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 Icepick Tony  Chester 10 Dec 16 6.32pm |
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Originally posted by Asian Eagle
We made our money back and some on a player that did not fit our system. Benteke has more goals already than Gayle had in any season with us top flight. No doubt he can finish but with a team like ours you need more to your game as that just isn't enough. Newcastle have the luxury as their squad is easily the best in the division so he is free to do what he does best. Not a mistake, fair on Gayle and dceent money for us.
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| tonymikejoe UK 10 Dec 16 6.54pm |
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It was the perfect hat-trick. A header, followed by right foot then a left foot finish. DG and Murray have fired their respective clubs to the two top spots in the division with the help of 28 goals between them already. However, no need to worry as Pardew prefers the Sanogo's, Bamford's, Adebayor's and Loic Remy's of this world.
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| sickboy Deal or Croydon 10 Dec 16 9.47pm |
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Playing in a lower division. And dont say there is no difference in class. If that were true you could get promotion and not change any players to stay up let alone prosper. Anyway we need defenders not strikers.
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| orpingtoneagle Orpington 10 Dec 16 9.55pm |
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Originally posted by tonymikejoe
It was the perfect hat-trick. A header, followed by right foot then a left foot finish. DG and Murray have fired their respective clubs to the two top spots in the division with the help of 28 goals between them already. However, no need to worry as Pardew prefers the Sanogo's, Bamford's, Adebayor's and Loic Remy's of this world.
So that's a comparison with 3 players who left the club before we sold Gayle and one proven premier league striker who so far we haven't seen due to injury. Gayle is a good player at Championship level he was too lightweight for the top flight.
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NickinOX  Sailing country. 10 Dec 16 9.57pm |
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Originally posted by tonymikejoe
It was the perfect hat-trick. A header, followed by right foot then a left foot finish. DG and Murray have fired their respective clubs to the two top spots in the division with the help of 28 goals between them already. However, no need to worry as Pardew prefers the Sanogo's, Bamford's, Adebayor's and Loic Remy's of this world.
We should never have sold him as we clearly struggle to score goals...
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| CPFC_Albert 10 Dec 16 10.55pm |
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We should never have sold him...? Why? Was £10 million not a good deal for a striker who failed to show any sign of being an accomplished PL striker in 3 seasons? He's not a particularly young striker, he didn't suit the system we've stuck by since we gained promotion and he'd have been 4th in the pecking order had all strikers been fit to start this season. Neither Pulis, Warnock or Pardew fancied Gayle, by all accounts he didn't help himself in training with his attitude and he had 3 seasons to be a success. He wasn't and now we have Benteke and soon Remy also, both of whom are in a different league to Gayle. Fair play to him, he's lighting up the championship as many predicted, but that's his level. Move on, he certainly has!
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| Stuart Shave Hampshire 11 Dec 16 6.30am |
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Everybody predicted Gayle would score at Championship level. I'm sure had we been relegated we would have kept him to get us back up and he'll probably have benefited from a season in The Championship to improve in The Prem. I''ll stick with our position over Newcastle's though if you don't mind. Good business in my opinion and frankly just another thread to have a dig at Pardew. DOn't think we've struggled in front of goal without Gayle do you?
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| mseagle 11 Dec 16 6.52am |
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We have bugger all options up front. Remy and Wickham are forever injured regrettably and Campbell is just hanging around on a big contract. Gayle was always going to get goals - certainly in the championship but I think time will show that in the Prem. Barcodes play him in his right position up front and centre - because of our system we chose to play him (usually from the bench) on the left wing ! We have not replaced Gayle and predictably as a good forward he is scoring loads.
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| Jacey 11 Dec 16 8.11am |
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Originally posted by orpingtoneagle
So that's a comparison with 3 players who left the club before we sold Gayle and one proven premier league striker who so far we haven't seen due to injury. Gayle is a good player at Championship level he was too lightweight for the top flight. Agreed, although he still managed to be our top scorer for all the seasons he was with us.
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sprites  Auckland 11 Dec 16 9.20am |
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Originally posted by orpingtoneagle
So that's a comparison with 3 players who left the club before we sold Gayle and one proven premier league striker who so far we haven't seen due to injury. Gayle is a good player at Championship level he was too lightweight for the top flight. Disagree. 16 goals in a season is a good player at Championship level. 16 goals December 10 is downright phenomenal. He's prem class...we just haven't had a decent manager to get the best out of him. (Imo of course)
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| Midlands Eagle 11 Dec 16 6.56pm |
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Originally posted by Icepick Tony
We made our money back and some on a player that did not fit our system. He didn't fit Newcastle's system either but their manager was clever enough to change their system to play to Gayle's strengths and he seems to be reaping benefits
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| Icepick Tony Chester 11 Dec 16 7.53pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
He didn't fit Newcastle's system either but their manager was clever enough to change their system to play to Gayle's strengths and he seems to be reaping benefits It's very easy when you have the best squad in an inferior league. If we had done the same I put money on Gayle banging them in for us. In the Championship. Manager after manager came here and noone could make it work for him and with good reason, unless the squad has the abilities within to change to accomodate 1 player then that player will not fit. Our squad hasn't been and isn't good enough to do that hence we've spent big money on one that does fit. Edited by Icepick Tony (11 Dec 2016 7.54pm)
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