Someone sent me a spreadsheet earlier this week showing games played this season against the same teams last season. Yes, I know we have done this to death and it's not exactly news, but we are still doing better than last season.

The reason I've not put it up is simply because you've had it before and I don't think you are going to appreciate something regurgitated just for a blog post. Yes, it's nice to know, so I've said it, but it doesn't really matter what happened last season, much like we don't take much notice that after 28 games last season we were three points better off.

The only thing that matters now is where we finish the season. To continue looking for hope is desperate. We don't need to continue looking for reasons why we will finish 4th, 5th or 6th. We have ten games to go - actions.

Anyway, the spreadsheet is nice but the only table that matters is the league table and we need to beat Wolves at the weekend - because by the time 3pm comes around, we could be fourth after scoring a few past a Mad Mick side that is going to stick five in the middle and play counter attacking football.

Rumours

But, I got that out of the way and we have confirmed that you are not stupid and that you value original opinion, which is nice. Now we move to the rumours.

The first one is that we are willing to pay £9mn for Robbie Keane. I like Robbie Keane but I can't see this happening, only because he is going to be 30 by the time next season starts and while a Robbie Keane type player aged 24 years old is easily worth £20mn, a 30 year old Robbie Keane isn't worth £9mn. I can imagine the statement from the player though if he were to sign.

Robbie Keane statement should he sign for Aston Villa
As a kid growing up in the back streets of Dublin I used to pretend I was playing for Aston Villa in the European Cup final with my mates out on the streets and now I will be doing it for real.

The other rumour, if the £9mn one for Robbie Keane wasn't enough, is that we are willing to pay £15mn for Hugo Rodallega. This one got me thinking. Throughout his career he has scored goals but has struggled at Wigan and those of you that have visited Wigan will understand why someone could be forgiven for struggling at Wigan.

However, £15mn is a lot of money for a player that has struggled in the Premier League, so if I had to score this rumour, specifically focusing on the amount, as it wouldn't surprise me if O'Neill was interested, I'd give it a two. Put that figure closer to £7mn and I'd rate this rumour a four.

Right - I'm off. Forget about where we were last season or who we played last season and who replaces Wolves because they were not in the league - it doesn't matter. We will win on Saturday and then, we will have exactly the same amount of points that we had after 29 games last season.

Video of the Day

Don't ask me why I'm doing this but I heard this song earlier on the radio - so I'm doing a video of the day and might even do it every day although most already know it isn't going to happen.

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david c english said:

... how i wish we had paid that bit extra and got Keane all those years ago from wolves, but we don't want him now, or maybe we do, but only on a free

Comment 1, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.05 am

Thomas said:

... No to Keane. Maybe to Rodallega. GET CHAMAKH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment 2, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.12 am

whitey09 said:

... i like rodellaga,gud player ,works hard & scores goals.keane- dont know anymore,he's 1 of those players who i want this week but not nex then want again at christmas so i think its best 2 just not av him lol,1 thing amazes me tho- the price! if thats wat there quoting 4 these players then we wud have absolutley no problem in getting wat we want if we were 2 sell any of ours,all i can say if we sell any 1 in the summer then we will have a massive treasure chest 2 go and use,but lets hope its not our important players eh utv,confident of a win the weekend but will b close as all derbies are -well with the exception of 1 lol

Comment 3, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.19 am

John Samuels said:

... Keane? Not now. We have two ageing strikers with questionable scoring records and attitudes. Other than organising the team xmas party I can't see the benefit of this. Keane lacks pace despite having good vision, Redknapp was so desperate to get rid of him he bought Gudjohnsenn in on loan and played PAv more. £9m is stupid money for a 30 yr old that isn't starting in the EPL. Rodallega is a player I do like the look of. Some may disagree but he reminds me of what we already have. Delfouneso and Gabby, probably more Delfouneso. He has pace in abundance, he's tall and can match defenders physically, being quite wirey. He has a great shot, but I really do think £15m is too much. Considering Shneijder went for less there must be better about if we're determined to spend that money. Admittedly I'm no manager and the lad is young and might improve, but imo we'd be shelling out on a player when we have a carbon copy sitting on our bench. Personally these two links smack of lazy journalism. We've been linked with Keane every window fo rthe last three years and the Rodallega link is probably because some of us were talking about it yesterday having just played Wigan. I rate them both 0. 28 games last season we were three points better off. Thats' fair, can't see us going nine games without a win or whatever the hell it was though. Not the way we're playing. I honestly think Liverpool are going to be the biggest threat to us for fourth. They have a much easier run in after Man U than us, City or Spurs and they have Torres who seems to have hit form at the right time. If they beat United on Sunday we're going to have to up our game..

