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Heard a very dodgy rumour that we may be in for him, simple question is would you be happy too see him come here or not??

Personally, I think if he improves his fitness and can recapture his form from a year or 2 ago, he can be a very powerful and quick partner for Corr or Sturrock, and can also finish. PS keeps reiterating his desire for different types of strikers, so far we've got the target man and the slow, clever player that likes to drop off and run the channels, now we need pace and power, and Bayo fits the bill

er why not? he's a big lad...but i think sturrock wants a fast type of striker now

i remember him embarressing us for torquay a few years back (damn you dukey)

Like Ted said if he can get back his form of 2 years ago then id be very happy if we signed him.

I'll go ask someone that knows a few of the Swansea players if this is true or not.

I think he'd be a decent signing to be honest.  Always a player that has caused us problems over the years.

King said he as worthless when he scored the winner against us for Boston in the Paint Rover Trophy, so sign him.

the ball boy's cause us problems over the years but we don't sign them  :mrgreen:

After a few days the kiddy that knows him has told me that he's close to signing for Gillingham as it is currently the best offer and closest to his London home.

The Gills are very active in the transfer market at the moment.

Most of the signings are dross thought, players that have struggled at this level previously.......Bayo would change that i guess

Confirmed he is close to signing in the WDP today

http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145787&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145780&contentPK=17623299&folderPk=100269&pNodeId=145803

Not a bad signing really, if it happens.

I can see that daft Fola song comign back if he signs

DO DO DO BAYO AKINFENWA... arrghhh

Would be gert mint if we got him, imo

Is he a 20+ goals a season striker though?

Nope, career high was 14 goals for Torquay when they got relegated from league one.

I thought Mr Sturrock wanted a prolific goalscorer??  :?

Was Parkin prolific when we bought him?  Mooney came to swindon after three years of fuck all and churned the goals out. At the end of the day we have to find players that knowone else sees anything in, thus getting them cheap, then hoping the goals will come from the style fo play our team plays.  Despite what appears to be a regular form of income through transfers totalling in excess of £2,000,000 in the last 3 years, we appear to have a larges fee spent of £70,000. Enough said. We cant affford to buy a 30 goal a season stirker, we have to find one who hasnt doen it yet!

I'm just going what Sturrock said he wanted.

True, but i want a sportscar, sadly i havent found one noone knows about yet, and oooh shit id ont have the cash  :wink: !

Never been a fan in the past - always struck me as a bit of a cock, but with sturrock's style of play - getting the crosses into a bloke the size of Akinfenwa...he'll be getting a fair few goals under his belt

edit: he's 5ft11....could have sworn he was huge

he's a lump of a forward.  The WDP article is bemusing - £50k transfer fee when we can't pay the CVA and then with Akinfenwa they mention him moving here as it's closest to home - but wouldn't Gillingham be closer and probably pay more given they have already splashed out £200k on a player, let alone the wages.

...and the fact that sturrock wants the players to move to Swindon

As in Lump Rob, do you mean tall? Can he play upfront with Corr, and if he does are we looking at hoof ball?!!

Akinfenwa tore us to peices when he was at Torquay.

His thighs are fuckin enormous  :shock: . Hes a beast. good signing if we get him

better than anything else we currently have

 :goodpost:

inspiring signing :?

I could see that working with Corr up front - fuck me, we might stay up!!

I think sturrock is after two more strikers if i remember him saying this is after corr signed and not including his son either.

is Leon Best signed up anywhere yet? Forest were interested but did he ever sign? surely Sturrock is looking at him if he is still out of contract

Coventry have offered him more money than Forest did, so we have no chance!

Bayo is as wide as he is tall, powerful as fuck and quick as anything a couple of years ago. Him and Corr could certainly work, beanpole Corr and powerhouse Bayo......now just got to think of a song......... :-))(

Barry and the Bayo to the tune of Fire on the Bayou by the Meters.

Well hes been released by swansea at least if he comes he wont cost us a penny accept in wages.

believe Bayo is out of contract. Swansea are only offering 1 year so he is pissed off. If we offer him 2 or 3 he wil sign here.

Sturrock doesn't seem to sign players on individual merit, but how they will work within the team. I wasn't expecting much from Corr, but in the handful of games he played he did really well. Hopefully that will continue.

Bayo has had talks with Sturrock, all went positively according to the adver site, but he has two other clubs interested in him, both League 1, one of them apparently Gillingham.

Lets hope Luggy worked his magic, this guy can score goals and would be a handful alongside Corr.

Couldn't you think of anything a little less mainstream! Most people must be sick of people humming that tune by now surely?
 :wink:

Could we all agree to stop using the word lump in a derogatory fashion please?

It's starting to upset me.  :wink:

Id rather have Fallon back-never been a fan of Akincrapwa,sort of Iffy without the goals.Let Gillingscum have him to go with their other crap signings

I see what you did there adje.

Pure Gold 8)

I think Akincrapwa or whatever his name is would probably be a decent signing. I saw him play when we drew 2-2 at Torquay t'other season and I thought he looked strong and fast and generally a bit of a handful.

I am also of the opinion that if Stuffock thinks he is good then he probably is.

hehe, i'm hoping those who don't know it will look it up. spread the musical love

never ever rated him. one of those strikers that lacks class in the finishing department, he's got many other attributes but slotting the ball in the net isnt one of them.

now, fallon wasn't the greatest of finishers but he did alright but i'm of the opinion that we have a team full of people who don't take their chances, surely we don't need another one?

then again, Henry couldnt finish for shit when he first joined arsenal and needed a good 5 chances to grab a goal, and sometimes players with superb finishing ability can also turn out to be utter shight anyway, exhibit A, Jamie Slabber.

but yeah, if sturrock rates him then i can't complain.

he's always caused us problems,could be a good signing

To be fair, those available on a free - there's not much better out there - and if there is (Leon Best) then they're being snaffled by better clubs.

Our best bet is to get Akinfenwa in, and then go and get a ridiculously talented kid from a Prem club to bang a few in.

He'll want 4 or 5 strikers - Corr, Akinfenwa, Blair, kid....

It's not SSP and Mooney, but you never know

In theory, a team will 4 strikers in, Roberts, Peacock, Corr and ....., should be able to score goals.
We'll see.

pretty much my sentiments exactly. he's a battering ram first, striker second.

he has a slightly better record than I thought actually, if you ignore the sub appearances.  I suppose the concern would be his lack of consistency in his career and that he's been round the houses a bit.

http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=36629

I would certainly still want an out and out striker if we sign someone like him.

Scored a belter from outside of the box IIRC

Wasn't that Kuffour?


eeuurrgghhh! football thread, dirty!

My friend is a Swans fan, said he be suprised if he scored more than 10 for us...now i wouldnt be too dissapointed if he scored that many for us, goals from the rest of the team as well and the jobs a gooden!

Seemed bit of a cult figure at Swansea as well

when you say cult figure, Fola Onion Bhaji springs to mind!

My bad, maybe he scored their first then.........