02 Jan 2014 18:33:37
Ings available for 6.5 mill and 3 prem clubs interested - honestly think he will do well for us and is a realistic target

1.) 02 Jan 2014
Have we had that much success in the past decade taking strikers from lower division clubs? I can't thing of any out-and-out strikers (so don't come up with goalscoring midfielder Tim Cahill) that we've taken and have lasted more than a season or two before being moved on for one reason or another.

2.) 02 Jan 2014
Jermaine Beckford- Free 10 goals
Was Boro in Champ when we bought Yakubu?

3.) 03 Jan 2014
Beckford lasted a season before being moved on - and he's moved clubs (all outside the Premier League) regularly since then.
Middlesbrough were in the Premier League when we signed Yakubu in 2007.
So, I stand by my point about not having much success with taking out-and-out strikers from lower-division clubs because the players in question haven't been long-term (or even comparatively medium-term) stayers.
Jelavic, after a superb start, has not carried on (for whatever reason) and Lukaku is on loan, so we still have yet to find a centre forward who'll do the business consistently for several seasons. I'm sure RM will make something happen with some astute player recruitment and/or developing our youngsters.

4.) 03 Jan 2014
So if we sign a striker from championship he will last a season then .must be true if its happened once before.id go for rhodes.he knows where the net is.think he is better than Ings.playing at a lower league don't mean you don't have the right to play in premier.remember andy cole.half a mill signing frombristol city. can't say he couldn't score goals.newcastle took the chance and he was dynamite

5.) 03 Jan 2014
03 Jan 2014 11:00:48
Wasn't Andy Johnson playing for palace. they were relegated the season before we signed him weren't they?