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Originally Posted by Ash
He's been trying to get a proper centre-forward for years, you know.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
https://arseblog.com/2017/06/striker-it-lucky/
Well, obviously. We just couldn't really afford to buy a proper one from the transfer market barrel and never got lucky with a suitable one falling off the London Colney academy tree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash
Should have signed Higuain at the time. Silly.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
But understandable that we didn't; massive risk, if money is an issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Özil Made far more sense, from that point of view. There's about a million times less pressure on fanny-dancing fairies than there is on talisman goalscorers.
I think he ended up costing Napoli the same as we offered Liverpool for Suarez so money alone was not the issue. We felt wronged by RM putting up the price. Sometimes in (modern) football you just have to pay up.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I can’t even remember which one of our list of strikers we made do with at the time. Giroud?
No, you bloody don't! You go without or you make do with what you have or you get something else.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
Just have to pay up indeed. No wonder the world is in such a mess :-(
Selective quoting there R. As I said in the original post "Sometimes in (modern) football you just have to pay up.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Now, don't make me kill you.
Quite right, r. SW is one of these spoilt youngsters who is very good at spending other people's moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Alright. Yes, selective, I admit it. But the point is, you never have to just pay up. Never.Quote:
Originally Posted by SWv2
And please don't kill me.