Comment 4, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.20 am

Will said:

... rodallega looks decent to me but for 15m we could really get a much better player than that for the money

Comment 5, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.22 am

whitey09 said:

... jpa- all we have 2 do is win more games than liverpooo then its ours

Comment 6, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.24 am

John Samuels said:

... Whitey, I think we've got it in us and if we win our next two home games we are really in the driving seat. I can see City and Spurs dropping points, bt with Torres and Gerard playing well Pool could go unbeaten to the end of the season. Just an observation really, everyone is talking about City and SPurs, but I think they'll fall away, especially Spurs. Pool worry me.

Comment 7, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.35 am

whitey09 said:

... jpa- its definatley do-able,my head says champions league nex yr but my heart says 6th place again.wateva happens mate its been an incredible season i just hope that we can take it as far as we can,even all the way 2 the game against citeh that wud b great.i think spurs av got sumat bout them this yr(goals) as much as i hate 2 say it, citeh- not sure wat theyve got and liverpooo- lets hope they can make the comedy last till the curtains cum down.

Comment 8, made on March 18, 2010 at 8.59 am

John Samuels said:

... Whitey, I agree. I'd take going out in the semi's and finishing in the europa. It's been a great season. We've seen the emergence of Brights, Clark and Fonz. Delph looks to be a player. Milner has had a renaissance in the middle and we know have one of th best defences in the country. Wembley twice and we look good against the top sides now, we can really look to kick on next season in MoN's fifth year in charge. Spurs have goals, but I can't see them getting many points out of April when they have Arse, Manure and Chelski back to back. They also have Everton which could be a banana skin.

Comment 9, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.11 am

Adrian Kilgallon said:

... Have we played Everton at home this season? I can't for the life of me remember how we got on if we did and i don't see any upcoming fixture for it.

Comment 10, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.23 am

Peter robinson said:

... Ak, it was supposed to be played next month but we have the FA cup semi instead, it has to be rearranged but a date hasn't been set yet. I believe it will be between the last two games of the season but stand to be corrected.

Comment 11, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.32 am

Steve Clayton said:

... Slightly off subject but have we qualified for the Europa due to the fact we were runners up in League Cup and Man U will be in Champions League?

Comment 12, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.40 am

John Samuels said:

... ak, Everton to be arranged for later in the season. Could be toughy. Squirrel, I believe the Europa league place Man U get goes to the next highest team in the league so the europa places move down to sixth. If one of the europa or CL teams wins the FA cup the places move to seventh. That's how Fulham got in last season through seventh but we didn't when we finished sixth and had to win the intertoto. We should get europa even if we finish seventh on the premise that Chelseas, Spurs or us will win the FA cup. Sixth place is a europa spot this season though now as long as Man U finish in the top four.

Comment 13, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.46 am

Damian said:

... Do you love Aston Villa? Swap AC Milan for Aston Villa in this clip and what would you do http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_URyWFBOy4

Comment 14, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.53 am

paul said:

... "However, £15mn is a lot of money for a player that has struggled in the Premier League" Struggled? You must have been watching a different player, he was banging them in before he got switched wide and has been getting the odd goal and assist still even while they have struggled. It depends on what the market is like but I'd be prepared to splash out on Hugo, he is a superb player and I think you might just find bigger fish than us swimming around him. I'd have liked to have signed Valencia after he bagged 2 against us for Wigan. I was there that day and was obvious we were watching a talent, he got better and better and then went to Utd. Wait too long for Rodallega and he might go the same way.

