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Wolves set to move for Beckford
Monday 11th January 2010, 10:30AM GMT.
Wolves are ready to pounce if Newcastle fail to land Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford after making an enquiry for the prolific striker.
Newcastle are in pole position for Beckford, after reportedly having a £1.25million bid turned down last week.
Leeds are believed to be keen on cashing in now on the 26-year-old, who is out of contract in the summer, rather than allow him to leave for nothing in the summer, and another £250,000 could seal the deal.
But Wolves insists there is no truth in reports that they offered Sam Vokes plus £300,000 for Beckford.
The Elland Road forward, who has scored 74 goals in 129 games, including 20 this season, is just one of numerous targets the club are eyeing and they may well miss out on him as they ponder various options.
Beckford himself may believe Newcastle offer at least an equal chance of giving him Premier League football as Wolves.
The striker, who was also enquired about in the last window, is the second player they have bid for, with an offer of around £3million already in for Hull winger Stephen Hunt. But they have asked about his availability with a striker is on their hitlist.
Wolves want to cover themselves if £6.5million record signing Kevin Doyle gets injured, with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake still to score in open play while Andy Keogh and Stefan Maierhofer are out injured.
Vokes has recently returned from a three-month loan spell at Elland Road, where he played alongside Beckford.
On the whole, chief executive Jez Moxey urged fans to be patient.
He said: “We’re being linked with lots of names, but there is nothing to say really until something happens. We’ve got our targets and we’re speaking to lots of people, but it’s still early in the window.”
Wolves remain hopeful of signing Hunt, but believe there is plenty of work to do before getting their man. Hull don’t want to lose the Republic of Ireland international.
But the club insist there is no truth in speculation linking defender Richard Stearman with Liverpool.
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Real ambition that. Wolves are ready to move IF Newcastle fail.
Well well well. Might Newcastle from the fizzy pop league………….. oh dear
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Please Please Please Please Please Don’t Sign him Mick!! He is not good enough and Vokes will come in useful and is a much better player!!!
Hope we get Hunt, although i can’t see 3m being enough! hope i’m wrong.
Think we should go in for Ledley and Johnson. Still think we need a forward from somewhere. maybe a good loan deal!!!
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Wolves need someone with passion,some workrate & commitment HUNT is a great move & will help with motivation of other younger & fringe players too.
We know players like Eastwood & Miller scored against United as well as Beckford did in a Season low for United,not a fantastic controlled ball by Mr. beckford either,doesn’t work hard enough for me to keep Wolves up?
Well maybe he could help as i may be wrong ? – Though more of real ‘Quality final balls’ to the Wolves present strikers may produce the goals needed to gain more wins eh!
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No no no no please no, flash in the pan, bad attitude, my Leeds mates don’t rate him at all. We need to get a player in who will improve starting XI, is Beckford better than SEB? NO and SEB has struggled this year so what is Beckford going to do! We must get Hunt, utilise the loan market and bring in a proven striker and Defender.
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Hunt and Beckford would be good additions to the squad. However, the latter would be a gamble as it’s difficult to make the step up as Ebanks’s found out.
I’d rather see a proven player arrive in Jan, like Beattie for example. We definately need covet on the wings and extra creativity. Hunt would be great but if we don’t get him I’d like to see A Jonson or a loan deal fir D Bentley materialise.
A striker and winger are the priority though. Hopefully we get the right players in as this season is an excellent opportunity to establish ourselves in the premiership!
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I agree that this is the best season to survive and establish ourselves, it is a golden opportunity and one we must take, it has never been this open for newly promoted sides and it would be a crime from the position we are in now not to stay up and prosper. That is firmly in the hands of SM,JM and MM the buck stops with them, so how serious are we?! I await the end of the transfer window for the answer.
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john. You cannot be serious about Bentley. 3 or 4 months before we signed Frankowski the Express and Star run a Saturday morning frontpage saying Bentley wanted to come to the Wolves because believe it or not he felt Hoddle would improve him.He was available for £2million at the time,but was over budget for Moxey,but we then did sign Frankie boy for £1.3M. Another classic from Jez.
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Chris, I think hoddle came out in the press at the time and said it was him who turned down bentley as he would not of fitted into the system he played, rather than moxey not stumping up the cash.
Had to laugh watching sky sports news yesterday, to see izale mcleod being loaned out by league 1 charlton, wasn’t he the other striker hoddle tried to buy but instead went for frankie? As much as people slag off Mick, I’m just grateful Hoddles not manager anymore lol!
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Amen! I would say Beckford could be the new McCleod (the Thierry Henry of League 1 at the time apparently!)
