Andy Johnson

NokkonWud · 24 May 2006 at 19:18

I wouldn't say the price tag was stupid, he does have a lot of abilty when it comes to dribbling with the ball etc.. He is far better than, lets say, Heskey who was also a similar price tag.

FishFluff · 24 May 2006 at 20:04

As an Everton fan I hope to god we don't get him. He's about 5mil overpriced and I'd rather have Nugent from Preston for that kind of money.

Edit: I mean I'd rather Nugent for 3mil not 8mil!

daz · 24 May 2006 at 20:22

Dean Ashton was almost certainly a better deal. Darren Bent was an unquestionably better deal, but was arguably undervalued due to only having 12 months left on his contract.

foz2000 · 24 May 2006 at 20:47

daz said:
Dean Ashton was almost certainly a better deal. Darren Bent was an unquestionably better deal, but was arguably undervalued due to only having 12 months left on his contract.

totally agree with that!

ballistic · 24 May 2006 at 21:25

NokkonWud said:
I wouldn't say the price tag was stupid, he does have a lot of abilty when it comes to dribbling with the ball etc.. He is far better than, lets say, Heskey who was also a similar price tag.

that's because Bruce is an absolute moron to pay a ridiculous price for Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey, who by the way cost £6.25 Million, that's £2.25Million less AND has 45 England caps AND was signed from Liverpool not a championship team.

Nedved11 · 24 May 2006 at 21:47

£8.5M is a tad too much, he has yet to impress me, above doesn't count

memphisto · 24 May 2006 at 21:56

ballistic said:
that's because Bruce is an absolute moron to pay a ridiculous price for Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey, who by the way cost £6.25 Million, that's £2.25Million less AND has 45 England caps AND was signed from Liverpool not a championship team.

er yeah but whats yer point Im pretty sure heskey cost liverpool £11 million which is £2.5million mor ethan what johnsen is costing !

ballistic · 24 May 2006 at 21:59

memphisto said:
er yeah but whats yer point Im pretty sure heskey cost liverpool £11 million which is £2.5million mor ethan what johnsen is costing !

yes when he was 20, and the market was inflated and from a premiership side then and he didn't score 60% of his goals from penalties and houllier was an idiot who later got sacked, what's your point?

memphisto · 24 May 2006 at 22:01

ballistic said:
yes when he was 20, and the market was inflated and from a premiership side then and he didn't score 60% of his goals from penalties and houllier was an idiot who later got sacked, what's your point?

simply that you are arguing a point that you are worng about

nookon said

Originally Posted by NokkonWud
I wouldn't say the price tag was stupid, he does have a lot of abilty when it comes to dribbling with the ball etc.. He is far better than, lets say, Heskey who was also a similar price tag.

he didnt say when he moved to birmingham, did he ?

U was simply pointing out that what nokkon said was correct he did cost a similar price to heskey, in the end it doesnt matter though there both garbage

and both overpriced

wedgie · 25 May 2006 at 03:16

He's a 4 million player at the absolute most. I just wont believe that somewhere in the world their isn't a young up and coming striker that would cost 8.5million or less. Why is no one out there looking? I know that the english clubs often get slated for going foreign, 8.5 million for andy johnson is a perfect example of why that is sometimes necessary

Loki · 25 May 2006 at 09:05

daz said:
Dean Ashton was almost certainly a better deal. Darren Bent was an unquestionably better deal, but was arguably undervalued due to only having 12 months left on his contract.

Thats a really good point. Dean Ashton is a vastly underated player. Personally I would have took him to the world cup over Peter Crouch and Theo Walcott. Plays a number of positions up front and technically a very good player.

fozzybear · 25 May 2006 at 11:02

Nedved11 said:

Didn't realise he was a breakdancer in his spare time!

He's vastly over-rated in my opinion. Even Palace supporters say he needs 5 chances to score a goal. Simon Jorden has been very shrewd in building him up in his time at Palace. I'd put him on a par with someone like Jason Roberts.

freshy · 25 May 2006 at 13:38

Loki said:
Thats a really good point. Dean Ashton is a vastly underated player. Personally I would have took him to the world cup over Peter Crouch and Theo Walcott. Plays a number of positions up front and technically a very good player.

i have been saying that he would be a top player since he went to norwich - sure he hasn't done it for a full season in the prem but when you see his quality yoiu know he can play international football, other players you don't.

must be said simon jordan has been astute in getting so much for him - he is simply vastly over-rated but saying that for a team like bolton would offer a lot.

ballistic · 25 May 2006 at 15:34

freshy said:
for a team like bolton would offer a lot.

that's not hard, my grandma is better than kevin davies

axe · 25 May 2006 at 17:42

couldnt you just get RvN for that amount and im sure he will score more goals as well

ballistic · 25 May 2006 at 18:08

axe said:
couldnt you just get RvN for that amount and im sure he will score more goals as well

yes, but RVN would never join wigan or bolton

matt0r · 26 May 2006 at 01:12

Jordans got oil skin pockets so he can steal soup at dinner parties ... lol

8.5 mill is a bit steep tbf