Barry Bannan to Crystal Palace

[wozwebs]

You wonder if they've looked at Helenius and don't fancy him now? Seems direct competition for him rather than Benteke

[eastie]

You wonder if they've looked at Helenius and don't fancy him now? Seems direct competition for him rather than Benteke

I doubt it , what ive seen of helenius has looked promising  - he is not the same kind of player as benteke .

Helenius and Kozak along with the current 3 strikers give us options .

[PeterWithesShin]

In the massive 30 minutes of competitive football he's played for us i'm satisfied with what i've seen of The Gladiator.

[rob_bridge]

You wonder if they've looked at Helenius and don't fancy him now? Seems direct competition for him rather than Benteke

I doubt it , what ive seen of helenius has looked promising  - he is not the same kind of player as benteke .

Helenius and Kozak along with the current 3 strikers give us options .

Agree especially as we start with 3 in each game

[Monty]

You wonder if they've looked at Helenius and don't fancy him now? Seems direct competition for him rather than Benteke

I doubt it , what ive seen of helenius has looked promising  - he is not the same kind of player as benteke .

Helenius and Kozak along with the current 3 strikers give us options .

Agree especially as we start with 3 in each game

Bit of a red herring that, don't you think? We start with one Big Striker and two pacey options to play just off on either side, more like inside-forwards than strikers. Hardly the position you'd expect to find Helenius or Kozak.

[PeterWithesShin]

Why are we talking about Kozac on the Bannan thread?

[rob_bridge]

You wonder if they've looked at Helenius and don't fancy him now? Seems direct competition for him rather than Benteke

I doubt it , what ive seen of helenius has looked promising  - he is not the same kind of player as benteke .

Helenius and Kozak along with the current 3 strikers give us options .

Agree especially as we start with 3 in each game

Bit of a red herring that, don't you think? We start with one Big Striker and two pacey options to play just off on either side, more like inside-forwards than strikers. Hardly the position you'd expect to find Helenius or Kozak.

Well not having seen Kozak I suspect it is more of a direct ball option in the event we are chasing a game and go to 4-4-2 along with having competition for Helenius in the event Benteke is injured or suspended.

So as Eastie summised gives us options

[TheSandman]

RE Bannan, for all the talk of him being greedy by rejecting a move to Blackburn by waiting around a lot longer he's got a move to a (for now) premiership club, probably a bit more money and we've got more money for him if the purported fees around either move were accurate. He also avoided a perennial crisis club lead by a bunch of yampy chicken farmers. Everyone's a winner!

Like others, I still think there's a player in him. A move will do him good.

 

[mr underhill]

and us

[Des Little]

Has he been presented to the press holding up a nippers Palace shirt (with a number used on the shorts on the back) yet? 

[Dave]

Barry Bannan has told Sky Sports News that he has completed his move to Crystal Palace signing a three year deal.

[VillaAlways]

Signed - 3 year contract at  Palace

[Jane]

Good luck Pocket Baz, hope it works out well for him.

[JUAN PABLO]

i thought he would end up in hollywood

well thank fook we wont hear *hollywood pass* again

[PeterWithesShin]

I guess he doesn't spend his money on fashion.......