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Just think of all that money Sullivan saved going for Fulkrug instead.

There's no guarantee he'll definitely be back for the Wolves match yet, as they've written him off for tonight yet again. Half a season will have almost past before he starts again. Only at West Ham...

Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑03 Dec 2024, 09:11

Manuel wrote: ↑03 Dec 2024, 09:09 Saying that is was a shocking transfer (old, expensive etc) and therefore completely writing him off, and that he won't be any use to us at all, shouldn't be mutually exclusive, in my humble..

A terrible signing, all considered, yes, but assuming he's now ready he could he be useful, knock in a few goals and give us another much needed option up top? I don't see why not??

He'll be as useful as all our other ageing strikers, I reckon.

And if we're honest, we'll happily move on from all of them.

Manuel wrote: ↑03 Dec 2024, 09:09 Saying that is was a shocking transfer (old, expensive etc) and therefore completely writing him off, and that he won't be any use to us at all, shouldn't be mutually exclusive, in my humble..

A terrible signing, all considered, yes, but assuming he's now ready he could he be useful, knock in a few goals and give us another much needed option up top? I don't see why not??

The German team have likely moved on from him also, so we won't be able to use "he's the German number 9" as a carrot either.

Saying that is was a shocking transfer (old, expensive etc) and therefore completely writing him off, and that he won't be any use to us at all, shouldn't be mutually exclusive, in my humble..

A terrible signing, all considered, yes, but assuming he's now ready he could he be useful, knock in a few goals and give us another much needed option up top? I don't see why not??

Aye. If a mug Club (that isn't West Ham this time) were prepared to offer something like let's say £15M+ for him, as well as get his wages for the next 4 years off our wage bill, I'd snap their fucking hand off for it. We'd arguably be lucky to get that now his injury has proved to take so long to heal at his age. 

Not too much to disagree with there, Massive Attack.

If you look at his whole career, he's had about 3 good seasons in the top flight.

He was never the answer, especially for that price and the contract we've given him.

This is why Sullivan is given dogs abuse. Signs off best part of £30 mill on ageing, injury probe strikers but wont pay £5 or 10 million compensation for the best manager or coach.  

Maybe it's because it's taken him more than 3 months to get back on a training pitch, let alone to actually play on a match day again this season at the tender age of 31yo? 

On a hefty 4 year contract seeing how his WHU career has got off to a terrible injury hit start (with a dubious medical history anyway), it's probably wiser to cut our losses now if someone was daft enough to pay a good chunk of it back. Especially when his value is only going to drop significantly the wrong side of 30. By the way, he'll actually be 32 just after the January window closes. 

Unfortunately the risky deal should never have been signed off to begin with, the fucking divs. Borussia Dortmund totally saw us coming.

Fullkrug was never the answer. The invalid could only manage 15 League goals last season as it was, in the slower paced Bundesliga..

The sensible thing to do with Fullkrug and what I suspect and hope will happen, will be that the club allow him to recover and actually give him a chance to prove himself.

Why on earth anyone would want to get rid of him for a massive loss without even seeing him given a proper run of games in the team is beyond me.

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑02 Dec 2024, 09:00

Steidtens fuck up this one ain't it?

Lee Trundle" wrote: ↑02 Dec 2024, 08:43

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑01 Dec 2024, 21:45 I wonder whether we might go back in for him in January after showing a strong interest in him in the Summer should Fullkrug leave.


 

Who on earth is going to stump up anything for Fullkrug?

He's here, on that nice juicy contract, for another 3 years until he's 34 years old.

Massive Attack" wrote: ↑01 Dec 2024, 21:45 I wonder whether we might go back in for him in January after showing a strong interest in him in the Summer should Fullkrug leave.

 

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Massive Attack" wrote: ↑01 Dec 2024, 21:45 I wonder whether we might go back in for him in January after showing a strong interest in him in the Summer should Fullkrug leave.

Out of 18 matches in the League and the Champions League, he's only started in one game against Bologna. 

He's shown publicly he can't stand constantly being left on the Bench and I can see him pushing for a move if a Club came in for him.

I wonder whether we might go back in for him in January after showing a strong interest in him in the Summer should Fullkrug leave.

Out of 18 matches in the League and the Champions League, he's only started in one game against Bologna. 

He's shown publicly he can't stand constantly being left on the Bench and I can see him pushing for a move if a Club came in for him.

Mad Ferret" wrote: ↑01 Dec 2024, 15:12 And that wouldn’t be the case if Fullkrug was fit.

And that wouldn’t be the case if Fullkrug was fit.

Yep can't get in their side but still scored more than our entire front line combined.. 

 

This is the very epithet of what ails this club. Sullivan's ego gets burned on a negotiation and so we back out of the deal and then panic buy an expensive flop for not much less. Rinse and Repeat. We should have just paid the going rate which is what any successful club ends up doing. Wont change until he goes, regardless of manager. 

Villa are shit and I see that Duran still can’t get in their side.

We'll have Fullkrug until he's at least 34 years old to watch instead.

Yup. No chance of signing him now. Shouldn't have been cheap in the summer.

He’s just signed a new deal with Villa.

fraser wrote: ↑07 Oct 2024, 06:40 Hate Dawson, nope just didn't rate him as a starter. Obsessed with Durán, well he's better than any striker we have and he wanted to play for us.