to sign for 700K. I have no evidence whatsover other than a tenuos rumour on another board... but felt like presenting as fact, to make me feel all self important. (wicked)
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<td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0 (0)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0 (0)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6"> <font face="helvetica" size="-1"> York</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">15-11-1995</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">25-03-1999</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> Trainee</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 72 (23)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 21</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 4 (2)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 3</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 3 (3)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 4 (0)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#e6e6e6" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" colspan="3"><font face="helvetica" color="#ffffff" size="-1">Totals</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">£ 3350000</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">334 (103)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">92</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">8 (10)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">7</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">18 (8)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">10</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">8 (6)</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="right"><font face="helvetica" size="-1">1</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> </td> <td bgcolor="#000000"><font face="helvetica" color="#ffffff" size="-1">goals / game</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" colspan="2"> <font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0.21</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" colspan="2"> <font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0.38</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" colspan="2"> <font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0.38</font></td> <td bgcolor="#f7f7f7" align="center" colspan="2"> <font face="helvetica" size="-1"> 0.07</font></td></tr></tbody></table>
Danny Wilson tried to sign him in 1997 from York for the Premiership Not worth £700k. If he is under contract, I would take him on loan as a big target man, who might batter the occasional goal and make a fair few as well. If it was a question of hard cash, I would not go above £300k, given his age. Could do a job for us as the physical target man we need to make the chances for Hume and Bogdanovic.
RE: Decent player Aye better than what we have but not worth £700k. Just shows what **** we have up front.
Richard Cresswell has been on my list of rubbish strikers for some time along with David Healy, Johnson (little bald headed bloke -forget who he plays for (that the impression that he creates - none) If we are going to get a striker, lets have a decent one. I don't think much of Parkin but he scores more goals than Cresswell.
the thinking within this thread is sensible and makes much sense but, give some thought for an illogical manager whose thoughts differ greatly from an average normal type of guy. If he's capable of buying Oddjob, Mossto and Christian for example then he's capable of spending 700k of somoneelses money on a 32 year old as been.
Is that David Healey, the most prolific goal scorer in the history of Northern Ireland Football and Andy Johnson who has scored an average of a goal every 2 games in his career. I wish we had some rubbish strikers like them!
Its not the same Richard Cresswell that won the Greyhound race at Hove On a Wednesday night in January.</p> (y) (y) (y)</p>
Think he'll be DJ'ing at my local I might pop along with my winnings from the 11/97 bet I had at newmarket (Y) (Y) (Y) (Y)
He's not a big target man, he plays more on the wing ... .... and he was one of their best players in the promotion season, scored at least double figures and made as many for others, just didn't get much of a look in last season because of the new signings for the Premiership - way better than owt we've got, even at 32