FramCanary 0 Posted July 13, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2362759/Gary-Hooper-set-sign-QPR.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
William Darby 0 Posted July 13, 2013 They''re guessing imo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Green and Yellow fellow 0 Posted July 13, 2013 As much as I would''ve loved to of seen him in a Norwich shirt and I have argued he''d make a good contribution to our team. However this just makes me more excited knowing that McNally and Hughton will be targeting someone even better. I wonder what other names we''ll be linked with next week! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,651 Posted July 13, 2013 Fine by me, if he thinks that Champs is his level then we may have done well to avoid. I''m with you, fellow, there''s plenty of decent options out there for us to go for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cantiaci Canary 556 Posted July 13, 2013 Roll up Quagliarella and N''Doye then!Hooper''s a fool to leave Celtic for QPR if it''s true. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thorny 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="Cantiaci Canary"]Roll up Quagliarella and N''Doye then!Hooper''s a fool to leave Celtic for QPR if it''s true.[/quote]Same as Cantiaci said but believe it''s just paper talk again. Any aspiring striker would be better suited to ordinary wins in the SPL along with a little run in the Champions League over a fight to get into the EPL....unless baited on the wage lure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hog 0 Posted July 14, 2013 Lol and how mant times has the Mail broken stories about who us joining us, we would have a huge squad if they had been right Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoddys Jockstrap 0 Posted July 14, 2013 Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2329498/Norwich-want-Harry-Arter-Bournemouth.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clarkey1972 0 Posted July 14, 2013 Looky at it from hoopers point of viewIt seems he wants to play back in england. It seems there is only qpr and us in for him. He goes to qpr he plays every week.How much game time will he get here?Its a similar situation with russy and chelsea. Why wold he leave celtic to warm our bench. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clarkey1972 0 Posted July 14, 2013 Sorry no edit button.........Ruudy and chelsea Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HazzaJet 252 Posted July 14, 2013 QPR also have higher wages Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Brownstone 0 Posted July 14, 2013 There''s absolutely nothing to indicate that we''re only going to play 1 up top every week next season. Would really like to see him here for £5m, proven goalscorer at every level he''s played at and is hungry to prove himself and get into the England setup. Just the sort of player we need in my opinion. Signing 30 year old Italian''s on big money who are at the other end of the career doesn''t sit quite right with how we''ve rebuilt the club to me. As it''s the Daily Fail I''ll hope this is just BS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clarkey1972 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="Mr Brownstone"]There''s absolutely nothing to indicate that we''re only going to play 1 up top every week next season.  Would really like to see him here for £5m, proven goalscorer at every level he''s played at and is hungry to prove himself and get into the England setup. Just the sort of player we need in my opinion. Signing 30 year old Italian''s on big money who are wat the other end of the career doesn''t sit quite right with how we''ve rebuilt the club to me. As it''s the Daily Fail I''ll hope this is just BS. [/quote]I disgareeThe fact we only have two strkers at the club currently suggests that.If going with two up front you would have five strikers am sure we would have kept holty and possibly vaughan with more more to add.I only see us bringing one more striker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Brownstone 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="clarkey1972"] I disgaree The fact we only have two strkers at the club currently suggests that. [/quote] Or it suggests we just haven''t secured our targets yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert sneakers 0 Posted July 14, 2013 I really hope this isn''t true and hooper ends up at CR next season.I honestly believe he would be a massive signing and a perfect fit at Norwich. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chicken 0 Posted July 14, 2013 Lets just see shall we?All of this second guessing is rubbish. Hughton knows at times two strikers will be required.We''ll need four even with only one up front.Playing one up front will require us to have an AM which in all likelihood will be Hoolahan first and foremost. If Hoolahan gets injured we are looking at drawing players from other positions which we may or may not be able to do - or Butterfield if he is rated by Hughton.If we only have three strikers we are treading very dangerously. One serious injury and we are down to two - two is simply not enough. One booking away from having no choice. You always want choice and competition.Apart from anything else right now we are linked with three strikers. We may not want all of them but some reports suggest we almost have the Italian and are still hunting.At this point it is worth being open minded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Brownstone 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="chicken"]Lets just see shall we? All of this second guessing is rubbish. Hughton knows at times two strikers will be required. We''ll need four even with only one up front. Playing one up front will require us to have an AM which in all likelihood will be Hoolahan first and foremost. If Hoolahan gets injured we are looking at drawing players from other positions which we may or may not be able to do - or Butterfield if he is rated by Hughton. If we only have three strikers we are treading very dangerously. One serious injury and we are down to two - two is simply not enough. One booking away from having no choice. You always want choice and competition. Apart from anything else right now we are linked with three strikers. We may not want all of them but some reports suggest we almost have the Italian and are still hunting. At this point it is worth being open minded.[/quote] We could always get Darel Russell back and play him up front again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Evesham Canary 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="clarkey1972"]Looky at it from hoopers point of viewIt seems he wants to play back in england. It seems there is only qpr and us in for him. He goes to qpr he plays every week.How much game time will he get here?Its a similar situation with russy and chelsea. Why wold he leave celtic to warm our bench.