The English Football Thread

Mojo · 07-19-2014, 03:31 PM

£14m is more than I expected us to pay, yes, but I don't think it's quite as ridiculous a sum as many people seem to and I'm happy to have him on board (providing he agree's personal terms).

It's a lot of money, but at what point do you start to make an effort to keep your best players? Johnny Evans, Nedum Onuoha, Danny Welbeck, Niklas Bendtner (yes, I liked Bendtner when he was here); all loanees in recent years, all did well, all gave us something we have yet to replace. We have struggled to score goals, we have two dinosaurs at centre half making way too many mistakes, and not enough quality to start to build, just fight to survive.

We paid a lot of money for Conor Wickham a few years ago and we've had to be patient with him as he was in no way ready to play in the PL. If his goals kept us up last season, then Borini's meant we were still in with that slim chance of survival that we needed when he came back from loan.

Fabs scored important, timely, crucial goals. He kept his head under pressure, and if he continues to improve he's still a young lad. Also, he and Vito Mannone were arguably the only two players of ours who you believe will give everything and clearly give a ****.

OK, so it's a lot of money but we know what we're getting and we love him. I'm glad we paid it rather than take a punt on a replacement.

We played today too and although it's only Darlington, 5-1 with goals from Fletcher, Wickham, Giaccherini and new boy Jordi Gomez makes me happy. If Fletch and Giacch can have good seasons they can be like new signings, Wickham has now shown what he is capable of and even showed a real, legit strikers finish, something we probably havent seen here since Bent (spit) and so if he can have a good season too then with Borini as well we should hopefully be more of a threat this season.

I hope we can sign Alonso up now as well cause our back four is woeful, and although it'll never happen I'd love a permanent deal for Kiiiiiiiiiiiii as well. He was remarkable last season.

07-19-2014, 03:31 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	£14m is more than I expected us to pay, yes, but I don't think it's quite as ridiculous a sum as many people seem to and I'm happy to have him on board (providing he agree's personal terms). It's a lot of money, but at what point do you start to make an effort to keep your best players? Johnny Evans, Nedum Onuoha, Danny Welbeck, Niklas Bendtner (yes, I liked Bendtner when he was here); all loanees in recent years, all did well, all gave us something we have yet to replace. We have struggled to score goals, we have two dinosaurs at centre half making way too many mistakes, and not enough quality to start to build, just fight to survive. We paid a lot of money for Conor Wickham a few years ago and we've had to be patient with him as he was in no way ready to play in the PL. If his goals kept us up last season, then Borini's meant we were still in with that slim chance of survival that we needed when he came back from loan. Fabs scored important, timely, crucial goals. He kept his head under pressure, and if he continues to improve he's still a young lad. Also, he and Vito Mannone were arguably the only two players of ours who you believe will give everything and clearly give a ****. OK, so it's a lot of money but we know what we're getting and we love him. I'm glad we paid it rather than take a punt on a replacement. We played today too and although it's only Darlington, 5-1 with goals from Fletcher, Wickham, Giaccherini and new boy Jordi Gomez makes me happy. If Fletch and Giacch can have good seasons they can be like new signings, Wickham has now shown what he is capable of and even showed a real, legit strikers finish, something we probably havent seen here since Bent (spit) and so if he can have a good season too then with Borini as well we should hopefully be more of a threat this season. I hope we can sign Alonso up now as well cause our back four is woeful, and although it'll never happen I'd love a permanent deal for Kiiiiiiiiiiiii as well. He was remarkable last season. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust