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Post by joanna on Nov 27, 2016 11:59:24 GMT
As an alternative to Madine, a proven goalscorer of pure class, coming towards the twilight of his career (and therefore affordable??) = Rickie Lambert.
Reminds me of Le Tissier. Not the quickest but real quality, and with an instinct for goals. Also, all penalty-taking duties solved! Would be interesting to know what fee was involved when he went to Cardiff(£1/2 million?), but is presumably cheaper now. Surround him with youthful pace (i.e. not Trotter!) and he would take the chances created, in the air and on the ground. Would Cardiff let him go yet? Not a long-term prospect, I know, but to get us out of this division? And name me an affordable striker of similar quality......
Also he is used to living in Lancs.....
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Post by davidm on Nov 27, 2016 12:18:08 GMT
As an alternative to Madine, a proven goalscorer of pure class, coming towards the twilight of his career (and therefore affordable??) = Rickie Lambert. Reminds me of Le Tissier. Not the quickest but real quality, and with an instinct for goals. Also, all penalty-taking duties solved! Would be interesting to know what fee was involved when he went to Cardiff(£1/2 million?), but is presumably cheaper now. Surround him with youthful pace (i.e. not Trotter!) and he would take the chances created, in the air and on the ground. Would Cardiff let him go yet? Not a long-term prospect, I know, but to get us out of this division? And name me an affordable striker of similar quality...... Also he is used to living in Lancs..... How about James Vaughan? Must be frustrated at Bury |
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 27, 2016 12:52:31 GMT
As an alternative to Madine, a proven goalscorer of pure class, coming towards the twilight of his career (and therefore affordable??) = Rickie Lambert. Reminds me of Le Tissier. Not the quickest but real quality, and with an instinct for goals. Also, all penalty-taking duties solved! Would be interesting to know what fee was involved when he went to Cardiff(£1/2 million?), but is presumably cheaper now. Surround him with youthful pace (i.e. not Trotter!) and he would take the chances created, in the air and on the ground. Would Cardiff let him go yet? Not a long-term prospect, I know, but to get us out of this division? And name me an affordable striker of similar quality...... Also he is used to living in Lancs..... How about James Vaughan? Must be frustrated at Bury Yeah, I thought Vaughan, but Lambert is a cracking shout. Is Warnock not still using him though at Cardiff? Like the look of Jay O'Shea at Chesterfield and Omar Bogle at Grimsby, he could be the Michael Ricketts type find for us but would no doubt cost that thing we don't have..... money!!!! |
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 27, 2016 16:43:15 GMT
Both are good shouts and I'd be happy with either. Another obvious one many of us would love to see again is surely Adam Le Fondre or even the Duke, neither of whom seem to be getting games at the moment. Let's face it, all four are proven and any of them would be a million times better than Madine. As far as money is concerned, maybe if we sent back the likes of Anderson and Henry we could finance one of them. Otherwise I'd sacrifice Josh, if it led to us signing a partner for Zach who could just give us that cutting edge we're so short of.
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Post by OohMac on Nov 27, 2016 16:51:03 GMT
Still think its ALF for me. I'm sure Lambert has been playing more and scoring again at Cardiff and he's likely to be on a decent wedge still. Wasn't too long he was scoring for England.
Vaughan can't be on as much at Bury must be wanting a move now he's proven he's not that crocked and can score the goals but its one of those catch-22 if we've heard of them we probably can't afford them. May need to go in the loan market, find the next Armstrong from Newcastle like Coventry did.
I can't moan about a 1-0 away win but a few weeks ago Parky said "this team will turn a team over by 4 or 5 soon" its not happened and its looked far from it. Port Vale was the exception to the rule rather than the rule and even that 3 up and every chance to go on and drub a team but end up 3-1. This team should be playing with so much confidence but never look capable to killing off a game.
I'm not saying the games are easy in this league but lets face it, if you can't kill off Coventry then is promotion really what we want? Rotherham have stuck out like a sore thumb in the championship. I'd fancy them to beat Coventry by 4 goals if the two played.
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Post by OohMac on Nov 27, 2016 16:56:00 GMT
Both are good shouts and I'd be happy with either. Another obvious one many of us would love to see again is surely Adam Le Fondre or even the Duke, neither of whom seem to be getting games at the moment. Let's face it, all four are proven and any of them would be a million times better than Madine. As far as money is concerned, maybe if we sent back the likes of Anderson and Henry we could finance one of them. Otherwise I'd sacrifice Josh, if it led to us signing a partner for Zach who could just give us that cutting edge we're so short of. Juke has 5 goals in 13 for Brum. I think he'll still be wanted but definitely think ALF would welcome a return. |
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Post by thegrud1 on Nov 27, 2016 21:03:02 GMT
Sell Madine/Proctor...finance a purchase... use the wages saved
on one proven striker
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Post by OohMac on Nov 28, 2016 8:01:30 GMT
Sell Madine/Proctor...finance a purchase... use the wages saved on one proven striker Simple plan but a bit like saying, you've got two old, battered and bruised bananas. Sell them and get a nice banana instead? Your plan is dependent on an idiot willing to buy dud, useless bananas. Best case scenario is we give them away but even then who, except Parky wants them? No one. Sorry that whole Bananas thing was a bit Ian Holloway |
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 28, 2016 10:44:21 GMT
Both are good shouts and I'd be happy with either. Another obvious one many of us would love to see again is surely Adam Le Fondre or even the Duke, neither of whom seem to be getting games at the moment. Let's face it, all four are proven and any of them would be a million times better than Madine. As far as money is concerned, maybe if we sent back the likes of Anderson and Henry we could finance one of them. Otherwise I'd sacrifice Josh, if it led to us signing a partner for Zach who could just give us that cutting edge we're so short of. Juke has 5 goals in 13 for Brum. I think he'll still be wanted but definitely think ALF would welcome a return. Thanks OM, I didn't realise Duke was at Brum. I'll stick with ALF then 😊 |
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Post by realtrottersforever on Nov 28, 2016 14:16:50 GMT
Adam Le Fondre has never really been prolific apart from when he was at Reading.
He scored
3 in 23 for Cardiff
8 in 17 for us
3 in 23 for Wolves and is now on loan at Wigan were he scored in his first of 4 matches
We were lucky that he managed to score 8, who is to say he will do any better now that he is 2 years older.
James Vaughan is an excellent shout, having scored 9 in 14 for Bury this season.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Nov 29, 2016 21:50:02 GMT
Sheff Utd beaten at home by Walsall in their game in hand
Makes our defeat to Walsall not so bad I guess
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Post by whitesince63 on Nov 30, 2016 18:05:23 GMT
Adam Le Fondre has never really been prolific apart from when he was at Reading. He scored 3 in 23 for Cardiff 8 in 17 for us 3 in 23 for Wolves and is now on loan at Wigan were he scored in his first of 4 matches We were lucky that he managed to score 8, who is to say he will do any better now that he is 2 years older. James Vaughan is an excellent shout, having scored 9 in 14 for Bury this season. Can't disagree entirely with that rftr but I think you have to take other things into account too. We're a league lower than we were when ALF was with us last time and if anything I'd say we're currently a better team than we were. I think alongside Zach and Ameobi he'd be a revelation in this division but as you say, who knows. James Vaughan would also be a good proposition and as you say is scoring regularly in a poor Bury side so should certainly fit in with us. |
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