The January 2015 Transfer Rumour Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

For £5m you're going to be buying a pretty much unknown, or risky signing striker. It's the hardest position to fill, especially for that kind of money.

[saunders_heroes]

For £5m you're going to be buying a pretty much unknown, or risky signing striker. It's the hardest position to fill, especially for that kind of money.

It maybe an unknown player to you or I but I'd like to think we have a scouting network out there somewhere!

[Clampy]

£5m wouldn't even get you Bosko back in 2001. Gonna be some doing to get a decent striker for that much.

You know I'd think we'd get a better player for £5m than you would if you were scratching around the loan market which we sadly find ourselves in.

Like who for £5m? Look at what Leicester just spent on Kramaric, a player a lot of us had probably never heard of.

I've absolutely no idea. I'm not a club scout and I'm not gonna come up with names.

Why not? It's a forum, that's the whole point of them.

Ahh the old football messageboard cliche that if you don't come up with names your opinion is invalid. Haven't heard that one for a while.

Who said your opinion was invalid?

But I already told you, I don't know of names. What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. I've said that many many times. The bargain basement shit is what has got us into this mess in the first place. We need to spend money, not scraping the bottom of the barrel with loans.

How much would you suggest we spend on our next striker then, out of interest?

[PeterWithesShin]

But I already told you, I don't know of names. What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. I've said that many many times. The bargain basement shit is what has got us into this mess in the first place. We need to spend money, not scraping the bottom of the barrel with loans.

These days £5m for a striker is bargain basement though i'd have thought? I'd love another striker coming in but it will take some doing to find a decent one for that money is the point i'm trying to make.

[Damo70]

£5m wouldn't even get you Bosko back in 2001. Gonna be some doing to get a decent striker for that much.

You know I'd think we'd get a better player for £5m than you would if you were scratching around the loan market which we sadly find ourselves in.

Like who for £5m? Look at what Leicester just spent on Kramaric, a player a lot of us had probably never heard of.

I've absolutely no idea. I'm not a club scout and I'm not gonna come up with names.
What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. Scratch around the bargain basement and you'll end up with a team at the wrong end of the table, which is where we find ourselves.

You said you could pick up a decent striker for £5 million in Europe but can't name one. Obviously that doesn't make you wrong but as others have pointed out you can spend twice that and still come a cropper. Baring in mind a player coming to us from Europe will not just have to adjust to the PL but also a lack of chances. Although hopefully Gil and Sinclair would change that.

[saunders_heroes]

But I already told you, I don't know of names. What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. I've said that many many times. The bargain basement shit is what has got us into this mess in the first place. We need to spend money, not scraping the bottom of the barrel with loans.

These days £5m for a striker is bargain basement though i'd have thought? I'd love another striker coming in but it will take some doing to find a decent one for that money is the point i'm trying to make.

I'd love us to spend £8m or so on Ba but Lerner just ain't gonna part with that kind of cash anymore.
I know it's early days but Gil looks decent and we spent a few million on him. What I'm saying is that you can pick up a good player for 5 or so million so by not give it a go?

[saunders_heroes]

£5m wouldn't even get you Bosko back in 2001. Gonna be some doing to get a decent striker for that much.

You know I'd think we'd get a better player for £5m than you would if you were scratching around the loan market which we sadly find ourselves in.

Like who for £5m? Look at what Leicester just spent on Kramaric, a player a lot of us had probably never heard of.

I've absolutely no idea. I'm not a club scout and I'm not gonna come up with names.
What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. Scratch around the bargain basement and you'll end up with a team at the wrong end of the table, which is where we find ourselves.

You said you could pick up a decent striker for £5 million in Europe but can't name one. Obviously that doesn't make you wrong but as others have pointed out you can spend twice that and still come a cropper. Baring in mind a player coming to us from Europe will not just have to adjust to the PL but also a lack of chances. Although hopefully Gil and Sinclair would change that.

Speculate to accumulate and all that. We've scored 11 league goals going into February. I think it's time to spend a bit of cash on a striker, don't you?

[Clampy]

But I already told you, I don't know of names. What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. I've said that many many times. The bargain basement shit is what has got us into this mess in the first place. We need to spend money, not scraping the bottom of the barrel with loans.

These days £5m for a striker is bargain basement though i'd have thought? I'd love another striker coming in but it will take some doing to find a decent one for that money is the point i'm trying to make.

I'd love us to spend £8m or so on Ba but Lerner just ain't gonna part with that kind of cash anymore.
I know it's early days but Gil looks decent and we spent a few million on him. What I'm saying is that you can pick up a good player for 5 or so million so by not give it a go?

We have.

[Tom_Mc9?]

I think it's well documented that our difficulties lie mainly in producing opportunities for the strikers. Having said that, replacing Gabby and Weimann should be looked at in the not too distant future.

[saunders_heroes]

But I already told you, I don't know of names. What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. I've said that many many times. The bargain basement shit is what has got us into this mess in the first place. We need to spend money, not scraping the bottom of the barrel with loans.

These days £5m for a striker is bargain basement though i'd have thought? I'd love another striker coming in but it will take some doing to find a decent one for that money is the point i'm trying to make.

I'd love us to spend £8m or so on Ba but Lerner just ain't gonna part with that kind of cash anymore.
I know it's early days but Gil looks decent and we spent a few million on him. What I'm saying is that you can pick up a good player for 5 or so million so by not give it a go?

We have.

It isn't enough.

[saunders_heroes]

I think it's well documented that our difficulties lie mainly in producing opportunities for the strikers. Having said that, replacing Gabby and Weimann should be looked at in the not too distant future.

But imagine the lift the place would get by bringing in a decent striker.

[Clampy]

But I already told you, I don't know of names. What I do know though is that you get what you pay for in life. I've said that many many times. The bargain basement shit is what has got us into this mess in the first place. We need to spend money, not scraping the bottom of the barrel with loans.

These days £5m for a striker is bargain basement though i'd have thought? I'd love another striker coming in but it will take some doing to find a decent one for that money is the point i'm trying to make.

I'd love us to spend £8m or so on Ba but Lerner just ain't gonna part with that kind of cash anymore.
I know it's early days but Gil looks decent and we spent a few million on him. What I'm saying is that you can pick up a good player for 5 or so million so by not give it a go?

We have.

It isn't enough.

Well we haven't got the money to do it more than we'd like unfortunately, so it's something you're just going to have to get used to.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Enough for what? Champions' League: no. Staying up: probably. We're not Aston Villa 1982 anymore, sadly.

[Damo70]

We still haven't named the mystery five million pound miracle man.

[saunders_heroes]

Enough for what? Champions' League: no. Staying up: probably. We're not Aston Villa 1982 anymore, sadly.

Villa should be competing in the top 8 at the very least. Not scratching around the foot of the table year in year out with the dead beats. Sadly though that's what Lerner has actually done to us.