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I like the idea of signing Richards. I quite like it when we get linked with players that were massively over hyped in the past. It seems that if these players don't go on to become world stars within a few years, then they are considered useless, which is ridiculous. Richards might not be the amazing talent that everyone thought he was going to be, but he can still be a very good defender and now will cost way less than he would have as a 17 year old. It's the same with someone like Ryan Babel and almost certainly will prove to be the case with Lukaku. If we signed or were linked with Walcott are fans wouldn't be happy, but he's really not that shit. He's just not the player everyone thought he was going to be, but he certianly still has somehting to offer a top club and is only 21. At the age of 18 Glen Johnson was sold to Chelsea and played for England. 4 years later he was considered total shit, didn't play for Engalnd and was sold to Portsmouth. Yet he's since firmly established himself as Englands number 1 RB and was sold to Liverpool for £18 million. Yet when there were rumours here that Jol wanted to swap him for Chimbonda (when Chelsea were after him), our fans were very much against it.
Very good post Joey, and I was one of the few who wanted Glen Johnson aswell.
Also Walcott isn't a bad player. He is exactly where Lennon was at 2 years ago. Pace and no end product. it just shows that with good coaching that will materialise. With patiance Walcott be get there, he just had alot of hype early on and I blame alot of that on Sven.