And, we're off.....2016/17

[Deleted member 16999]

I'm not dissing him, I think hes a very good striker on his day and his record is excellent I just don't think hes as good as people/press are building him up to be. £50m + seems to be his value, I'm not too sure.

Paying £35m for Carroll, £50m is a bargain

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Because since Suarez you lot know all about decent centre forwards :rofl:
#CarrollIngsorigisturridgeibelambertborinibalotelli

What about to name a few Rush Aldridge Fowler Collymore Owen Torres Bellamy and voronin?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Paying £35m for Carroll, £50m is a bargain

If we're comparing , what about £22m for Suarez?

According to our wonderful owners, the most important number in that deal Was The £15m PROFIT. We could've paid £50m for Carroll as long as we got £65m for Torres.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

What about to name a few Rush Aldridge Fowler Collymore Owen Torres Bellamy and voronin?

Did you miss the word SINCE :ears:

 

[Lord Tyrion]

What about to name a few Rush Aldridge Fowler Collymore Owen Torres Bellamy and voronin?

I can't believe you have thrown Bellamy and Voronin in there, or Collymore for that matter. All ancient history though. Suarez was exceptional, Sturridge could have been and well worth buying, although not now. The rest since Owen have not been much to shout about. I'm not going to get into a strikers battle as we don't have much to shout about either. The point is, you have spent a lot and bought poorly at that end of the pitch.

I understand the criticism of Lukaku but in this crazy market a bloke who scores as often as he does over a number of seasons is worth a disturbing amount.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

If we're comparing , what about £22m for Suarez?

According to our wonderful owners, the most important number in that deal Was The £15m PROFIT. We could've paid £50m for Carroll as long as we got £65m for Torres.

You sound like an Arsenal fan, all this talk of profit over success on the pitch. :rofl:

 

[pbrown7582]

Lukaku was woeful again tonight. Flat track bully. He makes so many wrong decisions and looks jaded and out of ideas in so many big matches. He's a good poacher but that's it.

shouldn't there be a big Ssssssssssssh after Lukaku?

 

[Sportlad]

It's very strange seeing Voronin's name mentioned alongside Rush, Fowler, Owen etc...

 

[User62651]

Watched the whole ManU Everton game on BT last night. As a neutral just wanted a decent match and the fact Everton didn't do a West Brom style park the bus affair made it a half decent game in many respects BUT so frustrating watching ManU try to score, loads of possession but no end product and 2 big slow target men in Fallaini and Ibra. No ideas and quite sad watching them, ponderous and static, compared to the attacking teams we saw so much of in the past. Mourinho has a huge amount to do there, looked far more than just a confidence issue to me. Needing at least 2 midfielders and 2 strikers going forward imo.
Everton I was quite impressed with BUT Lukaku did himself no favours looking for a move with his display, some good runs but positionally poor, lazy on occasion to support Mirallas and Barkley and so greedy, at least thrice he had a simple pass to teammate through on goal that he chose to ignore to try and get a shot off himself whilst being harangued by 2 defenders.
Agreed with the pundits assessment of him and their thinking that a top ECL team will not want him given the weaknesses in his game.
A draw was fair on balance of play and a good goal disallowed but hard on Everton given the manner and timing of ManU goal.

 

[Slime]

A draw was fair on balance of play and a good goal disallowed but hard on Everton given the manner and timing of ManU goal.

It wasn't so hard on them when United had a goal incorrectly disallowed .
Oh how the game may have changed, I think Utd would have gone on to win.

 

[User62651]

It wasn't so hard on them when United had a goal incorrectly disallowed .
Oh how the game may have changed, I think Utd would have gone on to win.

Guessing by your signature location you're not neutral in this?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

You sound like an Arsenal fan, all this talk of profit over success on the pitch. :rofl:

I'm only repeating what JW Henry said, it's not my opinion or point to back the argument up.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

I'm only repeating what JW Henry said, it's not my opinion or point to back the argument up.

So now JW can be trusted

 

[Hobbit]

I'm not dissing him, I think hes a very good striker on his day and his record is excellent I just don't think hes as good as people/press are building him up to be. £50m + seems to be his value, I'm not too sure.

Imagine how many goals he'd score in a good team!!

A move to Arsenal could see them getting back up to 4th.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

So now JW can be trusted

Who said that?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I can't believe you have thrown Bellamy and Voronin in there, or Collymore for that matter. All ancient history though. Suarez was exceptional, Sturridge could have been and well worth buying, although not now. The rest since Owen have not been much to shout about. I'm not going to get into a strikers battle as we don't have much to shout about either. The point is, you have spent a lot and bought poorly at that end of the pitch.

I understand the criticism of Lukaku but in this crazy market a bloke who scores as often as he does over a number of seasons is worth a disturbing amount.

Did you forget Torres pretty much replaced Owen?? His record was superb.

I was pish taking with the Voronin comment though.

 

[User62651]

Can or will Leicester City win the Champions League? They can certainly get past Athletico if they play as they have been recently. Perhaps it's not as long a shot as people might think. Final's in Cardiff too, not quite home advantage but next best thing should they make the final.

Fiver at 25/1 is quite tempting.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

I was pish taking with every comment though.

Fixed that for you :whoo:

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Can or will Leicester City win the Champions League? They can certainly get past Athletico if they play as they have been recently. Perhaps it's not as long a shot as people might think. Final's in Cardiff too, not quite home advantage but next best thing should they make the final.

Fiver at 25/1 is quite tempting.

I'd love Leicester to get through and even win it, once again Sky and PL not helping them by having them as the 4pm kick off on sunday.

 

[User62651]

I'd love Leicester to get through and even win it, once again Sky and PL not helping them by having them as the 4pm kick off on sunday.

Maybe Shalespeare will field some reserves, looks like Leicester are safe enough in 10th now so priority will be ECL surely.