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Top Wolf I missed that comment from Hoddle but I still would like to bet Moxey would not stump up the money.You are spot on about Mick, the signings have been far better over all, apart from some penny pinching this summer. Also I think Mick organises our defence as a unit very well, we still leak goals but Wolves teams seem to always leak goals. I also think we attack the ball from set pieces under Mick better than any other Wolves side that I have seen. If you really are Top Wolf tell Moxey it is the quality of the player that really counts not the quality of the deal.If you pay over the odds for quality you will still get a large chunk of your money back,if you buy cheap dross you often lose the lot;just like Frankie.
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This player is useless, he might be ok in div 1, but his has no first touch, he couldnt trap a bag of cement, over rated not for me thanks.
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Dont buy Beckford, no where near good enough for the Prem. He scores a lot of goals in league one but misses 3 times as many chances. Know a few Leeds fans and they can’t wait for Leeds to sell him as he’s useless.
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Cant take the risk IMO,we need players who are playing in the premiership.Hunt(wont be at all surprised if we dont get him) fits the bill but we need a couple of others.Moxey says we should be patient. I have heard it all before,will wait to see what we have ACTUALLY done on 31st Jan with interest.
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There is no way I can see MM going for a player unproven in the premier, because he would be replacing like for like.
I would be amazed if Mick rates Beckford higher than SEB (or Keogh for that matter). So this is just paper talk.
But I think we are showing our ambition to get in a striker (I’d love us to get Benny McCarthy) and winger (Hunt or Johnson hopefully).
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Sign him up, class player i think he would jump to Wolves over a ccc club. Do you think we should move for him?
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NO!
He’s not better than what we have already got!
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To everybody on this board claiming Beckford is not good enough, i advise you to buy a copy of Leeds’ 1-0 win over Man Utd and watch his performance against one of the best teams in Europe, if not, the World.
Then come back to me and tell me he’s not good enough for the Premiership.
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Ok He’s not good enough for the premiership, he should have had a hattrick in that game, playing against a United side that turned in one of the worst performance sof the decade. The FA cup always throws these things up, if every striker who bagged a goal against a top club in the FA cup was good enough for the prem we’d be overloaded. DJ Campbell anyone? Essandoh? The list can go on and on and on. But you are entitled to your opinion and one way or another we will see him in the Prem with someone if not now, prob next season and we will see then.
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Eastwood also scored against united in the cup for Southend!
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Yeah a tremendous free kick wasn’t it! Good one.
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He scored against Man U because he miscontrolled the through ball. Couldn’t trap a bag of cement someone here said. Bang on baby.
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The commentators on Radio 5 weren’t all that impressed. They said that all the Leeds players worked their socks off – except Beckford.
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We should push the boat out now, offer 2 mil and undercut Leeds. This guy is a good gamble to make. Goal scorers are expensive and because of this guys speed he will always be a threat.
What we do in January will either relegate us or keep us up, I think most of us know that deep down. Blake hasnt scored in open play and injuries to others means we have 1 goalscoring forward. If he gets injured/ suspended then what??
Good move, go get him Jez, there arn’t many gambles as good as this in the lower divisions.
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Not sure about Beckford, he is a player that certainly divides opinion and depending on who you speak to,listen to or hear interviewed opinions on Beckford vary.
Personally I would go for Beattie @ Stoke or McCarthy at Blackburn, proven goalscorers and that valuable asset experience but I doubt we are willing to pay 30 or 40 grand a week to land them.
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Agree go for Beattie atleast he is proven. and Hunt then we would have a real chance we need to spend some serious cash in this league to have anychance just look at the blues. its time Mr Morgan showed his worth and commitment.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Chip on his shoulder and Bad Attitude
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Totally agree.
By the way Liverpool are interesed in Stearman, if true then it really is a sign of how well Wolves have progressed in the last 2-3 years. Ive always said the Wolves players true potential is still blosseming.
Fair play to Mick and his football policies, Beckford aint the right type of player for MM.
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Offer them £1.5m plus SEB on-loan for the rest of the season. Hopefully playing in Div 1 he will get back his confidence and then we’ll have two top strikers ready next season!
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what a stupid idea.
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Beckford is like a lot of the lower league strikers who can score for fun against the rubbish. Not worth the risk IMO to keep us up.
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I can’t see what the problem is. What is £2 million to us? (if that’s what they want) It should be peanuts. It’s worth the gamble. It will either be a stroke of genius or another Freddy Eastwood…
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I hear what your saying but it’s not peanuts to us unfortunatelt, Milijas cost around the same and he is captain of a very good international outfit. Plus if he flops we are stuck with him. Put the £2 Mil towards more quality. Doyle £6.5 Mil = Quality. You get what you pay for in most cases. I’d rather go in for Moses for £4mil.
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I’m With you on Moses!!
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£2 million to any club outside the top 8 in the Premier League is a lot. Wolvesmod obviously works in a toothpaste factory all day and couldn’t spell business acumen, let alone have it. As long as we don’t end up like portsmouth, newcastle, leeds, barnsley, charlton, norwich (do I need to go on?), i’ll be quite happy. Mick – Keep em young, keep em hungry, keep looking for those hidden gems and us educated fans will be as happy as larry (oh, and we will continue to exist).
