I don't think so in terms of his price tag...

He's had one good season at championship level. Wasn't even in the wolves team for a period a few weeks ago.

If we're looking at championship strikers. Compare him to Jordan Rhodes who would probably be available for the similar money. Rhodes has done it consistently and would be much less of a risk IMO (although I'm not necessarily saying he's the answer to all our problems) Afobe may well end up being worth this big fee and more, but is he worth anywhere near that fee at this moment in time? Absoloutely not for me.

Posted By: Darren Eadie on January 10th 2016 at 11:26:08

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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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