ZOMBIES
Striker
Not including the lads who only just came here, we had like five players who were good enough to get a "big fee." Pantilimon and Cattermole - for us, almost irreplaceable. Van Aanholt - raw, but promising, and our only left back. Adam Johnson's good enough, but no one's buying someone who's facing a sex crimes trial.
Connor Wickham, who obviously isn't perfect, has still been our best striker over the last two years - but no one's interested in the rest of them. Fletcher's nowhere near a £9m player anymore, especially with his contract winding down. Graham is a mess. Jermain Defoe, I think other people are expecting a lot more than I am, but we'll see.
For whatever reason we needed the money from somewhere - people will blame Ellis Short for this but because of the way we've bought players our finances are awful. Wickham was the only choice. Jack Rodwell's the right age too, but he's a much worse player and he's our broken toy to fix. Emanuele Giaccherini got fat this summer, on top of everything else that was keeping him out of the team before.
Watch the fee be almost exactly enough to pay for one Ricky Alvarez, hobbling his way here this January.
Connor Wickham, who obviously isn't perfect, has still been our best striker over the last two years - but no one's interested in the rest of them. Fletcher's nowhere near a £9m player anymore, especially with his contract winding down. Graham is a mess. Jermain Defoe, I think other people are expecting a lot more than I am, but we'll see.
For whatever reason we needed the money from somewhere - people will blame Ellis Short for this but because of the way we've bought players our finances are awful. Wickham was the only choice. Jack Rodwell's the right age too, but he's a much worse player and he's our broken toy to fix. Emanuele Giaccherini got fat this summer, on top of everything else that was keeping him out of the team before.
Watch the fee be almost exactly enough to pay for one Ricky Alvarez, hobbling his way here this January.
