Quote from: Ads on September 19, 2013, 09:15:28 PMI think people are wrong to think we signed Kozak instead of an attacking midfielder. We just didn't sign the later because the player Lambert wanted wasn't available at the right price.Couldn't you then make the argument that instead of spending anything at all on Kozak, who plays in a position we're pretty well stocked for, he'd have been better off putting some of that money towards the AM we definitely need?Don't get me wrong, Kozak may or may not be a good player, I really don't know, but what I do know is that whilst you could possibly make a small case for another striker (Benteke getting injured, for instance), you could make a significantly bigger one for an AM.
I think people are wrong to think we signed Kozak instead of an attacking midfielder. We just didn't sign the later because the player Lambert wanted wasn't available at the right price.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on September 19, 2013, 10:53:57 PMQuote from: Ads on September 19, 2013, 09:15:28 PMI think people are wrong to think we signed Kozak instead of an attacking midfielder. We just didn't sign the later because the player Lambert wanted wasn't available at the right price.Couldn't you then make the argument that instead of spending anything at all on Kozak, who plays in a position we're pretty well stocked for, he'd have been better off putting some of that money towards the AM we definitely need?Don't get me wrong, Kozak may or may not be a good player, I really don't know, but what I do know is that whilst you could possibly make a small case for another striker (Benteke getting injured, for instance), you could make a significantly bigger one for an AM.I bet you a full pound in cash we have the bloke in midfield by January. A full pound.
Quote from: danlanza on September 19, 2013, 10:58:24 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on September 19, 2013, 10:53:57 PMQuote from: Ads on September 19, 2013, 09:15:28 PMI think people are wrong to think we signed Kozak instead of an attacking midfielder. We just didn't sign the later because the player Lambert wanted wasn't available at the right price.Couldn't you then make the argument that instead of spending anything at all on Kozak, who plays in a position we're pretty well stocked for, he'd have been better off putting some of that money towards the AM we definitely need?Don't get me wrong, Kozak may or may not be a good player, I really don't know, but what I do know is that whilst you could possibly make a small case for another striker (Benteke getting injured, for instance), you could make a significantly bigger one for an AM.I bet you a full pound in cash we have the bloke in midfield by January. A full pound.We might do so, but January is five months into the season, and the end of it, when most business is done, is more like six months. I totally understand you can't always get the player you want, when you want him, and can see that maybe part of his thinking might be that Tonev could play that role, but it was really the suggestion that it was the cost that put him off that I was getting at.Compared to the sums of money we've spent on players the last two or three years, Kozak is relatively expensive. I don't see how it can be money well spent if we were so desperate for an attacking midfielder at the time.
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Well if it hadn't been for Kevin Friend, Liverpool and Newcastle we would be.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on September 19, 2013, 10:53:57 PMQuote from: Ads on September 19, 2013, 09:15:28 PMI think people are wrong to think we signed Kozak instead of an attacking midfielder. We just didn't sign the later because the player Lambert wanted wasn't available at the right price.Couldn't you then make the argument that instead of spending anything at all on Kozak, who plays in a position we're pretty well stocked for, he'd have been better off putting some of that money towards the AM we definitely need?Don't get me wrong, Kozak may or may not be a good player, I really don't know, but what I do know is that whilst you could possibly make a small case for another striker (Benteke getting injured, for instance), you could make a significantly bigger one for an AM.I don't think we are stocked in that position. If Benteke is injured, then there was no natural target man replacement. Only Gabby can play up top on his own, but then if he is up there, we lose width and pace out wide.Lambert didn't switch to Kozak at the last minute, he had been chasing him for a long time and had an amount set in his budget to buy him.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on September 19, 2013, 10:53:57 PMQuote from: Ads on September 19, 2013, 09:15:28 PMI think people are wrong to think we signed Kozak instead of an attacking midfielder. We just didn't sign the later because the player Lambert wanted wasn't available at the right price.Couldn't you then make the argument that instead of spending anything at all on Kozak, who plays in a position we're pretty well stocked for, he'd have been better off putting some of that money towards the AM we definitely need?Don't get me wrong, Kozak may or may not be a good player, I really don't know, but what I do know is that whilst you could possibly make a small case for another striker (Benteke getting injured, for instance), you could make a significantly bigger one for an AM.I bet you a full pound in cash we have the bloke in midfield by January. A full pound. And he will come from a German team, oh yes. Winky thing.