tonyh29 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Seeing as we appear to be competing with Everton on every deal at present ..and they are this mythical wonder club that everyone is fighting to join despite nearly being relegated the season before My feeling is that Everton can't afford both Distin & Bellamy , so assuming they will sign one of these 2 players leaving us a "clear run " :-) at the other , which one would we prefer to come to Villa Park ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Would prefer bellamy cause we need a striker however, i think Everton will go for him over Distin(see bbc). So we will get distin, have a wicked defence but never score! :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 can you see bellamy getting 20 goals though ? I agree we need some pace , but I think we need pace and a big lump combined ..like a Yakubu type player ..the bloke from Sporting Lisbon could be a good buy , but maybe not very likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Problem is rumours are that its Bellamy or bust in regards to stikers maybe only Philips also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I opted for neither!! I desperately want us to sign new players but Bellendamy is a cock of the highest order and won't get us 15-20goals a season and will probs upset the equilibrium of the dressing room as for Distin - he's ok but not worth £7m or 7m lira!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm amazed that Bellamy is winning this poll considering people's apparent hatrd for the guy and his baggage. I know it has to be that his position is more of a priority than Distin's but it's still very curious !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrobo1 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 or is it a case that no-one really thinks Distin is worth £7m (remember more than Parker) whereas you could argue that Bellamy is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 agree BOF personally I prefer Philips to Bellamy, in fact I prefer a Philips TV standing on the halfway line to Bellamy being at VP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 My feeling is that Everton can't afford both Distin & Bellamy , so assuming they will sign one of these 2 players leaving us a "clear run " :-) at the other , which one would we prefer to come to Villa Park ? Everton can't afford the wages of either of them, they are trying to reduce the wage bill considerably, they have three defenders who still haven't agreed new contracts (lower wages than previous being the sticking point) If they sign Distin, they will have sign at least two more defenders on higher wages than the ones that are currently there increasing the wage bill. And the only way they'll sign Bellamy is if Newcastle pay 3/4 of the wages for remainder of his contract with them Everton can't afford to sign either of them. If Everton sign anyone, they will be more in the Cahill mode, someone needing to make the step up and cheap wages wise, than already established Premiership players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 Bickster I'd like you to be right, but I can also see that with them in the CL, this is their big chance to make that leap. They might speculate on the basis of potential earnings. If they budget to get into the group stages, and buy accordingly, then they may very well see the wages as affordable, and best-case-scenario for them is they'll never look back !! Or they take our approach of slowly-slowly and act with caution thus missing out on the big chance, the big players and the possible windfalls that come from that - but they ensure their financial stability. A tough call that could, at this point, go either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Everton can't afford to sign either of them. If Everton sign anyone, they will be more in the Cahill mode, someone needing to make the step up and cheap wages wise, than already established Premiership players. Does this include 5mill on Udinese's Denmark international central defender Per Kroldrup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancsVillan Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 hmm Distin-ed to VP (or COMS) from bbc Last Updated: Monday, 20 June, 2005, 12:18 GMT 13:18 UK Everton agree £5m Kroldrup deal Pere Kroldrup Kroldrup was a key figure in Udinese's Champions League push Everton have agreed a £5m deal for Udinese's Denmark international central defender Per Kroldrup. The powerful 25-year-old was a key figure in Udinese qualifying for the Champions League after finishing fourth in Serie A last season. Everton manager David Moyes has been in the market for a central defender, with Alan Stubbs yet to sign a new deal. Moyes was unwilling to pay the £7m asking price for Manchester City's Sylvain Distin and moved for Kroldrup. The move is subject to personal terms being agreed and a medical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 They aren't in the CL just yet, they might even draw Celtic in the qualifying round, there's some serious teams in the qualifying this year They aren't the team now, that they were at the start of last year, just look at their results post-Graveson (that fourth spot was there for the taking - its just no-one took it), nowhere near their early season form and even though they are in the CL Qualifying, they seem to have replaced Graveson with an injury prone Spurs reserve, have the majority of their defence stalling on new contracts because the offer is lower than they are currently on and if they sign Distin, the others will be mightily p***ed off. Bellamy would end up as the highest paid player at Everton by a factor of about 3 - It just doesn't add up that they can afford either of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 Everton can't afford to sign either of them. If Everton sign anyone, they will be more in the Cahill mode, someone needing to make the step up and cheap wages wise, than already established Premiership players. Does this include 5mill on Udinese's Denmark international central defender Per Kroldrup? wonder what his wages are? and if any other club should have the motto ITSOTP its Everton note:- he's got to have a medical yet and this is Everton's doctors we're talking about here, he could be in Norway and the doctors in the carribean on holiday and he'd fail it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I see where you are coming from bickster, i would love both bellamy and distin at villa just for that fact of some new signings which would improve our team so i hope your right! Its just Everton have there head screwed on at the momment and are working there way through decent transfer targets some of which just happen to be ours. This is one of the reasons i think we issued a statement about malbranque when we still are alittle interested in him, this along with Strides "Hopefully there will be some players in shortly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 Koldrup signing does Imply that Distin's Agent is trying to talk his player up ..either that or Everton are about to splash out 12m on a new CB partnership !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted June 20, 2005 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2005 Koldrup signing does Imply that Distin's Agent is trying to talk his player up ..either that or Everton are about to splash out 12m on a new CB partnership !! That'll be the day this happens:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 went for bellendamy. for the simple reason that we need A striker. almost ANY striker would do TBH ..................... apart from Carlton Cole, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 ^^^ and Clinton Morrison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allstar Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 can you see bellamy getting 20 goals though ? I see him finishing over Angel and Vassell everyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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