Doc Lynam
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- Jun 19, 2011
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Two in 40 years
Roy Keane; not a striker but worthy of note I think.
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[Albion] Andi Zeqiri (Now Signed)
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Roy Keane; not a striker but worthy of note I think.
Dutch
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- Aug 16, 2012
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Justice
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Yes but none of them jumped straight into the PL. If we were championship then fair enough. I hope it all works out obviously but still a punt init.
brighton_tom
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- Jul 23, 2008
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Whatever happens we need to give him time... Last season Aaron Connolly scored 3 goals. Is he a flop? No, its all about progression. I would hope this season Aaron will be aiming for somewhere between 5 to 10. So if this season Zeqiri only gets a couple of goals then there's no reason to get on his back.
Lifelong Supporter
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I would expect GP to move others around to compensate to any injuries to Maupay or Connolly. Alzate is versatile, could he strike ? !! I guess that such injuries may bring him onto the bench. I may be completely wrong of course. Time will tell, the beauty of football !!
dolphins
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It would have to have "onion bag" in the lyrics, as well as "For me,..." in there too.
I'd definitely want to be a founder member of WAAS!
West Hoathly Seagull
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We’ve just paid £3m for a non league striker
A player who came here and was instrumental in our promotion from League One, and then did very well in the Championship, despite being played out of position by Poyet, and being slagged off regularly on here and at the Amex, has done rather well for Burnley in the Premier League. He had a season or more at Paulton Rovers in his early days. A certain Ashley Barnes.
Your Point 1: Yes, I was rather disappointed that Potter didn't make Andone take his three-match ban after the Southampton red card, and whatever fine the club would have been allowed to impose on him, then get him to knuckle down and do his best for the team. He could then have been sold this summer, and potentially raised funds for a new striker. Actually, his injury might be of benefit to us in the long term. If he gets fit again, he should be desperate to get back in the team and prove himself, either to the Albion or to put himself in the marketplace.
Point 2: I'm more than willing to see what this chap can offer us. From the showreels, his finishing looks superb, and he looks strong too. I don't think the level particularly matters from that point of view, though time will tell when he's up against better defenders. What does slightly concern me is that he has mostly been used as a second striker at Lausanne, rather than as a Number 9. If he had to step into that position, would he be up to it? Seeing that we clearly don't have much to spend this season (presumably with Darwin Nunez it was a case that we would go all out if a really special player became available), I am surprised we didn't look at signing his strike partner, Aldin Turkes, who did even better than Zeqiri, with 24 goals from 36 appearances. He has already scored two goals in two games this season (against Servette Geneva and Lucerne). Perhaps we did, and it was Zeqiri that Lausanne were willing to sell to us.
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severnside gull
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aAfter our signing of Zeqiri this made me chuckle
Tottenham Hotspur have signed Brazilian striker Carlos Vinicius on a season-long loan from Benfica.
The Portuguese club say the loan deal is for 3m euros (£2.7m) and includes an option for Spurs to make the transfer permanent for 45m euros (£40.83m).
Vinicius, 25, scored 24 times last season and was the joint top scorer in the Primeira Liga with 18 goals.
Spurs boss Jose Mourinho hoped to sign a striker to join Lucas Moura, Steven Bergwijn, Gareth Bale, Son Heung-min and Harry Kane.
Tottenham Hotspur have signed Brazilian striker Carlos Vinicius on a season-long loan from Benfica.
The Portuguese club say the loan deal is for 3m euros (£2.7m) and includes an option for Spurs to make the transfer permanent for 45m euros (£40.83m).
Vinicius, 25, scored 24 times last season and was the joint top scorer in the Primeira Liga with 18 goals.
Spurs boss Jose Mourinho hoped to sign a striker to join Lucas Moura, Steven Bergwijn, Gareth Bale, Son Heung-min and Harry Kane.
Not Andy Naylor
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Let’s hope we’re looking back at the end of the season and aptplauding the wisdom of the club’s decisions, replaying the highlights that include Zeqiri’s winner off the bench against Palace, Maupay’s 15 goals and Connolly reaching double figures, while Solly’s player of the season award proves Potter’s wisdom in working to improve players we already have.
Obviously Potter’s thinking is correct and too many clubs write off players as ‘bad buys’ rather than working with them to make their investments pay off. It also helps the club to stay on an even financial keel in these difficult times. But as he has also admitted, the Premier League is an unforgiving environment. If we get lucky with injuries (not to mention VAR) then I think we’re well placed to ride this season out successfully. If not ...
Obviously Potter’s thinking is correct and too many clubs write off players as ‘bad buys’ rather than working with them to make their investments pay off. It also helps the club to stay on an even financial keel in these difficult times. But as he has also admitted, the Premier League is an unforgiving environment. If we get lucky with injuries (not to mention VAR) then I think we’re well placed to ride this season out successfully. If not ...
227 BHA
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You had me til the Solly March player of the season comment!
A couple of good games and everyone’s forgotten the last 8 year’s inconsistencies
dejavuatbtn
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Try the Kinks’ Village Green Preservation Society.
Sørloth is a prime example of this.
Palace were lucky to get back the money they paid for him but he is obviously a player on the rise now after his Selhurst nightmare.
- Apr 5, 2014
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Two in 40 years
There's been a few lower league to top league hits over the years:
Kevin Keegan (Scunthorpe-Liverpool)
Ian Rush (Chester-Liverpool)
Andrew Cole (Bristol City-Newcastle)
The ones I can think of.
A lot of players went in from development level too. (Michael Owen etc)
Seagulls1984
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Laughable isn’t it
portslade seagull
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feel sorry for this guy, being talked up to be the next Zamora/Murray straight off and if he bombs will be likened to Mahoney Johnson or An other striker failure we have signed due to him not being the messiah. Tough ask really
Worthing exile
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Was he just not picked today? I see Gyokeres was sub for Swansea so he got his international clearance quick enough.
Hu_Camus
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You never know, maybe he'll come good.
The price of proven goalscorers in our league is surreal at the moment, and it seems like only yesterday Buckley was saving the day against Donny, after the move from Withdean.
So money is an issue, and will be until it's not, but look how we've come on. If we need a shrewd cookie looking after the beans, we have the right man.
Patience - we nearly never existed.
The price of proven goalscorers in our league is surreal at the moment, and it seems like only yesterday Buckley was saving the day against Donny, after the move from Withdean.
So money is an issue, and will be until it's not, but look how we've come on. If we need a shrewd cookie looking after the beans, we have the right man.
Patience - we nearly never existed.