Evann Guessand (on loan at Crystal Palace)

[Percy McCarthy]

In our defence it was £23.5M with add ons to £28M so not quite the £30M everyone seems to brandish about. In spite of this, it is about £22.5M too much clearly, as he is bloody awful. His speed of though, speed of foot and general lethargic nature don’t help him at all, and there is no way at all he is a winger. I would play him down the middle on Thursday night just to see what happens, rest Watkins as he has yet again ensured he is our only centre forward, and see if Guessand is any use there.

I was going to make the same point, except for (as per BBC) £26m plus add-ons to about £30m, which is where I think everyone gets that figure from. I think it is worth stating that only the guaranteed fee goes towards working out PSR/SCR etc. And it looks unlikely that he will hit many of his personal performance triggers.

[Percy McCarthy]

Great, the new iPhone update has cost me my ability to copy and paste links.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3361y65x16o

Oh. Maybe not.

[eye digress]

One for the historians: have we ever had a striker that looks absolutely shit suddenly come good?

Actually, just thought of a few, so maybe we should do a top 5.

[aev]

One for the historians: have we ever had a striker that looks absolutely shit suddenly come good?

Actually, just thought of a few, so maybe we should do a top 5.

Didn't Angel start pretty slowly?

[Holte L2]

One for the historians: have we ever had a striker that looks absolutely shit suddenly come good?

Actually, just thought of a few, so maybe we should do a top 5.

From the top of my head I can go with

Benteke - looked like a donkey for the first two months
JPA - He took 6 months to get his first goal. 
Duran - it took him until the start of 2023-2024 to settle. 

[Dick Edwards]

One for the historians: have we ever had a striker that looks absolutely shit suddenly come good?

Actually, just thought of a few, so maybe we should do a top 5.

Ian Ormondroyd

[brontebilly]

We have had plenty who started shit and stayed that way. He will have to start up front during the week so another trial.

[andyh]

One for the historians: have we ever had a striker that looks absolutely shit suddenly come good?

Actually, just thought of a few, so maybe we should do a top 5.

From the top of my head I can go with

Benteke - looked like a donkey for the first two months
JPA - He took 6 months to get his first goal. 
Duran - it took him until the start of 2023-2024 to settle. 

Savo

[Des Little]

Definitely play him up top on his own on Thursday and pray that he finds some form.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

I think any winger that is slow is going to struggle in this league, he evidently has talent but just can’t see it happening at this point.

To be honest I’ve seen very little evidence of having the required talent to be a success. I hate to dig our own players out but he’s showing very little to think he’s up to it, then you look at the fee paid, which isn’t his fault, what the hell were we thinking.

[VancouverLion]

Did he play as a central striker for Nice?
There's no way we scouted him as a wide player and thought he could do a job for us, my 12 year old daughter has more technical ability and pace than him.

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Did he play as a central striker for Nice?
There's no way we scouted him as a wide player and thought he could do a job for us, my 12 year old daughter has more technical ability and pace than him.

Sign her up!!

[eamonn]

In our defence it was £23.5M with add ons to £28M so not quite the £30M everyone seems to brandish about. In spite of this, it is about £22.5M too much clearly, as he is bloody awful. His speed of though, speed of foot and general lethargic nature don’t help him at all, and there is no way at all he is a winger. I would play him down the middle on Thursday night just to see what happens, rest Watkins as he has yet again ensured he is our only centre forward, and see if Guessand is any use there.

I was going to make the same point, except for (as per BBC) £26m plus add-ons to about £30m, which is where I think everyone gets that figure from. I think it is worth stating that only the guaranteed fee goes towards working out PSR/SCR etc. And it looks unlikely that he will hit many of his personal performance triggers.

Was the initial 25m in EUR and not GBP ?

[Percy McCarthy]

In our defence it was £23.5M with add ons to £28M so not quite the £30M everyone seems to brandish about. In spite of this, it is about £22.5M too much clearly, as he is bloody awful. His speed of though, speed of foot and general lethargic nature don’t help him at all, and there is no way at all he is a winger. I would play him down the middle on Thursday night just to see what happens, rest Watkins as he has yet again ensured he is our only centre forward, and see if Guessand is any use there.

I was going to make the same point, except for (as per BBC) £26m plus add-ons to about £30m, which is where I think everyone gets that figure from. I think it is worth stating that only the guaranteed fee goes towards working out PSR/SCR etc. And it looks unlikely that he will hit many of his personal performance triggers.

Was the initial 25m in EUR and not GBP ?

£26m plus £4.3m in add-ons according to BBC. That’s GBP, as confirmed by the £ signs.

[eamonn]

Sure, just thought it a possibility as Ozz's £23.5m figure could have conceivably translated to €26m.