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David Nugent?

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S-Clarke

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Maybe this is why we pulled away from Sharp? £3.2m on sharp, or £0 for Nugent, who IMO is a similar player (not much difference between them ability wise tbh)

Colinjb

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How could it work?

 

Rickie providing the creative foil. Lallana/AOC providing the movement and pace and Nugent concentrating on being in the right place at the right time?

 

Either way, would love it alone as it would really rub the blue few up the wrong way.

jjsaint

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would love it alone as it would really rub the blue few up the wrong way.

 

Provided he scored the winner both home and away against them.

saintmatt

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I suppose the lack of fee would subsidise the wages, but I don't know about this.....

 

Damn good finisher though.

 

I wouldn't want Nugent (even on a free) if he came in on wages far over and above those already paid to Lallana, Fonte, Lambert etc (which he would do on a free). This would increase the likelihood of an unhappy/fractured camp manifesting imo, something we don't need

Matthew Le God

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I wouldn't want Nugent (even on a free) if he came in on wages far over and above those already paid to Lallana, Fonte, Lambert etc (which he would do on a free). This would increase the likelihood of an unhappy/fractured camp manifesting imo, something we don't need

 

I reckon Lambert's new deal in July and Lallana's deal in January took their wages up significantly and that Fonte had a wage increase after promotion written into his contract (and was already quite high).

CWD

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Nugent is a prize ****.

 

My mate (Nugent's BM at his wedding): "It must be difficult, not getting many games at the moment?"

Nugent: "Don't care mate, I still get paid every week"

 

No thanks.

Colinjb

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Nugent is a prize ****.

 

My mate (Nugent's BM at his wedding): "It must be difficult, not getting many games at the moment?"

Nugent: "Don't care mate, I still get paid every week"

No thanks.

 

#ahem# Either your mate or Nugent himself is a liar. ;)

Dibden Purlieu Saint

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Nugent is a prize ****.

 

My mate (Nugent's BM at his wedding): "It must be difficult, not getting many games at the moment?"

Nugent: "Don't care mate, I still get paid every week"

 

No thanks.

 

Does that also make your mate a Cock as he is his best man? And then by association make yourself a cock?

CWD

CWD

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#ahem# Either your mate or Nugent himself is a liar. ;)

 

Haha I should point out this was a little while before the Skates got caught out... ;)

 

Does that also make your mate a Cock as he is his best man? And then by association make yourself a cock?

 

No, I'm also friends with Nelson Mandela so it cancels out.

CWD

CWD

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Apparently he wore a Saints shirt on his first day of training at Pompey as a wind up.

 

OK I take it back, he's a legend :)

sambosa75

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I was always under the impression Nugent was quite pacey. Has he lost this with all the injuries now? To be honest, you can't really fault Nugent for getting paid a shedload by the skates. At the time his stock was quite high. There is no way any side would give a comparable wage now though. Presumably he has a young family and may well be settled on the south coast. An option to stay down here at Saints may suit him. I remember him being a good player for Preston and wouldn't have minded him back then. If Adkins can get him on a free, with reasonable wages I would look at it as a shrewd piece of business.

Gorgiesaint

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don't really get the hate on this thread if I'm honest. Good championship level player. If we could get him in on reasonable wages we'd be laughing.

 

Agreed, and I don't think Adkins/Cortese would bring him in on big money to upset the squad.

Pedro

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He was a good striker until Redkrapp paid shedloads for him and didn't select him. Could be worth a chance with some decent training/coaching with the best facilities.

CWD

CWD

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I went to school in Portsmouth so have a lot of skate friends. Don't be fooled by him winning player of the year, many of them were glad to see the back of him.

 

It's not like me to write off any player before he's joined, but I just don't think he's for us.

aintforever

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Agreed, and I don't think Adkins/Cortese would bring him in on big money to upset the squad.

 

Don't think it would, the players will all be on different wages and they all understand that people who go on frees generally get big money.

 

If anything it would motivate the other players.

lee_saint

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Nugent is a prize ****.