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Here here! steady sensible progression is the way forward without a Billionaire owner and even that has a limited life span.
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for 2 million just sign him and if it doesn’t work out its no big deal. we’ve had so many other 2 million failures that one more wont harm us. But then we need to spend in excess of 3.5million to bring in the sort of quality we need. Benjani, Danny Murphy, Reo-Cocker, Anton Ferdinand, Johnson can all be bought for less than 5 million and we could get Ledley for about 2 with his contract being up at the end of the season. Yes I know this is still about 20 million but we spent that amount in the summer and bar doyle and milijas they have been pretty useless. Plus I also realise the wages will be a lot more than we’re used to but we are going to eventually have to pay this sort of rate if we are to become established so why not start now and secure players like this who will guarantee establishment in the top flight.
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I think that would be a huge gamble Ed Wolf.
Imagine if we still went down with those massive wages? It would undo all our prudent financial strategy.
We’ve got to build piece by piece. But I think we could risk 1 proven striker to go alongside Doyle. That would be sustainable.
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Bang on GB complete sense a top post mate! Zubar is a good signing and will prove to be a real gem and i still think Castillo has a lot to offer.
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The problem is the salaries. You sign £20m worth of talent and you’re committing the club to a lot more than that in salaries. That’s the reason Portsmouth and Hull are both broke.
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you must be mad joe ledley will not come for 2 mill cardiff still want 5 or theyll keep him till end of the season there is a reason why everton didnt bag him in the summmer as for beckford he is a top league 1 striker not even proven in the championship SEB is championship proven yet cant hack the prem.
id rather us buy someone with alot of pace on the wing is boro are intrested adam johnson is an amazing prospect and very young and hungry he could be like james milner in a few years and look how good he is now as for the back four i would probably go for someone strong upfront i would enquire about mcarthy id rather have robert snodgrass or becchio from leeds than beckford
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It would be great if we could get O’Hara, Hunt and Beckford. Then all we need is a specialist left back and it should give us a great chance of staying up.
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Beckford? Not for me; too much of a gamble. I agree with those who have suggested Beattie,or Roberts, or McCarthy. One of those would be a good addition – just as Phillips was for the Baggies and the Bluenoses. Experience – can’t beat it.
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I very much doubt this story. 2 reasons.
1) This is classic agent speak for “come Newcastle, pull your finger out”.
2) Can you honestly say that this is a McCarthy signing. He has a very low work rate, and he is often carried in games. Eastwood spring to mind. And Look what happened to him
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SO BASICALLY WE WON’T BE SIGING ANY OF THE ABOVE. WE’LL EITHER SIGN NO ONE, OR MORE AVERAGE RUBBISH AT THE RIGHT PRICE.
THE BAD NEWS IS, WITH OUR CURRENT SQUAD WE WILL BE RELEGATED. AND I DOUBT A QUICK RETURN NEXT SEASON WILL HAPPEN TOO.
A NEW MANAGER MUST COME BEFORE NEW PLAYERS..EVEN FERGUSSON OR WENGER WOULDN’T KEEP OUR TEAM UP I’M AFRAID.
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Wow that poor result against forest has really had an effect on you lot, next time if you try a wind up at least try to display some semblance of intelligence!!! Look at the league position, we repeat the first half of the season and we stay up and frankly we should be able to imrpove on the first 19 games which would see us more than safe.
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No need to shout !
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I think it drowns out the voices in his head!
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If Mick keeps us up, does that then mean that you consider him a better manager than Ferguson, or Squirrel Headed Wenger.
This comment may well come back to haunt you South Bank
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A natural goal-scorer and is definately a handful. I think if we can get him for 1.5mil its good business, Vokesy needs to go on loan as he is not ready. We really do need to look forward as much as I like Iwelumo can he hack it at this level? At this level you need many different attacking options I’d like to see us with 4 strikers ready to make an impact in Ebanks-Blake, Doyle, Beckford and a target man such as Beattie or Kevin Davies and obviously keep Keogh with his versatility and to run the channels. Hopefully Steven Hunt will go through soon.
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I’m sorry I disagree Laughing he is not a natural goalscorer his attempts to gaols ratio bears this out. He has a decent record at Div 3 but frankly SEB would easlily double that at that level. Beckford has pace and power and at that level playing in a side that create a lot of chances he finds himself with many oppurtunities and of course he notches a few but a natural goal scorer he ain’t.
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Here we go again,trying to get players from lower divisions.Beckford is not rated that highly by many Leeds fans,let Newcastle have him Mick and look at yhe likes of Beattie,someone with experience of top flight who stand a better chance of keeping us up.Mick, start and do a managers job and tell the board who you want and at the same time tell Moxey where to go and keep his nose out of the football side which he knows nothing at all about.
