Sunderland reject Liverpool offer for striker Jones

[Dan]

Kenwynne Jones is the new Didier Drogba :cracking off:

Are you?

[Howard_lfc]

STILL NOT CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT THIS STORY

IT MAYBE BOLLOCKS. BUT PEOPLE DISMISSING HIM JUST BECAUSE HE PLAYS FOR SUNDERLAND IS BAFFLING. FFS - WE BOUGHT IAN RUSH FROM CHESTER!

[AFII]

We don't know how good he would be playing for a big club. There is a big difference playing for a small club like Sunderland and playing for Liverpool.

If we sign him then I will back him 100%. If he isn't good enough then he will be sold anyway and other players will play instead.

He has scored four goals for them and they don't create that many chances. We create a lot of chances but don't score that many goals.

[paulcooper4]

IT MAYBE BOLLOCKS. BUT PEOPLE DISMISSING HIM JUST BECAUSE HE PLAYS FOR SUNDERLAND IS BAFFLING. FFS - WE BOUGHT IAN RUSH FROM CHESTER!

I LIKE THIS NEW TYPING STYLE, ITS VERY AGRESSIVE

[einar]

He very well could be. It depends on how good he is technically.

I would not bet against him being better technically then Drogba.

[AFII]

I LIKE THIS NEW TYPING STYLE, ITS VERY AGRESSIVE

I don't.

[Howard_lfc]

I LIKE THIS NEW TYPING STYLE, ITS VERY AGRESSIVE

He started it!

[paulcooper4]

He started it!

[dww]

But he's not a big name einar. The clamour here is for big players - not the right players!

I'd agree with that. However the problem comes when a gamble on a player becomes too high. I think if we had another reasonably consistant striker in the squad then it would be worth a punt. However spending decent money on another young, developing player at this point seems a dubious decision to me. To me he looks like a player who might well suit our system but is not going to instantly improve the first XI.

Our major weakness at present is a lack of goal threat. If we let Voronin and Crouch go and Jones along with a more experienced goalscorer came in then I would be reasonably happy. As it is however the potential improvement represented by his coming in is not enough to justify the gamble (unless Rafa really is unwilling to play Crouch for some reason).

He would be quite far down a list of possible January targets for me - with Anelka probably towards the top. Long term he might be worth a look though.

[dww]

I don't.

PUSSY

[Rhys]

amauri looks a good player, similar to jones but a bit older. id prefer him as jones doesnt have a great goal scoring record even in the championship. either him or gomez from stuttgart would be ideal if crouch leaves. plus they'd probably cost around the same as jones.

[einar]

I´m not sure what the price for Crouch is now. I´m not sure anyone is gonna pay 10m for him. Maybe this is a good way to get as much for him as we can.
We have to remember, the price of players is going up.

Plus, I think Jones is an improvement on Crouch, Kuyt and Voronin.

[Kaip]

IT MAYBE BOLLOCKS. BUT PEOPLE DISMISSING HIM JUST BECAUSE HE PLAYS FOR SUNDERLAND IS BAFFLING. FFS - WE BOUGHT IAN RUSH FROM CHESTER!

FFS I HAVENT READ THE REST OF THE THREAD CAUSE THE STORY IS A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS, WHAT PART OF THAT DONT YOU UNDERSTAND ****FACE

[akjs123]

Jones wont be coming in January. That is a 10000000% fact.

[calvoboy]

I like him. His name sounds very Welsh. Ken Wynn-Jones.