[Archived] Potential Summer Transfers (2010)

[Alan75]

OK clue me in. WHat exactly is the Ashes to Ashes thing?

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[Iceman]

I think im rather, going to sit in a corner a pray. Please NO Benjani and NO Beattie im going to Beattie myself up, if no Guti arrives. right il get my coat.

[Eddie]

Our scouting and transfer preparation is beginning to look like a total shambles. Clueless and without a clear direction. We float from obvious target to obvious target until we get someone who fills the needs but doesn't solve the problem. If all we can come up with is Benjani then let's just not bother. Why bring someone in so that we just have to spend more money in January or next summer replacing him because he isn't good enough?

Complete joke.

[braddock]

my plan is to ignore all speculation on strikers and wait to see what happens. i honestly can't be bothered getting annoyed about it when the vast majority of things discussed on this board don't come to fruition anyway. when a striker comes in i'll give him a chance and judge him on performances, much like i have always done. beats making ridiculous reactionary posts about bad scouting and awful targets. if sam brings someone in who he thinks he can get something out of than we'll see how he does. if it turns out to be a bad signing i'll get annoyed when he's misfiring from all angles but not before.

[1864roverite]

utter trash

Banjo couldnt get in an average sunderland side so why would ROVERS be interested ?

He is a striker who only thrives on playmakers Rovers havent got one nor have we a decent supply line.

banjo is nowhere near the standard of Roberts yet alone our star striker his knees are worse than mine are.

I think this is a bit of misinformation.

[Ventura Rover]

OK clue me in. WHat exactly is the Ashes to Ashes thing?

USA Blue... it's on BBC America, I believe on Wednesday nights. I think we are a few episodes behind the UK so don't push too hard for the ending!! Ta very much.

[John]

Think it is accurate to say that Sam is a big fan of Benjani - we have been interested in him in the past 2 transfer windows.

I don't think he is as bad as some make out, however, sad state of affairs if he is our main purchase of the summer....

[Majiball]

Our scouting and transfer preparation is beginning to look like a total shambles. Clueless and without a clear direction. We float from obvious target to obvious target until we get someone who fills the needs but doesn't solve the problem. If all we can come up with is Benjani then let's just not bother. Why bring someone in so that we just have to spend more money in January or next summer replacing him because he isn't good enough?

Complete joke.

I still remember the lad from his Pompey days, some of his misses beggared belief. Beattie well at least he's a local lad and doesn't miss from two yards. Lets just hope that Sam can get Guti on board and that Mourinho tells Raul he's not needed. I can only assume its Sam's tactic to make Dindane look appealing to us by linking us with utter trash first. But don't forget we have a habit of keeping things under wraps so hopefully its all just paper talk and the Real target is a good un.

Spoken to your old man yet?

[Ricky]

Are rovers of the view that benjani, piquionne, dindane and Beattie are the only strikers on the planet at the moment??

That's the only reason I can see for coming up with that list of targets.

I have a feeling we will regret not going for zigic before the world cup starts. Think Serbia might suprise a few people and his value will increase 2 or 3 fold. The world cup does crazy things for players values.

[slough_rover]

I think some people on here are panicking far too quickly. These names are the same names we were being linked with last summer, and how many of them did we end up with last year...NONE. Its just a case of journo's being lazy and regurgitating the same old crap. No offence Nicko.

[andyroversmad]

Dindane, Benjani, Beattie and Piquionne

If thats are list of transfer targets i would rather we did not bother. Felipe Caecido (sp) looks a much better player than any of that crap, Dont know what sam is thinking if he is intrested in that lot of tripe.

Leave J Rob and Niko up top and just spank the money on Guti and a goal scoring midfielder.

[Martin]

MGP resigned. Brilliant. He may not thunder into tackles but he is worth resigning simply because of his long throws, corners and free kicks. He is crucial to our style, whether you like it or not, he's our Rory Delap.

Beattie or Benjani would fit our style perfectly - yes, I know they do not get the pulses racing but they are the correct players to fit our system.

Sign Beattie/Benjani, keep hold of the current crop and get a 'fancy' signing like Guti and we will be pushing top half from the word go...

[slough_rover]

MGP resigned. Brilliant. He may not thunder into tackles but he is worth resigning simply because of his long throws, corners and free kicks. He is crucial to our style, whether you like it or not, he's our Rory Delap.

He's exactly like Delap apart from the fact he has utter @#/? throw ins

[47er]

Our scouting and transfer preparation is beginning to look like a total shambles. Clueless and without a clear direction. We float from obvious target to obvious target until we get someone who fills the needs but doesn't solve the problem. If all we can come up with is Benjani then let's just not bother. Why bring someone in so that we just have to spend more money in January or next summer replacing him because he isn't good enough?

Complete joke.