 

My mate (Nugent's BM at his wedding): "It must be difficult, not getting many games at the moment?"

Nugent: "Don't care mate, I still get paid every week"

 

No thanks.

 

I'm pretty sure (99.9%) that Nugent isn't married.....

Gemmel

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Looks like this one might have some legs. There is a fairly well placed guy on their site (He was way ahead of the media with Norris and Pearce) who reckons he is on his way to Saints.

Turkish

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Looks like this one might have some legs. There is a fairly well placed guy on their site (He was way ahead of the media with Norris and Pearce) who reckons he is on his way to Saints.

 

which site is this?

S-Clarke

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Looks like this one might have some legs. There is a fairly well placed guy on their site (He was way ahead of the media with Norris and Pearce) who reckons he is on his way to Saints.

 

It's been a rumour on the cards for a few months, but has picked up a bit of momentum today. Someone I spoke to a few weeks back suggested that he met up with some of the staff at the trip in Vegas but I found that seriously hard to believe.

 

Would still be a bit mixed about this signing if I'm totally honest, but if you remove the last 3 years (his association with our fishy friends) out of his career and say we're signing him as a PNE player then we'd all be drooling.

 

He was rated as one of the best centre forwards outside the premiership and he's not too old (24/25 i think?) so he could recapture that form with us...

Gorgiesaint

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I'm pretty sure (99.9%) that Nugent isn't married.....

 

But Nugent's mate obviously is as it was his wedding.... and I don't think you have to be married to be a best man.

Willo

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He was a good striker until Redkrapp paid shedloads for him and didn't select him. Could be worth a chance with some decent training/coaching with the best facilities.

 

I know it is good that we have excellent training facilities, but i do find it a little strange how many people assume that this is something that will improve a player who has already played in the premiership. If it was down to facilities, why are Brazilian kids so damn good? Don't get me wrong, it is better having good facilities than not having them, but i just don't think it makes much difference to the ability of established professional players.

Gorgiesaint

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Re-read what he put.

 

Can actually be read both ways - 'Nugent's BM at his wedding' could be short for 'Nugent is BM at his wedding' but re-reading it I see where you're coming from!

 

Anyway, free & on the right wage, could be good signing.

K,Billy's supersound

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nugent is a player i did say we should consider and was told by posters we stood no chance and didnt want him anyway.

i for one hope we sign a good proven championship striker on a free who i think still hit 16 goals last term for a crappy team. the money not spent on someone like maynard could be spent improving and bringning in cover of areas cb and lm/rm

Thedelldays

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Similar level to Sharp IMO - but 3.2m cheaper, and £3.2m free to spend on a CB and a CM.

 

indeed.....a free signing..would get us at least...AT LEAST 15 league goals...probably 20+....and would pee off the skates too....and cost no fee...this would be great business....better than £4m+ for maynard

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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once a skate, always a skate. bad signing if it happens

 

Bad way of looking at it. Ignore his skate connections, and he's a good player.

 

Alot of fans said exactly the same over Viafara when he signed, but I thought he was great for us. Showed real passion too.

stevegrant

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If we have an option of signing Maynard for £4m on £15k a week or Nugent for nothing on £15-20k a week, I'd go for Nugent. Basic economics, a sensible business decision. Both are proven at Championship level, and I would be slightly wary of spending a fortune on a player who fairly recently had a cruciate ligament injury.

benjii

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I was always under the impression Nugent was quite pacey. Has he lost this with all the injuries now? To be honest, you can't really fault Nugent for getting paid a shedload by the skates. At the time his stock was quite high. There is no way any side would give a comparable wage now though. Presumably he has a young family and may well be settled on the south coast. An option to stay down here at Saints may suit him. I remember him being a good player for Preston and wouldn't have minded him back then. If Adkins can get him on a free, with reasonable wages I would look at it as a shrewd piece of business.

 

I was about to post something similar:

 

1) He used to be very quick so unless he has completely lost that then I don't get the "too slow" comments.

 

2) It makes me laugh when people say players are cocks for getting paid £45k a week to do nothing. I think we all know who the real cock is in that scenario...

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