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we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:08 am

We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:37 am

if rather us sell kenwynne and get someone in cheap. get the club more sustainable :bluescarf:

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 8:09 am

sloper_road_legend wrote:We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.
why do we need to spend 10 million ? We are in the championship not premiership

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:20 am

wez1927 wrote:
sloper_road_legend wrote:We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.
why do we need to spend 10 million ? We are in the championship not premiership


we wont get it but in reality we need your chopras your mackormacks your charlie austins and they cost money.
Kind of like Burnley having two strikers banging in 20 plus goals and a bit more quality in mid not established mediocrousy

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 11:28 am

The players you talk about didn't cost that in the first place the next batch of players could come from lower league s or premier clubs not wanted them

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:08 pm

Double G wrote:if rather us sell kenwynne and get someone in cheap. get the club more sustainable :bluescarf:



Then we couldn't score any goals. Whats our next highest scorer on maybe 4/5

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:25 pm

I understand where you are coming from but disagree about spending again. The Cornelius fiasco should have taught a lesson. Money doesn't necessarily mean goals.

Money would be better spent on a top quality manager and staff in my opinion.

The squad is still over 40 strong. That has to change too.

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:45 pm

Constantly throwing money around ain't the answer,it's the reason we are in the position we are in at the moment,what we actually need is a manager,who is hungry for success,and not just interested on picking up his wage cheque and being told how to manage.

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:33 pm

Double G wrote:if rather us sell kenwynne and get someone in cheap. get the club more sustainable :bluescarf:


surely a troll comment?

if not, all i can say is thank goodness you aren't in charge of the team!

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:50 pm

sloper_road_legend wrote:We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.



A new manager is the only thing that will turn things around.

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 5:53 pm

2blue2handle wrote:
sloper_road_legend wrote:We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.



A new manager is the only thing that will turn things around.


:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: 2b2h

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:28 pm

sloper_road_legend wrote:
wez1927 wrote:
sloper_road_legend wrote:We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.
why do we need to spend 10 million ? We are in the championship not premiership


we wont get it but in reality we need your chopras your mackormacks your charlie austins and they cost money.
Kind of like Burnley having two strikers banging in 20 plus goals and a bit more quality in mid not established mediocrousy


Or your helguson's (free), gestede's (free), Mason (275k) or Frazier Campbell (650k) which was out strike force during the season we won the title. Bellamy was also there but mostly played wing.

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:31 pm

maccydee wrote:
sloper_road_legend wrote:
wez1927 wrote:
sloper_road_legend wrote:We need to spend 10 million on strikers and stil 2 more midfielders and two more defenders of real quality to become contenders.
we also need young out and a coach the players love an inspiration!.

Sorry but thats my view
Jones is the only one id keep and if im honest I think
his lack of off ball contribution leaves us more open and vulnerable.
I wouldn't be surprised if good managers already exploit that.
why do we need to spend 10 million ? We are in the championship not premiership


we wont get it but in reality we need your chopras your mackormacks your charlie austins and they cost money.
Kind of like Burnley having two strikers banging in 20 plus goals and a bit more quality in mid not established mediocrousy


Or your helguson's (free), gestede's (free), Mason (275k) or Frazier Campbell (650k) which was out strike force during the season we won the title. Bellamy was also there but mostly played wing.

I don't think you need to spend big money some of our best players havnt cost a lot at all ,

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:13 pm

wez1927 wrote:The players you talk about didn't cost that in the first place the next batch of players could come from lower league s or premier clubs not wanted them


Exactly, Swindon plucked Charlie Austin out of non-league obscurity, after he scored 64 goals in 57 games, in all competitions. Swindon paid around £10,000-£50,000 for him from Poole a Town and he did the business for Swindon as he scored 37 goals in 59 games. He then went to Burnley for around £1.5m-£2m, I seem to recollect and he went on to score 41 goals in 82 games. Which resulted in a £4m+ move to QPR where he has again scored a lot of goals. I think that we need to sign 2 strikers, one with a bit of experience (but who is around 25-27), who also has resell value. The other striker I think we should sign, would be a striker who has had a similar career to Charlie Austin. We need to buy a striker who is currently scoring for fun in League 1 or 2 and the player must have been signed by his current club from the non-leagues, because he was scoring loads of goals there. If we just go out and sign a striker who has scored loads of goals for a non-league side, then he would not have had any experience of playing professionally in League 1/2. As I do feel that the real genuine and truely great goal scorers around, have all or most of them been at a club in Leagues 1 or 2 and scored goals in that specific division. Take our own legend Robert Earnshaw, before he left to play on loan at Greenock Morton, he really didn't look anything like the striker, that he was when he came back to us. I really feel that with short loan spell that he had up there, it totally changed him and he became much more confident. When he did come back, he started to show us exactly what he could do and the rest as they say is history. He was an enigma and the amount of goals he scored for us is exactly the reason why he is a Cardiff City LEGEND.

In fact we might have our own goalscoring sensation already playing for us, in the Under 21 side and that guy is Danny Johnson. He scored an incredible amount of goals at non-league level for his last club. So much so that we gave him a trial, we liked what we saw and we signed him permanently. He is nowhere near the level to be playing for the first team. Or is he?? I suppose a lot of City fans out there, myself included, with the way things are going at the moment, would not hesitate to give him a chance up front alongside Kenwyne and why not??? Apart from Kenwyne no bugger else is scoring regularly for us. Anyway, back to the subject. I think that Johnson would be much better off going out on loan for the rest of this season and the whole of next season, to see if he can score goals in the Professional leagues. Personally, I think he would flourish at a lower league club. So why can't we give him that chance? Who knows after the end of the Season 2015-2016 we may have our very own goalscoring machine. How

Also, next season I think Rhys Healey should also be sent out on loan for the season, as there is something about this kid, I do think that he has got a fantastic future ahead of him and I hope it is with us.

A striker who I would like for us to try and sign would be Eoin Doyle (spelling?). As I think he will be a great signing for the team that buys him from Chesterfield. However, they will probably want at least £2m for him and I don't think that we have that type of money available. But, if we did then I would take a chance on him.

Bloooooobirds.

Re: we need to spend 10 million on strikers and still...

Thu Jan 29, 2015 9:36 pm

It's quality not cost.

All those moaning about the players that have gone but
They have all been underwhelming (apart maybe from daehli and cala on occasion)

All on huge wages.

My concern is that slade has no pull or no money to bring in quality loans and we will get
Caught out by those who
Have done business this month.

I think we are in a relegation fight.
Not being gloom and doom, it's just I can't see the midfielders and goal scorer
that we should have captured to help us put teams on the back foot and stop them attacking us.

We can't pass the ball or retain possession and need more pace and punch