hardia jaafar from telekom melaka to perak..
really a good buy for perak..

but they did win Carling Cup under him...
n considering he wasnt given his own squad... the squad is a leftover frm Jol...
n oso he came in late (January), less time to experiment with his squad...

I would say firstly will have to be Torres (to come in your first season and score so many goals is a great acheivement), second on my list will be Sagna (has been a consistent preformer and has suited well in the BPL) and lastly got to be Defoe (really starting to shine in portsmouth).....

Checkout soccernet's version. Top 10 best buys

90% agreed with soccernet...

the other 10% ?

thats because grant hand 'em the title with his 'genius' tactical
and ramos actually inherited a strong squad from martin jol as well.
strong enough at least for 6th place.

agree with soccernet's list

Wilson Palacios now worth more than 1m...good signing from bruce

Nice article by Soccernernet
now, everyone agree Santa Cruz is a better signing from Torres?

$$$ per goal, perhaps.

undoubtedly its torres and santa cruz

Why? Just because soccernet says so? What's printed isn't always the gospel truth. I've my opinion and they have theirs. There is no absolute truth.

agrred... everyone has their own opinion... try to respect that, there's no absolute answer here...
thats wat this thread is opened for, as a discussion...

Sorry, i know it is just a printed material and can 't measure the level o achievement of someone
anyone cna give their own opinion and no one is right

does that matter a lot ? cruz or torres the better buy ?

Why are you asking me? I'm not the one that quoted the article insisting that those who voted Torres agree with soccernet, and change their votes to Santa Cruz. I've already made my points.

Got to be Fernando Torres...scored bunch of goals on his debut season..more to come next season..hopefully he doesn't affected by the sophomore slump syndrome..

torres...
score alot in his debut season..

almost as good as v nistelrooy few seasons back

Roque Santa Cruz is the buy of the season hands down. Buying him at 3.5 million pounds and scoring 23/24 goals in his debut season and not with a top 4 team really impresses me ALOT.

Yes,torres is another fantastic buy but i rate him second best buy and a close one. Think about it, buying him at 20+mil pounds and playing with one of the top 4 team. I didn't expect him to score that much but he must at least deliver some goods. There's an expectation for him to play well for a record signing for a top4 team

I completely agree. Expectations of Torres was high despite him only scoring once in three games for Atletico. There were no expectation of Santa Cruz. There was therefore more pressure on Torres to perform as all eyes were on him. Andy Gray paid him a huge compliment by claiming he was the complete centre forward and when a bluenose says that, you know this kids special. Santa Cruz was given little attention much like Benni McCarthy in his first season. Now that there are expectations, let's see if he performs in his 2nd season. McCarthy himself has moved down the pecking order near the end of the season behind Jason Roberts.