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What a joke

 

Why is it ? We play with 1 up front, Lambert. If he gets injured we have J-Rod, and if they're both injured we have Mayuka. It was probably Sharp that instigated the deal anyway because he comes across as the kind of player that just loves playing football. He won't have wanted to be 3rd choice striker here.

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. He's no great shake.

 

If le fondre can come off the bench and score as many goals as lambert. I really think sharp could have grabbed the odd goal.....especially given the amount of draws we have had

 

I would also predict he would have made more of an impact than mayuka this season

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You'll never know!

 

As it stands. Rodriguez is our only credible striker from the bench. Who is often played wide.

 

It could only have been to our benefit to keep sharp here this season. I have no doubt he would have grabbed the odd goal from the bench....even if he just scored 1 and turned one of our many draws into a win. It would be more of an impact than playing for forest.... Where he did not really want to go

 

 

I would rate sharp much better than le fondre... If he can score as many goals as Rickie lambert from the bench, I have no doubt sharp would have got the odd goal

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As it stands. Rodriguez is our only credible striker from the bench. Who is often played wide.

 

It could only have been to our benefit to keep sharp here this season. I have no doubt he would have grabbed the odd goal from the bench....even if he just scored 1 and turned one of our many draws into a win. It would be more of an impact than playing for forest.... Where he did not really want to go

 

 

I think the theory was that Mayuka was supposed to be some sort of superstar hotshot, him being ranked 85 th in the world and all that. Turns out he's a total waste of space and Sharp could probably have done far far better and we'd get to keep the 3.1 million £ to boot. Our transfer committee needs disbanding rapidly with the oversight on transfers being left to the manager and the chairman. Beginning to have my doubts about Gaston as well, far too erratic for a 12 million £ spend as we don't seem to have players capable of replacing him when he's crap.

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No, he probably wanted to be told he'd play a big part in our season. He was probably told otherwise and if he wanted to play every week then go on loan. You can't really speculate whether he'd grab a few off the bench can you!? I could say, put Hooiveld up front and he'd prob score a few, but it's all opinion and speculation. I just don't think Sharp has the natural ability or pace to cause prem defenders problems. Comes across as a lovely bloke, and played a big part last year, but J-Rod and Mayuka offer more of a threat from the bench IMO.

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To be fair, there was an awful lot of people saying we need to bring in Prem experience.

 

Which isn't unreasonable. However there is a large difference between wanting to sign players with Premier League experience and going down the QPR/Redknapp route of players like Samba for £12m on £100kpw.

 

KRG is suggesting people just want to sign players for the sake of it, which is clearly not that case.

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As it stands. Rodriguez is our only credible striker from the bench. Who is often played wide.

 

It could only have been to our benefit to keep sharp here this season. I have no doubt he would have grabbed the odd goal from the bench....even if he just scored 1 and turned one of our many draws into a win. It would be more of an impact than playing for forest.... Where he did not really want to go

 

 

I would rate sharp much better than le fondre... If he can score as many goals as Rickie lambert from the bench, I have no doubt sharp would have got the odd goal

 

Agree we are short of a striker but that striker isn't Billy Sharp, much as we'd all like it to be, because he isn't good enough.

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Really... its about the one thing that is obvious is that he took the plunge at the best time to sack him. He let Nigel stabilize us, then got the new guy in when we could have a break abroad with the option for possible transfers at the end of the window. He said it himself. This guy is here to take us on to the next level and its fair evident what that means with the style of play vs Man Utd and Everton and the fact that we outplayed United for the 45min we bothered to turn up for.

 

Its also nice to have a manager who knows how to make a decent substitution. Been a while.

 

But at no point has anyone associated with the club said "we are bringing in MP to attract and sign global football stars". Stop knocking the club with every single post. There are enough people to do that without you adding to it. Or if you are going to, at least base it on some bloody evidence. Otherwise you are on the slippery slopes of an Alpine region.

 

As for transfers, people in this thread have been saying that we are not better than Wigan, reading, qpr, villa etc etc. Well correct me if I am wrong, But we are a newly promoted side who has one 5 out of 6 matches vs our direct rivals. Now if we had lost 5/6 matches, we would clearly be worse than them (and 15points worse off). So how people can argue the opposite is beyond me, especially when you consider our start and the improvement in form and defense over the last set of matches.

