Andy Johnson

[Shaggy]

Defoe is ****.

[Morph]

OK, I'll bite seeing no-one else has, he's no better than Bellamy, and I reiterate, would any other top 4 club actually want him as their striker?

We need to break the bank for a couple of creative players and let Kuyt be the main man, which is why we bought him in the first place isn't it?

Agreed, which is why I think we should stump up the cash for Huntellar, I'm sure him and Kuyt can develop a great understanding.

[Reece]

OK, I'll bite seeing no-one else has

Pun intended?

[Rich]

This all goes back to a thread we had last week.

If we were to blow the whole bank on one player to score/create the goals - who could guarantee it.

I believe there is only one person who would guarantee 20+ goals and that's Henry, and he isn't an option. Everybody else is a gamble, and if you are talking £20m, then it's a huge gamble.

'AJ' is a one dimensional player, that is doing well at the moment for a one dimensional team.

[lfc4ever]

Pun intended?

I see there's no flies on you.

[Reece]

As opposed to us who seem pretty zero dimensional at the moment.....

[Reece]

I see there's no flies on you.

What a strange thing to say

[Joe Le Toff]

Defoe is ****.

No he isnt.

[Guest]

I don't rate Andy Johnson. So, glad Rafa didn't buy him.

[Joe Le Toff]

This all goes back to a thread we had last week.

If we were to blow the whole bank on one player to score/create the goals - who could guarantee it.

I believe there is only one person who would guarantee 20+ goals and that's Henry, and he isn't an option. Everybody else is a gamble, and if you are talking £20m, then it's a huge gamble.

'AJ' is a one dimensional player, that is doing well at the moment for a one dimensional team.

20 million for Defoe is ridiculous money of course.
IMO, we've gambled 6 million on Bellamy to get us 20+ goals and there is absolutely no fcuking chance of that. For an extra couple of million, we may have got a striker who IMO is a goalscoring threat whenever he plays, is far better than he is given credit for and will get closer to the 20 goal target than Bellamy ever will.

[Joe Le Toff]

OK, I'll bite seeing no-one else has, he's no better than Bellamy, and I reiterate, would any other top 4 club actually want him as their striker?

I didnt see any of the top 4 beating down the doors of Crouch, Bellamy, Kuyt or Fowler either.

Im sure that the Mancs were in for Defoe when he was at West Ham but they wanted too much money at the time?

[Airman]

Don't think it matters who we've got up front at the moment. The service to whoever plays there is pretty abysmal. Until we sort that out and cut back on the 30 yard efforts that go sailing over the bar or wide of the post, the strikers are never going to weigh in with 20 goals.

[Shaggy]

No he isnt.

In my opinion, he is.

Brain dead, continually offside, greedy, abysmal link up play, poor goalscoring record, headless chicken = no thanks.

[CAD]

dare I say it Bellamy

or got rid of Fowler

Instead of Fowler? Yes!

[NICKZS]

20 million for Defoe is ridiculous money of course.
IMO, we've gambled 6 million on Bellamy to get us 20+ goals and there is absolutely no fcuking chance of that. For an extra couple of million, we may have got a striker who IMO is a goalscoring threat whenever he plays, is far better than he is given credit for and will get closer to the 20 goal target than Bellamy ever will.

In fairness, though, we didn't necessarily buy him for that reason. Kuyt seemed to be the one arriving with credentials that suggested he was capable of bagging 20+. Bellamy will chip in but I think, once he gets going, he will be just as useful service wise. His delivery for Crouch's goal in the charity shield, for instance, was particularly nice