Quote from: Clampy on December 16, 2013, 05:18:34 PMQuote from: aj2k77 on December 16, 2013, 05:12:07 PMQuote from: Ads on December 16, 2013, 05:00:42 PMThen he would be £17 million over budget on trasnfers and probably a lot more over budget in wages.Westwood and Lowton are good players. The problem is the blend just isn't right at the moment, but it takes time. Delph is an £8 million player, but its taken him a couple of years to look like it.The less money you have, the longer things take. Do you not think if he could find an international centre forward for £7m that fits our wage policy he couldn't find a midfielder too? I'm sure he could but maybe the midfielder he wanted was a lot more than £7m. He did enquire about the Japanese bloke and an enquiry is as far as it went which possibly suggests we were quoted silly money.A Plan B Midfielder would have been nice. If you can't get your target A midfield Dynamo to improve probably your weakest position I would have thought that signing a 6ft 7 centre forward isn't the best back up plan.
Quote from: aj2k77 on December 16, 2013, 05:12:07 PMQuote from: Ads on December 16, 2013, 05:00:42 PMThen he would be £17 million over budget on trasnfers and probably a lot more over budget in wages.Westwood and Lowton are good players. The problem is the blend just isn't right at the moment, but it takes time. Delph is an £8 million player, but its taken him a couple of years to look like it.The less money you have, the longer things take. Do you not think if he could find an international centre forward for £7m that fits our wage policy he couldn't find a midfielder too? I'm sure he could but maybe the midfielder he wanted was a lot more than £7m. He did enquire about the Japanese bloke and an enquiry is as far as it went which possibly suggests we were quoted silly money.
Quote from: Ads on December 16, 2013, 05:00:42 PMThen he would be £17 million over budget on trasnfers and probably a lot more over budget in wages.Westwood and Lowton are good players. The problem is the blend just isn't right at the moment, but it takes time. Delph is an £8 million player, but its taken him a couple of years to look like it.The less money you have, the longer things take. Do you not think if he could find an international centre forward for £7m that fits our wage policy he couldn't find a midfielder too?
Then he would be £17 million over budget on trasnfers and probably a lot more over budget in wages.Westwood and Lowton are good players. The problem is the blend just isn't right at the moment, but it takes time. Delph is an £8 million player, but its taken him a couple of years to look like it.The less money you have, the longer things take.
I think a lot of the people who have a pop at Kozak aren't criticising him for who he is, they're doing it for who he isn't - ie they'd have rather the money was spent elsewhere where it was really needed than on a striker, so take it out on him.I'm not totally convinced by him yet, but it strikes me that he's scored a few goals so has done at least enough to still be in consideration.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 16, 2013, 05:32:06 PMI think a lot of the people who have a pop at Kozak aren't criticising him for who he is, they're doing it for who he isn't - ie they'd have rather the money was spent elsewhere where it was really needed than on a striker, so take it out on him.I'm not totally convinced by him yet, but it strikes me that he's scored a few goals so has done at least enough to still be in consideration.I agree and to me he seems to be a player that would thrive on crosses coming in from wide which isint how we are normally set-up. If Albrighton can keep up the sort of level that we have seen in glimpses then he would be the perfect outlet and creator for someone like Benteke and Kozak.At home I would like to see Benteke/Kozak upfront with Weimann just behind, Gabby left wing and Albrighton right.
Quote from: mrfuse on December 16, 2013, 05:43:59 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 16, 2013, 05:32:06 PMI think a lot of the people who have a pop at Kozak aren't criticising him for who he is, they're doing it for who he isn't - ie they'd have rather the money was spent elsewhere where it was really needed than on a striker, so take it out on him.I'm not totally convinced by him yet, but it strikes me that he's scored a few goals so has done at least enough to still be in consideration.I agree and to me he seems to be a player that would thrive on crosses coming in from wide which isint how we are normally set-up. If Albrighton can keep up the sort of level that we have seen in glimpses then he would be the perfect outlet and creator for someone like Benteke and Kozak.At home I would like to see Benteke/Kozak upfront with Weimann just behind, Gabby left wing and Albrighton right. Agreed but for me it would be benteke Kozak and albrighton given a run in the front 3 places, with gabby as an impact sub .
Quote from: aj2k77 on December 16, 2013, 05:24:41 PMQuote from: Clampy on December 16, 2013, 05:18:34 PMQuote from: aj2k77 on December 16, 2013, 05:12:07 PMQuote from: Ads on December 16, 2013, 05:00:42 PMThen he would be £17 million over budget on trasnfers and probably a lot more over budget in wages.Westwood and Lowton are good players. The problem is the blend just isn't right at the moment, but it takes time. Delph is an £8 million player, but its taken him a couple of years to look like it.The less money you have, the longer things take. Do you not think if he could find an international centre forward for £7m that fits our wage policy he couldn't find a midfielder too? I'm sure he could but maybe the midfielder he wanted was a lot more than £7m. He did enquire about the Japanese bloke and an enquiry is as far as it went which possibly suggests we were quoted silly money.A Plan B Midfielder would have been nice. If you can't get your target A midfield Dynamo to improve probably your weakest position I would have thought that signing a 6ft 7 centre forward isn't the best back up plan. It wasn't a back up plan, he'd been tracking him for months.
Quote from: eastie on December 16, 2013, 05:47:59 PMQuote from: mrfuse on December 16, 2013, 05:43:59 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on December 16, 2013, 05:32:06 PMI think a lot of the people who have a pop at Kozak aren't criticising him for who he is, they're doing it for who he isn't - ie they'd have rather the money was spent elsewhere where it was really needed than on a striker, so take it out on him.I'm not totally convinced by him yet, but it strikes me that he's scored a few goals so has done at least enough to still be in consideration.I agree and to me he seems to be a player that would thrive on crosses coming in from wide which isint how we are normally set-up. If Albrighton can keep up the sort of level that we have seen in glimpses then he would be the perfect outlet and creator for someone like Benteke and Kozak.At home I would like to see Benteke/Kozak upfront with Weimann just behind, Gabby left wing and Albrighton right. Agreed but for me it would be benteke Kozak and albrighton given a run in the front 3 places, with gabby as an impact sub .You think Benteke and Kozak can play in the same team though? I'm not sure myself.
One thing is certain when you hear that just over the last couple of days alone,the Albion ,Spurs and Watford have parted company with their managers for bad results ,Lambert is very lucky to still have his
You can have been as underwhelmed as you like by Sylla, but the fact is that last season he did as good a job as someone who would have cost a lot more than him.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on December 16, 2013, 06:06:17 PMYou can have been as underwhelmed as you like by Sylla, but the fact is that last season he did as good a job as someone who would have cost a lot more than him.And he's doing what now? Headless chicken springs to mind.