Plastic Head Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 This guy has all the hallmarks of Grabbi Mark II. £8.7M. Frank Sinatra's going to be a lot poorer is Sven carries on like this... He seems to me to be a 5ft 10" ponce ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rover6 Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 You might be right but at least he's not in the latter half of his career having never made an impact in Serie A and boasting a best season in Serie B which was statistically beefed up by a number of penalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brfcshabba Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Another Massimo Maccarone perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1864roverite Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 According to some city fans Dickov available on a freebie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathund Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Ah yes, two players of the same nationality who play in the same position and who commanded similar fees will obviously fare the same. Just like Ashley Ward and Alan Shearer did for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Bianchi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tchocky Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 It's a ridiculous amount of money for a player of his stature. But I actually think he can do well in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj54nna Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Italian youngsters work incredibly hard to make first team football, that would be the best time to get them as they could still be moulded. Once they get regular Serie A football, they seriously can't be bothered adapting to the English game, they believe that everyone else is playing wrong, not them. Look at Corradi, Grabbi etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbergeehh Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 It's an inflated price, but what do you expect when you are noveau rich - you'll have problems keeping the price down. I've let my annoyance be known about the constant Grabbi comparison in other threads, I guess I'll just second Lathund's post - it's becoming a joke. Plus, the price isn't really that bad considering his goalscoring form in one of the toughest leagues in the world. I didn't see a lot of moaning about West Ham buying Dean Ashton for £7,25m, he didn't have more than one decent season in the Premiership when that bid was lodged. I think it's a decent signing all things considered, Bianchi has the potential to become a top player, and in my opinion having Sven around will do him good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krislu Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Bianchi Looking at the stats he seems like a world class striker to me, that one game he has for Reggina sure was a cracker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbergeehh Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Pompey will sign Nugent for £6m according to a newsnow link. Talk about inflated prices.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevidgeBlue Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 At c 8.8m he does sound like a potential Grabbi mark two. Guess it's an immediate test of the quality of Sven's italian contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevidgeBlue Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Pompey will sign Nugent for £6m according to a newsnow link. Talk about inflated prices.. 6m for Nugent suddenly sounds an absolute snip in the light of other prices being bandied about at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChuck Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 Pompey will sign Nugent for £6m according to a newsnow link. Talk about inflated prices.. Fancy a small wager than Nugent will score more than Bianchi next season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevidgeBlue Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Fancy a small wager than Nugent will score more than Bianchi next season? Depends who they both end up signing for, but if it was Portsmouth and Citeh respectively I'd be more than confident on Nugent. 10 quid for a chosen charity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbergeehh Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Fancy a small wager than Nugent will score more than Bianchi next season? Not sure about that one, like Rev says it's a matter of who they sign for just as much as how good the player is. I do think Nugent has something to offer the Premiership, but my point was that he's no more proven than Bianchi - who's completed a season in the Serie A as 4th top scorer. I do see the cultural differences and the change of pace by moving to England from Italy, but with Sven around (probably speaking Italian + knows the Italian way of playing) I don't see a reason why Bianchi shouldn't score 15 goals next season. Well, aside from the choice of club of course.. Will have to turn down your wager unfortunately, there's too many mattering factors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USABlue Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 6M for Nugent? It's all a bit silly isn't it. 'K in hell a couple more from Matty this season and he's gonna be up there too. It's gone mad I tell you, mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Rover Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Yet another failed Italian signing in the making, although I doubt he's as bad as Grabbi. Saying that, anyone remember Andri Silenzi? Forest signed him early 90's when he was Italy's first choice centre forward and he did precicely nothing! Some of the recent transfers are getitng ridiculous. £5M for koumas, £6M for Kamara and all these french nased players for big money that nobody has even heard of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Yet another failed Italian signing in the making, although I doubt he's as bad as Grabbi. Saying that, anyone remember Andri Silenzi? Forest signed him early 90's when he was Italy's first choice centre forward and he did precicely nothing! Some of the recent transfers are getitng ridiculous. £5M for koumas, £6M for Kamara and all these french nased players for big money that nobody has even heard of! Tack on £5m for Chopra: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...and/6291244.stm Going to Sunderland - should be a fun time for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Rover Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Tack on £5m for Chopra: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...and/6291244.stm Going to Sunderland - should be a fun time for him! [/quo When will they ever learn? He will get pelters from the mackems if he doesn't deliver - his previous prem record suggests that this will be the case. On a par with Wigan's ludicrous decision to sign David Connoly for £3.5M and Heskey for £5M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftWinger Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 All these prices suggest Bellamy really was a bargain at 7.5m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commondore Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Actually I'll take the bet on Bianchi v.s Nugent next season. Surely Bianchi sounds like a typical Cityplayer, but there is one mattering factor here: he's young and he's a RECENT proven goalscorer. I'ts not the classic 29 year old journeyman with 18 goals in 96/97 in the Belgian first division scenarion which City usually does so well... Wouldn't surprise me if he proved to be more value for money than Bent for 16,5 mill to Tottenham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Bianchi hes 31 years old according to that yet but played in the u21`s in 06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadsword Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Chopra's value has gone up 900% in 1 year after scoring 20 goals in the Championship? WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbergeehh Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Yet another failed Italian signing in the making, although I doubt he's as bad as Grabbi. Saying that, anyone remember Andri Silenzi? Forest signed him early 90's when he was Italy's first choice centre forward and he did precicely nothing! Some of the recent transfers are getitng ridiculous. £5M for koumas, £6M for Kamara and all these french nased players for big money that nobody has even heard of! Silenzi was hardly Italy's first choice centre forward, he's got one cap. Talk about rewriting history.. Highly doubt he'd cost £2m if he was Italy's first choice forward, with players like Baggio, Signori and Zola behind him. Anyway, Italian and English football has improved since then, the difference between the two cultures isn't as big as it once was. £5m for Chopra sounds like absolute insanity to me, it's such a big outlay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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