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I would prefer to buy one quality player than three players of his standard.
We have clearly seen the difference between a 2mil player and a 6.5mil player this year. Improve the 1st team NOT the squad!!
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Well said Wolffy: We have enough ‘Project Players’ at the club – We need Prem Proven Quality to bolster the 1st team – James Beattie springs to mind
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don’t sign a lower league player for scoring against Man U in the cup, look what happeend when we did that … who wants another Eastwood?
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O’Hara, Hunt and Johnson would be good signings. Not sure about Beckford but here is a controversial call… Michael Owen on loan. This must have been Morgan’s mystery big signing in the summer? Not the player he was but as we saw in the Champions League he still can finish. Not getting a look in at Utd and is desperate for first team action to attempt to get in the World Cup squad. Wages would be an obstacle but put him alongside Doyle or Vokes and he would score the goals to guarantee safety!
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Not controversial at all, but, wages would be the problem. Watching him sit on the bench against the Blues whilst other forwards were brought on by a United side that quite clearly weren’t going to score, must have been embarrassing for Owen. Only chance might be him taking a pay cut in a effort to get himself on Capello’s radar in a last desperate World Cup bid
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Can’t see Fergie further weakening his crumbling empire though. Be great to see the wee man plying his trade at the golden palace though.
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Agree there Rob, O’Hara, Hunt & Johnson are all good shouts however, I think Owen may think twice about taking that much of a wage cut, even if it meant getting on Capello’s radar but we can but dream ! Beckfords a no no though for me, I dont know why we didn’t go for someone like Fraizer Campbell when the time was right.
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So sick of reading about the blue noses offering masses of money for this player and that, wish that we would get a couple of signings worth cheering about in.
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Tough one to gamble on here. My mate is a Leeds fan also and as much as he loves Becks goals he reckons he’s lazy, and bit of a cancer to the rest of the team w his attitude. You’ve also gotta wonder why he didn’t leave earlier if he had real ambitions of playing @ Prem level. Don’t think he can be consistent in the Prem but if we go down he might be ok @ that level. We’ve already got plenty of pace, we need a finisher !!!
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Beckford reminds me of Eastwood. Eastwood made his name from that free kick against Manure I think it was… Beckford scored against,,, Manure, I game wonder.
Beckford is over rated. We need a proven PREMIER goalscorer. We should move for Benni McCarthy or Benjani!
SPLASH THE CASH MORGAN, NOW IS THE TIME!
If want to be where Blues are then you need to spend the money!
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WOLVESMOD
You need to think what you say. I GAME doesnt make a player.
Beckford played poorly this weekend. YEP BUMP BUMP back down to earth!
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“We need a proven PREMIER goalscorer. We should move for Benni McCarthy or Benjani!”
I rest my case.
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I’d put their Prem records up against Beckfords mate! Case closed
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I can make plenty of offers for players does not me I want them!!!
So all the news of offers being made is just a cover-up..we dont need players at the end of jan we really do require the additions now.
Off course it is difficult to get players and things can be complicated etc but you have to go in hard..for eg.HUNT best player for HULL who they purchase at 5mill 6mths ago and WOLVES want to pay 3MILL! Hull may need the money surely not that desperately they cn sell other sh… and get the dollars required.
In terms of BECKFORD offer 2mill and we have him!He will do well over the next few months wht happens after that its anyones guess as he rude-boy th original..But is so after scoring a few..
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Reading through the comments above, this player is anywhere between top class or total rubbish.
I’m not convinced that there is anything in this story or not.
However, I seem to recall that the top clubs at the time had mixed views of a certain Steve Bull when he he was banging in the goals in the lower divisions.
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Not sure about that he was courted a number of times and was subject to what would have been a then record transfer of £4.5Mil from the Vile, also scored goals at international level he also scored about 60 goals a the same level Beckford is playing now! I see where you are coming from but different Kettle of fish. Beckford does not deserve to be mentioned in the same breath, sentance, article etc as Bully.
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Bull continued to perform well in the second tier of the English league, and stayed loyal to his Midlands roots despite interest from the likes of Aston Villa, Coventry City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Ajax, PSG, Internazionale, Manchester United, Liverpool, Rangers, Lazio, Boca Juniors, Newcastle United and even Italian giants Juventus and Genoa, who reportedly had a £3.5m bid turned down prior to the 1990 World Cup. As I said different kettle of fish, in fact different species all together
Courtesy of Wikipedia!
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You missed the point.
I was using Steve Bull as an example of a player being successful at a lower level with mixed views by the top clubs of their ability.
Beckford may or may not be able to cut it in the Premiership but unless he plays in it we will never know.
All I know is that whenever I look at the scores in the sunday papers his name regulary appears for Leeds.
