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do you think that we should sign pandiani now we have signed forsell?
yes 103 (87.3%)
no 15 (12.7%)
Total Votes: 118
to sign pandiani or not?
Topic Started: Jun 14 2005, 12:05 PM (673 Views)
bcfc83
Geoff Horsfield
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i would not sign him because i dont see the point in wasting money on him when we could just keep morrison and blake and look to use kuqi in some games next season!

what do you think?
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DANY
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Sell Morrison & sign Pandiani and we will be much stronger next season in the striker department than weve been in a long time.
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NO1BLUENOSE
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DANY
Jun 14 2005, 12:13 PM
Sell Morrison & sign Pandiani and we will be much stronger next season in the striker department than weve been in a long time.

I'll 2nd that. I think Morrison needs a change now, somewhere he can get regular football
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StAndrews4Eva
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Gil Merrick
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We would be mad to not sign a striker, who has such a great scoring record at the highest level of the game and is desperate to join us.

We need 3 TOP QUALITY strikers to compete in this league and i dont think Mozza and Blake come into that department. They are both 4th place qulaity strikers.

As for Kuqi, he has not played enough competitive English football as yet for us to say where he would come in the pecking order.

Sign Pandiani now!
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shabba1002
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I agree Pandiani will make th blues strike force much stronger than keeping Morrison.Don't get me wrong Morrison is a good player but put it like this if Forrsell doesn't play every match because Bruce does not want to put to much pressure on himl till they are 100% sure he does not get any further problems (with his injury) who would you rather have step upto the plate Morrison or Pandiani.

I would like to see more of Blake this seaon as well to see if he can hack it in the premiership, perhaps a loan out will do so he gets regular first team football. I aslo reckon that Kuqi will be a class player he may need so more time to prove himself but he was really on fire in the reserves last season so maybe he'll get a chance as well.

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blueotter
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Sign him.
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steveb
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i would go with pandiani.morrison has had 3 years and hasnt `stepped up `,pandianis record suggests he will when he is settled
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pgmayhew
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StAndrews4Eva
Jun 14 2005, 12:20 PM
We would be mad to not sign a striker, who has such a great scoring record at the highest level of the game and is desperate to join us.

We need 3 TOP QUALITY strikers to compete in this league and i dont think Mozza and Blake come into that department. They are both 4th place qulaity strikers.

As for Kuqi, he has not played enough competitive English football as yet for us to say where he would come in the pecking order.

Sign Pandiani now!

Agree. We need a third striker such as Pandiani, especially if either heskey or the forss gets injured. Would have to let either blake or mozza move to pastures fresh. Personally i'd prefer to see mozza stay but I think he is the most likely to move - not because of all the criticism he has got but simply because all he wants to do is play football, and he will never get that under SB. Blakey seems content to just sit on the bench and I equally rate him to be able to come off it and do a job, so think he would be the more likely to stay of the two.

By the way, does anyone reckon we could get pandiani on another loan deal?? Would seem to make more sense to me. After all, we got the forss for a second year running. A loan signing would make far more sense to me as we could spend the money on slightly more urgent positions such as left mid/back and centre back.
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StAndrews4Eva
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Jun 14 2005, 02:17 PM

Agree. We need a third striker such as Pandiani, especially if either heskey or the forss gets injured. Would have to let either blake or mozza move to pastures fresh. Personally i'd prefer to see mozza stay but I think he is the most likely to move - not because of all the criticism he has got but simply because all he wants to do is play football, and he will never get that under SB. Blakey seems content to just sit on the bench and I equally rate him to be able to come off it and do a job, so think he would be the more likely to stay of the two.

By the way, does anyone reckon we could get pandiani on another loan deal?? Would seem to make more sense to me. After all, we got the forss for a second year running. A loan signing would make far more sense to me as we could spend the money on slightly more urgent positions such as left mid/back and centre back.

This could well be an option but i thought i heard that Deportivo needed the money, which would explain why they are holding out for the full £3mil.

It would be worth looking into, even if we made it until Jan with the option to buy at a pre fixed price.
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True Blue 32
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Sign him up, he's a class above Morrison and Blake.
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jassyblue80
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Trevor Francis
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time for a move for mozza I reckon, prob do him good!! I like the guy but can't see him scoring many next season... so I'd rather have pandiani as back up... i know what your saying bcfc83 and some of pandiani's displays last season were a little questionable, but he did have some very good games and does look like he has the knack of nicking a few goals...

oh yeah and robbie blake needs to go...
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blakeseven
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Can't believe your asking the question, the guy will be pure quality given time to settle!! Sign him up now!!
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Woodbine
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If reports are correct, I can't believe we are offering only £1.5m for a player who was valued at €11m a few months ago. Coruna's present demand of £3m seems a bargain. Sign him.
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JanetinTamworth
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I really hope we sign Pandi. If we do I shall have his name on my shirt. I think he is terrific. I love the Rifle!

