Who will we sign up front in the summer

[Red_Al_77]

1/ Someone who can put the ball in the fecking net.
2/ Two wingers who can cross the fecking ball consistently
3/ A left back

[Diego]

i want gerrard back

[AFII]

1/ Someone who can put the ball in the fecking net.
2/ Two wingers who can cross the fecking ball consistently
3/ A left back

1....Villa, Klose or Huntelaar.

2....Alves and Kewell if fit or Schweinsteiger.

3....Lahm.

[blacky]

Why Gamst Pedersen ? The only thing he offers is his left foot.

Scores a couple of nice goals, but thats it.. very limited player, and not what we need.

Premiership proven, Pace, ability to beat players, great set piece delivery from corners and free kicks and goals from midfield. All things we lack at the moment.

[anfieldanfield]

i want gerrard back

Agree.

Rafa has moulded him into a player I barely recognise...

[Sir Bob]

Depending what happens at Chelsea, i'd love to take Drogba. If Mourinho goes, then Drgba amongst others has already let the board know how unhappy he'll be. a £25m bid may tempt the new manager. Drogba is a top quality, proven premiership talent & is a cut above any of our currect players. Ditto players like torres & Huntlaar as well.

[Kopite_Colin]

A true goalscorer. We desperately need one if not two. Until we sort this problem we'll never compete for the title. We need to bury teams when we have the chance, and we've failed to do it time after time after time...

[vonk]

Leroy Lita (finisher in the Fowler mode) or Obefemi Martins (give Geordies 10m)

[AFII]

------Kuyt---Klose---Villa----

next season. Three strikers that would offer us everything. Pace, excellent in the air, hard work, excellent in the box and excellent link up play.

[Red_Al_77]

I cannot stomach another season of underachievement in the league. Either we sign the right players in the summer and at least mount a credible challenge or I'm gonna cut back on football. It's all too depressing. I mean losing to Newcastle ffs

[Kopite_Colin]

------Kuyt---Klose---Villa----

next season. Three strikers that would offer us everything. Pace, excellent in the air, hard work, excellent in the box and excellent link up play.

Kuyt, Klose, Villa / Huntelaar and Nugent / Owen (when fit).

[rushscored4]

I cannot stomach another season of underachievement in the league. Either we sign the right players in the summer and at least mount a credible challenge or I'm gonna cut back on football. It's all too depressing. I mean losing to Newcastle ffs

As I've said already, losing today is obviously disappointing but I'm not sure why you think this is "another season of underachievement in the league"? Look at our resources compared to Man Utd, Chelsea and even Arsenal and we are placed EXACTLY where we should be, i.e. consistently finishing third or fourth but still qualifying for the CL most seasons.

Indeed, you could easily argue the other way that we have overachieved in the cup competitions and winning the CL two years ago raised our expectations beyond what we are currently capable of - having the resources to win the league.

With Gillett and Hicks' money we can probably overtake Arsenal and possibly even compete on and off the pitch with Man Utd and Chelsea who - in financial terms - have both been in a different league for years. But let's not get carried away and think we will automatically win 'our' title back next season. I think it will be another two or three years before we can bridge the massive gap.

[Marky]

Agree.

Rafa has moulded him into a player I barely recognise...

Hence why he won PFA Player of the Year with Rafa in charge??

[Guest]

Hence why he won PFA Player of the Year with Rafa in charge??

At last a decent post from you mate.

[Sir Bob]

As I've said already, losing today is obviously disappointing but I'm not sure why you think this is "another season of underachievement in the league"? Look at our resources compared to Man Utd, Chelsea and even Arsenal and we are placed EXACTLY where we should be, i.e. consistently finishing third or fourth but still qualifying for the CL most seasons.

Indeed, you could easily argue the other way that we have overachieved in the cup competitions and winning the CL two years ago raised our expectations beyond what we are currently capable of - having the resources to win the league.

With Gillett and Hicks' money we can probably overtake Arsenal and possibly even compete on and off the pitch with Man Utd and Chelsea who - in financial terms - have both been in a different league for years. But let's not get carried away and think we will automatically win 'our' title back next season. I think it will be another two or three years before we can bridge the massive gap.

Given our resources we should be finishing 3rd or 4th but we should be nearer to Man U than we are. look at it another way, we are 16 points off Utd & 16 ahead of blackburn. The financial gap between us & blackburn is far bigger than the gap between us & Utd.