Wilfried Bony

[deano ou812]

Didn't the dippers have an interest in bony during the summer,but decided against it and went with mario instead,no wonder their fans are up in arms....

 

[Ray78]

Didn't the dippers have an interest in bony during the summer,but decided against it and went with mario instead,no wonder their fans are up in arms....

And Loic Remy who Chelsea decided to take a punt on despite having heart trouble.

 

[Tbilisi]

Bony a great signing.....prefer him to Cavani

 

[moggymoz]

Is Bony really a top of world football signing ? I don't see it personally, yes he scores goals, yes he's a good player, yes we need a striker, yes he's a big forward that can hold up the ball, but does anyone seriously see any of the other top 4 or 5 european teams signing him ?

The biggest downside is he's going to be regularly missing in a busy month of the season.

I'm going to assume that he's being brought in to replace Dzeko in the summer, I don't have an issue with that, is he better ? We'll have to wait and see, but it would still leave us requiring 2 more strikers, as Jovetic isn't one whether he stays or not, he can fulfil the role if required, and is a good finisher, but he can be used better elsewhere for me, such as back up for Nasri, something we've never had the chance to do, as either we've had no strikers, or he's not been fit.

The fee mentioned is also a lot of money for someone who come August possibly wouldn't be first choice, I think its a gamble at best, borne out the fact we didn't replace Negredo in the summer, and have had an injury crisis up front at a bad time.

Mate, Bony's not from the absolute top drawer of strikers, but he's apparently available, Negredo's fee would probably cover 90% of his fee, he's got Prem experience so wouldn't need time to acclimatise, he's got a 1 in 2 record in the EPL and he's a better forward option for us than Dzeko the donkey IMO.

As for Jovetic, he's a proper footballer and I reckon he'll be a star for us in the future. Hopefully his injury situation settles down, but it seems no worse than we have to endure with Kun. If we need to rid ourselves of a striker to get a real top drawer striker, then its got to be Dzeko for the chop.

Agreed with every word you were saying until you had to say that.

*shakes head*

 

[Matt the Giant]

I welcome any signing but the fact we are paying £30m for Bony makes me wonder why the hell we never went in for Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez was only £5m more and he is a much better player. He would have been an amazing partner for Aguero.

Bony may turn out to be a great signing but i think we could do slightly better.

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

He wouldn't be signing for us otherwise. I mean, there's no striker in the world who could get into our team and expect be be ahead of Kun in the hierarchy. No one.
But as I said above, this could mean Pellegrini will go back to two strikers-formations.

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

I welcome any signing but the fact we are paying £30m for Bony makes me wonder why the hell we never went in for Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez was only £5m more and he is a much better player. He would have been an amazing partner for Aguero.

Bony may turn out to be a great signing but i think we could do slightly better.

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

Why would he? His natural position doesn't conflict with Aguero's.

 

[deano ou812]

Didn't the dippers have an interest in bony during the summer,but decided against it and went with mario instead,no wonder their fans are up in arms....

And Loic Remy who Chelsea decided to take a punt on despite having heart trouble.

Haha the candle brigade will be out in force...

 

[dubblue]

Not in the slightest bit excited about this, missing a month every season also we seem to be buying from the 2nd tier of world football these days.

He won't be playing in the ACON until 2017 after this one. I do agree we don't seem to be interested in pushing for the top level players which is very odd,It may catch up on us quicker than we think.

 

[Davs 19]

I welcome any signing but the fact we are paying £30m for Bony makes me wonder why the hell we never went in for Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez was only £5m more and he is a much better player. He would have been an amazing partner for Aguero.

Bony may turn out to be a great signing but i think we could do slightly better.

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

He wouldn't be signing for us otherwise. I mean, there's no striker in the world who could get into our team and expect be be ahead of Kun in the hierarchy. No one.
But as I said above, this could mean Pellegrini will go back to two strikers-formations.

I think he may have been referring to Sanchez, Matt.

 

[OB1]

I welcome any signing but the fact we are paying £30m for Bony makes me wonder why the hell we never went in for Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez was only £5m more and he is a much better player. He would have been an amazing partner for Aguero.

