Say Hudersfield dont go up, what would the chances of Andys lad Jordan teaming up alongside Madine be next season? Sounds pretty tasty to me, not sure how much Udders would make us part with to get him, do you think he is someone DJ would have in mind or are prem clubs sniffing? Do you think he would be a realistic taget?
Thoughts?
UTO
A couple of questions...
posted on 10/5/12
Well the last Udders striker we nicked was awesome!!!
posted on 10/5/12
sounds nice enough but I dont think we would splash the cash that Udders would want for him.
posted on 10/5/12
But we have Madine and Antonio. There are better buys around in the summer who will have had Championship experience. Previously we got lucky, along with other clubs, by not signing Billy Sharp; so lessons should've been learned.
posted on 10/5/12
With regards to Rhodes, acedemic methinks... a) The asking price will be way too high b) unlikely Udders would sell to us, plus he is unproven in the Champ (didn't set the world on fire at Ipswich).
We will need players of proven Champ quality next term - taking risks doesn't work (see Jeffers and all the other odds and ends we have signed in the past.) as we all know to our cost over the last God knows how many years.
The squad has a decent core of comitted players, I think 3 newbys may come in to stiffen the spine with a lot of dead wood (Osty, D Jones, Reynolds etc ) going out.
I think Antonio and Batth are real possibilities - Wolves is a backwards step for Batth IMO (they are in decline, we are the opposite) and Antonio won't get a look in at Reading next term. 1 x midefielder who can boss things would be ideal too
No major surgery needed but punts here and there won't do us any good in getting back to where we all want to be. Its all about planning and making the right decisions within the perameters the club sits financially..
Whilst Mandy ain't going to go beserk Jones tends to make reasonably good signings so I am quietly confident we will be in a good place come August (certainly better than we were the last time we came up).
posted on 10/5/12
Agree about Batth Earlsfield. Hope we can land him and Antonio on solid contracts.
Maybe DJ has a bit more pull in the Championship for signings as opposed to Meggo's connections, we could be in for a decent summer!
posted on 10/5/12
Milan would'nt go over 500,000 for ALF
posted on 11/5/12
I would rather go for Charlie Austin, if we could prize him away from Burnley
posted on 11/5/12
plus he is unproven in the Champ (didn't set the world on fire at Ipswich).
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Hmm...could be right i guess, coz it works at one club dosnt mean it will at another but on the other hand, it might you never know, but maybe it would be a financial gamble not worth taking
posted on 11/5/12
I think the price Udders would want for Rhodes would make the risk too high.
posted on 11/5/12
Hmmm...an unrealistic choice then
I think DJ has a good eye for a player so I place my trust in him to bring in some very good players for the upcoming campaign