Wes Sneijder - good idea?
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forget sneijder - get fisher instead.
This Sniejder thing is strange, he clearly does not fancy going out to grass in the Turkish league, and has burnt bridges with current club. The figures I saw before suggested Gala had offered 6.5m for him and 82k a week, Euro that is. Surely that has to be OK. Twitter are also saying that we have spoken and he has lowered his original expectations, and are not that far apart.
Who knows perhaps there is something in it.
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Why do we need Sniejder when we have Joe Allen?
Galatasaray are a great name in European football imo.
Is the Sneijder wages reported net or gross? Somehow I suspect that is in his pocket and that again would mean 150 k or so in UK.
Sneijder ... sounds like a great idea but would we rather spunk 8 million + massive wages for 2-3 years, or would we rather save that money and put it into an Eriksen or other big time talent in the summer? We need to think about the club and where we want to go - not short term fixes on a player who, while brilliant on his day, can be terribly inconsistent.
It strikes me a bit like the Joe Cole thing - the idea of Sneijder is probably better than the man himself.
Yup, and I'd rather not take that chance.
This is Sneijder ffs, who could be at affordable money.
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We need to be smart with our money ... I think this is far far riskier than you're making it out to be. Injuries have been a problem in Italy, he's got an attitude and coming into a bloody tough league. He could be great ... but is it a risk we can take currently?
So we never buy an established player again because of Joe Cole.
We might as well put the shutters up switch the lights off and fuck off.
We are in such a position that we need to take chances on players like this, I doubt if it will happen but we should do our utmost. I don't know a lot about fancy continental players , but I know enough about Sneijder to know he is a class act - Form is temporary class is permanent.
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We might as well put the shutters up switch the lights off and fuck off.
We are in such a position that we need to take chances on players like this, I doubt if it will happen but we should do our utmost. I don't know a lot about fancy continental players , but I know enough about Sneijder to know he is a class act - Form is temporary class is permanent.
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The most misused statement in football.
If people were looking the average of all the players seasons and saying that was his class, fine. But typically people take the great season they remember, label it as class and then excuse all the other seasons that weren't like that.
He signs for us then doesn't reproduce form from a couple of years ago and people will claim the usual cliched bullshit - not suited to the league, never settled, not confident, instead of realising they fooled themselves into thinking they were getting something that didnt exist anymore.
If people were looking the average of all the players seasons and saying that was his class, fine. But typically people take the great season they remember, label it as class and then excuse all the other seasons that weren't like that.
He signs for us then doesn't reproduce form from a couple of years ago and people will claim the usual cliched bullshit - not suited to the league, never settled, not confident, instead of realising they fooled themselves into thinking they were getting something that didnt exist anymore.
The question is mate ... is he class? Can we afford to do what Chelsea did two years ago with Torres (who people still are convinced will be 'class' again)? The fee being bandied around isn't a big risk, but the player + wages are. He's 28, had injury problems the last year, has an attitude issue (unlike Cole), will command a starting spot that will come at the expense of Lucas or Allen, will command big wages (80 minimum I'd think?), and will not have any re-sale value. I'd feel the same way about Kaka. There are older players you can take risks on (ex: Schweinstiger, who's also 28, or even Klose, who's 34) but I think we'd be taking a risk here which we shouldn't.
Sneijder can be inconsistent though and then there's the small matter of 200k a week wages . Is he worth that amount of money at the age of 28? im not totally convinced and nor are many clubs it seems as only Gala want him.
Lets say it all works out with Schneider, we sign him and he's good for four years (which I think is highly unlikely given how inconsistent he has been over his career) - what does it mean for the club?
What difference does he make? How far up the league do we shoot?
What difference does he make? How far up the league do we shoot?
If he played consistently at his best (which like you said he's NEVER done) then he would definitely take us up to the next level to be genuine challengers of a top 4 position. He has great vision and can shoot. But ive seen him go missing many times when he's taken a few kicks. I haven't seen him get to that peak level since mourinho left inter.
Stevie raises an excellent point - if he's really available for so cheap (6-8), why on earth are no other clubs going after him?
If we're really in for him, I'd rather we loan him with a an option to buy.
If we're really in for him, I'd rather we loan him with a an option to buy.
We also had Morientes at affordable money.
And its not the most over used phrase in football, it is a truism, and like most truisms there are exceptions.
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You can't even read, never mind spell. I said misused.
I think it's a retardism as opposed to a truism - remembering one exceptional year and presuming he'll do it again because 'class is permanent' - when all your doing is mistaking form for class.
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