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I didn’t miss the point I just don’t agree that clubs had mixed opinions its clear from the clubs that were interested in him. I know what you are saying but scoring reg in League one is different to scoring reg in CCC let alone Prem. We need another player proven in the same bracket as Doyle. Beckford is 26 and will not improve his current level of ability either.
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i see your point i remember people even wolves fans saying bully has no first touch, he was only a lower league striker
how wrong they were and no one will admit it now, its like asking a wolves fan if they went to games when we were in the lower divisions
we must of had 20,000 away fans in those days ;)
any way bull cost little and would never play above div 3
beckford costs little and … who knows
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EAN 33 We used to also say his second touch was usually a goal,but relatively speaking he was not cheap,his transfer was a large chunk of the available budget and a lot of money for a fourth division club in those days.And didn’t you keep the ticket stubs?
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Ean33 if you are talking about the first few months of Bully’s career then maybe but he was 20 and an unknown quantity, Beckford is 26 and well known. Compare Bully at 26 and Beckford now. The comparison does not stand up, we are not talking about some young lad with potential coming out of nowhere. Beckford is at his peak now. I’m sorry it’s a nothing point for me in Beckfords case
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I take your point mate but then Eastwood’s name appeared every week for Southend and it just didn’t work out for him at Wolves, I know people will argue that MM didn’t give him a chance but Beckford for me is a lazier player than Eastwood ever was so the whole ‘put a shift in’ ethic just wouldn’t work with him and then to top things off, Beckford has a bad attitude which Mick doesn’t tolerate… Bothroyd anyone ???
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YES YES YES,Beckford is the man to score the goals that we miss! i think he will be a class signing! give leeds what they want for him and his goals will keep us in this league.BARMY ARMY!!!
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NO MORE SQUAD PLAYERS!!!!!Have the 3M’s got a death wish.Proven Premier striker,Hunt a must,another creative midfield player and we WILL STAY UP.Blake and Chris are far superior to Beckford and they are struggling!!!Wake up 3M’s BEFORE its too late.THE CLOCK IS TICKING!!
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im going to disagree with some of you. Beckford is worth the gamble. His goal against United was not a set piece so you cant compare it to Eastwoods for a start.
He consistantly finds the net for Leeds and he is a bit quicker than our SEB who hasnt scored from open play all season but some still rate him as worth millions…………..
Buying any player is a gamble, will they fit in, wont they??? We are at least going for someone who is playing well and on form at this moment in time.
I would also add we have signed good players like Zubar, Mancienne on loaN, Doyle, Milijas and Castillo, Hannemannemaneman lol, so Micks not done too bad so far.
Hunt would be an excellent signing! Has extra quality on the ball.
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No way do we want Beckford.
Might as well fetch Bothroyd back from Cardiff.Same attitude problem,same chip on the shoulder.
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lol ! see my previous post further up the page about a certain ex player with a bad attitude, I agree whole heartedly !
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Nobody knows how Beckford will do in the premiership and thats the problem,time is not on our side.If we we going to buy him at the beginning of the season ,then I could understand us buying him.We need premiership players such as Beattie.
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people seem to be saying no to Beckford and saying we need a Premiership proven goal scorer………..like who???? Its ok saying this but what Premiership team will sell their goalscorers to a rival??? Beattie is one name………… who else?? and at what money?
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We don’t just have to look in this country, Kerzhakov, Gomes, Gudjohnsen, Kuranyi, Mbokani are five names that could well be available at £5mil and below and are all of the quality we need (helps if you watch football other than the prem too!)Not to mention Jason Roberts, Beni McCArthy and as you say James Beattie. Test Viles resolve to keep Heskey with £3.5 mil maybe? They are out there thats why we have scouts, other sides around us are clearly making moves. I hope we have a acout at the African Nations.
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Also if we are going to sign a player with a bad rep for his attitude I’d rather sign Zaki, prob same price maybe cheaper! I’ve listed a fair few names in a couple of mins so if our scouts are doing their jobs they should have a list even longer with bags of quality. Otherwise I think I might apply for a job.
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Benjani!!!!!!!! Class player and available.
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Beckford is just another ‘fringe’ player.What we need in the team is quality.The Wolves ‘bargain basement’ mentality continues.
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74 goals in 129 games. sign him up, see what he’s like, if hes shit. LOAN.
He’d be a decent signing.
The reason why ebanks-blake fails in the prem is because he’s too small and he is about a yard off pace..
beckford though is a couple of inches taller and he’s pretty quick. he’s a poor mans defoe.
SIGN HIM UP MICK!
and what about Rodallega?
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Rodallega I would love to see in our shirt but we would probably be priced out.
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IMO Beckford would be a big risk regardless of how he played against Man. Utd!
A single game (WolvesMod) is not a guide to how good or bad a player is.
