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Divock Okoth Origi

Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Ashley said:
The fact that the club was considering sending him back and replacing him with Chuba bloody Akpom tells you all you need to know.

Hoping once Taiwo is back both he and Wood stay fit for the rest of the season so we don't have to see Origi again.
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I actually think Chuba bloody Akpom would have been a decent add. Certainly more so than the Portuguese kid we can't use because he's nowhere near ready (yet).

I think we got lucky in that Wood's injury wasn't as bad as feared - but my take is Akpom is about as like for like as you can get for him, and would have contributed had it come off.
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Mr. Blonde said:
To be fair Akpom might have been worth a punt for a couple of mil, but definitely not for the fees that were being quoted at the time
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While I agree he was pricey, you're never getting him for a couple of million - what did they pay? 12m? Iirc we offered loan to 15m buy, paid next season based on us staying up.

Hardly surprising they said no, but not too bad an offer imho - while it's more than I'd have paid it offered them profit on a player who will depreciate over contract of say 6m based on what they already will have paid - and what was it, 39 goals in the season and a half up to point of offer? And no pay until next year if we get that revenue?
 
Ashley

Ashley

Steve Chettle
Gyros Peter said:
I actually think Chuba bloody Akpom would have been a decent add. Certainly more so than the Portuguese kid we can't use because he's nowhere near ready (yet).

I think we got lucky in that Wood's injury wasn't as bad as feared - but my take is Akpom is about as like for like as you can get for him, and would have contributed had it come off.
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I don't think Akpom would have been much better than Origi to be honest. He's never been great besides that one season at Boro and that is with spending most of his career at a lower level than the Premier League.
 
Mr. Blonde

Mr. Blonde

Jack Burkitt
Gyros Peter said:
While I agree he was pricey, you're never getting him for a couple of million - what did they pay? 12m? Iirc we offered loan to 15m buy, paid next season based on us staying up.

Hardly surprising they said no, but not too bad an offer imho - while it's more than I'd have paid it offered them profit on a player who will depreciate over contract of say 6m based on what they already will have paid - and what was it, 39 goals in the season and a half up to point of offer? And no pay until next year if we get that revenue?
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I don't think he's worth anywhere near what Ajax paid for him personally

Like I said two or three mil he might have been worth the risk, but as you say they would never accept fees like that for him
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Ashley said:
I don't think Akpom would have been much better than Origi to be honest. He's never been great besides that one season at Boro and that is with spending most of his career at a lower level than the Premier League.
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It's all about opinions, and if nothing else he'd have given us an option that Origi doesn't seem to be able to despite coming in as one... a striker!
 
Thomas

Thomas

AMERICAN IDIOT
Carlos said:
You realise what forum you're asking to ignore the past right?
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I didn’t say ignore the two European cups!

Ignoring the Fawaz era might be the best for everyone’s health if we’re being real.
 
Carlos

Carlos

Massive Member
Ashley said:
I'm not judging him by his loan spell here, I barely remember it.

His career since then hasn't been steller bar that one season at Boro.

There probably isn't much between him and Origi either way IMO. I don't think either are good enough for this level.
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Also I don't remember Akpom having a decent bash at the champions league
 
Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Akpom is 6 goals in 8 games as a CAM this year too - perhaps we'll be in for him as MGW cover/replacement in the summer?

(I'm sorry, couldn't resist!)
 
L

Larry Lansbury

Viv Anderson
Memory a bit hazy but Origi has had 3-4, perhaps more, really good chances? all similar where he has been in excellent positions from the right and failed to score. Really disappointing, and if starting or even from bench we need him to make an impact. 3 goals from bench till end of season could be priceless-fingers crossed!!
 
Cortez the Killer

Cortez the Killer

Impressive member
With Origi, my Liverpool supporting work colleague always says he 'scored important goals' for them.

We will probably have our own version - he 'scored an accidental goal' for us.

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Grenville 1898

Grenville 1898

Nicolás Domínguez - King of the Press
Larry Lansbury said:
Memory a bit hazy but Origi has had 3-4, perhaps more, really good chances? all similar where he has been in excellent positions from the right and failed to score. Really disappointing, and if starting or even from bench we need him to make an impact. 3 goals from bench till end of season could be priceless-fingers crossed!!
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As an incentive, Forza need to produce a tifo display of a pair of barn doors and put this up behind the goal. Even then, he'd still fail to score.
 
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Grenville 1898 said:
As an incentive, Forza need to produce a tifo display of a pair of barn doors and put this up behind the goal. Even then, he'd still fail to score.
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He would probably hit the tifo instead.
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
At the moment not scoring in a brothel comes to mind.
Mind you, when he does get a Prem goal there will be no stopping him.
 
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