Would Shevchenko Help?

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Wednesday 18 September

Shev is Fergie target
Manchester United are plotting a second sensational bid for AC Milan superstar Andrei Shevchenko. Starsport can reveal Sir Alex Ferguson made a dramatic late effort to sign the 25-year-old Ukrainian before the transfer window closed. But the Italian giants snubbed United who were willing to pay around £20million. United, though, are ready to try again when dealing renews in January with Fergie believing Shevchenko can provide the strike power so badly missing this season.

But I suppose the big question is at what cost does United go after him?
 
He'd cost way too much IMO. That said, with the market as it is....
 
It wouldn't harm us. Other than the costs.

Would Milan sell him? Doubt it.
 
Well, Inter sold Ronaldo - you never know with Italian teams, their presidents and managers are nutters.

He wouldn't be my first choice though.
 
That's the problem for this year yes. He could still play in the domestic comps though.
 
Would Shevchenko help?

That's a bit like saying the artic's a bit chilly

Of course he would, but unless we've won the US lottery there's not much chance of being able to afford the £20million+ price tag.
 
Originally posted by Veedey:
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He’s not very happy with AC Milan, Russian newspapers say.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Really?

They love him in Milan. Quite suprising he's unhappy.
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Are these your average run-of-the-mill rumours, or your tribalBollox type rumours then?
 
I personally think he's the best around, about as good as Ronaldo as his peak. It would be a dream come true for me if we signed him.
 
Yes, I think he would be great for us, but when it's United buying, the price will be ridicilous.. :(
 
Is Shevchenko having a knee injury? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">
 
Rebrov would be a more economic buy than shev and leave some money for a left sided midfielder, giggs looks past his best but could be that he has no pressure on him
 
Rebrov was the main goal scorer when he and Shevchenko played together at Kiev.
He's struggled to settle at WHL, maybe a new start will see him re-discover his touch.

I don't think Shevchenko is cup-tied at the moment because he definately missed the qualifying round and i don't think he played this week, but by the time the transfer window re-opens he'll surely have played atleast one European game for AC.
 
I dont think that physically playing cup ties anyone, I think being registerd to play does.

I could be wrong though. :)
 
We need him, he can create, has pace and can finish too. But I don't think he'd leave Milan atm... look at their team now and what's on the bench: quality, they're speaking of a dream team... they bought Rivaldo and Nesta too. Sheva can achieve glory there, if Ancelotti does not do anything strange that is.
 
Actually I think Shev is cup-tied, wasn't he injured during the qualifying match?
 
Surely if we are talking about spending 20+ million we need to make sure we don't make the same mistake as we did with Veron, in that we bought a player with undoubted ability but it seems is unable to adapt to the british game. Surely a more suitable candidate for a future striker would be someone like Hasselbaink who is proven in the premiership, is unhappy at his club, his club needs money and the fact that he and Van Nist will be the Dutch strikeforce for the forseeable future then their partnership will only get better.
 
Originally posted by Canadian Dee:
<strong>Surely if we are talking about spending 20+ million we need to make sure we don't make the same mistake as we did with Veron, in that we bought a player with undoubted ability but it seems is unable to adapt to the british game. Surely a more suitable candidate for a future striker would be someone like Hasselbaink who is proven in the premiership, is unhappy at his club, his club needs money and the fact that he and Van Nist will be the Dutch strikeforce for the forseeable future then their partnership will only get better.</strong><hr></blockquote>

The last player i want to see in a red shirt is the moaning, lazy dutch git Jimmy Floyd Piggybank. If we got any player from Chelsea make it his strike partner Gudjohnsen. Excellent team player with great finishing ability
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Originally posted by Ever hopefull:
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The last player i want to see in a red shirt is the moaning, lazy dutch git Jimmy Floyd Piggybank. If we got any player from Chelsea make it his strike partner Gudjohnsen. Excellent team player with great finishing ability</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agreed. Some people don't realise that there is more to it than winning trophies.

I would take Gudjohnsen any day over JFH - not because he is a better striker, because I don't think he is, but because he would imho (that's h for humble) be more of a credit to the team than Hasselbaink.
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Originally posted by Livvie20:
<strong>Agreed. Some people don't realise that there is more to it than winning trophies.
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Surely you're joking Liv. Football is all about winning trophies imo. Otherwise what's the point ? Losing, but feeling good about yourself ?
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Originally posted by Raoul:
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Surely you're joking Liv. Football is all about winning trophies imo. Otherwise what's the point ? Losing, but feeling good about yourself ?
<img src="graemlins/houllier.gif" border="0" alt="[Houllier]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>

It's good to win trophies. But I wouldn't want trophies if we had to employ players like JFH to get them for us. I prefer to see good football played by players who are a credit to the club.

You can see why I'm not a business woman.
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Originally posted by Ever hopefull:
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The last player i want to see in a red shirt is the moaning, lazy dutch git Jimmy Floyd Piggybank. If we got any player from Chelsea make it his strike partner Gudjohnsen. Excellent team player with great finishing ability</strong><hr></blockquote>

It is unintelligent fans like you who give this club a bad name. Why would we sign a player like Gudjohnsen, a player with no pace, not a particulary potent goalscorer and who would ultimately not make the team any better than it is.
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Originally posted by Canadian Dee:
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It is unintelligent fans like you who give this club a bad name. Why would we sign a player like Gudjohnsen, a player with no pace, not a particulary potent goalscorer and who would ultimately not make the team any better than it is.</strong><hr></blockquote>


Most on here seem to believe that Eidur would infact make us better.
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Originally posted by Canadian Dee:
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It is unintelligent fans like you who give this club a bad name. Why would we sign a player like Gudjohnsen, a player with no pace, not a particulary potent goalscorer and who would ultimately not make the team any better than it is.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Not a particulary potent goalscorer??
His record at Chelsea is about 1 in 3. A goal every 2.39 games to be exact (check their website if you don't believe me). Which is better than Ole's record for us.
He's 22, and created a large number of Piggybanks goals last season.
I think you need to check your facts before calling me unintelligent. Do your research!!
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Originally posted by Ever hopefull:
<strong>His record at Chelsea is about 1 in 3. A goal every 2.39 games to be exact (check their website if you don't believe me). Which is better than Ole's record for us.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Ehh ?? <img src="graemlins/houllier.gif" border="0" alt="[Houllier]" /> Ole's goal to minute ratio was one of the best in the world. Eidur, while good, did not match that.
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I'm talking goals to games ratio, not goals per minutes played.
 
Goals to minutes is a more accurate barometer than goals per game imo. A player could be in a game for 10 minutes and not score, and then have that diminish his goal to game percentage. Breaking it down to the minutes is more accurate.
 
I agree with the fact that the more you breadown statistics the more acurate they get.
The original point i was making was to Candian Dee who called me unintelligent fans who gave the club a bad name because i said i would rather have Gudjohnsen than Jimmy Piggybank.
He/She said Gudjohnsen was a not a potent goal scorer with no particular pace etc..
 
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