Its not JUST about showing ambition. If we get into CL, and then we sign players and it looks more likely we will stay in CL then they will stay. If we spunk £35m+ and massive wages (thus probably causing our existing players to get pay rises or become unhappy) and we still fail to make CL then we could very well find ourselves up **** creek unless we get a sugar daddy. I'd rather not have a sugar daddy thanks. Adebayor is a very good player with champions league experience in a position we most need to strengthen. So what if we don't own him? Its still an improvement.
why so pessamistic OnlyOneDB..... he has been to a few clubs but has been a very decent player for all of them!.... his attitude got him thrown out more than anything! his goalscoring in the PL is quality. He fits in perfect too... VdV just behind will link up well... it is a no-brainer!
If he's been such a decent player why has he always been moved on? is it because a) he's a spoilt-brat mercenary, going for money and willing to disrupt the dressing room if he doesn't get what he wants? or b) he's a good player when in a team of good players, but better options are always available if you want to go on to be a great team? Whilst I can't stand the bloke for his previous antics, if he does a job then great we can all whoop de doo for the next year and build our team around him because if thats the calibre of signing we are aiming for our team will lose 3 or 4 of our stars at the end of next season. Plus, and this is just a question mind, when was the last time Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool or Man City even took a player off one of their rivals on loan? Or is it just us that think its a good idea? Oh and ****ing Fraizer Campbell comes to mind.....
really... aren't they both professional footballers, who couldn't get a game at their own club so are being farmed out on loan?
thanks for pointing out the fact that whilst eating my dinner I can't type too well there Mr. perfectionist. how many shirt will Spurs sell with Adebayor on the back do you think?
sorry? I don't get your comment about typing. We won't sell any shirts with Adebayor on. Well i'd be surprised. But then that isn't an indicator of whether he'll improve the team or not :-D
Yes but the reasons they can't get a game are different. Frazier Campbell was a player who United had high hopes for but thought he needed game time to develop, we were desperate and they took advantage of that. Man City have such an abundance of resources that as soon as a tiny incident happened with Adebayor, they decided they would rather not have him. You wouldn't see any other club do that because no other club can afford to just write off a world-class striker, most managers would try to mend the situation, but for city, it's easier to buy Dzeko or Balotelli or both.
If he improved the team, then surely he would become a favourite with some fans... you know fans who pay money to watch the team, buy the merchandise, etc. Or are the fans not important when it comes to who plays for us? does the fact that fans won't buy shirts with his name on, won't cheer his name at the games and just generally can't stand this bloke not count for owt? After all, we complain about how footballs all about business now, and hold ourselves up as being examples of a club where money doesn't 'really' matter, its all about the style of play and being a football team - yet we'll bend over and kiss the arse of a mercenary twat like AnyBuyer anyways...
If he became a permanent signing and was a success then i'm sure people would get his name on their shirts. While he's a loanee though, no.
Rory - trust me it is his stock position. I have never encountered such a downbeat supporter of any team. It's almost as if he's not a real supporter....... As for him not getting into the Man City team - who was it that took such a loser, Real Madrid. He got a fair bit of game time there as we know to our cost. I back Harry to handle him better than Mancini. I don't think Wenger wanted to lose him on playing ability, and possibly he's grown up a bit.
Loan deal is perfect. He only has one good season for a club (when he play almost all games in a season) and then falls off the next. Did this with Arsenal and Man City. 1 year of him playing well and then we do not have to try and sell him on when he starts his crap 2nd season? Sounds like a win win for us
I have to say I think this is a cracking piece of business. The player is still pretty young, has bags of P.L experience as opposed to all these 30-35 million pound strikers you have been linked with and if city are contributing half the wages you're laughing. He is the ideal striker to play up on his own with say VDV playing in the hole. He can be a prat but 'arry is known to be a good man manager so I'm sure he can get him playing well. I think being linked with the likes of Rossi, Hulk etc may have distorted some fans views. Without C.L football and without paying silly fees and wages, were these types of targets realistic? As is stands, Adebeyor is better than what you have and you're not paying a transfer fee. That's got to be good business? If he's any good, you can buy him in a year to boot...try before you buy!! It would suggest that Man City don't see you as a threat to them anymore though given they wouldn't let you have Belamy before.
I don't see us as a threat to man city either. No disrespect to ours but City's squad is immense. Plus, by loaning us Adebayor it makes us harder to beat for Utd/Chelsea (their rivals for the title) while he can't actually play against City.
Very true and something that i'm not sure should be allowed to happen (even though my club has also lent to other P.L clubs).
Quality signing! He impressed at Madrid last season and if all goes wrong you don't have to buy him. Adding even more spice to the north london derbys!
Cardiff fan, Man City have got themselves into this mess and now they have to do deals as time is running out. We are waiting for the transfer window to close when they will wake up and realise they will not be selling Bellamy or any other player they need to offload and they will have to pay a greater part of their wages. Adebayor will score goals, jeez give me Given, Adebayor, Santa Cruz and Wayne Bridge plus Bellamy and I am half way to a team capable of beating anyone. By the way the guy in the flat below me is Welsh but spent 20 years up there supporting Spurs.
