Muff 245 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Just hope our manager plays him as a striker and not out wide left. What's his natural position? Don't think I've ever seen him play. He's a striker who was played out wide left for Burnley towards the end of Cotterill's time in charge and for the majority of the time under Owen Coyle. He plays upfront for Northern Ireland. I just hope Smith plays him upfront as he's not very good out wide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Very happy with our three new strikers,well done Walter,Martin Bain and Sir David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR 1,480 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Welcome to the Greatest Club in the World, Kyle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoyalBear 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Welcome Kyle. You are coming to a club with an illustrious history which you are now a part of. A club which prides itself on Dignity. Good Luck Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wild_bill 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Regardless of the fee paid (it's not his fault). It's the dream move for the lad so good luck to him, welcome to the club Kyle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR 1,480 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Good lad - glad to hear he followed us to Manchester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,659 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Good lad - glad to hear he followed us to Manchester i thought i seen him throw a bottle at the big screen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Gow now has a week to decide if he's moving to Burnely or we have to give them an additional fee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP52 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Good signing IMO. Him and Boyd will run riot. Now for some wingers.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP52 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Good signing IMO. Him and Boyd will run riot. Now for some wingers.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc_no1fan 13 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Good signing IMO. Him and Boyd will run riot. Now for some wingers.......... Where will they run riot? They wont get a game upfront together Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Boyd and Lafferty cant play together. Both slow and have no pace. Ones a natural goalscorer..the others well.. Who knows we'll see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Will be interesting to see what happens with Gow? I'd rather not have to pay any more for Lafferty tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzGers 425 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 there HAS to be alot more money than the media is saying...there is absolutely NO way we would spend 4mill on a striker with potential...i am sure walt said he was going to bring in 2 or 3- he already has 3...but in the only area of the park where we had a decent amount of cover...our midfield is sorely lacking that spark and our wing backs play with lead in their boots...i am now convinced walt has around 13-15mill to spend..if you sell off cousin for a modest 2mill, hendami 1mill, then our spend will be around 10mill - pretty good given we basically got that for one player last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreckedroy 33 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Boyd and Lafferty cant play together. Both slow and have no pace. Ones a natural goalscorer..the others well.. Who knows we'll see. Boyd has no pace. If you had ever watched Lafferty play, or even read one of the many articles about him in the press over the last few days, you would realise that he does indeed have plenty of pace. For a guy of his height he is exceedingly quick, which is probably why he has been played wide left for Burnley when they played with 1 up front last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATP52 0 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Lafferty does have pace. He is also supposed to be very good at bringing others into play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekbear93 3 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Good signing IMO. Him and Boyd will run riot. Now for some wingers.......... so where will miller, velishka and darcheville play then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,202 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Boyd and Lafferty cant play together. Both slow and have no pace. Ones a natural goalscorer..the others well.. Who knows we'll see. RDB have you actually every seen Lafferty play? Or do you just hate him because he was the final nail in your "chum" Gow's Ibrox coffin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Boyd and Lafferty cant play together. Both slow and have no pace. Ones a natural goalscorer..the others well.. Who knows we'll see. RDB have you actually every seen Lafferty play? Or do you just hate him because he was the final nail in your "chum" Gow's Ibrox coffin Yes, seen him play in 3 games, Didnt realy do much. Ok played out of position, But thats the position WS has seen him play in, why should that change? How it the final nail in the coffin? Gows been given the choice of signing for burnley or not..and he doesnt want to. So we'll see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_ni 12 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Boyd and Lafferty cant play together. Both slow and have no pace. Ones a natural goalscorer..the others well.. Who knows we'll see. RDB have you actually every seen Lafferty play? Or do you just hate him because he was the final nail in your "chum" Gow's Ibrox coffin he obviously hasnt seen him, lafferty is a lot quicker than you would think for a big guy. Yes hes not a natural goalscorer but he has a lot of attributes that boyd doesnt have. THAT is why walter has went for him, no point having a lot similar strikers at the club so walter is trying to get different types of striker in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 Durrant and Smith took 2 of Northern Ireland's matches in, both games Lafferty started upfront. I'd imagine they have seen him play for Burnley on the left. I hope they see that Lafferty is a striker and not a winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davie1689 1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 welcome to the family Kyle till i die Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 54,202 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Yes, seen him play in 3 games, Didnt realy do much. Ok played out of position, But thats the position WS has seen him play in, why should that change? How it the final nail in the coffin? Gows been given the choice of signing for burnley or not..and he doesnt want to. So we'll see. How do you know Walter hasn't based what he could potentially do for us on the basis of how he plays for Northern Ireland, as well as Burnley. Lawrie Sanchez has already said that a large part of Healy's great form is down to the way that Lafferty acts as a great foil for him. And seeing as we just spent 2 million on another small nippy and mobile striker in Miller I think that there is every reason to think that Walter believes that they can form a partnership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbria_blue 51 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Boyd and Lafferty cant play together. Both slow and have no pace. Ones a natural goalscorer..the others well.. Who knows we'll see. You're right RDB. For NI Lafferty has struck up a fantastic partnership with David Healy, in fact a fair few of Healy's goals have been set up by the big man. Its a Healy type player that he needs to play alongside to get the best out of him imo. Boyd is a fantastic goal scorer, but he doesnt have the all round game, though he is improving, that Healy has. OMG lets sign Healy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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