Kev.. The Drogbas and Cristiano Ronaldos of this world won't be coming to the Stadium of Light you need to live with that fact. Aint nobody in their right mind playing at a level better than decent going there..
My targets will bring proven pedigree to Sunderland within their limitations.. comments below..
Keane needs to start to look outside the UK for some talent now that they will have some money to spend..
Yes, it will always be a challenge to attract good talent to Sunderland but dem nonsensical british buys he make like roy odonovan and andy cole will do nothing to help sunderland.
If RK looking for a scout he should give me a call, I'm available and willing to work for only about 100K a year. I'll be looking at good players who want to move to the prem, good players who aren't happy at their clubs and good players who are going to get relegated.
Here's my list of transfer targets that Keane should try to get that I think could be within their reach:
- Djibril Cisse (marseille) decent shout along with other clubs never worked out in prem for him arguably never got a fair chance at liverpool always being rotated among 4 strikers and in a defensive system. He's pining for a move back to the prem and would be motivated to do well next season
- Taye Taiwo (marseille) as above but prem, didn't really shine against Liverpoolyou don't judge a player on one game against liverpool. excellent left sided defensive player with a booming left foot and might also welcome a move to the prem but might be costly
- Peter Crouch (liverpool)wouldn't work with KJ, not for mewould provide much needed competition in the forward lineup and would compete with KJ rather than work in tandem[/color]
- Andres D'Alessandro (?) zaragoza wanted to be in Spainok scratch
- Jan Koller (?)35 too oldproven quality and would be also a good option coming off the bench and giving competition to KJ. Give him a 2yr contract. Andy Cole was too old too..
- Paul Stalteri (fulham) no thanksbetter than anything else Sunderland have on offer (besides bardsley) in the wing back position and proven prem quality
- Kevin Nolan (bolton)no thankswould solve the gap in centre midfield, at the top of his game he is in the england reckoning
- Matt Taylor (bolton)no thanks, rejected Sunderland for Bolton in Jan, more interest moneywould be a great addition and will be available when bolton get relegated
- Brian McBride (fulham)no thanksmore striker competition with prem experience
- Clint Dempsey (fulham)no thankscould be a very good squad player
- Sean Davis (porstmouth)decent player but don't think sowould be a very good squad player[/color]
- Thomas Gravesen (everton)too old to build onbut experienced and with a good run of games could be very dominant in the middle of the park
- Andy Van Der Meyde (everton) didn't he go "missing" or something doubt RK cup of teaif keane can motivate this guy and get him firing on all cylinders could be the buy of the season. keane needs to earn his pay, a la sam allardyce, and look for bargain buys like this guy that are just looking for an opportunity to resurrect their careers
nice try but I wouldn't be counting on that 100K salary, if I was you 
edit: dunne and martins eh going no sunderland.. in fact no player in a good stable situation leaving for sunderland except for a monstrous pay rise.. Sunderland need to pillage dem relegated clubs for their best talent and also try and get a hookup with some players on loan..
Who knows keane might be able to convince Ferguson to part with Gerard Pique for a few months.
Never would I dream in this world those kind of players(Drogba's etc) if you look at the quote he says 5/6 players 40 - 50 Million, lets put it into perspective Liverpool spent 3/4 of what sunderland spent on one player Torres. But thats an average of 7/8 Mill a player.
I can't see how you can call signings like Cole and Odovonan and in the same post suggest players like MvBride Koler both well past 30 and Dempsey, unproven there is in fact not a lot of difference surely you can see that.
salteri is not a good defender by any stretch. Rk quote about Taylor was "I knew in 30 seconds he wasn't a Sunderland player so I doubt very much that he will be back in for him.", but he does tend to do the unusual.
i do think we need someone to play with KJ not competition because I don't believe we have enough money to buy the rest that we need and another forward of similar type that can't play together.
As I have said before the squad is way too thin to buy 1/2/3 high quality players 6/7 players is what we need for next season, then if successful you can start looking at adding 2/3 real high quality players for serious money, because the rest of the squad wont need so much work. I would expect a few foriegn players rather than all british.
As for RK needing to earn his money like Big Sam, well he was a manager a long time before he got into the prem and bought players RK is only in his 2nd season, although transfers is one area he needs to improve on quickly, so I don't think there can be any comparison yet.
Everybody has different opinions about players, you can watch the same game and come away with a totally different impression of a player from the guy sitting next to you, the comments I have made are just that my opinion. But thats what makes this football management lark such a breeze for us fans, because we always know better, who we would buy, where we would play them etc. And they want paying for it aswell, I don't know why the clubs bother any more with managers, it should just be done by forums and internet voting, the results would be better and a lot cheaper to change your ISP rather than the manager everytime it goes wrong.
