by 115-1073096938 » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:49 pm
The players where there for us to sign at the start of the season.
Rafa made a mistake signing Crouch instead of Ashton. He made a mistake signing Morientes and he's made a mistake not signing Pennant.
Pennant has tremendous potential and someone like Rafa can help him realise that. With players like Alonso, Gerrard and Carragher around him it would only benefit him as a person and a player.
Ashton can do everything Crouch can do and more. He's a better alround player with more physical presence and pace, far greater goalscoring ability and just probably very similar in terms of link up play. He's better at receiving balls with a defender around him aswell.
Crouch has four league goals.
Ashton has three in five games for West Ham.
This summer we should test West Ham's resolve and try and get Asthon and we should go in for Pennant, they're the right players at the right price. I would be suprised if you couldn't get Pennant for 6.5million and i would be suprised if you can't get Ashton for 10million.
Those two players would leave us lacking one top quality striker. The squad would have strength and depth and we'd be able to challenge.
Traore and Cisse must go as they aren't good enough. We aren't a team that can afford one weak link in a game, when the two of them play as against Charlton, it costs us the game. Between them they don't contribute enough and ruin the rhythm of the other good players around them when they conceed possession and do stupid things.