Transfer Thread

[ONO]

He's a good player if you can get the right service to him; which took Blackwell/Carver/Wise almost 3 years to figure out - by then it was too late. Anyway, Sanchez knows how to play to Healy's strengths, and he should be a class act in the premiership if he plays with some decent wingers.

Lets be honest here. He wasn't playing with the best in the Northern Ireland side.

He's had a few moments with NI, but he's done next to nothing with Leeds.

Edited July 11, 2007 by Lost Soul

[Guest John Wayne Ringy]

Benayoun to me is a strange player, he's got that thing where he feels like shooting all the time and misses by a mile, plus he keeps running, running. running and not passing only to shoot like a prick. If Benitez teaches/tells him to pass, he'll have gold.

[Liam]

Well, he has scored more than 1 every two games at International Level for Northern Ireland, who frankly aren't the best. And as Intent said, when you score goals against teams like Spain and England (might as well throw us in there), it isn't exactly small fry. Add that he scored 43 in 136 for PNE, which isn't horrendous since he is more a forward than a striker, so to speak, and 29 in 111 for Leeds, which is poor, but it was for a really poor Leeds team, it shows that when you can get him going, he can score goals. 1 in 2 for NI, 1 in 3 for PNE and even 1 in 4 for Leeds, so it isn't horrendously shabby.

Forgot he scored 2 against Sweden as well earlier this season.

Edited July 11, 2007 by Liam Byrne

[ClaRK! Kent]

I'm pretty sure that the main reason Healy didn't "prove himself" at Championship level like Lost Soul says is because he was playing for a Leeds team that can't string 4 passes together, and certainly can't provide anything approaching decent service to the forwards. Fuck, Leeds could've brought Adriano in last season and he'd have struggled to score.

[ONO]

That means nothing. The Northern Ireland side are hardly a fantastic side.

[figos]

Sporting CP have just signed Goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic for 2 million€. And on a less important note, Barcelona confirmed Gabi Milito for 20,5 Million €.

[therockbox]

Babel has passed a medical and all that jazz, now we've just got to finalize terms with Ajax.

[The Quasi Juice]

What's Babel going to do, 'cause you have Kuyt, Crouch and Torres too....

[therockbox]

Play football, I'd imagine.

[Matt]

That means nothing. The Northern Ireland side are hardly a fantastic side.

Right... so how does that prove he's a bad player? If anything it proves he's a good player because he's pretty much single-handedly carried them to a strong position in their Euro group. Whether the N.I. team is good or not doesn't make any difference to the quality of side he is playing against.

[ONO]

That means nothing. The Northern Ireland side are hardly a fantastic side.

Right... so how does that prove he's a bad player? If anything it proves he's a good player because he's pretty much single-handedly carried them to a strong position in their Euro group. Whether the N.I. team is good or not doesn't make any difference to the quality of side he is playing against.

[therockbox]

Yeah, way to completely ignore what Liam said, though.

[Matt]

He did well at Leeds when we started using him effectively and playing to his strengths; see last 10 games of the season.

[Farmer Reil]

Rovers have officially signed David Pipe.

Yay, we have a right back ¬_¬

[alldaws1]

What's Babel going to do, 'cause you have Kuyt, Crouch and Torres too....

Babel's a winger is he not?

[therockbox]

He's more of a forward, really. He can play on the wing and I wouldn't be surprised there more often than not, but he has a tendency to drift inside.

[Matt]

Wiki says striker and winger.

[Lord Nibbler]

I imagine he'll be a winger for the Scousers, since they've already brought in two strikers this window.

[The Kraig]

Well, Rangers got Lee McCulloch from Wigan for £2.25m. Not bad.

[ONO]

And Roy Carroll as well :X