Same window we sold Carroll in 2011, and we signed no one but a then 34 year old striker as a reinforcement, who was playing for the likes of Derby and scoring **** all. He was a 1 in 2 striker for Ipswich... between 2003-2005. After being released by us we went on to become a 1 in 4 striker at Oldham Athletic... and then moved onto hibs. He eventually got fired from Hibs after scoring 0 goals in 13 games, only 2 years after we let him go. He struggled to find a club between 2013-2016, but found a finnish team willing to sign him at the age of 40. Just ****ing lol. What logic was behind this signing?
Basically we took it right to the edge of the window and made Liverpool pay a stupid and hilarious price. With half an hour before that window shut the striker options were obviously limited so we ended up with Kuqi as a replacement. A classic example of dealings in the Mike Ashley era. Those days are long gone.
I like Kuqi. Whole hearted. I mean he was seriously limited but the likes of him and Sibierski were ok stop gaps. I see Wood the same way. Its just our stop gaps can now be 25m
Siberski was great for us, we had zero expectation and he played his balls off. Kuqi didn't do Jack ****, but Tbf we didn't expect him to do anything.
Aye he just charged about a bit. He was more like a wrestler. I think sometimes players like him just feel fortunate to get to play at a stadium like St James. Being truthful his record never suggested he was good enough, but I wish some others with more talent would put the same effort in. I thought Sibierski was gonna be a lazy pansy. Worked his bollocks off and got stuck in.
