Thought it'd be interesting to check on the progress of those were were strongly linked to in the Summer that we didn't end up getting for various reasons. These are the ones I can think of, and it looks like we didn't really miss out on much eh?
Tuncay - 30 games, 5 goals for Stoke. He only got in the team because Pulis fell out with James Beattie, and he's still got a haircut like an unruly bunch of pubes.
Michael Turner - Only Portsmouth have kept less clean sheets than Sunderland. They've been a shambles defensively all season long, and in Turner's benefit he hasn't played in all of them, but 23 appearances is a lot and they've been as solid as diarrohoea. Still, decent player, and might come good in the long run.
David Silva - Quelle surprise, he's been injured. Still, played 20 games and 4 goals. Not much to get overly excited about there.
Downing - How much did they pay for him, 12M? 24 games, 3 goals, and has only started to look anything more than half-decent over the last month or two.
Lee Cattermole - Like Sunderland, started the season off like a house on fire. Then he got injured, and has struggled since. Good player, solid, hard in the tackle, and can play too. Reminds me so much of Steve McMahon it's untrue. He's have helped us no doubt, but is Lee Cattermole really gonna cut it when it gets to the latter stages of say, a Champions League campaign. Look at that Chelsea-Inter game last night, the likes of Cambiasso and Motta would fucking monster someone like him.
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And people have been complaining about Aquilani and Johnson eh?
Who else was there? That's all I can recall for now.
Tuncay - 30 games, 5 goals for Stoke. He only got in the team because Pulis fell out with James Beattie, and he's still got a haircut like an unruly bunch of pubes.
Michael Turner - Only Portsmouth have kept less clean sheets than Sunderland. They've been a shambles defensively all season long, and in Turner's benefit he hasn't played in all of them, but 23 appearances is a lot and they've been as solid as diarrohoea. Still, decent player, and might come good in the long run.
David Silva - Quelle surprise, he's been injured. Still, played 20 games and 4 goals. Not much to get overly excited about there.
Downing - How much did they pay for him, 12M? 24 games, 3 goals, and has only started to look anything more than half-decent over the last month or two.
Lee Cattermole - Like Sunderland, started the season off like a house on fire. Then he got injured, and has struggled since. Good player, solid, hard in the tackle, and can play too. Reminds me so much of Steve McMahon it's untrue. He's have helped us no doubt, but is Lee Cattermole really gonna cut it when it gets to the latter stages of say, a Champions League campaign. Look at that Chelsea-Inter game last night, the likes of Cambiasso and Motta would fucking monster someone like him.
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And people have been complaining about Aquilani and Johnson eh?
Who else was there? That's all I can recall for now.