Comment 15, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.54 am

michael060670 said:

... just read a comment where someone was slating robbie keane. i think we as football supporters are sometimes guilty of having short memories. robbie keane saw off defoe at spurs and the only reason defoe was bought back was b'cos rednapp loves him. robbie was foolish to leave spurs when he did 4 L'pool. he had just had 4seasons scoring 20 goals or more per season at white hart lane. going to L'pool was an error in judgement. his xmas party was a mistake and the excuse rednapp needed to get rid of him. if we could get robbie for 3mil then it would be great business. Rodellga would be a good signing aswell but if the price is to be believed then forget it. he's not worth that much. what has he done in the prem lge to date? it just proves that players prices are over inflated these days. we need to buy a recognised goalscorer. someone like Cordoza at benfica. he's a good striker who could easily get us 15/20 goals a season. the service he'd get from the flanks would ensure a good return of goals. he's great with his feet or head and he wouldn't cost 15mil. i hope we get a playmaker as well. someone who can keep the pace of the game ticking over and can weigh in with a few goals aswell. someone like Ireland fron man city. if mon could work his majic and get him then we would have a very good team together for the start of next season. what with fonze and 2 0r 3 more from the reserve team breaking through, who knows how far this team could improve? i've been unhappy after certain results this season but if we can get the right players in then a lot of those drawn games will become wins and the champs lge will be a realistic proposition every season....am i being too unrealistic damian?

Comment 16, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.57 am

Rob said:

... I have to admit I'm liking the Rodallega link. Ever since I saw his first game for Wigan he's looked good (I think he pinged a long range free kick off the bar with his first touch!!). He's quick, has got a good finish and can do something unexpected (just look at his goal against us!), the latter two is something we're missing. He's a bit of a goal poacher aswell. Under MON's guidance I think he can do well for us. £15m seems a bit steep, probably more around the £10-12m mark. I can see this one being realistic to be honest.

Comment 17, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.06 am

paul said:

... Maybe he'll be the replacement for Milner after he goes to Utd. Because the way Milner is playing...

Comment 18, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.10 am

whitey09 said:

... jpa- mate agree wiv everything u say mate,i 4got bout spuds fixtures,i dont mean 2 offend any1 wen i say this but how on earth can anybody not b happy with the way this season has gone,as rightly sed were going/been 2 wembley twice maybe twice more this yr wen was the last time we sed that! and as much as were not as gud as sum teams above us we have gave them a run 4 there money and beat them this yr wen was the last time we cud say that! the problem that our great club has is that these past 2/3 yrs we have set our benchmark which is very high and we dont always meet it, yet this season as much as its been frustrating at times and brilliant at other times we are still in the mix 4 the european cup places and surely with the personel and finance that we have we shud b over the moon.

Comment 19, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.13 am

robb david said:

... PMR i think if liverpool do finish 4th above us thats where milner will be going, and he would be fabulous there. if pool dont finish top 4 then i reckon he will be with us for another year at least. Money wise i think we would be looking at 25million, although im not sure how we would replace him, an attacking cm who works hard with his quality is going to be at a serious premium.

Comment 20, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.15 am

whitey09 said:

... the last time this happened was under little nearly 15 yrs ago wen we finished 4th in wat was a supposed weaker epl bk then,won league cup and got 2 a semi at old trafford,wat happened nex season he was gone! we are building the right way this time and as much as i find mon a frustrating manager at times i wudnt change it 4 the world -YET! long live avfc and those who live and breath it,utv

Comment 21, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.17 am

Adrian Kilgallon said:

... Maybe he'll be the replacement for Milner after he goes to Utd. Because the way Milner is playing They couldn't afford him.

Comment 22, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.19 am

whitey09 said:

... any1 seen the bandit that is chiefy?

Comment 23, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.24 am

Damian said:

... Rob_The_Villain you are spot on. i remember watching that game and commenting on that very free kick

Comment 24, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.25 am

paul said:

... I've just been through all fixtures for the teams in contention for 4th place and we have a REAL chance of nabbing it. They are all MAHOOSIVE games from now on in but on paper we have the best run in. The matches between the teams looking for 4th and the top 3 are the biggies, but I'm sure other points will be dropped along the way. Assuming the winnable matches are won and the close to call ones are draws it could easily end up like this: Villa 70 pts Liverpool 69 Spuds 68 City 66 It looks around 70pts will do it.

