The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[mshurst]

Gabby and Carew are two of the top 10 PL strikers over those 4 years.

I don't care where you buy them from, in order to sign a striker that you are confident will replace Gabby or Carew you're going to have to spend very big money.

Well, Carew only cost us whatever Baros was valued at, so, what, 5 or 6m?

Sunderland bought Darren Bent, and he's scored hatloads*. Redknapp bought Defoe, and he scored hatloads. I appreciate 15m is a lot of money, but it's hardly a sum out of our reach based on the spending of the last few years.

It is difficult finding goalscorers, that's true. Martin's attempts at finding them have fallen well, well short though.

* And I dont even know if "hatload" is an actual word

I think you meant shedful.

I think that's probably it.

Isn't it 'shedload'?

[Concrete John]

MON has made as many good decisions as he bad ones regarding our strikers and I hope he puts another one (or two) in the good column this summer.

Strikers in;

Carew
Harewood
Sutton
Heskey



so 1 good 3 bad?

Can't really count Sutton as it was an out of window temporary move - and probably a decent one on balance.

Of the strikers he's bought, I'd say one has worked and two haven't, yet I still maintain Harewood would have been a decent bit of business had we been able to offload him in Summer 08 or Jan 09.

[Villa'Zawg]

Gabby and Carew are two of the top 10 PL strikers over those 4 years.

I don't care where you buy them from, in order to sign a striker that you are confident will replace Gabby or Carew you're going to have to spend very big money.

Well, Carew only cost us whatever Baros was valued at, so, what, 5 or 6m?

Sunderland bought Darren Bent, and he's scored hatloads*. Redknapp bought Defoe, and he scored hatloads. I appreciate 15m is a lot of money, but it's hardly a sum out of our reach based on the spending of the last few years.

It is difficult finding goalscorers, that's true. Martin's attempts at finding them have fallen well, well short though.

* And I dont even know if "hatload" is an actual word

I think you meant shedful.

I think that's probably it.

Isn't it 'shedload'?

It's a hatful of shedloads

[pauliewalnuts]

Thinking about it, a striker who can score a hatful of goals should be cheap. Hats are usually small.

[Villa'Zawg]

Thinking about it, a striker who can score a hatful of goals should be cheap. Hats are usually small.

whereas sheds are huge, or at least Villa fans garden sheds tend to be. Shedloads it is then.

[LeeB]

The fact is, my pen is, is huge.

"Yes, it's a shame about his stutter"

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Thinking about it, a striker who can score a hatful of goals should be cheap. Hats are usually small.

Let's leave hats out of it, none of us wear them.

We're men without hats.

And we can dance when we want to.

[Chris Smith]

Hatful of hollow comes to mind after reading the last few posts.

[Risso]

Hatful of hollow comes to mind after reading the last few posts.

I was going to respond to this but didn't want to be accused of titfer tat.

[pauliewalnuts]

Hatful of hollow comes to mind after reading the last few posts.

I was going to respond to this but didn't want to be accused of titfer tat.

I just hope we don't sell James Milliner.

[Concrete John]

Hatful of hollow comes to mind after reading the last few posts.

I was going to respond to this but didn't want to be accused of titfer tat.

I just hope we don't sell James Milliner.

He'd get more caps if he stayed with us.

[Mazrim]

MON has made as many good decisions as he bad ones regarding our strikers and I hope he puts another one (or two) in the good column this summer.

Strikers in;

Carew
Harewood
Sutton
Heskey



so 1 good 3 bad?

No.

Championing Gabby.
Carew

Heskey
Harewood.

2 -2

[stevenjos]

MON has made as many good decisions as he bad ones regarding our strikers and I hope he puts another one (or two) in the good column this summer.

Strikers in;

Carew
Harewood
Sutton
Heskey



so 1 good 3 bad?

No.

Championing Gabby.
Carew

Heskey
Harewood.

2 -2

Can i have a look at them..... oh yes, claret tinted specs! Very fetching!

[Concrete John]

So which shouldn't he have done, given Gabby a chance or signed Carew?

[Risso]

50:50 isn't a great success rate when you think what the transfers of Harewood and Heskey cost in fees and wages.