League 1 is a world away from the PL and like Beckford, Eastwood came with a similar reputation, didn’t fit in and caused a rumpus all round when despatched to Coventry but Mick was right about him and I think many will be right about Beckford – leave him be, there are better players around than him and at 26yo he is too old for a first chance at the PL!
Let him go to Newcastle and we will see if he’s good enough at Championship level, if he is, then he may well play in the PL next season but if he isn’t, then Wolves will have saved vital cash on another player whose reputation was bigger than his ability!
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Bargain basement doesnt work in this division,we need proven Prem quality players like Adam Johnson,Stephen Hunt,James Beattie,Ohara,
etc we have enough squad mediocrity players at present if you dont buy quality dont bother would be my message to the 3Ms
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The four players you mentioned above are bang on, Hunt & Johnson a must for me as for O’Hara def worth a punt on loan as he’s put in decent performances for Pompey & Beattie would be a handful as he’s always been but I’d rather a loan deal here too…
As for Seb, I think he’ll come good, unfortunately he needs a bit of time, not a luxury he has at this level tho & Beckford, hmmm, still on the fence, if the club wanna gamble then maybe but Vokes will be a much better player in years to come…
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i think there is some truth in this and wolves are interested. Eastwood scored a cracking free kick against man utd and we signed him on the strength of that. Havnt really seen much of beckford to judge , but we need to gamble on another striker from somewhere!He will struggle against prem defences and wont get too many chances, but hes full of confidence and if he was to score just 4 goals and they were all winners that could keep us up
We need more goals and SEB, and co arent doing it.
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all good goalscorers have attitude they have to be selfish around the box and in front of goal, i dont have a problem with that you lot have been listening to paul merson to much, give him a shot he,ll want to proove people wrong, its all about opinions and in mine he,ll score goals in the premiership.
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Eastwood scored a free kick.
A bit different to causing havoc to an England defender (Wes Brown) for 90mins.
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90 mins a bit different to caausing problems tp Prem defences week in week out, no???
Anyway for the goal, Beckfords first was so bad it confused Brown he wouldn’t expect that week in week out!!!
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My grandmother could cause havoc against Wes Brown…..and she hasn’t been feeling very well this season
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Sign her up ! :-)
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ye of little faith jez said they are going shopping not to asda
but lidl what bargains we can get
ok not a lot but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Never mind this Beckford nonsense, its this rumour of Stears going to Liverpi$$ that worries me. He’s potentionally a biggy for the future, and i want him to stay a Wolf.
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lol,lol bump, ………. sound of many wolves fans laughing and then falling of chairs !!!!!! what a load of utter steve bull!!! I hear were after van the man now, lol lol !!!!!!!!!
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dont go there Mick hes an amature
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You have obviously never seem him play, he is fast and has alot of tricks up his sleave, defenders dont know how to play him. He would be a great signing because lets face it theres a good chance we will be in the CCC next year. There is no risk at all as his wages wont be big. PS learn to spell before you post comments!
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This is old news, the Vokes offer was reported weeks back. As for Beckford, I would prefer Moses from Palace or Rodellaga from Wigan but I’ll take it we don’t have 6 million quid to spend on the premier target, well my target. Hunt would be good but so far it seems we don’t have much money to work with.
I’ll be very surprised if Stearman is a real target for Liverpool.
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It would be a great move signing beckford, at least hes a striker with confidence which only doyle has at the moment. If we dont get beckford then maybe a loan deal for benjani from city anyone?
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Absolutley. Remember when Man City first signed him and he was doing great. Then they won the lottery and no ones heard of him since. I definatley prefer him over Beckford
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Jason Roberts experince on a loan? or a perm deal, for a season or two?
O’hara would be good but he will go elsewhere
James Tomkins would be an absoulte steal but doubt we would get him.
Think we need a defender for cover
Matt Hill why we even signed him I dont know. He is good but another one of Mick’s not good enough for the prem. There’s players to be had lets hope we can do the buisness before its too late again they will be stupid if start messing around when it could cost us big time.
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I’m not sure about signing Beckford, SEB scored lots of goals for us in a lower league for one good reason. In the lower leagues you get 5-6 decent chances to score but in the Prem you might only get 1 or 2 which MUST be taken otherwise you’ll be looking at a draw or even a loss. I think we need better service to the front men then we’ll see if SEB can hack it at this level, he’s never been a “bully” type player who will chase down a lost cause to create his own chances. So with that in mind I think the bid to get Hunt is just what we need (if it happens that is) as he knows Doyle’s game from their time at Reading together. I remember a certain Steve Bull having a similar but almost telepathic relationship with Cooky. I know that was way back then but you need that sort of connection in a side. Milijas could yet be that man as he can certainly pick a pass as we all saw against Tranmere, ok it was lower opposition but you still have to get it right for the defence splitter to work.
