Cahill will move to one of the big clubs, mark my words, as when his contract draws to an end, he will be offered big wages which we will not be able to compete against. Expect him to go to Chelsea or Manchester City.
Bryan Ruiz's value will increase to at least £25 million too. He is a class act. A goalscoring winger. He was the best player in a poor team which won the Eredivisie a couple of years back, he is in fantastic form and yet to hit his peak. People may think i'm speaking hypothetically, but I know a talent when i see him as in my bbc 606 page i was adamant that we should have got Aguero to replace Defoe whilst he was at Independiente and I was fobbed off as he was not proven in the prem, I spoke about Suarez two years ago, Gervinho before he was touted, Van Persie whilst he was at Feyenoord, Nuri Sahin, and many more. Parker is a good buy, but we needed more. Mark my words Ruiz will come good, and you can knock me if he doesn't but I know a player when i see one
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I respect your position Scribe, but i do not think paying near the asking price (£15 million) for Cahill is unrealistic, neither is £10.6 million for Bryan Ruiz. This would amount to the total recouped in just one day of transfer dealings through players leaving. I am not asking for Vidic, nor Messi. Just some perspective. Cahill was within our reach, maybe a couple million overpriced, but sometimes you have to pay slightly over. The most important thing is we would have been paying £15 million for a player who is on the top of his game, yet to hit his peak for a contract of probably 5 years. Had Cahill had 3 years left on his contract and we learned that he was up for sale, we would have paid £15 million, without any question. But the end result would have been the same, we still get the same player for £15 million, for the same length of contract!
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We dont act fast thats most of the problem unfortunately we let a small crack turn into the whole house falling down before we decide to do anything.
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If Adebayor was to get injured we would be back to square one, and that is in the hope that he finds some form. I shudder to think what we would do if Bale, Charlie, or one or two were also to get injured. I feel so frustrated, top 4 we can safely say is gone. Levy has a lot to answer for. We didn't ask for a £50 million signing. Cahill, Jagielka, Albiol, Samba, Alex....any would have done really.
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The crazy thing is, the season has barely started and the most of us realise that we can wave bye bye to top 4. Had we signed Cahill, just one single player, I would have thought we would have been in the mix. But Kaboul is a liability at cb, he is too relaxed and does not posess the killer instinct an English centre back would have. You look at Terry, Carragher, Ferdinand, Cahill, they throw their bodies on the line, bleed for the cause. Yet Kaboul likes to think of himself as a winger or striker. He is okay as a right back, but never a center back for a top 6 team. This was our last chance i feel to stay with the big boys as teams like Liverpool and Man City will continue to leave us behind.
The worst thing is we are going to fall beind by a good bit this season they will all strengthen next eyar and we only get up there standard next year where there already ahead of us we are effectively a year behind them all in development.
All that stopped us last year from top 4 was a striker that is it if we bought last summer lets be realistic we all knew in our champions league debut that crouch and defoe wernt going to cut the mustard why oh why couldnt we have just said right guissepe rossi or diego forlan right now heres your 30 mill.I wouldnt of even minded bringing in an old experienced head like Raul Van Nistelrooy or Klose the sort of goals those guys score you dont need legs all they need is good service into the box which Lennon and Bale provide and they will put those 6 yard tap in away all day long.
I don't think you should write us off just yet. Yes I agree if Gallas stays injured and/or Ade gets injured we're out of it, but you could say the same about Liverpool and Gerrard/Suarez, and Arsenal and Wilshere/van Persie/Arteta.
We haven't strengthened enough, but we have improved our squad, clearing out deadwood and getting in proven PL players over many seasons, players that are WINNERS. I see that as a positive. And Modric is still here. I firmly believe we will push the others all the way for 4th
City and United apart, and Arteta was a surprise to an extent, but the rest that have been bought are average, are they really better than what we've got...Ruiz...give me a break!
The negativity is astonishing.
