[RUMOUR] Stefano Okaka

Discussion in 'The Transfer List' started by Cassetti's Beard, Jan 8, 2018.

  1. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    i dont quite get why Okaka gets such a bad press on here. A career with better than a goal every 7 games is not too shabby. As a squad player (based on matches to date) he is a better squad option than Success
     
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  2. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Yeah, if games lasted 18 minutes.
     
  3. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    I presume if we're looking to offload him, that Gino has a striker lined up to come in once the loan window opens. Maybe Paco Alpaca?
     
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  4. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    well even better then- a goal every 126 minutes
     
  5. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    Well the loan window does not open until 1st January 2019
     
  6. kVA

    kVA Reservist

    Is there an emergency loan window?
     
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  7. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    Yes - It opens in January 2019 for Premier League teams
     
  8. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Okaka's season lasts 126 minutes.
     
  9. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Only for real emergencies like a cat stuck up a tree and missing jewellery.
     
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  10. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    A player not fit for purpose. Can’t run from A to B without needing to be substituted. Dreadful.
     
  11. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    Sorry if I'm being whooshed, but what the ****?! One in seven is a bloody abysmal rate for a centre forward o_O
     
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  12. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    Hear, hear. My rule of thumb has always been that your best goal scorer should be getting 1 goal in every 3 starts on average. Anyone getting 1 in 2 is a top striker and any better than that is a top, top striker.
    By the way, I don’t like the modern way of quoting ‘appearances’ as there is no distinction between full games and subs. Years ago it was always “Blissett: 15 goals in 29 + 4 games”.
     
  13. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    This Blissett guy sounds fantastic.

    Get him in!
     
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  14. kVA

    kVA Reservist

    From what I can make out from this forum we can only get him on loan at the moment. The transfer fenestration re-opens in January.
     
  15. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Common misunderstanding.

    No window restrictions for over 50s.
     
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  16. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    Played in Italy before, there must surely be a Pozzo connection that may enable us to swoop for him.
     
  17. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    We did. Several times !
     
  18. Oscar calling

    Oscar calling Squad Player

    Needs big Ross Jenkins alongside him though. More mobile than Deeney.
     
  19. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    i dont quite get why Success gets such a bad press on here. With a career average of a goal every 6 games - but one goal every 20 in the Premier League, he will be our best back up option to our first choice strikers.
     
  20. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    i dont quite get why Doyley gets such a bad press on here. With a career average of 2 goals every thousand or so games, we should recall him from his loan and he will be our best back up option to our first choice strikers.
     
  21. AndrewH63

    AndrewH63 Reservist

    We can once the Loan window opens again in January 2019. Until then its Okaka or Success if neither Deeney or Gray manage a goal every three games
     
  22. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    In the unusual 'fox outside the box' role:

     
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  23. foxywfc

    foxywfc Reservist

    The Muff will out bid us and offer more in wages
     
  24. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Looks like Saint Eddie has indeed beaten us to the punch.

    Infuriating.

    [​IMG]
     
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  25. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    Doing business through a goalpost before he evolved his technique to car windows
     
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  26. K9 Hornet

    K9 Hornet Border Collie Dog

    I played in a charity game at the Vic with Luther, must have been about 18 years ago. He played CB, and got bored in the second half, strode forward and pinged one off the bar from about 35 yards.
    Based on this ITK knowledge, I still think he could do a job for us.
     
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  27. PowerJugs

    PowerJugs Doyley Fanatic

    I've just twigged on something. Is that Bodgan in goal? He really doesn't have a good history with us.
     
  28. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    I remember vaguely seeing Luther in such a game at centre back.

    I never recalled him playing with a collie though
     
  29. K9 Hornet

    K9 Hornet Border Collie Dog

    Did you play in that game Moog?

    I played the Nigel Collieghan role
     
  30. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    It was you and Luther. I was the other 9 players.
     
  31. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

  32. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    No veneer in 'ere
     
  33. Hornet4ever

    Hornet4ever WFC Forums Last Man Standing Winner 2018/2019

    Ranieri would probably get the best out of him & turn him into a goal machine at Fulham. You can see how he could fit in well there as a focal point (for 30-45 minutes).

    He didn't work for us over the long term, not quite the right fit for the modern day Watford's inter continental Tika Taka, however Stef should never be forgotten, he was the sole reason we beat Everton 3-2 in QSF era. A result probably not mentioned on here often enough.

    He'd be deadly in Champ (for 15-20 minutes) which is probably where he'll end up if Fulham don't take him.
     
  34. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    I don't know if the rumours of fallings out are true. It does seem, however, that he's had trouble getting and staying fit.

    As a striker, there's enough about him to hold up the ball, run with it and get into dangerous areas, but holistically, none of that matters if he's only fit occasionally and only then for 30 minute bursts and even less, if he's causing issues for coaches behind the scenes.

    There is definitely a reasonable player in there, but maybe it's going to come down to having a coach with whom he has a great relationship to unlock it. Also, he's not high enough our pecking order to merit any sort of special treatment to help him boost his confidence or find form.
     
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  35. another_mrlizard

    another_mrlizard Squad Player

    I can't
     

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