January Transfer Window 2012/2013 Season Rumours/Signings

SSN reporting that Stoke have inquired about Jack Butland... Surely he wouldn't get ahead of Begovic?
 
Azza said:
SSN reporting that Stoke have inquired about Jack Butland... Surely he wouldn't get ahead of Begovic?
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Apparently everyone wants Begovic, United were sniffing therefore about half of the prem were suddenly interested. Heard £15m was Stokes price though...

Entertained Butland didn't jump to Chelsea because he wants to be first choice. Also potentially if Birmingham implode financially (which their last accounts imply) he'll be free at some point soon anyway.
 
richthomuk said:
Come on though, Giroud has 13 goals and 9 assists in 32 games, I'd say that's not bad at all, hes getting better every month for us.
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He's looked distinctly average in the big games I've seen him in, also look at the teams he's scored those goals against....

3 against West Ham
2 against Newcastle
2 against Fulham
2 against Brighton
1 against Coventry
1 against Reading
1 against Spurs
1 against Schalke

So that's 8 goals against mid table (at best) PL sides, 3 against lower league sides leaving only the goals against Schalke and Spurs as goals against teams of any real quality. I'd say it's only because RVP's no longer there that Giroud hasn't ended up being another Chamakh
 
There were lots of jokes going around at the start of the window about the Norwich 2nd XI selling us Becchio but there appears to be some sort of truth in it. And it appears Morison is going the other way so unless we are paying a fairly substantial fee then I would say we have got a very good deal from our reserve team.
 
Becchio :D

Absolute hilarious from Norwich, he's only going to be good under Warnock and hoof ball. Holt and Becchio up front...enjoy.

I'll be happier with Morison and Ross up front.
 
atpbx said:
And 30 seconds after signing he immediately became the 3rd best player in the world after Messi and Suarez, dont forget that bit.


Too much time spent laughing at RAWK, sorry.
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Whilst RAWK is filled with many an idiot, where has any one even said he is world class 0.o?
 
Tom84 said:
He's looked distinctly average in the big games I've seen him in, also look at the teams he's scored those goals against....

3 against West Ham
2 against Newcastle
2 against Fulham
2 against Brighton
1 against Coventry
1 against Reading
1 against Spurs
1 against Schalke

So that's 8 goals against mid table (at best) PL sides, 3 against lower league sides leaving only the goals against Schalke and Spurs as goals against teams of any real quality. I'd say it's only because RVP's no longer there that Giroud hasn't ended up being another Chamakh
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Arsenal have played badly against all the top teams. Did he even play in against the top teams?

Getting more goals than Rooney, tevez...they average?

Not saying he had stepped into rvps shoes but he isn't doing bad. Comparing him to Cham is below the belt :p
 
Andybtsn said:
Becchio :D

Absolute hilarious from Norwich, he's only going to be good under Warnock and hoof ball. Holt and Becchio up front...enjoy.

I'll be happier with Morison and Ross up front.
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Morison is incredibly frustrating to watch as a Norwich fan as he rarely puts in any real effort. Becchio isn't going to be a 30 goal a season striker but has more to his game than Morison IMO and is also a bit quicker(which isn't hard as he only just won a sprint against Mertesacker) so I would be happy with the swap.
 
Monkeymatt said:
Morison is incredibly frustrating to watch as a Norwich fan as he rarely puts in any real effort. Becchio isn't going to be a 30 goal a season striker but has more to his game than Morison IMO and is also a bit quicker(which isn't hard as he only just won a sprint against Mertesacker) so I would be happy with the swap.
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I don't really want him but he's got a good goal scoring record in the Championship. Becchio in the Prem though is just lolworthy. Of the four you bought only Snoddy is Prem quality.

If you watched the Spurs game we rarely played it long as Ross is an intelligent player with his runs, Becchio was stopping him getting back in the team so it can only benefit us in the long run.

Good luck Becchio!
 
Moses said:
Giroud has also come on as a sub a lot of the time. It's literally ridiculous to say he hasn't been a very good signing, so far. The key is how the form continues for the rest of this season, and the next, though.
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Exactly. I would be over the moon if we signed three more "average" players tomorrow like them.

Also Giroud is a late bloomer, I think he has only had two top level seasons including this one. Not a bad player to come up through the ranks of the lower leagues.
 
Am loving the comedy "spurs trying to sign superstar from s America with100owners in last 2 days of window " tripe.

This time damiano is apparently a "target" who just like moutinho has multiple owners all asking for their slice.

Never... Gonna... Happen.

Ho hum spurs fans keep the faith in Levy and the papers sell their copy. Everyone is back winner.

I think Levy is fantastic for many reasons but this constant last day super swoop nonsense is tiresome and unsettling especially on match days.
 
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