Is Pennant the biggest waste of money,ever?
I mean,there has been Diouf and diao,cheyrou and diomede.Even,some would say Heskey and Kewell(of which i would disagree with).
I personally think pennant is a really bad buy.Not his fault mind you,but,FFS,our weakness is and has been for the last few years our right side.
We used Gerrard there last season,because we didn't have anyone else half as good to play there.I personally want to see Gerrard in the middle of the park,there isn't anyone in world football better than him.
Our left side,is really quite strong.but on the right?
Finnan is a reallly good,consistent player but a full back needs to chip in with a few goals a season imo.
Riise on the other side,i wouldn't swap him for anyone.I really like the lad and think that every season he just gets better and better.Defensively this season he has been superb.
Getting back to the original point,Pennant was signed as the answer to our problem on the right,someone that would make chances for others and score a few goals aswell,just like C Ronaldo, Robben,J Cole and Van Persie do for their respective teams.
Imo,he hasn't delivered.Very bad buy.Money is a bit tight,but i would rather of spent the money on a world class right sided player,rather than on Kuyt.
Don't get me wrong,because i really like Kuyt.But with the money we spent on him and pennant,a world class right winger could of been signed,which i feel, was our 1st priority.
The same thing happened with Houllier after the 01-02 season when we finished 2nd,and all we needed was a left sided winger and a striker to really push us on and challenge for the title the next year. Cheyrou and Diouf were signed as the players that would take us forward and Anelka was released.Imo,Anelka would of become a great player for us.
I think we have gone backwards big time, and also feel that if we don't manage to sign a decent right winger in january,were gonna have to win the champions league again to qualify for it again next year!
I mean,there has been Diouf and diao,cheyrou and diomede.Even,some would say Heskey and Kewell(of which i would disagree with).
I personally think pennant is a really bad buy.Not his fault mind you,but,FFS,our weakness is and has been for the last few years our right side.
We used Gerrard there last season,because we didn't have anyone else half as good to play there.I personally want to see Gerrard in the middle of the park,there isn't anyone in world football better than him.
Our left side,is really quite strong.but on the right?
Finnan is a reallly good,consistent player but a full back needs to chip in with a few goals a season imo.
Riise on the other side,i wouldn't swap him for anyone.I really like the lad and think that every season he just gets better and better.Defensively this season he has been superb.
Getting back to the original point,Pennant was signed as the answer to our problem on the right,someone that would make chances for others and score a few goals aswell,just like C Ronaldo, Robben,J Cole and Van Persie do for their respective teams.
Imo,he hasn't delivered.Very bad buy.Money is a bit tight,but i would rather of spent the money on a world class right sided player,rather than on Kuyt.
Don't get me wrong,because i really like Kuyt.But with the money we spent on him and pennant,a world class right winger could of been signed,which i feel, was our 1st priority.
The same thing happened with Houllier after the 01-02 season when we finished 2nd,and all we needed was a left sided winger and a striker to really push us on and challenge for the title the next year. Cheyrou and Diouf were signed as the players that would take us forward and Anelka was released.Imo,Anelka would of become a great player for us.
I think we have gone backwards big time, and also feel that if we don't manage to sign a decent right winger in january,were gonna have to win the champions league again to qualify for it again next year!


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