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Author Topic: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread  (Read 464815 times)

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2865 on: January 19, 2020, 07:56:00 PM »
Giroud with Samatta in reserve or up top with him would be fantastic. It would also give us an edge for a few weeks as teams wouldn't know much about Samatta and how he plays.

If either or both started on Tuesday, neither would we! (Or about each other.)
That would be edgy, and maybe in a good way.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2866 on: January 19, 2020, 08:25:32 PM »
Nobody likes getting their hair dirty.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2867 on: January 19, 2020, 08:28:17 PM »
Joe Hart's career started going to ratshit after he did those Head And Shoulders adverts.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2868 on: January 19, 2020, 08:36:47 PM »
Presume Giroud would be on a 3 month deal with option and a massive bonus if he scores the goals to keep us up. He could still go to Italy afterwards.
It's a plan, of sorts.

I thought there was a limit on number of players on loan from one club - given Drainwater is (incredibly) a Chelsea player, that would rule Giroud out.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2869 on: January 19, 2020, 08:37:40 PM »
Presume Giroud would be on a 3 month deal with option and a massive bonus if he scores the goals to keep us up. He could still go to Italy afterwards.
It's a plan, of sorts.

I thought there was a limit on number of players on loan from one club - given Drainwater is (incredibly) a Chelsea player, that would rule Giroud out.

If the rumours are to be believed it’s meant to be a transfer not a loan.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2870 on: January 19, 2020, 08:41:00 PM »
Presume Giroud would be on a 3 month deal with option and a massive bonus if he scores the goals to keep us up. He could still go to Italy afterwards.
It's a plan, of sorts.

I thought there was a limit on number of players on loan from one club - given Drainwater is (incredibly) a Chelsea player, that would rule Giroud out.

If the rumours are to be believed it’s meant to be a transfer not a loan.

I think, unless it was well cheap, that would be a bad move.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2871 on: January 19, 2020, 08:43:00 PM »
I just can't understand anyone turning their noses up at Giroud for 6 months. Slow yes, but with willing runners around him he would be a top signing. Would also mean we had 2 frontline strikers for the rest of the season. If we could bag a pacy wide man too it would be brilliant business. Only problem we have is that in normal seasons our current points tally is OK and in a dog fight with 4 or 5 other teams. This season other teams keep pulling out incredibly good results against the top 10 and are creating a cushion. We really must win on Tuesday.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2872 on: January 19, 2020, 08:43:19 PM »
It really is desperation times. As a loan its fine, but as a 2-3 year deal it goes against all we have been trying to do.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2873 on: January 19, 2020, 08:44:29 PM »
I just can't understand anyone turning their noses up at Giroud for 6 months. Slow yes, but with willing runners around him he would be a top signing. Would also mean we had 2 frontline strikers for the rest of the season. If we could bag a pacy wide man too it would be brilliant business. Only problem we have is that in normal seasons our current points tally is OK and in a dog fight with 4 or 5 other teams. This season other teams keep pulling out incredibly good results against the top 10 and are creating a cushion. We really must win on Tuesday.

Agree I think he’s a fine player.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2874 on: January 19, 2020, 08:47:03 PM »
We are starting games with a winger playing as a striker, yet some are extolling the virtues of a bloke who’s won a World Cup amongst many other trophies, and will very likely be playing up top for France in the coming Euros. Reality calling.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2875 on: January 19, 2020, 08:58:47 PM »
It really is desperation times. As a loan its fine, but as a 2-3 year deal it goes against all we have been trying to do.

I know what you mean obviously, but what we're trying to do above all else just now is stay up. Not much point worrying about the long term for now. It's like someone in the waiting room at Dignitas asking about the potential side effects of the medication.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2876 on: January 19, 2020, 09:12:59 PM »
Giroud has little pace BUT he his good at holding up the ball  , good in the air and is capable of spectacular goals not just tap ins. I think he would be a good addition.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2877 on: January 19, 2020, 09:16:42 PM »
Giroud Would be a brilliant signing. We’d start having some real experience through the side which would help this team no end.

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2878 on: January 19, 2020, 09:21:09 PM »
Lately he doesn’t seem to score goals.   

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Re: Winter transfer, gossip, speculation and usual butter ollocks thread
« Reply #2879 on: January 19, 2020, 09:21:27 PM »
We are starting games with a winger playing as a striker, yet some are extolling the virtues of a bloke who’s won a World Cup amongst many other trophies, and will very likely be playing up top for France in the coming Euros. Reality calling.

I think it's fair to question a centre forward who while playing for two of the top teams in the league who presumably create loads of chances, has managed 9 goals in 61 Premier League games in the last three years or to put it another way, 1 goal every (nearly) 7 games.

If he manages that for us, he'll have 2 goals before the end of the season. Not saying he's a bad player, clearly he's not. But is another non-scoring striker really what we need?

 


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