Bony may turn out to be a great signing but i think we could do slightly better.

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

When Sanchez was available, a striker was not the priority and we didn't have the Negredo money to count on so we probably had to pass on Sanchez. I'd like to think in other circumstances, we would have signed both him and Fabregas. Regardless, that was then and this is now; and, right now, Bony looks like the best option for getting in a quality striker.

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

Not in the slightest bit excited about this, missing a month every season also we seem to be buying from the 2nd tier of world football these days.

He won't be playing in the ACON until 2017 after this one. I do agree we don't seem to be interested in pushing for the top level players which is very odd,It may catch up on us quicker than we think.

Top level players like who ?? exactly is available right now...

 

[robertsuki]

I welcome any signing but the fact we are paying £30m for Bony makes me wonder why the hell we never went in for Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez was only £5m more and he is a much better player. He would have been an amazing partner for Aguero.

Bony may turn out to be a great signing but i think we could do slightly better.

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

He wouldn't be signing for us otherwise. I mean, there's no striker in the world who could get into our team and expect be be ahead of Kun in the hierarchy. No one.
But as I said above, this could mean Pellegrini will go back to two strikers-formations.

Two strikers worked alright last season.

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

He wouldn't be signing for us otherwise. I mean, there's no striker in the world who could get into our team and expect be be ahead of Kun in the hierarchy. No one.
But as I said above, this could mean Pellegrini will go back to two strikers-formations.

Two strikers worked alright last season.

4-4-2 doesn't always work out for us. We need to be careful.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Like with any signing, I will reserve judgement until I see him play week in week out. But I'm cautiously optimistic about this one. Couldn't care less about the fee, and whilst it would be nice to have him immediately, if I thought our club were making £50m transactions on the basis of a week or two's injury crisis, I'd be very worried.

We needed another striker and it looks like we're going to get a good one. We've got one world class sriker, one world class playmaker and one world class centre half, so let's suck it and see. We are certainly better with him in the squad than without, so this is ultimately good news.

As long as we get him of course...

 

[cupsforcockups]

Not in the slightest bit excited about this, missing a month every season also we seem to be buying from the 2nd tier of world football these days.

we don't seem to be interested in pushing for the top level players which is very odd,It may catch up on us quicker than we think.

Dont top draw strikers cost60mill + we cannot spend that type of money ffp

 

[cookster]

A goal every other game over the last 5 seasons. Much better than Drogba's ratio before joining Chelsea.

The real deal!

 

[teddykgb]

Even if the timing seems slightly pointless because of AFCON, I think it would be silly to pass if we think he's of the quality required given the injury history of both Aguero and Jovetic. We could easily find ourselves in the same predicament we are in right now later in the season.

I'm a big fan of this player, I've always thought he'd work great in our setup. Knows how to be an outlet for his defenders but can play the 1 and 2 touch game as well. I'm really excited by this if it happens.

 

[sam-caddick]

I welcome any signing but the fact we are paying £30m for Bony makes me wonder why the hell we never went in for Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez was only £5m more and he is a much better player. He would have been an amazing partner for Aguero.

Bony may turn out to be a great signing but i think we could do slightly better.

Would he be happy playing second fiddle to Kun?

Exactly, make him your number one man like Arsenal and Udinese have and did and he will consistently deliver for you, I am not sure we could get the best out of him with Aguero being out main man.

Same with Cavani, although I think Cavani suits a quick counter attacking team like Jen he was at Napoli instead of a possession based team.

Liverpool should have gone all out for Cavani in my opinion.

 

[oasis-city-greek-fan]

If we sign him ... would you like him to play against Βarca in Spain next to Aguero ?
Liars ! You will pick up the -3 on the midfield- formation and Βοny will be on your bench

 

[dubblue]

Not in the slightest bit excited about this, missing a month every season also we seem to be buying from the 2nd tier of world football these days.

we don't seem to be interested in pushing for the top level players which is very odd,It may catch up on us quicker than we think.

Dont top draw strikers cost60mill + we cannot spend that type of money ffp

Sanchez was £32m and would have been perfect for us.