Comment 25, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.26 am

Eoin Doyle said:

... I too think Keane is too old, especially for £9m. I think him for £3m or £4m. I like the Rodallega link though, he could be great for us, at 24 he's perfect, doubt MON would fork out £15m for him though, £10 at the most. I love to see him work with what our wingers and Milner can provide. And I remember that free-kick too! Good idea with the Video of the Day thing too Damian. Look at the state of that bass player!!

Comment 26, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.27 am

paul said:

... What Villa need now is to play brilliantly on the run in and look for a few favours along the way.

Comment 27, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.28 am

John Samuels said:

... PMR and Ron, Milner won't leave this summer. Why would he? If he has a good World cup he could be worth a load and I think he'll sign a new contract at Villa. We have good players a good manager, a chairman who is investing and taking the club forward, I don't see why he'd want ot leave while we are still improving. Mon can let him know of the clubs ambition, give him an improved contract and perhaps the captaincy and I think he'll stay. Liverpool are not much bigger than us anymore. If they secure massive investment then yes because they have recent success and can attract better players, but in terms of spending power and squad quality currently they only have Torres. If we had him we'd be better than them. Milner has talked about enjoying the consistency of playing under the same manager and I think he apprecaites that. Where will he fit at LIverpool? Doesn't one of the best midfielders in the world play the same position namely Gerard. Will they leave out Mascherano? or £20m Aquilani? He is guaranteed first team football and a spot in the middle. Why go unless we suddenly have a terrible season. Mon will not let him leave, he'll be fed up with this whole dituation. You guys need to have more ambition and recognise that we need ot move away from this small club mentality. Rob, I like Rodallega and at 24 he's a good punt. I agree £15m a bit strong but there must be room for movement on that. I just worry that Fonz is a very similar player which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I suppose if we got both him and Keane that would be pretty cool! Michael, Keane is good, but I wonder about him at £9m. Bring that asking price down and I think it could be worth it, but that is steep. He will definitely be available,it's just a question of how much Spurs want. They're greedy f**kers. He'd complement our strikeforce, but I'd want someone else aswell.

Comment 28, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.29 am

John Samuels said:

... It looks around 70pts will do it. I honestly think it'll be as low as 65-66 points that gets it.

Comment 29, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.31 am

Tim Hillman said:

... I honestly think it'll be as low as 65-66 points that gets it. According to my spreadsheet, Man City will get 4th on 68 points and we wil finish on 67 points in 5th. I put us down to lose against City so if we managed a draw or a win we would sneek 4th. Liverpool have still got to play chelsea and Man Utd, while SPurs have Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd!! Man city have still got to play Arsenal and Man Utd. I have been conservative with our fixtures, have us down to lose to Chelsea and draw with Bolton Everton and Birmigham. If we beat Wolves, Pompey, Blackburn and Hull we are in with a great shout at 4th.

Comment 30, made on March 18, 2010 at 11.01 am

Simon Mansfield said:

... Video of the day? Womack & Womack? Pl-ease! Damian, stick to the footie blogging, really. This just exposes you as mid 40's has-been who 'used to like music'! Oh, and no thanks to Robbie Keane!

Comment 31, made on March 18, 2010 at 11.16 am

Damian said:

... djongrass you are putting 10 years on me

Comment 32, made on March 18, 2010 at 11.30 am

tubbydunne said:

... Why don't these so called lazy journos link us with Torres, Drogba and Messi and the likes that would make for great debate on here. These rumors are complete crap.

Comment 33, made on March 18, 2010 at 11.47 am

James said:

... As far as I'm aware Wigan have two class players: Rodallega and N'Zogbia. If Rodallega found consistency he'd be a 'proper player', to use a MON phrase. Although as Damian intimated above that might be something that's difficult to do currently as he's at a struggling team. The thing to be wary of is that this is his first season, so defenders will just be getting used to him, even Heskey scored over 10 in a season once... If he is a hard working type though it's got to be a good bet, as he's slightly more technical than Gabby.

Comment 34, made on March 18, 2010 at 11.55 am

Darragh McGeown said:

... The last 30-year old Irish player we bought worked out pretty well

Comment 35, made on March 18, 2010 at 11.58 am

whitey09 said:

... rocksteady- dunne-o who ya mean

Comment 36, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.02 pm

Darragh McGeown said:

... lol. But seriously, while I'd be happy to have Keane, I don't think he is the answer to our problems up front.

