Have I missed a thread on our £15 million ex-striker?

[LondonBristolian]

Not Kodjia. The other one. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41001685

I know he was not at his best here and has done well since but £15 million? Really! Completely different striker to Gray too - will have to change their style as him and our admittedly very unlucky former loan signing Sam Vokes are not going to have a lot of pace...

[BobBobSuperBob]

Lot of money for him IMHO

Has always been 'ok' / decent finisher and had a great season last year but whether he can deliver in Prem - not convincee

Hope I'm wrong - seems a decent pro - good luck to him - Burnley do tend to get a decent return out of their signings  

[Nibor]

From what I saw of him here I'm still at a loss... he had a terrible touch and I never really understood why he was so well regarded.  He's done well at Leeds though so what do I know? 

Be interesting to see how he does in the Prem, but I think Vokes is a better player in the same mould.

[simon uk]

Mores the point does that free up the funds for them to sign flint?

[Phileas Fogg]

Lots of money for him, even in this market. Not really sure what he brings that Vokes doesn't - hardly a logical replacement for Gray.

Funny how a fair few players we have had fleetingly on loan have blossomed into prem players.. none of them particularly impressive either at the time.. Vokes (got injured in his defence), Woods, Rose.

Of all those I think most of us would've predicted Caulker to go the furthest by far albeit he's had his problems.

Shows you can't write players off too early.

[Nibor]

2 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Goes to show how much a player can improve

Or how bad my judgement is.  I haven't seen him play regularly since then though so maybe he's Messi jr now.

[shelts]

I thought Gary Stanley had a bit about him 

[petehinton]

Striker? Could've sworn he was a left winger. At least, we seemed to play him there a lot. 

[Super]

Think he is a top target man whose goal scoring record is very good.

[Xiled]

1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said:

Shows you can't write players off too early.

Of course you can - Engvall is the best example.  OTIB made a judgement based on last season's fleeting glimpses and most are prepared to say he'll never make it for City because the Swedish league is soooooo inferior.

Bolasie would never amount to anything.  And of course, the famous Matt Smith assessment of 2014.....

(The above is tongue in cheek, I promise)

[David Brent]

2 hours ago, Nibor said:

From what I saw of him here I'm still at a loss... he had a terrible touch and I never really understood why he was so well regarded.  He's done well at Leeds though so what do I know? 

Be interesting to see how he does in the Prem, but I think Vokes is a better player in the same mould.

That was nearly 5 years ago to be fair. It's possible he has improved.

As you say, be interesting to see how he does. Vokes is a very useful and underrated player (shame he got injured so soon for us)

[Northern Red]

He had a lot of loan moves a few years ago, including to us. Maybe just finding somewhere where he can settle and play every week has done him good. 

Harry Kane was similar when he was younger, out on loan all the time without looking particularly brilliant, and look at him now. 

[Portland Bill]

He was top goalscorer in the Championship last season, £15 million seems to be the going price for the top few strikers in our league. I wouldn't class him as the best of all round footballers, but his goal scoring record is decent, and that commands good money.

[TheCulturalBomb]

2 hours ago, petehinton said:

Striker? Could've sworn he was a left winger. At least, we seemed to play him there a lot. 

We played all sorts of players in all sorts of position around that time, I'm still not convinced David James was actually our goalkeeper.

[Lanterne Rouge]

I`ll always thank him for that penalty at Forest. Talk about a pressure situation.

[kiwicolin]

Well done the kiwi from a kiwi. 

Good luck to him. 

[exAtyeoMax]

I thought he was good when he was here, I was sorry we didn't keep him. He's always looked good for LU

[brizzlelou]

 

[Garland-sweden]

Think he is good. Top scorer in this leauge.Remember he scored important goals for us.

[Guest galleyman]

It's not only Wood, what about Matt Smith now scoring a few for QPR , and some time ago Liam Rosenior who's done well in the Prem. Then there's Bolassie and Adomah , both doing better  at other clubs than with us. Too often our management is too impatient to see how a player will develop.