January transfers

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Our problems don't really lie in our strikers' ability to score, as strange as that may seem - Hooper has proven that he is capable of putting away substantial number of chances given to him. The problem lies with giving him the chances. Given that Defoe relies entirely on others to create the chances, as good a finisher as he is, I don't think an unfit and ageing Defoe will add much that Hooper doesn't already.
 
Canary Rob said:
Our problems don't really lie in our strikers' ability to score, as strange as that may seem - Hooper has proven that he is capable of putting away substantial number of chances given to him. The problem lies with giving him the chances. Given that Defoe relies entirely on others to create the chances, as good a finisher as he is, I don't think an unfit and ageing Defoe will add much that Hooper doesn't already.
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Absolutely, we need to create chances
 
Canary Rob said:
Our problems don't really lie in our strikers' ability to score, as strange as that may seem - Hooper has proven that he is capable of putting away substantial number of chances given to him. The problem lies with giving him the chances. Given that Defoe relies entirely on others to create the chances, as good a finisher as he is, I don't think an unfit and ageing Defoe will add much that Hooper doesn't already.
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Spot-on Rob. Given opportunities Hooper can put them away - we just need to create more chances more often.
 
A bit o/t but I see Kozak has broken his leg in training at Villa and is out for the season.

Big blow for them with Benteke not on form and no other recognised striker on the books.
 
Longsightcanary said:
Can you give examples of the type of player you mean? All the ones I come up with are box to box playmakers so I'm confused
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I think Hoolahan type players is the idea, people like Christian Eriksen, Coutinho, Mata...but cheaper!

Canary Rob said:
Our problems don't really lie in our strikers' ability to score, as strange as that may seem - Hooper has proven that he is capable of putting away substantial number of chances given to him. The problem lies with giving him the chances. Given that Defoe relies entirely on others to create the chances, as good a finisher as he is, I don't think an unfit and ageing Defoe will add much that Hooper doesn't already.
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Fully agree, we're fine for strikers, we need people to make the chances. Defoe's also too similar to what we have. You could argue we're missing a target man a bit, Elmander's not as good as Holt at that, but I'd rather solve that issue with getting our side to pass than signing someone we can play route one to.

canary_max said:
true but he's probably past his best. didn't we buy him from lazio though
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Yeah, he went Man City>Lazio>Norwich, I don't think Garrido's actually a bad footballer, he's ok on the ball, but his lack of pace and poor positioning let him down against opposition wingers.

RiverEndRick said:
Another name to conjur with:

http://carrowroad.net/cnews/index.ph...isalam-ibrahim

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdisalam_Ibrahim

Competition for Fer?
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£250-300k for a young midfielder who was a mainstay for a title winning Norwegian side? He's an extra body in midfield and if top French clubs are interested, he'd be very cheap cover if nothing else. Looking at Stromgodset's season, he was played centrally in a 4-4-2, and as a (sorry Carrabuh....) box-to-box midfielder in a 4-3-3.

Looking at Stromgodset, on statistics alone I like the look of their defensive midfielder Stefan Johansen. He's played deeper than Ibrahim, but returned 5 goals and 8 assists in 34 games to Ibrahims 2 goals and 3 assists in 32 games. Johansen is also 22, and valued at £1.9m.
 
Berbatov has just stuck a picture on facebook saying "Could fire Arsenal to the title" over a picture of himself. Either something's happening or he's desperate for a move.
 
DHCanary said:
Berbatov has just stuck a picture on facebook saying "Could fire Arsenal to the title" over a picture of himself. Either something's happening or he's desperate for a move.
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It seems the Metro have been fooled by a fake account
 
Looking into it, apparently Berbatov has a sponsorship agreement with a sports news site where he automatically uploads a picture to facebook of the first picture from each article they write. Seems they've written something speculative and the picture's gone directly on facebook.
 
DHCanary said:
Looking into it, apparently Berbatov has a sponsorship agreement with a sports news site where he automatically uploads a picture to facebook of the first picture from each article they write. Seems they've written something speculative and the picture's gone directly on facebook.
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Doesn't life get complicated sometimes! <laugh><laugh>
 
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