Comment 37, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.09 pm

whitey09 said:

... rocksteady- as i sed in an earlia post,he's 1 of those players who we'd like 2 have but wudnt like 2 have a bit marmitey

Comment 38, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.11 pm

John Samuels said:

... I'd take Keane for the right price, but I wouldn't want to get held to ransom by Spuds. He'd be a decent aquisition and give us another dimension to our forward play, but as stated above by ak, not the solution on his own. I think if we buy Keane someone else needs to be coming in as well.

Comment 39, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.29 pm

Darragh McGeown said:

... JPA - I agree. One of Keane greatest strengths is his link up play. He finds space and brings other players into play which in turn creates more space for other attacking player to run into. He would be great sitting in the hole behind our main striker (Gabby or someone else). But as you say, only at the right price.

Comment 40, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.32 pm

Cian Donaghy said:

... jpa those 3 have barely featured this season besides pre season. and delph has made only a handful of appearances. the europa is a dead competition. its all about the champions league. i hate that finishing 4th is so important, and am in favour of a total structure change in european competitions, but that wont happen that said, a cup final and a semi and a respectable league position would be a decent season i agree. 4th would be huge

Comment 41, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.40 pm

paul said:

... CV - Its already a good season regardless, but I cant see us falling away now anyway. Its gonna come down to a couple of key results either way in the league. And with Chelsea looking at sorts, with Terry playing shit, we aren't without hope in that one. And if we get to the final, well I'm not saying that we'll win, but my house will be on it! (As the late great Bobby Robson once said)

Comment 42, made on March 18, 2010 at 12.58 pm

Alex Glynn said:

... Rodellega's also a winger. MON likes signing wingers.

Comment 43, made on March 18, 2010 at 1.03 pm

Paul Theiss said:

... I rate Rodellega, but agree that 15 million is rather stout. I much preferred the Daniel Guiza rumor from a few days ago, although it's undoubtedly about as false as the Rodellega and Keane rumors.

Comment 44, made on March 18, 2010 at 1.13 pm

John Samuels said:

... Celtic_Villan, They are all 19, they'll get more appearances next season and more after that. It's called integration. I see this season as important as they all got squad numbers and started training with the first team which has since seen the demotion of Salifou, Osbourne, Gardner and Harewood, valuable experience for them and signs that they are progressing. The Europa is not a dead competition, I argue that you have no interest just because we aren't in it this season. I would definitely have liked to have seen our boys up against Juventus again home and away and the competition gets quite tasty once the CL teams come into it. Fulham have that privelage this season. It makes for great experience for the players and a chance to make a name for ourselves in europe as well as win silverware. 4th would be huge, but how can we expect to qualify for the CL if we can't carry a Europa campaign. It would be an opportunity to test our strngth in europe now that we have carried a triple headed domestic campaign. If we don't make CL I want to see us full tilt at the europa next season. We're good enough to win that.

Comment 45, made on March 18, 2010 at 1.15 pm

Joe Coghlan said:

... Santa Cruz anuone?

Comment 46, made on March 18, 2010 at 2.14 pm

Michael panizza said:

... More evidence that our scouts just wont board planes to look at players elsewhere. Sad.

Comment 47, made on March 18, 2010 at 2.30 pm

John said:

... Do Villa need either of them? Surely it's a 20-25 goal a season striker then a top four finish is guaranteed!

Comment 48, made on March 18, 2010 at 2.33 pm

Cian Donaghy said:

... replace the word evidence with speculation there monkeywrench

Comment 49, made on March 18, 2010 at 3.31 pm

Cian Donaghy said:

... jpa, yeh cheers i know what integration is, its just when you say the emergence one of them has yet to feature in a competitive match, albrighton came on once i think in the premiership, a few cup games in total, and the fonz has been restricted to not much more. and then delph not much more than that. we have revolutionised the defense, but seemingly at the expense of attack. if we could get in a couple more we could be a quality side. i dont think we are a too far off competing with the big 3. i wasnt disagreeing with you tho, its been a good season and i hope it continues. i feel the europa is fairly dead, and until better teams are put into it and the champions league is made smaller, the gulf will just widen. i do think though if we are going to move on from where we are as a team next season, someone will have to explain what the word rotation means to martin, as i dont feel he actually has a full grasp of the concept

