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View NEILLO's Profile NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 04 Feb 16 11.03am Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

The same people that bemoan what a 'fortune' we spent on Wickham, would be happy for us to spend £12m on Afobe - very strange.

Take a look at both players goal scoring records and I think you may begin to understand.

 


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Originally posted by NEILLO

Take a look at both players goal scoring records and I think you may begin to understand.

£12m for someone who's never kicked a ball in the top flight is very high risk - it may work out, it may not.

Afobe has 44 in 140 games across his career. Wickham has 34 in 173 - also consider the majority of Wickham's games have come playing for a struggling Premiership side, and the majority of Afobe's were league 1 level.

Time will tell, but I don't personally think spending that kind of fee on completely unproven players is an approach we should be looking to emulate.

 

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View Willo's Profile Willo Online Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 04 Feb 16 12.03pm Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

£12m for someone who's never kicked a ball in the top flight is very high risk - it may work out, it may not.

Afobe has 44 in 140 games across his career. Wickham has 34 in 173 - also consider the majority of Wickham's games have come playing for a struggling Premiership side, and the majority of Afobe's were league 1 level.

Time will tell, but I don't personally think spending that kind of fee on completely unproven players is an approach we should be looking to emulate.

I don't know where this £12 Mill has come from !

I will take your word regards Afobe's overall stats but I understand when one looks at his recent clubs (Albeit not at PL level) he averages a goal roughly every 2 games so he has arrived at Bournemouth as a regular goalscorer.

 

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View NEILLO's Profile NEILLO Flag Shoreham-by-Sea 04 Feb 16 12.13pm Send a Private Message to NEILLO Add NEILLO as a friend

Originally posted by EverybodyDannsNow

£12m for someone who's never kicked a ball in the top flight is very high risk - it may work out, it may not.

Afobe has 44 in 140 games across his career. Wickham has 34 in 173 - also consider the majority of Wickham's games have come playing for a struggling Premiership side, and the majority of Afobe's were league 1 level.

Time will tell, but I don't personally think spending that kind of fee on completely unproven players is an approach we should be looking to emulate.

As I said, it's about opinions. I think we have lacked an out and out goalscorer for some time now. And from what I've seen of him, Afobe looks mobile and also capable of holding the ball up in addition to scoring goals.

As for unproven players...well, just maybe the Dwight Gayle saga has resulted in the club being risk adverse in this respect.

 


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View kennybrowns leftfoot's Profile kennybrowns leftfoot Flag Reigate 04 Feb 16 12.16pm Send a Private Message to kennybrowns leftfoot Add kennybrowns leftfoot as a friend

Originally posted by SeagullHunter

oh would you now....

Hands up I must admit... I still stand by my opinion on Shelvey but yes I was wrong about Afobe... Maybe I was expecting us to bolster a team that lets face aren't only failing to score goals but really struggling to create chances to score goals to..

I'm still amazed by some comments on here that we had a 'good' and 'shrewd' transfer window!!

 


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View Percy of Peckham's Profile Percy of Peckham Flag Eton Mess 04 Feb 16 12.26pm Send a Private Message to Percy of Peckham Add Percy of Peckham as a friend

He played well on Tuesday night (he was constantly making himself a nuisance in and around our box) to the extent we were saying during the match it was only a matter of time before he put one away. He did of course and seems to be justifying his transfer to the PL.

 


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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 04 Feb 16 1.14pm Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by NEILLO

from what I've seen of him, Afobe looks mobile and also capable of holding the ball up in addition to scoring goals.

I didn't realise that forwards were supposed to score goals as well as hold the ball up

 

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View SeagullHunter's Profile SeagullHunter Flag Reading 04 Feb 16 2.00pm Send a Private Message to SeagullHunter Add SeagullHunter as a friend

Originally posted by kennybrowns leftfoot

Hands up I must admit... I still stand by my opinion on Shelvey but yes I was wrong about Afobe... Maybe I was expecting us to bolster a team that lets face aren't only failing to score goals but really struggling to create chances to score goals to..

I'm still amazed by some comments on here that we had a 'good' and 'shrewd' transfer window!!

thank you and i know its crazy! Although agree on Afobe, i do still feel Shelvey would have been a class adition. MOTM performances for Newcastle so far and cutting up defences ass well as making the transition from defence to attack very smooth. Yet the window is behind us now, just hope we learn from our mistakes. Afobe can do what Wickham can (hold upp play) and run in behind, finish and head. Full package for me

 


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View SeagullHunter's Profile SeagullHunter Flag Reading 04 Feb 16 2.01pm Send a Private Message to SeagullHunter Add SeagullHunter as a friend

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I didn't realise that forwards were supposed to score goals as well as hold the ball up

or make forward runs off the ball..

 


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View dannyh's Profile dannyh Flag wherever I lay my hat....... 04 Feb 16 3.06pm Send a Private Message to dannyh Add dannyh as a friend

Originally posted by SeagullHunter

or make forward runs off the ball..

Not to mention the abillity to put the round bouncey thing into the big netty thing.

 


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View Chirrup's Profile Chirrup Flag Berkshire 23 Feb 16 9.22am Send a Private Message to Chirrup Add Chirrup as a friend

Looks a bit of a log to me. Not worth anywhere near what they paid.

 

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View davidmyboy's Profile davidmyboy Flag 23 Feb 16 10.32pm Send a Private Message to davidmyboy Add davidmyboy as a friend

Problem is when players are on fire they have a big value you buy you move the system you take a chance on a name that is only half proven, win a few lose a few, don't always win it F*** it who gives a F*** anyway- problem is we do. but It's only money - in general Millions we could retire on it for them its a few pay packets, for us its a life time for them its a season, more fool us but what else is there!! Palace is not just for Christmas its forever.

 

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