tgblue 2 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Sky sports reporting he's off to italyhttp://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6646899,00.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor 2 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 This is nonsense, nowhere in the original article are there any sources about Miller joining Serie A & the SSN report is obviously just copying. Just two of the many reasons I hate journalism in this country. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebooler 4,509 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I would go for Eremenko if we had a choice.Naismith and Lafferty can play up front rather in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AW-WATP 112 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I like Commons.If we got Goodwillie & Commons and Miller left I would be more than happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautifulSeas 10 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 If money is the only thing stopping Miller going to Fiorentina, I don't mind sorting out a whip round. Anything to help.As for Commons, yeah, I'd be OK with that, or Eremenko/Goodwillie. I think giving Naisy a run up front with Jela would be worth trying as well. Either way, we'll cope with Miller leaving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 69 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Fiorentina? Miller, okay he is on form and all but he will perform just as poor in Serie A as Boyd is doing in the Championship. Will become another player to throw success out the window, Rangers made him into the 'hot shot' player if you like and he is going to throw that back in their faces like so many. Surely Fiorentina have just had a look at the Golden Shoe table and thought he looks a cheap option for goals and havent actually seen him play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBlue 136 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I think that's a negotiating technique we need to use when signing foreign players. Certainly jelavic intends to move to EPL down the line. These days we are a stepping stone. Good for making profit on players tho.Totally agree - there are two types of players we should be looking to sign - young UK players who will stay for a few years and form the backbone of the team (along with players we develop ourselves). Goodwillie and Commons come into this category.The other type is foreign players who are pretty close to the finished article and will stay for maybe a couple of years before being sold at a profit. Jelavic is an ideal example and I think Eremenko would also fit the bill - he is also what we need - midfield creativity.What we need to avoid - paying transfer fees for old players with no sell on value (Beattie) or young foreign players who will take a lot of time to get up to the required standard but probably won't hang around long enough to form the backbone of the time in the long term (I suspect Edu is going to come in to this category)Obviously we also need to avoid signing players who are just not good enough (McCulloch) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I think giving Naisy a run up front with Jela would be worth trying as well. I know this is a particularly obvious statement, but the problem with playing Naismith upfront, is you lose Naismith playing from midfield. We have nobody to replace that quality in our midfield at the moment.Keeping him in that position is our best idea, he's been our best midfielder by a country mile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_1 1,136 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Kris Commons on a free would be a terrific piece of business IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcheVinny 1,003 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Totally agree - there are two types of players we should be looking to sign - young UK players who will stay for a few years and form the backbone of the team (along with players we develop ourselves). Goodwillie and Commons come into this category.The other type is foreign players who are pretty close to the finished article and will stay for maybe a couple of years before being sold at a profit. Jelavic is an ideal example and I think Eremenko would also fit the bill - he is also what we need - midfield creativity.What we need to avoid - paying transfer fees for old players with no sell on value (Beattie) or young foreign players who will take a lot of time to get up to the required standard but probably won't hang around long enough to form the backbone of the time in the long term (I suspect Edu is going to come in to this category)Obviously we also need to avoid signing players who are just not good enough (McCulloch)I have to admit. i was disappointed when we signed beatts. i like the guy and have always admired him as a lancaster lad (where im from) and obvs he's banged some goals in over the years. but just isnt the type of signing we can really benefit from. but he's here now and will see out his contract and move in probably. we are seemingly making good steps in signing players of the right age and potential.last couple of years were hard as walter filled holes to try get the team to winning championships again, now we're doing that, we can look ahead...like we have done with jelavic and numerous youth signings this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddyp 15 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I agree, but i'm sure he's a gers fan though, so hopefully that would carry some swayNotts county fan actually. I live in Nottingham and the general consensus is that he is pretty mercenary. He was a fan favourite at Forest but left them to sign on a free for bitter rivals Derby. More to the story than money though. He was ready to stay on at Forest but they dicked around when he requested a contract extension and left for Derby on a free. Forest did offer him a contract but he basically told them where to go. Derby fans see him as one if their best players and he is on around £15k a week. A few DC fans I know don't think he's worth more than that. They seem quite bitter that he's linked with us, spouting the usual jealous bile of the English league ( we are shit, skint, easy league etc ). They know that if he can shit on Forest to join their rivals then he would do the same to them. The difference up here of course is that we are a much bigger club than DC or Forest with a larger fanbase and stronger heritage and that could be what the player wants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser22 0 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Personally I think Commons would be a good signing.Would like to see us trying to get Goodwillie rather than Eremenko though if that was happening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter25 2 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Commons would be a good signign for us especially on a bosman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CottonRunt 978 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 We could sign Emerenko and Goodwillie for around £2-2.5 million.Its actually heartbreaking that we could miss out on one or both of them for such a paltry sum!Can we not get our £1.5 million back for Beatie?? someone? anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 IIRC Eremenko described moving to Killie as a "dream come true" Now if he's saying that about Killie he's certainly not going to put his feet up at Ibrox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I would rather Miller left now. So I don't care were he goes just as long as we get the best deal possible.Signing Kris Commons could either turn out to be a good bit of business or could turn out all wrong. Is he better than what we have at LW? Yes. And at 27 years old, on a free transfer he could do quite well for us but on the other hand he has suffered with a few injuries over his career and would be looking at wages of around £15,000 a week.Time will tell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterD 7,442 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Miller to Fiorentina Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan84 0 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 miller will go where money is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irwin Sparkes 97 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Miller to Fiorentina Danny Dichio played in Serie A, it's hardly an earth shatteringly bizarre transfer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,218 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Danny Dichio played in Serie A, it's hardly an earth shatteringly bizarre transferIf Artur Boruc can get a move to Fiorentina then I don't see why Miller can't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beenie 42 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 I would rather Miller left now. So I don't care were he goes just as long as we get the best deal possible.Signing Kris Commons could either turn out to be a good bit of business or could turn out all wrong. Is he better than what we have at LW? Yes. And at 27 years old, on a free transfer he could do quite well for us but on the other hand he has suffered with a few injuries over his career and would be looking at wages of around £15,000 a week.Time will tell. agreed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneRalfRoss 303 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 this is best time for us to get commons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirWalterSmithLegend 206 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Exciting times for the Bears. Bets on Commons being linked with Celtic tmrw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmrfc1873 48 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Biggest pile of pish I've ever read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooarts 4 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 If we had money to sign anyone i would pull out all the stops to get Eremenko, what if he did use us as a stepping stone to the EPL, it would mean he would be giving 100% every game, Steve Davis badly needs someone to share the playmaker role in midfield and Eremenko would fit that bill perfectly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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