27 Aug 2016 01:32:17
I'll get pelters for this I'm sure but I think the signing of joe garner will prove to be an error.
£1.8m, 28yo, 6 goals in 44 games last term, only a proven goal scorer at league one level.
Also, I've watched him a number of times through his career to date and the lad, whilst certainly a trier, is not an intelligent footballer. His sensational, yet disparate, moments of brilliance are far outnumbered by his moments of idiocy; 2 of which were plain to see in his poor late challenge on the Kilmarnock CB and his disgusting dive.
I feel that, regardless of how well he does, we will never sell him for a profit which would seem a necessity for a club in our current situation and he has no goal scoring reputation that would suggest he will do any greater damage up here than the like Tom Bradshaw who we were also linked with.
Bear in mind Bradshaw cost under £1m and is 23 and a current international striker with his best years ahead of him.
Finally, I'd go further to suggest that we should really explore foreign leagues for greater value than that which is available in England. For a team like Derby to spend £1.8m on garner given their budget I could understand but for us to do so seems very risky.
27 Aug 2016 05:20:55
League one level is far superior to most of the spl! he's a worker a nuisance to defenders and a different option to our other front men! He will be used as the focal point of our attack so we need guys getting in and around him i see Holt coming back into the fold or windass making a difference.
27 Aug 2016 07:12:01
people on here were screaming for grigg and Bradshaw who have only done well at league one. the spl is that equivalent give the guy a chance.
27 Aug 2016 08:20:07
Bradshaw went for under £1m but there is no proof we were ever interested in signing him, give joe garner a chance I agree with other posts that Barton slows the play down but until holt and Windass are fit I can't see him being dropped. Also I would like to see McKay play as a number 10 attacking mid, he like kranjcar can deliver a killer ball, as much as I like McKay he doesn't go to the by line enough, for a boy with pace to burn I just don't think we see it enough.
27 Aug 2016 09:07:44
instead of buying garner we should have given hardie his chance and spent the 1.8m on a decent centre half. that should have been the priority, and i think Warbs got this wrong.