Realistic Loanee Strikers

[Stat Brother]

So have we really given up on signing a quality striker on a permanent? Really disappointing given all the hype about spending millions that we are now scratching around for a loan signing when we should have sorted this striker problem years ago.

The club have kept quiet throughout but have not once tried to stifle the expectation that built of spending 7 to 10 million on South Americans that so many on here blindly believed. Was this a little deceitful or good business sense by the club given the 1901 renewals being due? We were never going to spend that sort of money were we?

Face facts we've all been conned AGAIN.

You'd have thought we would have learned by now, but no.
Every time we think this transfer window will be different and every time the best we can hope for is another million wasted on Delbert the donkey.
I've spent all winter learning Argentinian for nothing.

Don't worry though, it'll soon be Summer and we can look forward to the club being laughed out of the Far East, because Championship clubs have to pay for quality strikers.

 

[BensGrandad]

Kike is shite.

Seemed quite good against us at The Amex and scored

 

[Grombleton]

Seemed quite good against us at The Amex and scored

Craig Davies has scored against us at the Amex and he's shite.

 

[portslade seagull]

Resigning myself to us not signing a striker at all now. What we have will have to do I'm afraid

 

[BensGrandad]

Craig Davies has scored against us at the Amex and he's shite.

He didnt impress me but Kike did., In fact the one I would go after if it was to buy would be Vetokele of Charlton but I dont think they would sell him.

 

[darters74]

Kike scored 15 in 53 for Boro. Vetokele started last season well, done nothing since. Next......

 

[Dawn Korus]

Face facts we've all been conned AGAIN.

You'd have thought we would have learned by now, but no.
Every time we think this transfer window will be different and every time the best we can hope for is another million wasted on Delbert the donkey.
I've spent all winter learning Argentinian for nothing.

Don't worry though, it'll soon be Summer and we can look forward to the club being laughed out of the Far East, because Championship clubs have to pay for quality strikers.

Very much this

 

[Grombleton]

Kike scored 15 in 53 for Boro. Vetokele started last season well, done nothing since. Next......

In his defence, Vetokele has spent a large amount of time out injured. He looked superb last season, but its an achilles problem he's had which could flare up again. Would be a gamble but could pay off - i doubt he'll go anywhere as Charlton need firepower.

 

[One hot tub one ambition]

duncan watmore
Joe doodoo
Leo Ulloa
Clinton N'jie
Obbi Oulare
Marvin Emnes

 

[portslade seagull]

duncan watmore
Joe doodoo
Leo Ulloa
Clinton N'jie
Obbi Oulare
Marvin Emnes

What about the L1 and L2 strikers we are more inclined to waste money on

 

[Brian Fantana]

duncan watmore
Joe doodoo
Leo Ulloa
Clinton N'jie
Obbi Oulare
Marvin Emnes

Watmore - in Sunderland's first team squad and gets a lot of game time.

N'Jie - out injured until April.

Ulloa - has been playing and scoring for Leicester. Will be off to another Prem club if made available.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

We can't and should not pay 40k a week! Once one player is on that the rest will want increased wages as well. On top of that agents will see us as a club that will buckle and spunk large on wages and inflate the demands of any other future players we sign. It really is not worth it long term.

That doesn't make business sense but BG's point does. A loan player doesn't count in terms of what they are paid as far as the rest of the squad are concerned

 

[Brian Fantana]

That doesn't make business sense but BG's point does. A loan player doesn't count in terms of what they are paid as far as the rest of the squad are concerned

I disagree. I'm fairly certain we'll have a pretty rigid wage structure in place, even taking into account loan deals. There's no way we'll bring in a player that we're going to be contributing more towards than our wage structure allows.

 

[Springal]

Whisper of Joe Garner from Preston. Age 27. Good footballer. Having a poor season but over the previous 2 years averaged just short of a goal every two games so if the price is right............?

So good in League One, but not scoring in the Championship. Haven't we been there a little bit too frequently ?

 

[Boro5707]

Kike is shite.

Rumours Kike is off on loan to Fulham so you should be ok. McCormack on loan and view to a perminent at end of season and kike going the other way. Nugent, Rhodes, McCormack, plus the second kike, kike sola, has a good ring to it.

 

[Eeyore]

I agree with Afobe setting the benchmark and for that reason I think a signing if it comes will be from abroad, the market here is just stupid.

That's the sum of it. It's why I believe we won't sign a striker. Why pay an absurd sum for someone no better than what we have ?

 

[perseus]

I disagree. I'm fairly certain we'll have a pretty rigid wage structure in place, even taking into account loan deals. There's no way we'll bring in a player that we're going to be contributing more towards than our wage structure allows.

Bringing a player in at a bigger wedge than the current team players is likely to be disruptive and could prove counter productive.

But other upper-middle of the table Championship clubs have managed to sign PL older (but not pensioners) reserve players that were on significantly higher wages than the Albion players. Superficially, it seems like we have missed out.

 

[Brian Fantana]

Bringing a player in at a bigger wedge than the current team players is likely to be disruptive and could prove counter productive.

But other upper-middle of the table Championship clubs have managed to sign PL older (but not pensioners) reserve players that were on significantly higher wages than the Albion players. Superficially, it seems like we have missed out.

I think it's counter-productive to speculate on a) exactly what our squad earns and b) the terms of signings made by other clubs. We've seen the example this week of Spurs still paying a chunk of Abebayor's wages even though they've releaed him and he's joined another club. No reason to not believe some of these other ex-PL players' wages are still being subsidised by their old clubs.

 

[Perkino]

We don't need a young loanee, we need an experienced head who will grab us some goals.

Reading signed Jason Roberts a few seasons ago and it was the catalyst to their promotion. An older head who has done it before rather than a youngster

 

[portslade seagull]

Let's hope another no mark striker is signed in panic would rather we wait to the summer and see what is available then