"West Brom boss Roy Hodgson has joined the race to sign Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge. Albion face competition from Bolton, Newcastle and Stoke, who are weighing up £6million bids for the England Under-21 star." The Sun
£6 million...surely thats too low??? I highly doubt it but even up to £10m I would have him every day of the week at Rovers. I don't think he will ever get the chance at Chelsea now...
The only stumbling block I can see is his wages....apparently Chelsea more than doubled his wages from City who must have had him on a fair bit.... i would say £60k+
But according to the bbc gossip collumn that Cisse wants £80k a week!!
Also in the gossip collumn Robbie Keane!?!
Now Vucinic has said he ain't coming, and to be perfectly honest why the hell would he, Juventus...Althetico Madrid....Blackburn!!! No brainer!! Not got a great pull from Europe which is where a big manager may have a bit more of a draw.....a reasonably unknown club (in europe) with a novice manager!
We need to be setting our sights on solid premiership players, maybe a few foriegn players that are looking at moving to the prem! I don't think Keane would be a bad shout, proven goalscorer, he has dipped in form of recent years but has been shipped around too much and not really given a proper run of games. I would have sturridge though and this Cisse sounds like a class act too.
Not heard very much about any central midfielders though and according to Alan Nixon (mirror journalist) he says there is 2 for around the £5m mark in the pipelines! Any ideas?
Roll on the 1st July to get the transfer ball rolling.......
Daniel Sturridge????
posted on 28/6/11
"Hello, first time posting on here. Been observing from afar for a bit but felt I'd best join in as there don't seem to be many members on here."
Best introduction ever. You're basically saying what everyone who regularly posts already knows - this board is sh|*. It was rather nice of you to try and improve it by becoming another active member amongst the what is essentially a half ars*d graveyard of a forum though.
It just isn't 606 still is it? Anyways, welcome along.
posted on 28/6/11
BBC606 must have been like this once upon a time. And there isn't that much for us to talk about at the moment. I will add that on my Football Manager sturridge is a good striker, as we have seen at bolton this year, but in 2-3 years kalinic is awesome. Also steve kean moved to spurs and took them down after harry retired.
posted on 28/6/11
I think DD sums it up nicely above. Nothing lasts forever, but it is frustrating that 606 has gone as we had a good group contributing and thousands of away fans as well for added variety.
On the subject of Sturridge then I think he would be perfect for Rovers, but firstly doubt he would come and secondly do not think he will go for 6 million.
Historically I have also been a fan of Robbie Keane, scores his fair share of goals but is always bright and inventive. Clever player, but do not think he is right for us at this time, unless we recruit some pace upfront.
posted on 28/6/11
So apparently Venky's have scrapped the transfer list that the backroom staff have been working on for god knows how long in favour of bringing in this "Marque Signing!"!?!?!
How many more embarrassing failing bids for Ronaldinho will it take before they realise that it is not going to happen?
Stop trying to make yourself famous and actually run the club properly!!!
This worries me as instead of building the club on solid foundations in the hope of achieving success in the future they are trying to make a name for themselves by being in the press all the time with these stupid bids for players that will never come a small town club!
I am in desperate need of an actual confirmed bid for decent player now....the suspense is killing me!!!
posted on 28/6/11
Ditto what most of the above are saying.
I thought Sturridge was impressive at the (short lived) under 21 championships (that said so was Danny Welbeck). I know he is at Chelsea but I doubt he is on over £50,000 a week but I might be wrong.
As for Robbie Keane he looked pretty poor at West Ham and seemed to have lost his composure in fron of goal.
posted on 28/6/11
Dunno where everyone has gone from proper 606, obviously there are various new options but you would have thought most people would come here with this being the exact same template. Hopefully it will get better.
I don't know why Kalinic wasn't getting a game at the end of last season. He only stared consistently when were playing 4-5-1 under Allardyce and there was only so much he could do on his own. He's clearly got a lot of technical ability and I think under Kean's more 'attractive' football regime he could do well, Hoillet wasn't doing anything under Big Sam, but now he's flourishing, maybe the same could happen for Niko.
posted on 28/6/11
Evening chaps. Also a long time observer / very occasional poster on the old 606. Likewise thought it would be busier on here.... perhaps things will pick up when the season starts. A marquee signing might help too
As for Sturridge, can't really see it happening somehow. As has been said above I'm sure if Chelsea decide to sell it will be for more than £6m....£17-20m seems to be the going rate for England U21s!
Hopefully something will come of the cisse deal....not because I claim to know anything about him but because getting excited about a big money striker is what this time of year is all about. Watching the new boy trot out in a pristine blue and white kit on a sunny august afternoon, not knowing whether he'll be a shearer or a grabbi....priceless!
posted on 28/6/11
Have they fixed the bug that logs you out whenever you come off the page? I'm just too lazy to log-in every single visit.
posted on 2/7/11
Welcome OOJW, I don't think of you as the new boy at all, in fact one of the all time quality posters I'd say.
We have the summer doldrums here right now, but I think the old 606 crew will be firing again come the season, hang in there folks we'll soon be laikin in t'slutch and chewing us finger nails down!
posted on 2/7/11
Thanks Duggy, but I was joking in the thread I posted. Glad you are here and am also looking forward to the forum being busier as the season approaches.