 

I think the question should be, if people are unhappy with the team, who would you switch with in the bottom 5 clubs?

 

Ok I shall base it upon the reality that we have picked up 1 point out of 6, how is he in fairness going to take us to the next level which I am all for if he is not allowed to buy players? We played superbly last night but that does not detract from the issue of players and a lack of quailty in our squad.

 

It sounds like another Cortese patsy.

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Mayuka offers more of a threat?

 

lol

 

A cameo against villa and one good half against spurs

 

 

Brilliant

 

 

 

What you have to ask yourself is this. In the 24 matches to date would we have got any less input from Sharp than we have from Mayuka? Would Billy have not been able to stab home just 1 ball floating about the penalty area?

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Mayuka offers more of a threat?

 

lol

 

A cameo against villa and one good half against spurs

 

 

Brilliant

 

Well from when he has played he's not been terrible, and is quick. He's no world beater but will cause problems given a chance, don't write him off just yet. He's still very young and the scouting team clearly saw something in him to get him over here and pay money for him.

 

And plus he raises our profile in Africa ;)

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I've not claimed to be more intelligent than anyone else.

 

Plenty on here seem happy to moan about lack of incomings, but not so fussed about the potential cost or quality of said signings.

 

Funny how you are just as guilty of what you are accusing me of.

 

That said, I agree with the last part of your post. I still think our current team is good enough to keep us up. I think any signings made should be an improvement on what we currently have. Given how notorious Jan is for being a minefield for getting quality at sensible prices, I'm happy for us to not go into panic mode and sign anyone.

 

It doesn't take much searching to find plenty of others who disagree with this.

 

In your previous post you implied people with a different opinion suffered from Down's Syndrome, yet you are not claiming to be more intelligent than they are.

 

I believe the bit in bold when you can find proof of people saying, "We need to sign someone, anyone I don't care how good or bad they are." As in a credible post not one of our resident forum lunatics or some sad muppet trying to be funny.

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Which isn't unreasonable. However there is a large difference between wanting to sign players with Premier League experience and going down the QPR/Redknapp route of players like Samba for £12m on £100kpw.

 

KRG is suggesting people just want to sign players for the sake of it, which is clearly not that case.

 

I've not said every poster. But, there clearly are posters that just want signings, no matter what. It's pretty obvious to see.

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I've not claimed to be more intelligent than anyone else.

 

Plenty on here seem happy to moan about lack of incomings, but not so fussed about the potential cost or quality of said signings.

 

Funny how you are just as guilty of what you are accusing me of.

 

That said, I agree with the last part of your post. I still think our current team is good enough to keep us up. I think any signings made should be an improvement on what we currently have. Given how notorious Jan is for being a minefield for getting quality at sensible prices, I'm happy for us to not go into panic mode and sign anyone.

 

It doesn't take much searching to find plenty of others who disagree with this.

 

If you think January is a minefield for transfers, what do you think about the appointment of Potchettino?

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£12.5m for Samba is amazing. Our entire back 4 plus goalkeeper come to less than that!

 

Samba or Ramires, I know who 99% of Saints fans would have wanted in the summer. The £12.5m is based on what Anzhi paid for him, not what QPR paid.

 

I love the fact that people are saying they are hasbeens, a 22yo, a 26yo and a 28yo so far.

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In your previous post you implied people with a different opinion suffered from Down's Syndrome, yet you are not claiming to be more intelligent than they are.

 

I believe the bit in bold when you can find proof of people saying, "We need to sign someone, anyone I don't care how good or bad they are." As in a credible post not one of our resident forum lunatics or some sad muppet trying to be funny.

 

Errrm, You are clearly being a tad dramatic here.

 

I am not now, nor would I ever make that sort of link.

 

If you are going to single me out for the use of the word mong, then you are proving exactly how deep your head is in the sand, and how blind you are to other posts on here.

 

It doesn't take a great deal of intelligence to realise that mong, has seeped into the populations vernacular, with a different meaning. This is hardly the first time in history this has happened, is it?

