player who is injury prone.  The latter....I really think they've bought a dud.  He may well chip in with a few goals now and then but for £50 million you would want him dictating games much in the same way as Drogba has done over the seasons.  He's no where near that level.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2011, 08:57:45 AM »
I don't think you can call Houllier a genius for signing a striker any manager (except Meltface) would have.

Maybe but the fact remains he was the only one who actually took the risk and signed him. They didn't.

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2011, 09:24:22 AM »
I don't think you can call Houllier a genius for signing a striker any manager (except Meltface) would have.

Maybe but the fact remains he was the only one who actually took the risk and signed him. They didn't.
Quite.
He deserves credit for taking the plunge.

Offline Greg N'Ash

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2011, 09:28:21 AM »
yep. if the last guy had a clue about prolific strikers we'd have probably made the CL. All he could come up with was Emile :0(

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Re: Which Club Had The Better Deal?
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2011, 09:38:36 AM »
yep. if the last guy had a clue about prolific strikers we'd have probably made the CL. All he could come up with was Emile :0(
My mate said that after the game.
'If we'd have signed Bent 2 seasons ago, we'd have made the Champions League.'

O'Neill's pathalogical aversion to strikers has cost us dear.

 


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