I'd just read that the transfer failed - hence why I posted it in jest!!!! Just seen Tom Ince could be available for £8M. I've already suggested that I'd love to see carlton Morris involved in cup games.
we need 2 strikers the ajax player sounds good aswell plus fer sounds good i think thats all we need 2 strikers at least get that defender and that midfielder we should be set
that would be pushing our spending i'd say given wages need to be taken into account - hooper 6m an other striker say 3m Fer 6m alderwald or whatever his name is 6m that's 21m plus 3m on Redmond and whatever we paid on garrido excludes rvw as assume that is out of money saved from January
yes but we chopped lots of wages off already aswell with the people gone from club i think midfield we are covered unless someone else is leaving from the midfield to make place for one but we do need the strikers and the defender to back up bassong
dont forget we are getting money in as well for Holt plus some small change for other transfers out like jed steer which will help to balance the budgets
Deluded, that's the only word that comes to mind. Alderweireld is slower, not very creative, does not have the long pass Vertonghen has and I've seen him caught out on a counter attack countless times for example against Real Madrid. 5-6 million pounds will do me thinks. Alderweireld may be two years younger but he is certainly not the better prospect.
Does anyone have any idea of the actually figure we are getting for Holt. I've heard 2 and 4 million. The second one would be preferable.
Goodness me this week's rumours are getting me rather excited! If (and it's quite a big if) we can land Olsson, Fer and Alderweireld, I reckon we'll still need an attacking midfielder and preferably two new strikers. However, if we got Toivonen as an attacking mid, I'd drop that to one new striker being necessary as I think Ola would be versatile enough to play in more of an attacking role than any of our other midfielders if needs be.
Nice piece about our big man! http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/from-the-bottom-to-the-top-norwich-city-striker-grant-holt-steps-down-again-to-move-to-wigan-athletic-8695981.html
ok, thanks for the feedback cove i'm of the opinion that even if he's not as good as vertonghen, he's still going to be a good signing for norwich if the fee is reasonable. interesting you think he's worth £5-6m
to say we don't need anyone new in midfield is a little worrying. did you not watch our midfield last season?!
Personally for Holt I think that's a bit cheap, on the Sky Sports website Coyle said "This is a fantastic piece of business for us at a really good price," I think we should have got a bit more for him, it's Grant Holt ffs!
I agree if we get Ola sorted then he's natural cover for a forward position too. Just nagging doubt it will ever turnaround. Didn't we have a deadline to talk with him last week? Just doesn't strike me that he's up for it. I'm a long way from the action tho so who knows what's going on behind closed doors.
this is true! i'd be wary of throwing the murphy twins into the action at the moment but i think morris has the physical attributes to be capable of doing a job, certainly in the cup games. i do think you need four strikers who are all capable of coming into a match so if we do count morris then we only require one more striker. ps. i had no idea charlie austin failed his medical. probably had a hangover...
Ola, Fer, Hooper, Toby would probably just about complete the squad then. That's still probably £20m + high wages though.
Give the lad time, it may happen it may not but this is a huge decision for him. We lack the glamour that the top clubs have and so players will naturally bide there time, weigh up their options and generally wringe every penny out of the club they finally join by not jumping too quickly. Lets remember we can offer him good but not great wages (by football standards) but we are very unlikely to give him winners medals or european competition. It would be like marrying the first girl you saw when you turned 18 (and it turning out to be that odious beast Jodie Marsh) only to walk round the corner and see Scarlett Johannsen next. If he takes his time over the decision we can only hope that he rounds the corner and see's Susan boyle (QPR) or Anne Widdecombe (1p5wich) and thinks I'll have some of that Norwich (no beauty queen but appealing none the less - Myleene Klass) He could always divorce us in a couple of years if he manages to turn the head of a Russian super model! Bah!