[/quote]Not sure I entirely agree. Whilst we are all assuming RVW will be first choice, he may take a while to get used to English game. Hooper will be ahead of him from his time at Scunny. Also, you would Hooper is a confident sort who would look to prove himself as first choice. What if Hooper signs & is miles better throughout pre-season? If Hooper as genuine aspirations & belief that he might just be able to get in Eng squad then he has to come to prem league. The interesting thing here is that the likes of Hull & Sunderland clearly feel better value to be had elsewhere. It appears to be a straight fight between us & QPR. We can offer the possibility of regular prem football & a pretty good wage. QPR can offer the latter but are a club in a degree of turmoil with a poor reputation for signing past it players on huge salaries. Not sure if Harry will be there long - this job has very quickly dented is reputation & he may do what he did at Southampton & move on asap.I still feel if Hooper goes to QPR it will be because of the money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SeattleCanary 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="Mr Brownstone"][quote user="chicken"]Lets just see shall we? All of this second guessing is rubbish. Hughton knows at times two strikers will be required. We''ll need four even with only one up front. Playing one up front will require us to have an AM which in all likelihood will be Hoolahan first and foremost. If Hoolahan gets injured we are looking at drawing players from other positions which we may or may not be able to do - or Butterfield if he is rated by Hughton. If we only have three strikers we are treading very dangerously. One serious injury and we are down to two - two is simply not enough. One booking away from having no choice. You always want choice and competition. Apart from anything else right now we are linked with three strikers. We may not want all of them but some reports suggest we almost have the Italian and are still hunting. At this point it is worth being open minded.[/quote]Â We could always get Darel Russell back and play him up front again.[/quote]haha forgot about that!!!!!! that feels like light years ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lavanche 0 Posted July 14, 2013 I dont get it. Why do we need 4 ->strikers<- if we play 1 upfront?I mean we have cabable reserve team players for try outs if we really are in the situation where all 3 strikers we have are injured + Pilkington and Redmond and mayby some other transfer target we are planning to use in pocket are needed on the field at same time.Drop from Redmond to Murphys and Loza isnt that big anymore.I mean look at other teams. Even more rated coaches than Hughton can do with only 2 main strikers and rest of the options are youth players. At most those who are keen to play with 1 striker have 3 options and sign players on other areas who can score the goals.If we call Hoolahan luxyry player, there is nothing more luxyry these days than pure striker if he isn''t work horse or cabable play other positions and work with the ball. Everytime we look at strikers who are linked to us, we look how many times they have scored. How many do you think the 4 will score if we have no cabable players to distribute them with good passes?Hooper is perfect example from a player who can score, but who doesnt have any special attributes to make those goals happen without good support. Thats why I have not jumped in the air when we have been linked to him. Good second option though and thumbs up if we get him under 5 mil.We dont need 4 strikers. We need to grow as a team and find players that can do both score and be useful on and off the ball and normaly those fellows are not classified as striker or center forward.3 strikers are more than enought if we play with 1 upfront and have players that can be used as 9 in emergency situation. So I hope we spend big for 1 striker and dont divide that sum on 2 and use good money for a player for the role we considered Toivonen when we bid for him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smooth 114 Posted July 14, 2013 I think we need 4 becchio is third of fourth. We need a genuine back up or player to play alongside. Then either a good back up or that youngster to learn from the group.Padres came out yesterday with his four strikers and said there was not enough, you can never have enough goals in your team and we proved it hard last year with so few goals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk Mustard 94 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="smooth"]I think we need 4 becchio is third of fourth. We need a genuine back up or player to play alongside. Then either a good back up or that youngster to learn from the group. Padres came out yesterday with his four strikers and said there was not enough, you can never have enough goals in your team and we proved it hard last year with so few goals.[/quote]Interesting choice of words!Who is Padres? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,531 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="Evesham Canary"]I still feel if Hooper goes to QPR it will be because of the money.[/quote]In which case we are better off not having him here. If he chooses us it will be for the right reasons. If he chooses QPR it will be for the wrong reasons.We shall see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*** 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="lake district canary"][quote user="Evesham Canary"] I still feel if Hooper goes to QPR it will be because of the money.[/quote]In which case we are better off not having him here. If he chooses us it will be for the right reasons. If he chooses QPR it will be for the wrong reasons.We shall see.[/quote] Slightly biased opinion LDC but in general I tend to agree with you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yelloow Since 72 54 Posted July 14, 2013 IMO, it depends on whether City are willing to match QPR''s £5m bid. If so, then we''ll probably find out soon enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clarkey1972 0 Posted July 14, 2013 [quote user="Mr Brownstone"][quote user="clarkey1972"]  I disgaree The fact we only have two strkers at the club currently suggests that. [/quote] Or it suggests we just haven''t secured our targets yet.[/quote]We WONT bring in another three strikers no chance.If he was going with two up top he wold not have let three strikers leave this summer, especially holt.We will be playing one up front next season 99% of the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Brownstone 0 Posted July 14, 2013 I wasn''t saying we would bring in another 3, my personal opinion is 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clarkey1972 0 Posted July 14, 2013 Fair doos.But it would be mental to go into a season with 4 strikers if intending to go two up front imho.I know redmond can play up front but dont think he has come to do that.All will be reveiled over the coming weeks, either way i trust hoots to get the best deal for the club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crafty Canary 495 Posted July 14, 2013 Why does Hooper want to leave Celtic? To play in the EPL in order to try and force his way into the England squad ahead of the 2014 world cup. He has a year left on his Celtic contract. How would playing for QPR help him in this? The Glasgow papers have reported that he''s told Celtic he wants to come to us. Is this true? Who knows but it coincides with Hull stating they will not pursue their interest in him. if he can''t get a move to the EPL then logic suggests he would be better off seeing out his contract at Celtic with the hope that good performances in the Champions'' League will get him noticed by Roy Hodgson.I still believe he''ll be joining us for around £5 million + add-ons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havemyhowsonit 0 Posted July 14, 2013 I hope so! Go back to the league where he belongs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites