It's a blessing in disguise. 10mil for another BRIT who hasn't had regular football in a year?

I'll pass anytime of the year.

Very intelligent player with his off-the-ball movements. In the Hearts game, iirc he had 2 wrong offside calls where a chip from Henderson could have put him through behind the defenders. His finishing has let him down so far, but I'm sure the goals will come when his teammates start picking up on his movement.

You're right about his age too, people forget easily that he's only 21. 2 years younger than Carroll.

then there's more reason to grab him..looks a bit light on the wing
hope he does well at LB..its now or never for him

I'm worried because we are not banging in goals comfortably like we should. We are frustrating ourselves on most occasions.
During Owen's time, goals came comfortably. During Torres's time as well. Plus the goal post curse is still around. We need a lucky fella coming in to put an end to the goal post curse.

Actually I agree with some of the reasons brought up by the owners as well. We shouldn't be paying for stopgap solutions like Dempsey/Drog/Owen. These guys have at the most 2-3 years left in them, compared to the rest of the team. We have so much cover for both Carra and Gerrard because they're on their last legs. Similarly, we don't want an aging strike force, whether or not they are good. The philosophy Fenway has been showing is a good one, build from the ground up with young talent, and as much as it pains me that we're screwed atm, it's something worth looking at if you ask me.
We didn't buy carroll for 35M for him to have his touch in all our goals. We bought him to score them.

why u all only aim for short term glory? always shoot owners ask them invest this invest that.

overpay for carroll complain. dowan overpay for dempsey complain oso. 'fans' :/

If we cant attract top players as what you said, then we still shouldnt pissed away the money for 2nd rated crap out of desperation. Caroll for 35m and Downing for 20m? What were we thinking?