The Fish 9018 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 I wouldn't mind seeing Gary Hooper in the black & white - the only team I'd sell to as a celtic fan No offence, but most fans of the Old Firm teams over-estimate the quality of their players. I'm not sure how good he actually is. He's got a decent record, (1 in 2 or thereabouts?) but he's never played at this level and he'd come with an inflated fee because a ) he's British, b ) he's from a Champions League team and c ) people will point to his record as evidence he can do it in one of Europe's elite leagues This joker ticked two out those 3 boxes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 http://www.telegraph...ston-Villa.html I hope we are replacing all 3 as they have all needed to be called on at various points this season. We may be playing 10 more games in the Europa league and Guthrie is our 3rd choice CM atm Who vets these articles before they're published? Obvious error in the headline, of all things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerbarton 24 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Losing Guthrie and Best for a combined £1.5m to a rival (albeit a fairly hopeless one) seems like madness to me. Sign Guthrie up for a few more years and cart Best out to Celtic if you're going to get rid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Losing Guthrie and Best for a combined £1.5m to a rival (albeit a fairly hopeless one) seems like madness to me. Sign Guthrie up for a few more years and cart Best out to Celtic if you're going to get rid. Why? Guthrie won't sign a new contract (supposedly) because he wants more game-time (fair enough) and why would Best be worth more than £1.5m? I'm not saying he isn't but it'd be hard for the club to demand much more than that for a player who doesn't play often and didn't cost much in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Either way if they're off I'll need a new sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TicTacWoe 0 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Either way if they're off I'll need a new sig I suggest that you let the members of this forum decide what your new sig should be in the same manner that your current username was chosen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Nah I don't think that's a good idea, unless the admins are willing to let a few rules be broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 One of the popular French sites (mercato365) say we're in negotiations for Mathieu Dubuchy as a replacement for Danny Simpson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Pass Dubuchy to the left hand side. Santon can play on the right then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Also Eljero Elia has apparently said he regrets turning us down for Juventus last summer and a mention about it possibly happening this year instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Pass Dubuchy to the left hand side. Santon can play on the right then. well played sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Also Eljero Elia has apparently said he regrets turning us down for Juventus last summer and a mention about it possibly happening this year instead. Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Is anyone else thinking we sohould sell Ba and bring in another winger that suits our 4-2-3-1 more? I feel wrong for thinking it because Ba has been great this season, but IMO it makes sense. I would definitely like Elia... Ben Arfa - Cisse - Elia would be insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4231 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Is anyone else thinking we sohould sell Ba and bring in another winger that suits our 4-2-3-1 more? I feel wrong for thinking it because Ba has been great this season, but IMO it makes sense. I would definitely like Elia... Ben Arfa - Cisse - Elia would be insane. no, no one is thinking that its not "one out one in" for fucks sake, if we sell Ba we have ONE striker at the level we want to be at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Source? It was on either the French or Italian version of goal.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 no, no one is thinking that its not "one out one in" for fucks sake, if we sell Ba we have ONE striker at the level we want to be at I think he makes a valid point unless you think Ba would be happy with a squad role? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4231 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Its part of being a team that plays in europe you need a quality squad not just a quality 11. we can't expect to be fine with 11 good players and then another 16 made up of youth and journeymen happy to sit on the bench for a wage. 2 wingers and 1 striker will not be enough for a full season, injuries, suspensions, fatigue etc will all happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I think he makes a valid point unless you think Ba would be happy with a squad role? Exactly, thats my point. Is Ba best suited to a winger role? Definitely not. Does Ba want to play there? Highly doubt it. If we bring in a winger would Ba be happy on the bench? Course not. If we bring in another winger, we would have to consider selling him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) Its part of being a team that plays in europe you need a quality squad not just a quality 11. we can't expect to be fine with 11 good players and then another 16 made up of youth and journeymen happy to sit on the bench for a wage. 2 wingers and 1 striker will not be enough for a full season, injuries, suspensions, fatigue etc will all happen So do you think Ba will be happy starting on the bench? I don't, I don't expect him to stay either if that's going to be the case, so I can see the logic in moving him on and bringing in someone more suited to playing wide left in the 4-3-3 role then bringing in a young guy as back up to Cisse. Edited May 11, 2012 by Baggio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I think Ba is happy playing 1st team football for a vibrant football side that's not only guaranteed European football, but challenging for the Champions League. I think Ba will be happy starting a little wider and swapping roles with Cisse throughout the game (as he has been since we shifted to 4-3-3) as long as Cisse is scoring and Ba's getting scoring opportunities. The minute Cisse's form dries up sufficiently and the minute Ba is no longer getting a chance to score because of a tactical switch, that's when you'll see a player who's unhappy. Right now, he's playing every week, he's adored by the fans, he's repaying the faith put in him by the management and the club and he's getting chances. He's not looking to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 I think Ba is happy playing 1st team football for a vibrant football side that's not only guaranteed European football, but challenging for the Champions League. I think Ba will be happy starting a little wider and swapping roles with Cisse throughout the game (as he has been since we shifted to 4-3-3) as long as Cisse is scoring and Ba's getting scoring opportunities. The minute Cisse's form dries up sufficiently and the minute Ba is no longer getting a chance to score because of a tactical switch, that's when you'll see a player who's unhappy. Right now, he's playing every week, he's adored by the fans, he's repaying the faith put in him by the management and the club and he's getting chances. He's not looking to leave. I think the point he was trying to make was by replacing Ba with someone more suited with playing wide left in a 4-3-3 we could improve our attack even further, which surely has to be our aim if we can? I think Spurs will activate the buy out clause (presuming it exists) and that Ba will leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12768 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) When Ba went wide, we won 7 out of 9. That barely needs improved. Edited May 11, 2012 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) If Ba were to go we would need a striker and a winger to replace him imo. If he stays then a young player looking to push for either position would be ideal. The ACN is happening again this season isnt it? Edited May 11, 2012 by RobH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 When Ba went wide, we won 7 out of 9. That barely needs improved. Our great run at the start of the season was mostly with a strike partnership of Ba and Best up top, or how we've got so many clean sheets with Simpson a regular. So using that logic, should we really be looking to replace any of these players? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 3997 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Pardews just dropped a hint that he wants to bring Cabayes mate in! There was something about this in the press about 4 weeks ago and Im sure the lad was from Lille but I cant remember who it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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