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No chance with Podolski. He won't want to join a club in the relegation zone, plus there'll be other clubs willing to offer more money.

A relegation sell on clause would maybe do enough to put that to rest.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Sam had a crack at it. Got nigh on no chance, but he may well try.

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We really need a 15 goal a season striker if RSC goes. A couple of the more realistic below.

Ashton? (Injury prone & Not sure he would be allowed to go) As you say, far too injury prone and would be very pricey, I do like him though but now is not the time.

Bellamy? (Over-priced & City interested) Agree

Kevin Phillips? (Screw Big Clubs promotion bid and get a natural goal-scorer) He couldn't score many last time he was in the premiership, not much better than Fowler these days I doubt.

Doyle (Again screw Readings chances, not so long ago talk of England call-up) Lol as already said he isn't english but anyway not a bad option if the price is right.

Beattie (Just seems past it for me - but exactly the sort of player I can see Sam getting) I agree, probably past it a bit but could be worth a shout if he is around the £1-2 million mark, they probably want 10 for him!

Heskey (Out of contract soon, unlikely to budge until he is free) Villa and Spurs are interested, no chance, plus a free transfer probably means a hefty wage!

I think this is the key really, we can't let RSC go unless we have someone lined up to replace him, I'm not sure if there are many players out there who are proven in the premiership and can score goals. Sure he hasn't lit the premiership up this season but the whole team were playing badly and he suffered with injuries, now we are playing better again and he is getting back to full fitness, I have no doubt he can get 10 or so before the end of the season. Selling him now could be suicidal, I agree it could be good business and the players we bring in might help but it won't if the players are not out there. I'm not sure I would be willing to take the risk, personally I want him to stay unless we can DEFINITELY replace him with a goalscorer. No mistakes like we made with Bentley thank you very much.

From what is about to replace him Podolski sounds like a good shout, a lot of money though for someone who may not have an instant impact. Worth enquiring about though, if he isn't interested then fair enough but you never know.

Other than him I'm not sure what other proven talent there is, Doyle seems like a decent shout to be fair, perhaps Leroy Lita too even if we don't sell Roque, he's available for less than £1 million I hear so could be worth a gamble.

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Whoever the striker is that comes into replace Santa IF he goes, has to have the ability to be able to create his OWN chances because the rest of the support team are rubbish with the exception of an indifferent Pedersen.

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In the town where I was born,

Lived a man who sailed to sea,

And he told us of his life,

In the land of submarines,

So we sailed on to the sun,

Till we found the sea of green,

And we lived beneath the waves,

In our yellow submarine,

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine,

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

And our friends are all aboard,

Many more of them live next door,

And the band begins to play.

(Trumpets play)

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine,

We all live a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

(Full speed ahead, Mr. Parker, full speed ahead!

Full speed over here, sir!

Action station! Action station!

Aye, aye, sir, fire!

Captin! Captin!)

As we live a life of ease

Every one of us is all we need,(is all we need)

Sky of blue, and sea of green,(sky of blue and sea of green)

in our yellow(in our yellow) submarine.(submarine) ( Hahaha! )

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine,

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

(fading)

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine,

We all live in a yellow submarine,

yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

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Surely most professionals in the game will know that we are a much better, more established premier league club than those mentioned + 5 or 6 others.

Yes we have just gone through a blip and had some rocky times, but so too have Tottenham/ Newcastle and they can still attract big/ good players.

True, but Tottenham and Newcastle have more money and probably pay bigger wages.

Accyrover

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True, but Tottenham and Newcastle have more money and probably pay bigger wages.

Accyrover

Rovers' top end wage structure is higher than Spurs- Bentley took a pay cut compared with the offer Rovers made to go there.

Newcastle are on very tight budgets these days. If reports are true, they have a budget only £2m more than our's this window.

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Yet when they move on to greener pastures, they land in a great big cow pat. You'd think they'd learn, oh no.

I struggle to think of anyone in the last 15 years that has left us and gone on to be really succesful anywhere else. Though I'm sure someone is about to prove me wrong with a blindingly obvious one. :)

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I struggle to think of anyone in the last 15 years that has left us and gone on to be really succesful anywhere else. Though I'm sure someone is about to prove me wrong with a blindingly obvious one. :)

the only one i can possibly think of is Henchoz to liverpool, he did not win the league there but i am sure he won the fa cup with them while he was there and his parternship with Hypia was very good. Sutton maybe!!

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shearer was better at rovers

duff was better at rovers

bellamy was better

sherwood was better

david bentley is better

colin hendry was better

david dunn was and now is better again

flitcroft was better

sutton was better

flowers was better

stead was better

wilcox was better

ripley was better

damien johnson was better

tugay has had his best years here

friedel was better

bentley was better

(all off the top of my head)

in 5 years time we will be saying the same about santa cruz

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LeftWinger Champions League

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the only one i can possibly think of is Henchoz to liverpool, he did not win the league there but i am sure he won the fa cup with them while he was there and his parternship with Hypia was very good. Sutton maybe!!

You could argue that Sutton was a disaster when he left Rovers. His spell at Chelsea straight from us was a nightmare. He did well in Scotland though - but that was tecnically when he left Chelsea. I'm thinking players who've done well immediately after leaving Rovers.

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