Comment 50, made on March 18, 2010 at 3.38 pm

John Samuels said:

... Celtic, Didn't mean to sound condescending so apologies. Clark started and played the whole game in the home win against Fulham at the beginning of the season as well as being on the bench for many games and playing regularly in the reserves with Davies, Bouma and Collins when he cam e back from his groin injury. CB is an important position and it'll be a season or two before he's there. Albrighton cam on late against Liverpool in a big game and assisted the opener in the win against Brighton. Delfouneso has 20 appearances since 2008 and 6 goals. They're all coming along quite nicely as far as I can see. I agree about the attack tho. We've spent over £45m on the defence, over £50m on the midfield and £7m up front, so I think it's fair to say we'll see some investment there in the summer. That'll really kick us on to the next level.

Comment 51, made on March 18, 2010 at 4.01 pm

Cian Donaghy said:

... na it wasnt condescending its chill. yeh that quite few games even still though. i suppose we'll see next year if they move on any further, but as regular featurers mon has given noone a chance. i guess its how he operates. the fact that they are 19 shuldnt be a factor, thats plenty old for playing games maybe i expected more frequency of the young lads cuz of the peace cup but i suppose at the end it, if they were good enough they would play more.

Comment 52, made on March 18, 2010 at 5.32 pm

mintvilla said:

... i think anywhere around 7-9million is good money, i dont care if ppl think keane is old, hes the same type of in the whole player teddy sherringham was, and he played on til he was 40+, keanos never had pace, always used his quality to create space and pick the gaps, would add an extra dimension to us, tho am not sure hes MON's type of player??

Comment 53, made on March 18, 2010 at 6.44 pm

michael mckenna said:

... keanes experience would be great for a young villa side. he's played at the top level all his career and was a good captain at spurs. yes, the price is too high and spurs won't get that for him. they will try 9mil but they haven't a cat chance in hell of getting it. i hope we sign robbie. he's a proven goalscorer and a proven premiership performer. he'll be 30 if we get him but he will still have 3/4 good yrs left in his legs. someone said santa cruz would be a good signing, maybe but what about his injury problems. Jermaine Beckford will be up for grabs at the end of the season and we should go for him. he's been priced at a measily 5million. that's buttons for a player of his stature. i know he is playing in Div2 but he has shown what he's capable of in the FA Cup. some of you might think he would be a gamble too far for o'neill but i don't. he would light up villa park and would become a cult hero at the club. fantasy? i think not! no all jokin' aside, he is cheap at 5million. on another note, did anyone see bobby zamoras goal 2nite, fulhams 1st goal at the cottage. man that boy has found some great form this season, good luck to him. when you see what fulham have done this season in europe it makes me wonder what we coulda done ourselves. :-

Comment 54, made on March 18, 2010 at 9.13 pm

John Clark said:

... I think I'd rather have Keane partnering Gabby than Heskey. Carew has come on, and perhaps he's learned his lesson warming the bench. Perhaps he's just trying to make as much of his appearances to get a good deal out. But he's seeming less a liability. But apart from his height, I think I'd rather have keane than him as well. Not entirely sure, but leaning that way, and the price (ie, is it Keane and nothing else, or Keane and someone like Rodellaga...), could be some very interesting permutations.

Comment 55, made on March 18, 2010 at 10.45 pm

S said:

... I dont think Rodalellga is good enough to be the player we need. His goal record isnt that great and we need someone who we know can score alot of goals not someone who we think can score alot of goals by coming to a better team. 15 million is way too much to spend on player who might play better in our team. Keane could be alright. He'd most likely be better than Carew, Heksey and Rodallega. And 9 million is an alright price for him. But he'd be 30 next season and naturally start to get slower, less fit and score less goals and in a couple of seasons we'd be in the same situation we are now. So i dont think either of these players would be good buys although if MON and Randy Lerner wanted to pay the 9 milllion for Keane and then buy another 15m + forward I'd find that acceptable or MON could buy Keane by selling Heskey for 3m, Beye for 2m and Shorey for 3m. Keane could become a bench player and we could use him as backup such as in Cup games.

Comment 56, made on March 19, 2010 at 5.56 am

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