[Link] Billy Sharp

Is this seriously the level we are at? Going for a player that Doncaster Rovers are?

You'd think we'd lost £50m+, not gained.

"Doncaster Rovers: Shay Given and Billy Sharp interest club

Doncaster Rovers boss Paul Dickov has confirmed the club have made loan enquiries for Aston Villa's Shay Given and Southampton's Billy Sharp.
Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Given, 37, has fallen behind Brad Guzan in the pecking order at Villa Park.
And Sharp, who hit 41 goals in 86 games in a previous spell at Rovers, spent last term on loan at Nottingham Forest.
But Dickov told BBC Radio Sheffield they were still "waiting to hear back" from the clubs of both players."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23465550

 

I don't really understand why we would go in for him but let Johnny Russell slip through our grasp, just doesn't add up to me.

I'd rather have Austin over Sharp and definitely over Doyle, I know theres issues regarding his medical, but no-one really knows what. I do think the money they're asking for is a bit steep though.

The player I really want is Jordan Rhodes, but lets face it, thats never gonna happen.

 

Defining a player on how much they cost is a bad idea. By that logic you would be happy with another Fortune type striker. Hooper cost under 3 million remember. Money doesn't guarantee quality

 

Id definetly take Sharp for £1.5million actually but I wouldnt want him as our main striker signing. He'd get us 20+ goals a season if he was playing regularly similar to Stokes and S.McDonald and although he wouldnt be ideal for Europe, id rather have him up front in European qualifiers than Stokes or big Bobo as hes better at sniffing out goals.

He's also the kind of player we need when Sevco get to the Premiership, a guy we can rely on to score goals. Handy to have about the team.

74 goals in his last 136 games in the Championship, Premiership, FA Cup and League Cup is a great scoring record.

 

Aye, I actually meant 63 goals there but pressed 74

He's a similar calibre of player to Stokes and McDonald whoa are really good SPL/Scottish Premiership players. We will always need players like that in the squad.

But when you lose someone the quality of Hooper then you need to try and bring in quality to replace him, Sharp wouldnt be that player but id still like him. Id have preffered Johnny Russell but that ship has sailed.

 

On Sky Sports News there talking about suspected interest from Celtic

 

Bring him home, id definetly sign this *. If we actually had him just now id be confident of him scoring against this mob in the CL qualifier yet without him even against a mob that bad I wonder where the goals will come from. He would guarentee 20 odd goals a season same as Stokes although I would rather have him playing up front alone than Stokes in games like the Elfsborg etc As long as we sign a quality striker for the Champions League too. Sharp, Stokes, Bobo and Watt would be good back-up to a new main striker.

 

Don't want him

F I N N B O G A S O N !

 

i didnt hear celtic getting mentioned.and if true cl level no thanks

 

That ''Mob'' beat BATE Borisov home and away. They obviously have something about them. Let's not write them off because they're from Kazakhstan.

 

Goal scoring record is good,natural goal scorer,worth a gamble i reckon.

 

Not what we need for CL

 

* ma pants there seeing this bumped! He is not good enough

 

Me tae!, every time I see this or the Doyle thread moving to top I crap meself.

 

Seen a quote from him on Facebook. Sounded promising.