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Sky Sports was just saying he could be leaving Cardiff!

I know he''s smaller than we need, but you never know!!

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I can''t imagine he could play with Hux and I wouldn''t expect him to be dropped. Plus I don''t think we would pay the £3m Cardiff will want for him.

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If he comes to Norwich i''ll raffle my season ticket. He will never come here in million years.......well not at this moment in his career anyway.

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He''s a brilliant talent but I don''t really think we can afford him, remember we cannot offer Crouchy for only 2 millions...

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Some physical info on current strikers and potential targets.

"Neon" Leon McKenzie, height: 5''10"
Darren Huckerby, height: 5''10"
Mattias Svensson, height: 6''0"
Zema Abbey, height: 6''1"
Gary Doherty, height: 6''1"

Robert Earnshaw, height: 5''8" [as tall as me ;-)]
Marlon Harewood, height: 6''1"
Jonton Johansson(sp?), height: 6''1"

I actually think Earnshaw would be a good signing but it would require a change in the way City play which I don''t think Worthy will do. Keep the ball on the deck and zip it in behind the full backs or centre halves and players like McKenzie, Huckerby and Earnshaw would thrive on that sort of service. However, City seem to want to play the way that requires a big man up front and have a player working off of him. That excludes Earnshaw immediately because of his height and make Harewood and Johansson much more likely targets.

Personally I''d rather see them keep the ball on the deck and destroy teams with attackers that have pace.

Top strikers in the league, yeah there are others but.....

Thierry Henry, height: 6''1"
Ruud van Nistelrooy, height: 6''2"
Alan Shearer, height: 6''0"
Wayne Rooney, height: 5''10"
Didier Drogba, height: 6''2"

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cheers morph some interesting stats. I agree he''s a great player but would require a change in system which worthy won''t do. I agree ashton would be a much better choice as earnshaw''s game is based on pace, a bit like leon''s. too similar to what we''ve got, although admittedly much better.
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Details on Ashton.

Height: 6''2"

League FA Cup League Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Totals 112 (26) 46 6 (3) 5 4 (1) 2 3 (0) 5

Goals/game: league - 0.33, FA Cup - 0.55, League Cup - 0.4, other - 1.66

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Yeah but you can''t say that many goals come from henrys head and i hope I am not talking that up for todays game

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Some stats on those other guys:

Harewood.

Apps Goals
League 161 (58) 65
FA Cup 7 (2) 2
League C 13 (4) 5
Other 5 (0) 0


Johansson.

Apps Goals
League 137 (72) 52
FA Cup 5 (5) 5
League C 10 (1) 4
Other 9 (8) 6


Earnshaw.

Apps Goals
League 144 (37) 87
FA Cup 12 (2) 9
League C 6 (2) 10
Other 5 (1) 1


Scowcroft.

Apps Goals
League 264 (44) 67
FA Cup 13 (1) 2
League C 26 (5) 8
Other 7 (4) 1


Looking at that you''d have to pick Earnshaw if you were looking for a goalscorer.

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Agree Garrold, Ruud van Horseface is never 6''2"! He might have been once upon a time, but he''s obviously stunted his growth by spending too much time clattering down to pitch level!

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but we not neccerily looking for a goal scorer. A target man.

I would personaly pick Harewood because hes strong, good in the air, can run with the ball and can score goals.

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Apparently Earnshaw is off to West Brom for £3.5 million. See link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/3607710.stm

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[quote user="KeelansGlove"]Dont need and cant afford another Small forward. Dean Ashton would be a better bet and much cheaper.[/quote]

Interesting to review discussion about Mr Earnshaw last time around.
Do we really want someone who chose WBA and Gary Megson in preference to us?

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[quote user="Pincer"]If he comes to Norwich i''ll raffle my season ticket. He will never come here in million years.......well not at this moment in his career anyway.[/quote]

 

How much per ticket?

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It''s interesting to have a retrospective view of people''s opinions of Earnie like this. I have to say I was quite surprised to learn of his fairly short stature. We will definitely have to keep the ball on the deck to get the best out of him. Go for it Earnie, score on Sunday and you could be a local hero

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