by Alan Partridge »
27 Aug 2009 15:45
Gus the teenage cow Alan Partridge Ideal How the hell can we afford Rasiak if we only just had to sell off our best players due to their wages???
Who knows the ins and outs of it? Maybe he's taken a wage cut to come here, play a higher level and be with Rodgers? More likely is said players who have gone were unhappy and wanted to go, whereas Rasiak wants to be here. So the money issue wasn't really the problem?
Who knows.
Rasiak is 6'3 proven at this level, International forward, he's what we need. Experience, and a different option right through the middle. He is realistically in the position we're in as good as we could possibly get with less than a week to go to deadline day.
Rodgers got the best out of McAnuff, so i'llreserve judgement on him, but he strikes me as being that Sammy Igoe '1 in 6' kind of winger. He can't be any worse than Kebé.
rasiak frequently tops worst spurs player ever polls, google if you don't believe me, he is a big fat lumbering centre-forward in the jon parkin/gary doherty/darius henderson mould except with less pace than all three mentioned, if we are regarding him as some kind of saviour we are truly fcuked
two panic buys
We lack anyone in the squad over 6ft who can head a ball. His record in the Championship for Derby, Saints and Watford is outstanding in all honesty. He played about 5 games for Spurs, so that's a naff poll. Paul Brooker is thought of fonly at Brighton, he'd be in my top5 worst RFC players, means nothing. De La Cruz was slated by everyone, rarely had a bad game for us when needed.
30 years old, at a good age but not over the hill. We've got less than a week to do anything, and perhaps money is tight. Other clubs are not going to want to sell their best players and certainly not to us so our market is reduced further. Rasiak has a proven record, hasn't cost the earth,so there may still be some lee-way to buy someone else if needed.
I'm less enthusiastic about McAnuff,who since bursting on the scene with Wimbledon has flattered to decieve at 3 clubs since.