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Olivier Giroud
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 CrazyBadger  Ware 27 Feb 23 2.17pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
It's the old problem for clubs our size. Sign or develop a young player who does well and he'll get cherry picked by the big money boys - sign an older player with a proven track record and he has a limited shelf life. I'd say that for a club of our size, you need a healthy balance of both young and old. A decent striker is hard find, so resorting to a short term solution like Giroud is fine with me. we've Tried the buy young and improve them tactic with OE and JPM, and so fair it hasn't born any fruit. we need a proven striker now. it will also give us time to keep looking/developing our own to replace him.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 27 Feb 23 2.21pm |
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Giroud only knows how to score against Palace, not the other way round. He would probably blast the ball into our own net out of force of habit.
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Teddy Eagle  27 Feb 23 2.23pm |
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Originally posted by CrazyBadger
I'd say that for a club of our size, you need a healthy balance of both young and old. A decent striker is hard find, so resorting to a short term solution like Giroud is fine with me. we've Tried the buy young and improve them tactic with OE and JPM, and so fair it hasn't born any fruit. we need a proven striker now. it will also give us time to keep looking/developing our own to replace him. Yes, I'd have him too. Previously we did alright with Kevin Phillips.
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| Midlands Eagle 27 Feb 23 2.26pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
He would probably blast the ball into our own net out of force of habit. With a scorpion kick of course
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| Midlands Eagle 27 Feb 23 2.28pm |
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We might as well close this thread as Willo has asserted that he isn't coming Edited by Midlands Eagle (27 Feb 2023 2.28pm)
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| Teddy Eagle 27 Feb 23 2.30pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
We might as well close this thread as Willo has asserted that he isn't coming Edited by Midlands Eagle (27 Feb 2023 2.28pm) Is that football related?
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Nicholas91  The Democratic Republic of Kent 27 Feb 23 2.34pm |
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Originally posted by Teddy Eagle
It's the old problem for clubs our size. Sign or develop a young player who does well and he'll get cherry picked by the big money boys - sign an older player with a proven track record and he has a limited shelf life. For the sake of sanity and will to live I think we should all at least entertain that possibility.
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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| Teddy Eagle 27 Feb 23 2.39pm |
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Originally posted by Nicholas91
For the sake of sanity and will to live I think we should all at least entertain that possibility. Hope is the thing with Eagle feathers.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 27 Feb 23 3.06pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
We might as well close this thread as Willo has asserted that he isn't coming Edited by Midlands Eagle (27 Feb 2023 2.28pm) Given that the current policy is for acquiring younger players and players with potential it would be somewhat astonishing if we were to sign a player who will be approaching 37. I am confident in predicting that he will not be seen in our colours next season.
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| JRW2 Dulwich 27 Feb 23 3.10pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
I am confident in predicting that he will not be seen in our colours next season. Yes, we know.
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| eaglesdare 27 Feb 23 3.17pm |
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west ham written all over it
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| Spiderman Horsham 27 Feb 23 4.18pm |
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Originally posted by Nicholas91
I'd take Giroud in a heartbeat but that's probably more reflective of current situation than any future aspirations! So would I. We will lose Zaha, Luka, Jairo(?) and possibly Tomkins in the summer. This will release a lot of wages, Giroud will be free transfer so we should be able to vover wages. He is exactly what we need proven goal scorer and experienced
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