What £3 million could have bought

[Bunk]

Cameron Jerome.

I seem to remember when he was linked with us while at Cardiff that some questioned whether he could cut the mus****.

Did anyone see his goal today against Spurs? OK, i know you cant judge him on one goal, but i've been impressed with him so far this season.

Instead, we end up with Ellington. I know he needs time, but no way could he do what Jerome did.

Oh and by the way, Muamba and Larsson, Arsenal rejects, combined fee, £4 million. Both would have joined when we were in the Prem.

[sexybadger]

Earnshaw as well.

Although he probably wouldn't of came

[watford_away]

Ellington has scored plenty of spectacular goals, as it goes.

[PotGuy]

Ellington has scored plenty of spectacular goals, as it goes.

Quite.

Ever thought perhaps the problem does not lie with the quality of our strikers but the way they are being used?

We could stick ****ing Ronaldhinio (sp) up front and it would make no odds at the moment.

[Bunk]

Ellington has scored plenty of spectacular goals, as it goes.

Dont disagree there away, but it was about three years ago in his prime at Wigan.

Havent seen him do it for a while (some geek will probably stick a youtube link up in a minute).

[Bubble]

Cameron Jerome.

I seem to remember when he was linked with us while at Cardiff that some questioned whether he could cut the mus****.

Did anyone see his goal today against Spurs? OK, i know you cant judge him on one goal, but i've been impressed with him so far this season.
Instead, we end up with Ellington. I know he needs time, but no way could he do what Jerome did.

Oh and by the way, Muamba and Larsson, Arsenal rejects, combined fee, £4 million. Both would have joined when we were in the Prem.

I was thinking that exact same thing when he scored! I remember a lot of tools on here were saying he's not good enough (even though he was second to King in the scoring stakes in 05/06 )!

Yes I did see the goal, he took it brilliantly! Lovely finish with his weaker foot after shrugging of practically the entire Spurs defence!

[wfc4ever]

Why would Jerome leavue a Prmiership club to drop back down a league having joined Birmingham to probably have a chance at the top flight!?

[UEA_Hornet]

Hold on The_Vic...Jerome moved to Brum the summer we went up. Given a choice between an established (then) Prem club in Brum or lil old Watford, who do you really think he would have chosen? Same for that matter goes for the Arsenal lads. They were both on loan there already and Brum were riding high in the Championship and heading back up. We were bottom by a mile. Chances of joining us? Zero. You can't just pluck random transfers out of the air and say we should/could have signed them.

[Bunk]

Hold on The_Vic...Jerome moved to Brum the summer we went up. Given a choice between an established (then) Prem club in Brum or lil old Watford, who do you really think he would have chosen? Same for that matter goes for the Arsenal lads. They were both on loan there already and Brum were riding high in the Championship and heading back up. We were bottom by a mile. Chances of joining us? Zero. You can't just pluck random transfers out of the air and say we should/could have signed them.

UEA, how can you say Brum are an established Prem side when they have just come from the Championship? Jerome joined them when they were in the championship, and Larsson and Muamba played on loan before signing permanant deals.
I see your point, but i was simply using them as examples. No doubt there are many players who we could and should have singed, but the three mentioned were all possibles when we won promotion, and Jerome was deemed not good enough by many.

[UEA_Hornet]

Apologies, Jerome did join them just after relegation. Still a much bigger club than us though based on recent trends. Personally I still don't rate Jerome. 11 goals in 31 starts and 20 sub appearances for Brum, many of which were at a level below the Premiership, doesn't strike me as the hallmark of a class act.