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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.

£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.

bargain .. wish it was us paying it ..

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.

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.

amen to that janaage

 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.

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

 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 ?

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

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:

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

i honestly thought i had dreamt norris being with us, think it was the same summer that parkin signed.

as for 250k for fallon, probably about 100k too high if you ask me but if he comes in and gets them promoted then it's money well spent.

if he does sign, that would bring his total fees to about 900k- i dont think thats a fluke.

I disagree, he was used as thr brute force when he came here, but by the time he left (after a lazy season the one before) he was by far and away our best player, strong, powerful and scored goals. The day he was sold I was convinced we would go down

£50,000 for three goals then. Sure there were loads of assists..

And what does strong & powerful equal??

Brute force!  :mrgreen:

Nothing wrong with that in a centre forward, but if you've not got anything else about you (other than 25 yard wonder overhead kicks in debys) then there is only so far you arte going to go as a player

As it is I will love him forever more for that goal

by far and away our best player, yes!

...but I think that says far more about the standard of that team than the actual standard of Fallon. That was our worst team in god knows how many years.

Funny, because Ifil played that season and you wouldnt say Fallon was a better a player than Ifil now would you!

I see Plymouth have sold a 17 year old to Everton for a Million today as well.It'll be company for Lucas whens hes finished his loan at Plymouth.

dunno, you seen zigic play?  :D

i can see sturrock coming in for ifil and brezovan, not sure about others - there's definitely room for those two to improve further as well IMO.

So how much kick back is sturrock getting, I mean he sold Lucas, tried to sell tozer and Brez to them as well?!?! mmmm

I reckon Kingy is involved links here, links at Everton and Chief Scout at plymouth. My plymouth supporting boss is really worried, Norris, Buzsacky, Gosling, Hayles, a long list of guys leaving home Park, he's not exactly enamoured with teh prospect of Lukas and Coxy getting them up!

 Got to admit to wondering what the deal is between Sturrock and Moyes?

  It does seem a bit odd that Valencia paid 13.5 mill for Zigic, but I supose for a champions league regular side, they reckon he might give them something diferent, and they've plenty of money.

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I thought 'a monkey' was £500? Or a woman's naughty bits....

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Luca Toni is another big fella who appears to be doing a lot better than expected at Bayern.  9 odd goals in 15 domestic games and 6 in 4 in the old UEFA including those 4 goals in one game.

I think with these big fellas a lot depends on the shape and mentality of the side.  Crouch at Portsmouth did well feeding off that brilliant loon Prosineki but ended up looking like a turd burger when he arrived at Villa who pumped endless balls to the back of his head.

I didnt think he was that great. Yes he scored a few goals for us etc but he was the best of a very bad bunch that season.

I dont think Sturrock will touch Corr. Not with that back injury.

Still no word on a Plymouth bid for Cox? Im sure they would blow us out of the water.

Of our current players I rekon Ifil/Easton/Brezovan would tempt him most.

It has to be said there is a lot of business going on between Moyes and Sturrock.  :|

His partnership with Miroslav Klose is superb

Fred and rose will argue they had a good partnership still a pair of cunts though

I think that the only players that Sturrock may return for will be Ifil & Easton, I think they already have a decent keeper.

I would be surprised if he did come in for them as if he has any respect for his previous club then the only time he would is if they was on their way anyway to someone else so he was matching the offer rather than starting off the bidding.

I seem to remember hearing somewhere that Sturrock has said he will not return for any Swindon players out of respect.

I suspect also he has got a good relationship with Moyes in that if Sturrock gives them first choice on youngsters then Moyes helps Sturrock with loan players i.e. Lucas.

Yep, I rock 8)

he never went there then

fallon turned down the move.

also, southend had a £100k bid for 'ull's stuart elliot accepted, but he too rejected the move.

he was absolutely amazing in their league 1 promotion campaign, scored nearly 30 goals if i remember.

doubt he'd come here though.

If we don't ask we will never know :)