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posted on 1/9/11
Cahill will move to one of the big clubs, mark my words, as when his contract draws to an end, he will be offered big wages which we will not be able to compete against. Expect him to go to Chelsea or Manchester City.
posted on 1/9/11
Bryan Ruiz's value will increase to at least £25 million too. He is a class act. A goalscoring winger. He was the best player in a poor team which won the Eredivisie a couple of years back, he is in fantastic form and yet to hit his peak. People may think i'm speaking hypothetically, but I know a talent when i see him as in my bbc 606 page i was adamant that we should have got Aguero to replace Defoe whilst he was at Independiente and I was fobbed off as he was not proven in the prem, I spoke about Suarez two years ago, Gervinho before he was touted, Van Persie whilst he was at Feyenoord, Nuri Sahin, and many more. Parker is a good buy, but we needed more. Mark my words Ruiz will come good, and you can knock me if he doesn't but I know a player when i see one
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I respect your position Scribe, but i do not think paying near the asking price (£15 million) for Cahill is unrealistic, neither is £10.6 million for Bryan Ruiz. This would amount to the total recouped in just one day of transfer dealings through players leaving. I am not asking for Vidic, nor Messi. Just some perspective. Cahill was within our reach, maybe a couple million overpriced, but sometimes you have to pay slightly over. The most important thing is we would have been paying £15 million for a player who is on the top of his game, yet to hit his peak for a contract of probably 5 years. Had Cahill had 3 years left on his contract and we learned that he was up for sale, we would have paid £15 million, without any question. But the end result would have been the same, we still get the same player for £15 million, for the same length of contract!
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We dont act fast thats most of the problem unfortunately we let a small crack turn into the whole house falling down before we decide to do anything.
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posted on 1/9/11
If Adebayor was to get injured we would be back to square one, and that is in the hope that he finds some form. I shudder to think what we would do if Bale, Charlie, or one or two were also to get injured. I feel so frustrated, top 4 we can safely say is gone. Levy has a lot to answer for. We didn't ask for a £50 million signing. Cahill, Jagielka, Albiol, Samba, Alex....any would have done really.
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The crazy thing is, the season has barely started and the most of us realise that we can wave bye bye to top 4. Had we signed Cahill, just one single player, I would have thought we would have been in the mix. But Kaboul is a liability at cb, he is too relaxed and does not posess the killer instinct an English centre back would have. You look at Terry, Carragher, Ferdinand, Cahill, they throw their bodies on the line, bleed for the cause. Yet Kaboul likes to think of himself as a winger or striker. He is okay as a right back, but never a center back for a top 6 team. This was our last chance i feel to stay with the big boys as teams like Liverpool and Man City will continue to leave us behind.
posted on 1/9/11
The worst thing is we are going to fall beind by a good bit this season they will all strengthen next eyar and we only get up there standard next year where there already ahead of us we are effectively a year behind them all in development.
All that stopped us last year from top 4 was a striker that is it if we bought last summer lets be realistic we all knew in our champions league debut that crouch and defoe wernt going to cut the mustard why oh why couldnt we have just said right guissepe rossi or diego forlan right now heres your 30 mill.I wouldnt of even minded bringing in an old experienced head like Raul Van Nistelrooy or Klose the sort of goals those guys score you dont need legs all they need is good service into the box which Lennon and Bale provide and they will put those 6 yard tap in away all day long.
posted on 1/9/11
I don't think you should write us off just yet. Yes I agree if Gallas stays injured and/or Ade gets injured we're out of it, but you could say the same about Liverpool and Gerrard/Suarez, and Arsenal and Wilshere/van Persie/Arteta.
We haven't strengthened enough, but we have improved our squad, clearing out deadwood and getting in proven PL players over many seasons, players that are WINNERS. I see that as a positive. And Modric is still here. I firmly believe we will push the others all the way for 4th
posted on 1/9/11
City and United apart, and Arteta was a surprise to an extent, but the rest that have been bought are average, are they really better than what we've got...Ruiz...give me a break!
The negativity is astonishing.
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