Eddie you spread this alarmist rubbish every transfer window! You've no more idea about our scouting or "transfer preparation" (I guess you mean planning) than the rest of us and you are reacting to media gossip as if it is entirely accurate. I suggest you wait and see how it all turns out. Even the closing of the transfer window doesn't necessarily tell us how successful we've been, who would have thought N'Zonzi would be such a star in his first year? It would all be very different if we were a rich club but, as things stand I believe the club is in sound hands and I believe that we will spend whatever little we have in the most effective way.

[OJRovers]

Looking over the links with Benj and Beattie (fingers crossed are just their agents trying to big them up) it is exciting that we are seriously after Guti. With another big name on board it should make it easier to sign players and should be exciting to see how he does.

[nicko]

I think some people on here are panicking far too quickly. These names are the same names we were being linked with last summer, and how many of them did we end up with last year...NONE. Its just a case of journo's being lazy and regurgitating the same old crap. No offence Nicko.

None taken...

I think you will find it's right.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Dindane, Benjani, Beattie and Piquionne. I just can't believe that these are the only options out there, i'd rather take a punt on an unknown than waste it on one of these four.

Sam said we need a goalscorer and that it was his main priority in the summer. Well none of them are going to score a large number of goals.

[gumboots]

Dindane, Benjani, Beattie and Piquionne. I just can't believe that these are the only options out there, i'd rather take a punt on an unknown than waste it on one of these four.

Sam said we need a goalscorer and that it was his main priority in the summer. Well none of them are going to score a large number of goals.

And a player like benjani is certainly not hero material. I'm not a fan of celebrity and i wouldn't go to ewood just to see a certain player, but every club needs its hero even one that other fans don't appreciate. The obvious candidates for being a hero are your keeper, as when we had Friedel or your striker as we had in RSC briefly, Bellamy, McCarthy. We don't need a star striker but after the last couple of years we need a striker who is a star for us, and I can't see any of the names on that list being that. I may be wrong and am prepared to accept if I am, but I don't think so.

[nicko]

Dindane, Benjani, Beattie and Piquionne. I just can't believe that these are the only options out there, i'd rather take a punt on an unknown than waste it on one of these four.

Sam said we need a goalscorer and that it was his main priority in the summer. Well none of them are going to score a large number of goals.

It's about finance, it's about availability, it's ab out reality.

Rovers are not a selling club any more according to the chairman. But they are not a buying club either...just an 'acquiring club' by the looks.

Lewandowski was the first priority. Too dear altogether and a 'better' offer came in.

Boselli was watched and is very decent but he is expensive, even with staged payments.

Dindane has been a potential deal for months but there have been snags and doubts.

Piquionne has been an option, but his demands are high and that makes him less of a bargain...and he is getting on a bit.

So that leaves the Benjanis of the world.

If you look elsewhere there are NO strikers moving. A rare and dying breed.

My gut feeling is you will try to land a striker on loan - Di Santo-style - at some stage soon because there are very few out there to be bought who fit the bill.

[The Rover of Finland]

Benjani is decent I think. He was brilliant against us in January. He is free and if he takes a pay-cut he is welcome. It really seems we can´t do much better and Sam seems to want a striker who has played in PL. Beattie is useless and isn´t even free. Ironic if after all this Dindane will end up here. This saga has been a huge mess and it´just May now. I feel bad for the guy, he is everybody´s plan B.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Would approaching Villa about the availability of Heskey be in the managers head at all?

[nicko]

Would approaching Villa about the availability of Heskey be in the managers head at all?

Interesting thought, but massive wages and Villa would want a fee in all probability - they have to raise cash by selling some of their unwanted men.

In all honesty Benjani is a better bet than Heskey if you take finance into account.

[ewoodpo]

Would approaching Villa about the availability of Heskey be in the managers head at all?

Another @#/? player .

[gumboots]

It's about finance, it's about availability, it's ab out reality.

accepting all that, because when push comes to shove most of us are realists, (but at the start of a transfer window everyone can dream) we still need a player the fans take to. If a striker doesn't score then fans are quicker to get on their backs than they do with players in other positions. Striking is about confidence and 20,000 fans on your back week in, week out does not engender confidence. Now if 70%+ of those fans never wanted you in the first place, how much more quickly does it turn. So the onus is on whoever comes in, especially if they are not a popular choice, to start scoring from day 1 or even before i.e. in preseason. If not then it can easily become a downward spiral. I don't see us signing a mega striker, but if we can't have a really good one then please lets not have one that very few of us, if any, can see merit in. I know managers see different things inplayers from what we, the fans, see. I know different managers fancy or think they can get something out of different players from what we expect them to, but come on - Benjani?

[John]

We need to be aware of how little money we have to spend in the market - Benjani etc could likely be the best buy we could make for around £2 million. I am sure Big Sam would prefer buying someone with Premier League experience too, so that narrows the field.

No doubt we will try for Guti but probably won't get him, again due to finance. Some may remember, we wanted Bent and Crouch last summer however could not even put bids in, yet again due to money....