I'm not convinced that Afobe is what we needed.

I'd go for a quality forward / striker number that can play off a front man. We have big Dave and camjam so Afobe would be another of those.a Naismith or a Gayle though would be better.

Posted By: hairyolaf on January 10th 2016 at 10:59:03

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Seems to be a great deal of angst regarding Afobe. Generally, not just on here. (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 10, 10:40:19
- We have players here who have done better than him. (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 10, 13:59:46
- I said yesterday that ?12m was at the same time crazy and a sign of things to come (NCFC) - Old Man, Jan 10, 12:34:41
- U pays your ? & U takes your chance. They are taking a HUGE gamble. I wouldn't. (n/m) (NCFC) - derbyshire canary, Jan 10, 12:01:26
  - Same (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 12:13:20
    - Spot on. (n/m) (NCFC) - derbyshire canary, Jan 10, 12:14:44
  - He won't be as big a failure as 8.5M Ricky (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 10, 12:04:58
    - Sky saying fee 8-9 million... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 10, 12:08:34
      - Muff paying 40-50K a week according to reports. Naismith on 42K at Everton (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 10, 12:17:09
        
        But do we think Afobe's worth it? I suspect not. And that's what really matters (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 12:22:08
      - Definitely not worth that much now. Doubt he will improve very much, but how can we know? (NCFC) - derbyshire canary, Jan 10, 12:13:57
        
        Why would he not improve? He's only 22 (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 10, 12:19:48
        
        Based on what I've seen (admittedly not that much...) (NCFC) - derbyshire canary, Jan 10, 12:25:31
        
        Even if he's a prem (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 10, 12:32:14
        
        Flop he'll be worth ?5m in the championship (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Jan 10, 12:32:41
- bournemouth may have smaller crowds (NCFC) - IG88, Jan 10, 11:56:47
  - vmt - they're only little in terms of their stadium and history etc (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 12:14:32
- Seems to be 8-9 million (NCFC) - Surrey Yella, Jan 10, 11:41:52
- I'm looking forward to the meltdown on sat cc after a Adobe masterclass in finishing (n/m) (NCFC) - ihateipswich, Jan 10, 11:05:45
  - 'Looking forward'... Hmmm... (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 10, 11:43:31
  - Until he bags a hat trick as a sub against Chelsea, he's got nothing on Naismith ;) (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 11:09:37
  - Afobe...sodding auto correct. (n/m) (NCFC) - ihateipswich, Jan 10, 11:06:35
- I always assumed that as we didnt get Afobe in the summer (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Jan 10, 11:05:20
  - Mbokani is miles better - we haven't seen the best of him yet (NCFC) - derbyshire canary, Jan 10, 12:04:18
    - Agree. Hope so :) (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 12:14:47
  - Very good point (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 11:09:12
- I'm not convinced that Afobe is what we needed. (NCFC) - hairyolaf, Jan 10, 10:59:03
  - I wouldn't be surprised if we got both Naismith and Gayle tbh (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 10:59:47
- No way is he vfm, ridiculous valuation. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 10, 10:58:17
- The vid is here... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 10, 10:55:08
- Maybe it is more because Neil seemed a bit disappointed to lose him (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Jan 10, 10:46:30
  - Disagree. Just seemed disappointed overall with just being thumped 3-0 that's all. (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 10:56:39
    - "fees etc unreasonable" - no one wants to pay unreasonable amounts (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 10:59:07
  - I haven't seen the interview. (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 10, 10:48:54
    - I didn't think he was disappointed to lose him at all... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jan 10, 10:54:08
      - Totally agree! Too many people trying to read too much into this lol (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 11:00:19
      - Difficult to say u til we see him at prem level surely? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 10, 10:55:47
        
        Not when you can get internationals for the same price. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jan 10, 11:28:54
        
        I don't think so in terms of his price tag... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jan 10, 11:26:08
- He wouldn't be on massive wages. (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 10, 10:45:47
  - He would... (NCFC) - loz, Jan 10, 10:56:26
    - Iturbe was on 60K a week at Roma, Afobe 12K at Wolves. (n/m) (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jan 10, 11:09:09
- Were we actually back in for him? Who knows? (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jan 10, 10:44:33
  - Correct! (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jan 10, 11:00:45
  - We were in for him (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jan 10, 10:52:35
  - VMT (NCFC) - hoolahan, Jan 10, 10:51:26
  - Exactly. (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 10, 10:46:43
- Said similar. (NCFC) - mr chimp, Jan 10, 10:43:53
  - That certainly adds to it. (n/m) (NCFC) - avenging canary, Jan 10, 10:47:19

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