As for all the posters who keep saying we could loan such and such, I don’t think we could. May I direct you to a previous article on today’s E&S under the headline
Latest Transfer Rumours:-
“Wolves will need special permission to land Tottenham midfielder Jamie O’Hara on loan as the Premier League does not allow players to have three clubs in one season.”
Mancienne and Castillo makes 2 players on loan already so unless we can persuade the powers that be to change the rules, ANY player we want to aquire will have to be permanent.
I agree with quite a few others, Beckford is too much of a gamble. We need players who already know this league and what it takes to score in it, not someone who has never played at this level before, we can’t afford to give a new striker “on the job training” in this league, WE NEED GOALS. If you need proof of the leap being a case of too much too soon then look no further than Mr. Kightly. He came from the Non league arena and in the CCC he was FANTASTIC, however (unfortunatley for us) he seems to be struggling in this division. I know he has been injured and spent some time out already but what if he never becomes the player we hoped he would for us this season? I know that’s a negative view on a really good player but there it is all the same. I will say though before he got himself injured against the Blues he was starting to look a bit like the old Kightly we know and love. Last season against Forest at home he and Jarvo DESTROYED them. In fact one of my friends is a Forest fan and when I talked to him about the game back then (with a HUGE grin on my face) he told me that the Forest fans had nicknamed them Chaos and Mayhem, such was the impact they had against them (and a few others that season too). Only time will tell how Kightly will cope. Going back to the Beckford issue though the likes of Beattie, Roberts, Mccarthy have all shown they can score at this level consistantly. The only stumbling block as ever is the wages. We will just have to see how much ambition of remaining here this time the board has for our club. Here’s hoping though, although having said that I do not want us to ruin the club for the sake of a new player. That would be stupid and in today’s climate possibly footballing suicide.
Roll on the Wigan game.
Wolves Till I Die
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Oh how could I forget?
The reason Kightly was better last season was THE SIZE OF THE PITCH!!! Or the width of it should I say. That BRILLIANT (heavy on the sarcasm) idea of narrowing the pitch to apparantly prevent other wingers from running up and down the flanks has also reduced the ability of our wingers to do the same, this I know has been well documented and highlighted on this site already.
Maybe if we stay up they might return it to it’s original size. The main reason was for Halfords LETHAL lol. long throws after what Stoke did. There was only one problem with this strategy though wasn’t there? Our team is at it’s BEST with flying wingers and width and always has been.
Like I say hopefully this may be corrected if we stay up.
We Are Wolves.
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Ignore what I just posted about the loan situation I read it wrong but we still wouldn’t be able to get O’Hara for that reason so we should forget about him.
Yes I’m a numpty. I will read things through much better in future.
DOH!!
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I really hope we don’t get Beckford. I hear he’s got a bad attitude and we have a really good team spirit that we shouldn’t jepodise with an untested league 1 striker. STEAR CLEAR! I would like to see a bit of ambition with two quality signings that will warrant first 11 status.
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Having said that though I’m not sure but isn’t there some rule limiting clubs to 3 players on loan in a season apart from emergency loans anyway? If that was the case one player on loan would be our last allowed. Mind you if it was for a decent striker it would be a good move. Can anyone enlighten me to the truth about this please?
Come On You Wolves
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I believe there is a limit to players under 24 and over and from abroad so if you took your limit in all these brackets I believe you can have at least 6 loan players, that also doesn’t take into account the allowance for short term loans
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Thanks Winslow a reply without the childish comments.
Much appreciated.
Up The Wolves
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The 3 M’s need to get Hunt & A.Johnson, both worth spending 4-5M on, if we could get O’Hara on loan, if Prem rules allow, he’d be a great addition…
Moses over Beckford without a doubt but neither will happen!!
We’re yet to see the best of Vokes who for me has had to learn fast since his move from Bournemouth but I really like what I’ve seen of him & wouldn’t bet against him making more of an impact in the second half of out season…
Spend wisely now Morgan…
UTW
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bully fan i can enlighten you that you go on alot lol
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Sorry but when I have a point to make I try to add as much information as I can, not to post one line replies to other peoples views that create an attempt at humour like you.
Im guessing you don’t read many books?
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We need to buy an established striker,break the wage structure and stay up, another name in the melting pot,Jones from Sunderland,tbh i dont think SEB can cut the mustard in this division, i know i’l prob get slated for saying it but at present we only have 1 striker and at 6 mil plus he was a good signing but and its a big BUT we need to spend that kind of cash again to get another, come on Mick drop the dead wood and get Morgan to splash the cash!!!!!
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Things are obviously going well at wolves at last but spare a thought for Freddy Eastwood. Since Coleman decided he was not a winger and moved him up front he has scored five in his last five league games.I know he was popular with a lot of the wolves fans so I am sure you will be pleased for the man.
