Fallon to Saaaaarfend for 250 monkeys

[Dazzza]

League One club Southend United have made a £250,000 bid for Plymouth Argyle's out-of-favour striker Rory Fallon.

It is believed the Pilgrims have accepted the offer for the 25-year-old, although there has been no confirmation of that from the club.

Fallon was signed for Argyle by former boss Ian Holloway from Swansea City for £300,000 last January.

He has made only nine starts for the Pilgrims since then, plus 21 substitute appearances, and scored a total of three goals.

Southend previously tried to sign Fallon when he moved from Swindon to Swansea in January 2006.

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[Reg Smeeton]

I'm not liking the look of Sturrock getting in a war chest....apparently Ipswich have bid a mil for Norris....who incidentally  :king: tried to sign for us, he even went to a pre session training thing.

   We know Sturrock and his liking  of an old player...who could cut it at CCC level.  Ifil Brez Comminges Cox.    Cox and Ifil would be the real worry.

[janaage]

£250k for Fallon, jeez that's a lot of money for a striker unproven at Championship level, and a striker who only really had 6 good months in League 1.

[fatbury]

bargain .. wish it was us paying it ..

[janaage]

Bollocks I'd be horrified if we spent a quarter of a million on a player like Fallon.  Fitton has already said we are aiming for the championship and Fallon is not good enough for that level.

[Arriba]

Bollocks I'd be horrified if we spent a quarter of a million on a player like Fallon.  Fitton has already said we are aiming for the championship and Fallon is not good enough for that level.

who in our current squad is?
brez,ifil maybe?of the rest, maybe one or two but generally no.

[janaage]

I haven't said they are Arriba, but I would like to think that we will start getting in a higher calibre of player when we get some fundage behind us.  Not just replace the chaff with more dross.

It's time to look upwards, I for one cannot wait until we actually sign some players who can play the game.

[Arriba]

amen to that janaage

[Reg Smeeton]

Bollocks I'd be horrified if we spent a quarter of a million on a player like Fallon.  Fitton has already said we are aiming for the championship and Fallon is not good enough for that level.

 The big donkey CF is still a staple particularly of teh English game, although you've got the likes of Luca Toni,  Nicola Zigic,  Carsten Janker and Jan Koller on the continent.

 Fallon is a good striker at L1 level and so is worth about 250K....should Big Bad Bazza, get his injury sorted and carry on scoring then he could be worth a lot more.

 I daresay Mr Sturrock will be considering a bid.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

Bollocks I'd be horrified if we spent a quarter of a million on a player like Fallon.  Fitton has already said we are aiming for the championship and Fallon is not good enough for that level.

 The big donkey CF is still a staple particularly of teh English game, although you've got the likes of Luca Toni,  Nicola Zigic,  Carsten Janker and Jan Koller on the continent.

 Fallon is a good striker at L1 level and so is worth about 250K....should Big Bad Bazza, get his injury sorted and carry on scoring then he could be worth a lot more.

 I daresay Mr Sturrock will be considering a bid.

Difference is, those players can actually play a bit as well.

[Arriba]

fallon was a pretty decent player by the time he left us.

[Reg Smeeton]

Bollocks I'd be horrified if we spent a quarter of a million on a player like Fallon.  Fitton has already said we are aiming for the championship and Fallon is not good enough for that level.

 The big donkey CF is still a staple particularly of teh English game, although you've got the likes of Luca Toni,  Nicola Zigic,  Carsten Janker and Jan Koller on the continent.

 Fallon is a good striker at L1 level and so is worth about 250K....should Big Bad Bazza, get his injury sorted and carry on scoring then he could be worth a lot more.

 I daresay Mr Sturrock will be considering a bid.

Difference is, those players can actually play a bit as well.

 Indeed which is why it is reflected in their valuation, hence a Crouch will set you back 7/8 mill.

  My point being that a big CF is a highly desirable item for a lot of managers....therefore an adequate player has a market value even to a lower league side.

  Would Lukas have gone to Everton, if he had been 5 ft 9 ?

[Bogus Dave]

he was played as our main striker during the 05/06 season, and it clearly benefited him. I doubt he ever had that role at swansea and plymouth, so its not to suprising  he didnt set the world alight. He wasn't a goal machine when he played along with parkin for us

[DiV]

I'm not liking the look of Sturrock getting in a war chest....apparently Ipswich have bid a mil for Norris....who incidentally  :king: tried to sign for us, he even went to a pre session training thing.

   We know Sturrock and his liking  of an old player...who could cut it at CCC level.  Ifil Brez Comminges Cox.    Cox and Ifil would be the real worry.

I wouldnt pay a million for Tails, he's shit....

Rory has only had 6 good months in his career, he has yet to prove whether it was class shining through with regular football or whether it was just a fluke.

He was getting first team football here and scoring goals, enjoying the best spell of his career.....should have stayed, but hey he wanted more money.

I wonder if he'll use his signing on fee to pay off gambling debts again  :roll:

[Colin Todd]

His goal record at plymouth shows hes not up to Championship level really, he lacks a bit of pace and intelligence at that level brute force isnt really enough on its own.

Hes a good striker at L1 level though when fully fit and motivated