Janetin
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Tilton_Rifle
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If Pandiani, Heskey and Forssell understand that sometimes one of them will be third choice and be on the bench and this motivates them to push there form up further to try and impress more on the training ground rather than kicking up a fuss about not being selected then I really think that we should sign him up.

All 3 of them seem like dedicated reasonable players who should understand that they wont play every game so I really think that it will work if we sign him.

This of course will spell the end for morrison, but I think that this is for the best really as he is getting frustrated with us and we are getting frustrated with him, he needs to go somewhere else, start afresh and be a first choice striker where he can truly settle. Hope it all comes together.
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jassyblue80
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Jun 14 2005, 02:23 PM
If Pandiani, Heskey and Forssell understand that sometimes one of them will be third choice and be on the bench and this motivates them to push there form up further to try and impress more on the training ground rather than kicking up a fuss about not being selected then I really think that we should sign him up.

All 3 of them seem like dedicated reasonable players who should understand that they wont play every game so I really think that it will work if we sign him.

This of course will spell the end for morrison, but I think that this is for the best really as he is getting frustrated with us and we are getting frustrated with him, he needs to go somewhere else, start afresh and be a first choice striker where he can truly settle. Hope it all comes together.

spot on ;)
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charliedontsurf
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Last season heskey picked up a few injuires and bookings. Forse obviously has injury problems. It would be CRAZY IMO not to sign the Rifle. We would not be able to get someone with his record and abilityt for a similar fee, and it is clear he really want to be here. In many respects he is like an old-fashioned centre forward with a bit more skill, and whilst he and Heskey weren't on fire, remember the team was going through a tricky post-Sav transition.

Plus, who is to say that, given Pandiani's pedigree, he and Forse would be our best partnership? Both are quality, so who know's? But we cannot be left with Moz and Blake as back-up - we need the Rifle!
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jakeyboy
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i dont think we should buy him because forssell and heskey is a fantastic strike pertnership we wont need pandiani
but thats just my opinion
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Yes, Forsell and Heskey is a good partnership, but both could get injured or lose form. All players need competition for places to keep them at the top of their game, so I would sign Pandiani, and tell all three that it's the two showing the best form who would be in the team.
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garrybaldy
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I don't see signing pandiani as a waste of money ,the same as bowyer i believe he will further enhance this club and take us to another level. Who would have believed we would be debating wether or not to sign a proven striker who has consistently scored goals at the highest level (la liga) ( champions league) four seasons ago !!! i still pinch myself sometimes and thank god my family didn't turn to the dark side !!!! KRO SOTV
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jk35
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I think that we have to sign him. Three top quality strikers is what we need and I believe that we will have them in Heskey, the Force and The Rifle.

Get rid of Morrison, I am sorry, but surely we have all given him enough time to prove he can do it at this level and he has not delivered. If we can get two million for him, i would snap their hand off.

Pandiani has also said that he wants to stay here - that is a great reaction from a player with his ability who could play in any league in the world, and with a full pre season behind him, and with him settled with his family in Brum, i really do think he could do the business. ;)
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mr penguin
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I wasn't completely convinced by Pandiani last season, but we need a 3rd quality striker and at £3m he is good value. Has a good attitude & wants to be here, which counts for a lot in my book.

He scored 46 goals in 119 league games in Spain over five seasons (a goal every 2.5 games). If he reproduces that for us, he's probably good for 10 goals a season.

We will never, ever get 10 goals a season out of Clinton, even if the FA let us play Villa every week and he plays in every game.
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mr penguin
Jun 15 2005, 07:51 PM
I wasn't completely convinced by Pandiani last season, but we need a 3rd quality striker and at £3m he is good value. Has a good attitude & wants to be here, which counts for a lot in my book.

He scored 46 goals in 119 league games in Spain over five seasons (a goal every 2.5 games). If he reproduces that for us, he's probably good for 10 goals a season.

We will never, ever get 10 goals a season out of Clinton, even if the FA let us play Villa every week and he plays in every game.

dont forget, he never started all of those 119 games either, so his strike rate per full game is actually quite a bit better than that..........
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jueyblue27
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It's a thorny one isn't it?

I can't help thinking that Mozza has more to offer and I do rate him.
Until you look back at the season reviews you forget how much he's done for the club, especially in the first season (2 goals at Anfield etc.), and his passion and commitment is faultless!

Having said that Pandiani is proven world class and surely IS worth 3mil, furthermore he WANTS to play for blues so shouldn't we pull out all the stops to get him!?

Personally I'd like to have Pandiani AND Mozza (not in the biblical sense, obviously) but I just can't see it now we've got the Forss back.

Perhaps Pandiani in, Mozza out on loan and see how we go?

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