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Well, that’s one third of the month gone and NO ACTION … look down the road at Blues, they are cracking on and getting deals in already. All we ever do is read and talk about it.
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Gents:Beckford is a gamble worth taking I do not care about his attitude etc at the moment he may be lazy but boy does he know were the net is. Yes DOYLE as performed admirabbly but DOYLE is not going to score another 10 GOALS this season..DOYLE is not a finisher beckford is and for the first few months he will perform…you know new club premiership etc this will AID him.What happens next season with him who knows but till the end of this one he will get the goals as he is full of confidence and the boy is not a poacher like SEB he can finish from all places and that is what is needed right know…SEB is lacking confidence given time he will come good and can score his fair few but it aint going to be this season as he is finding it mentally tough…As for BECKFORDS attitude what can one individual do to have a negative effect on the others?NOTHING.ESPECIALLY when we have such solidararity existing at the club.
Yes if he scores 10 or plus goals his attitude may come through but by then we will be safe the season will be either ending or ended then we can move him on….MICKO and the boys can make that decision.SURELY he cannot influence a whole squad?So come on the wolves let him loose against WIGAN…
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Wanderer I disagree as I said in an earlier post Beckford is not a ”natural” goalscorer he posseses pace that gets him in the right positions easily at that level and plays in ateam that dominates most of its opponents in the league. At Wolves he would get far fewer chances and you speak to any Leeds fans he needs 3 or 4 good chances to score and he will not get that in the Prem with us. SEB is better and if he was playing at the level Beckford is he would score double probably. Matty Fryatt scored tons in league one but has found out twice that even the step up to CCC is tough. As for his attitude it only takes one to spoil the whole bunch.
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bully fan – read the atricle correctly o’hara cant have 3 clubs in 1 season ie tottenham pompey and then wolves thats what the atricle says please read proply before commenting! teams are allowed 5 loan players at any one time.
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I did actually and posted again as an indication that I had read it wrong a little later, did you not see that?
You are telling me to check the article before posting yet you evidentally missed my reply to say as much before you posted your clever comment.
Thanks for letting me know about the amount of loan players you are allowed. Now I know.
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Beckford seems to be a gamble which is not needed in our situation. Plus he is known to have a bad attitude which we certainly do not need at this point in proceedings. We need an EXPERIENCED PROVEN goalscorer that can compliment Doyle; and an EXPERIENCED PROVEN outside midfield player that can support Milijas. If we spent 6.5 million on Doyle does it really break the Wolves bank account to spend similar sums on such players???
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Lets make a decision on who we would really think can help take this club forward and get the deal done. There are three games before the end of January, that could prove pivotal. If you want whats in the shop window then pay up, for the right player I believe that it is worth it. Without some “calculated” risk there is no reward.
UP THE MIGHTY WOLVES
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I cant believe Wolvesmod rates Wes Brown.
Says it all.
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isnt signing any player a gamble? Man United gambled on Michael Owen……….
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Not so much of a gamble as he was a freebe…and if he couldn’t score goals for newcastle in their relegation battle last season what makes anyone think he would perform any differently for us!!!steer clear is say.
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Apparently we are monitoring West Ham’s situation and may bid for Collison, that would be AMAZING!!!!
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Funny how the our pages appear to be Baggie free after there result against Forest I’d have more respect for the wind up merchants if they came out rain or shine!!!!
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This makes for interesting reading chaps from BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8453337.stm
For all those calling to just spend masses of money or throw away £2 Million as if it’s nothing. Maybe Moxey ain’t so bad dare I say!!!
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Wimslow,Yes some clubs are in a bad way due to mismanagement,But with the best chance in years to secure premiership football Moxey might just blow it with his penny pinching.Wolves made £15 million profit over last five years,have £25 million in the bank,Morgan has not yet come good with his promised £30 million,and yet we are looking at a player from the French 2nd division.As with any club if you want to compete then you have to speculate,nobody wants massive spending but 2/3 Quality signings could be the difference between £30 million off sky next season or championship football.I for one know what i would prefer.
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winslow wolf. do you know how much wages these players you have stated would want i think you are out of your tree.
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What players? I was naming a list of players of the required quality that are available IMHO. I’m not saying sign them all am I you numpty? and most of them especially the foreign ones I’ve named are well within wage budget, they don’t earn on the continent anything like the wages over here. Hunt, and a striker of the correct quality may cost in the region of a combined £10 mil which is high but still within Morgans promised £30 Mil and wages of around £20K a week so thats an extra £2 mil a year the on wage bill which again is high for us but should be balanced by increased revenue for being in the Prem.
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Make a firm bid for Beckford now, more than what Newcastle have offered and stop peeing around Moxey.
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We need a good Centre Half, a creative tough midfielder & a centre forward who will score 15 between now and the end of the season. Total £10million at least. Players in mind lets see what you think ????
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