Gone Elsewhere Teemu Pukki

[Ralph Blade]

He would be fantastic in League One, but I guess he could play at a higher level in some other countries leagues.

 

[Yewsman]

He never did it in the Prem. If we get promoted it's a no. If we stay in Champ it's still a no. Rather bring on Jebbo and Will.

 

[Scarebus]

Let's be reyt, Pukki still scored 11 in the prem last season. As a team we scored 21.

Norwich have been pretty dire this season, and maybe, just maybe, he's had enough there.

He's no Finnish

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

If we stay in the champ I’d get him for a year, struggled this season in a poor Norwich side but I think he’d still do the business in a more confident team.

 

[Scarebus]

He never did it in the Prem. If we get promoted it's a no. If we stay in Champ it's still a no. Rather bring on Jebbo and Will.

He's scored 22 goals in 2 premier league seasons

But I'll agree, he was absolutely honking against us at the weekend.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Not as past it as he may seem IMO, but it's still a no, unless we're in this league again in which case maybe

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Oh dear....

You'd keep sharp over him surely..

No, I think Pukki brings a lot more than this season's Sharp.

On a free, I'd look at it. Wouldn't want him to be starting too many though

 

[Bladesman]

Norwich similar to ourselves in some ways. Players that brought them success are nearing the end of their time at this level.

Look at us most of the last promotion squad has gone or are usually subs these days.

 

[Stu_Blade]

He is rumoured to be on £1.3 million a season, it depends on him what he wants from his next career move he if got paid that in Finland he wouldn't be only the highest paid player but by £500,000. So if money is his motive, him and his agent are best sitting down to work out the best move. Scotland does seem a good fit but for us he is more expensive than Billy wages wise, doesn't really offer anything that we don't have at his age. Even if he accepted a wage reduction £1million a year isn't that great for not much return. Would rather sign Didzy back again!

 

[pommpey]

Needs players to feed him. Given NDaiye and McBurnie spend most of their game digging out their own chances because we have no playmakers in the squad (yep, I'm looking at you Berge) then having Puuki is pointless

pommpey

 

[Chingo]

Billy is as good as him , love billy but imagine starting them two in the prem if we got a few injuries

 

[cahill]

Assuming it was on a free with reasonable wages, I could think of worse stop gaps, but I would have thought that we could target someone who isn't 33 already

Too old dat

 

[LondonBlade89]

He’s too nice. He should be an absolute shithouse. There’s no “let’s have it, dickhead” about him. Credit to his mum, but it will shorten his career.

Berge did him at one point and he just got up and genuinely smiled at Sander. Ooooooooo Scandinavian friends. Key ingredient missing.

His career will be shorter because he’s not going around calling people dickheads and shithousing? Right.

 

[Rodders]

Carlton Blade right now

 

[Blade56]

He looked scared. It was odd. And sad. He’s the one that should be scaring people.

I said that, no confidence. Couple of times he got between out CB’s, int past he would drive forward and 9/10 score but he did a Sander and passed it off

 

[Scarebus]

Fwiw, here's the Norwich announcement.

He looked like a man ready to depart on Saturday. I thought it at the time, and perhaps being beaten by his favourite team (again) pushed him over the edge.

Since he signed, H2H - P7 W0 D2 L5

 

[Cappy]

His career will be shorter because he’s not going around calling people dickheads and shithousing? Right.

He’s a push over

 

[Carlton Blade]

Carlton Blade right now

Just under 1 in 3 in the PL for 2 atrocious Norwich teams (45% of all the goals they scored). Definitely seems like he’s past his best but the United fan rush to declare him as shit has always puzzled me

 

[ReeceofBDTBL]

Settling for short term mediocrity is a guarantee for long term disaster.
No thanks, invest in players that will either be key players in the first team next season or develop into capable Premier League players.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Settling for short term mediocrity is a guarantee for long term disaster.
No thanks, invest in players that will either be key players in the first team next season or develop into capable Premier League players.

They cost insane amounts. Always room for capable players on short term deals

 

[blade67]

Just seen his leaving Norwich in the summer. Wonder if we’d go in for him ?

Sargent was much better IMO on Saturday

Pukki isn't good enough for prem anymore and we can't afford him at this level

 

[Nick Jansky]

They cost insane amounts. Always room for capable players on short term deals

They don’t have to cost insane amounts. Anel ticks one of the boxes, Ndiaye the other.

 

[BladeInIreland]

All depends on budget really. If we don't have much we could do worse than him for a backup. He is better at that level than Sharp for example.

 

[wak1889]

Oh dear....

You'd keep sharp over him surely..

If sharp had never played for us before and we signed him as a 37 year old with his prem goals record of 6 in around 50 appearances there would be absolute melt down on here calling for board to quit manager to quit etc etc , Sharp cannot have another season as a player with us regardless of the division next season

 

[jt64]

Even if he accepted a wage reduction £1million a year isn't that great for not much return

That'd be 20 grand a week. That's fuck all in the Premier League - Newcastle are paying Clark twice that much. If he's completely done then yes, it would be a complete waste of money, but don't try to pretend it's big wages at that level. It's big wages if you're, say, a dolphin killer paying a balding central midfielder that much money in League One.

 

[Carlton Blade]

They don’t have to cost insane amounts. Anel ticks one of the boxes, Ndiaye the other.

They ate very much outliers, especially Ndiaye

 

[Gyp the blade]

Has to be worth a punt On a free he’s still got a couple of years in him yet IMO he scored 12 in prem last season

 

[Danetheblade]

Even if he accepted a wage reduction £1million a year isn't that great for not much return.

If he helped keep us up that 1 million a year is a tidy return for us imo.

 

[Scarebus]

If he helped keep us up that 1 million a year is a tidy return for us imo.

Proven goalscorer in the prem, former championship golden boot winner. We were wheeling out 33 year old David Mcgoldrick and 35 year old Billy Sharp for 2 years.

Ollie Burke, Lys Mousset, Richairo Zivcovic, Leon Clarke.

No brainer for me.

 

[Stu_Blade]

That'd be 20 grand a week. That's fuck all in the Premier League - Newcastle are paying Clark twice that much. If he's completely done then yes, it would be a complete waste of money, but don't try to pretend it's big wages at that level. It's big wages if you're, say, a dolphin killer paying a balding central midfielder that much money in League One.

Agreed that definitely not big wages at that level. It's whether at that age he can have an impact and how long a deal he is after too, I imagine at 33 he is probably looking at one last payday to take him to 35/36. A 3 year deal is risky if relegation happens.