Transfer Rumours 2016/17 City Transfer Thread

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petersaxton said:
I think Hernandez is better. What I worry about is that if clubs play with only one striker the striker has to have it all. Playing with two up makes it a lot easier to score goals.
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Really?? Wow.
petersaxton said:
I think Hernandez is better. What I worry about is that if clubs play with only one striker the striker has to have it all. Playing with two up makes it a lot easier to score goals.
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Really? If he returns to the form he was in before his injury - and he just scored on his return I think - JR is better for me. He also has a better top flight scoring record than Abel, AH can score 20 in Serie B or the Championship but hasn't scored double figures in a top flight - Jay got a dozen the season before he was injured. Jmo of course.
 
petersaxton said:
I don't think it's very effective in the lower part of the Premier League.
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That's interesting, how many sides in the league, particularly the lower half, play with 2 strikers? I can only think of Burnley, Watford and Middlesbrough. Bournemouth, Palace, Sunderland, Swansea, West Brom, Arsenal and us all play with one.
 
hullk said:
Really?? Wow.


Really? If he returns to the form he was in before his injury - and he just scored on his return I think - JR is better for me. He also has a better top flight scoring record than Abel, AH can score 20 in Serie B or the Championship but hasn't scored double figures in a top flight - Jay got a dozen the season before he was injured. Jmo of course.
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He had one good season in the Premier League and then missed a season and then scored none in 12 games the season after. That's not as encouraging as Abel who got a lot of goals in the Championship and given the type of goals he got he can get a lot again if he gets the chances. I think it depends on the chances we create.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
That's interesting, how many sides in the league, particularly the lower half, play with 2 strikers? I can only think of Burnley, Watford and Middlesbrough. Bournemouth, Palace, Sunderland, Swansea, West Brom, Arsenal and us all play with one.
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I think Palace are looking to play two and Arsenal do support their lone striker very well.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
Well given Marshall had supposedly agreed terms I assumed he'd be announced as soon as his medical results were known. Guess not.
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Things are often agreed in principle with mechanisms in place be guaranteeing outcomes in a multi-layered legal, sporting and business culture the UK currently leads. Globally. Apparently.

One of the founding principles of this is that no rubber stamps are issued on a bank holiday as the establishment is preocuppied with either hosting or attending key-swapping parties and watching village cricket in the home-counties.
Do you not have this in Australia?
 
petersaxton said:
He had one good season in the Premier League and then missed a season and then scored none in 12 games the season after. That's not as encouraging as Abel who got a lot of goals in the Championship and given the type of goals he got he can get a lot again if he gets the chances. I think it depends on the chances we create.
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As i said, if he returns to the form and player he was before his injury (when he scored 15 in 33 games and some pearlers, I always enjoyed watching him and he deserved his England call up) - and he has 1 in 2 this season after a proper pre season - I think he's a much better option up front as a one or in a 2 or 3.
 
Mckechnie Orange said:
Things are often agreed in principle with mechanisms in place be guaranteeing outcomes in a multi-layered legal, sporting and business culture the UK currently leads. Globally. Apparently.

One of the founding principles of this is that no rubber stamps are issued on a bank holiday as the establishment is preocuppied with either hosting or attending key-swapping parties and watching village cricket in the home-counties.
Do you not have this in Australia?
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We don't have bank holidays so to speak, no. Actually, I think we have one, the other week, but generally they're public holidays, where things still get done if important.
 
I think it's horses for courses. A front 3 looked very effective against Swansea and Leicester, while I think a front two would have done better against United, which is why we're getting Keane in I suspect.
 
hullk said:
As i said, if he returns to the form and player he was before his injury (when he scored 15 in 33 games and some pearlers, I always enjoyed watching him and he deserved his England call up) - and he has 1 in 2 this season after a proper pre season - I think he's a much better option up front as a one or in a 2 or 3.
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And also as i highlighted (and i like AH - really not bashing him here) Abel has a track record of being a Serie B - Championship scorer but only getting 5 or 6 top flight. Hope he bucks the trend, like!
 
petersaxton said:
Have you a link?
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Difficult to link to radio, but I think hdm have reported an agreement to cover "transfers".
Phelan has confirmed "activity" and independent sources suggesting movement.

I think the probability of an agreement based on the likely state of affairs is more a certainty than not.

But of course I actually know no more than any other ****er that loves this bloody club!
 
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SydneyTiger14 said:
We don't have bank holidays so to speak, no. Actually, I think we have one, the other week, but generally they're public holidays, where things still get done if important.
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Things still get done if really important,

Just no rubber stamps.

The rubber is being diverted to the home counties.


Seriously, getting anything legal, ratified -official administration-wise done then it will have been difficult since 5pm Friday.

See where we are in 8-10 hours, then tomorrow night and we'll have a realistic idea of where we are going into Wednesday.
 
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