Re: City have paid how much for who?!?

"Google Beta User"  wrote in message 
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> http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2275394,00.html

Bojinov, Castillo, Caicedo, Benjani, Bianchi and now this dude. What's with 
Sven's fixation for signing strikers without EPL experience? For that sort 
of money we could have signed David Bentley or SWP and had some change to 
spare.

date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:35:21 +0100 author: Chas

Re: City have paid how much for who?!?

"Google Beta User"  wrote in message 
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On Apr 22, 9:35 am, "Chas"  wrote:
> "Google Beta User"  wrote in 
> messagenews:e611ee01-82b9-48f5-b0ea-8718dc1f2461@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
> >http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2275394,00.html
>
> Bojinov, Castillo, Caicedo, Benjani, Bianchi and now this dude. What's 
> with
> Sven's fixation for signing strikers without EPL experience? For that sort
> of money we could have signed David Bentley or SWP and had some change to
> spare.
>
> What does SWP do other than run really fast?

You're getting him confused with Aaron Lennon. When SWP was with City, he 
was at the top of the stats in the EPL for successful dribbles. That is what 
made him such a great player to watch.

date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:20:00 +0100 author: Chas

Re: City have paid how much for who?!?

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:35:21 +0100, "Chas"  wrote:

>"Google Beta User"  wrote in message 
>news:e611ee01-82b9-48f5-b0ea-8718dc1f2461@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>> http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2275394,00.html
>
>Bojinov, Castillo, Caicedo, Benjani, Bianchi and now this dude. What's with 
>Sven's fixation for signing strikers without EPL experience?

Yep, foreing strikers without EPL experience really do poorly, see Torres,
Berbatov, Roque Santa Cruz etc.

date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:56:23 +0200 author: Jesper Lauridsen

Re: City have paid how much for who?!?

"Jesper Lauridsen"  wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:35:21 +0100, "Chas"  
> wrote:
>
>>"Google Beta User"  wrote in message
>>news:e611ee01-82b9-48f5-b0ea-8718dc1f2461@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>> http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2275394,00.html
>>
>>Bojinov, Castillo, Caicedo, Benjani, Bianchi and now this dude. What's 
>>with
>>Sven's fixation for signing strikers without EPL experience?
>
> Yep, foreing strikers without EPL experience really do poorly, see Torres,
> Berbatov, Roque Santa Cruz etc.

Well, you can cite examples from both sides of the argument. It just seems 
to me that we have enough strikers and too few (i.e. 1) wingers. Especially 
given the fact that we only play 1 striker anyway. But Sven's obviously 
aware of that too and I'm sure he'll have it covered.

date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:08:14 +0100 author: Chas