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Samba or Ramires, I know who 99% of Saints fans would have wanted in the summer. The £12.5m is based on what Anzhi paid for him, not what QPR paid.

 

I love the fact that people are saying they are hasbeens, a 22yo, a 26yo and a 28yo so far.

 

Yeah, maybe, but Gaston isn't on anything close to £100k/week...

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So what??

 

He has done just above nothing for us

 

There is no doubt in my mind that sharp would have contributed more than Mayuka this season.

 

Just seems a completely bizarre signing

 

Really? Despite the fact he can't play on the wing so would have had both Lambert AND Rodriguez ahead of him (neither of whom have been out with injuries)?

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Well from when he has played he's not been terrible, and is quick. He's no world beater but will cause problems given a chance, don't write him off just yet. He's still very young and the scouting team clearly saw something in him to get him over here and pay money for him.

 

And plus he raises our profile in Africa ;)

 

If Rodriguez as a striker gets a run out as a winger you would of though our specialist winger would of got a chance at his bread and butter position? Unless of course the World 85th best footballer is in fact gash and our scouts are in fact dib dib dobbing and not involved in football at all......................................

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If Rodriguez as a striker gets a run out as a winger you would of though our specialist winger would of got a chance at his bread and butter position? Unless of course the World 85th best footballer is in fact gash and our scouts are in fact dib dib dobbing and not involved in football at all......................................

 

Apart from the fact he's not a winger, he's a striker.

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Really? Despite the fact he can't play on the wing so would have had both Lambert AND Rodriguez ahead of him (neither of whom have been out with injuries)?

 

Considering Rodriguez has played quite a lot in the wide posititions. It would have made another option... Especially when we have been drawing so many games and wasting so many chances...

 

If le fondre can equal lambert a total from the reading bench. I have no doubt that sharp would have got the odd goal at least

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Do you think if billy was here he would have got less game time than mayuka this season?

 

Do you think mayuka has made more of an impact this season than what sharp would have done?

 

I don't think Sharp would have played very much at all. I don't think he would have done much when he has been on the pitch. Mayuka offers us something that we dont really have in the forward areas is pace. For whatever reason he hasn't really been utilised yet, but I can't think of many games where Sharp would have made a difference this year. He did a job last season, yes, but IMO he's not good enough.

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You clearly don't think he's good enough and yet he's barely had a chance, and even the small chances he has had, he's looked decent.

 

Where have I said he is not good enough.

 

Well he hasn't showed he is. And seems to be one for the future. I would have kept sharp. Which is my point.

 

That does not mean I would have not signed mayuka

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Considering Rodriguez has played quite a lot in the wide posititions. It would have made another option... Especially when we have been drawing so many games and wasting so many chances...

 

If le fondre can equal lambert a total from the reading bench. I have no doubt that sharp would have got the odd goal at least

 

To be honest from what I've seen from Le Fondre last season and this I think he's better than Sharp anyway, definitely missed a trick not signing him when we were in league 1.

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NO one will know how Sharp would of done in the PL unless he is given a chance - all we know is he scored goals for fun in the championship and was our top scorer in pre-season - players like Le Fondre are making a impact in the PL

 

It was stupid to get rid of him at the start of the season - at least they should of given him a few games to see how it worked out then if he didnt perform so be it

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I don't think Sharp would have played very much at all. I don't think he would have done much when he has been on the pitch. Mayuka offers us something that we dont really have in the forward areas is pace. For whatever reason he hasn't really been utilised yet, but I can't think of many games where Sharp would have made a difference this year. He did a job last season, yes, but IMO he's not good enough.

 

Well, we disagree. If le fondre can hit double figures in the prem, then I believe sharp would have scores at least 1 goal...as I think he is a much better striker.

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Sharp was signed as 2nd choice because we did not get Hooper. Hooper was a "help get us promoted and then be part of our Premier league team". Hence bid of £7m. Sharp was purely a "help get us promoted" signing.

 

I liked him but he is at the right level now and no one else is interested. Meantime, Hooper will be in a Premier league side either today or in the summer

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