The Bargain Bucket List

[SPARTA]

There's a few here I wouldn't mind. Thoughts on staying up as well as going down.

ARSENAL: Andrey Arshavin, Sebastien Squillaci, Emmanuel Frimpong, Lukasz Fabianski.

ASTON VILLA: Richard Dunne, Andy Marshall, Eric Lichaj.

CHELSEA: Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, Florent Malouda, Paulo Ferreira, Hilario, Ross Turnbull.

EVERTON: Phil Neville, Sylvain Distin, Jan Mucha.

FULHAM: Mladen Petric, Damien Duff, Mark Schwarzer, Chris Baird, Philippe Senderos, Mahamadou Diarra, Giorgos Karagounis, Brede Hangeland, Neil Etheridge.

LIVERPOOL: Jamie Carragher, Doni.

MANCHESTER CITY: Kolo Toure, Richard Wright.

MANCHESTER UNITED: Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs.

NEWCASTLE: Steve Harper, Xisco, Danny Simpson.

NORWICH: Elliott Ward, Marc Tierney, Simeon Jackson.

QPR: Kieron Dyer, Brian Murphy, Clint Hill, Shaun Derry, Radek Cerny, Ryan Nelsen.

READING: Stuart Taylor, Ian Harte, Brynjar Gunnarsson, Noel Hunt, Jay Tabb, Alex Pearce, Simon Church.

SOUTHAMPTON: Richard Chaplow, Danny Butterfield, Artur Boruc, Jason Puncheon.

STOKE: Michael Owen, Matthew Upson, Carlo Nash, Rory Delap, Dean Whitehead, Ryan Shotton.

SUNDERLAND: Titus Bramble, Louis Saha, Matt Kilgallon.

SWANSEA: Gerhard Tremmel, Luke Moore, Dwight Tiendalli, Mark Gower.

TOTTENHAM: William Gallas.

WEST BROM: Boaz Myhill, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Steven Reid, Zoltan Gera, Goran Popov, Chris Brunt, Gonzalo Jara, Luke Daniels, Yassine El Ghanassy.

WEST HAM: Jussi Jaaskelainen, Gary O’Neil, Freddie Piquionne, Winston Reid, Joey O’Brien, Carlton Cole.

WIGAN: Maynor Figueroa, Callum McManaman, Franco Di Santo, Albert Crusat, Piscu, Mike Pollitt, Ronnie Stam, David Jones, Emmerson Boyce, Antolin Alcaraz.

[melonhead]

majority of those arent anywhere near a bargain bucket in wages, or fees

[urz13]

majority of those arent anywhere near a bargain bucket in wages, or fees

I think it's a list of those with contracts out at the end of the season. Would love Puncheon.

[melonhead]

agreed- but so would many other teams who would have a better chance of signing him

[urz13]

Of course. Saints haven't even opened negotiations with him yet so you never know, it might be worth giving him something to think about.

[JordCot]

Duff is still quality at times and Petric is a decent striker. I'm pretty sure El Ghanassy was just a loan

[shaka's shorts]

Pearce of Reading would be a good start!

[cmonurz]

How is Luke Moore still a Premier League player?

[Still Hate Futcher!]

Am I missing something here? How can £200,000 a week Ashley Cole feature in the same thread as the word 'bargain'!

[brewcity77]

Would love Lichaj from Villa. I think he's got lots of upside, and I love seeing Yanks in the Reading strip. I miss Hahnemann and Convey

[Horsham Royal]

Am I missing something here? How can £200,000 a week Ashley Cole feature in the same thread as the word 'bargain'!

You may be missing the colour coding ... blue for bargains ... but maybe not

[TBM]

Cole has just signed a new contract though

[USA_Loyal_Royal]

is chris brunt any good? he could be the am we need!

[SCIAG]

Am I missing something here? How can £200,000 a week Ashley Cole feature in the same thread as the word 'bargain'!

I think I'm right in saying Cole is on around half that, but yeah, never a bargain. Likewise Diarra, Hangeland, Toure, Arshavin, and so forth.

The Man United trio will either sign for another year or retire.

Petric, Puncheon and a handful from West Brom (particularly Gera, Brunt and Popov) would be my selections, as well as Pearce. Maybe Emmerson Boyce or Chris Baird if Stephen Kelly doesn't turn out to be the right back we need.

Not sure if some of the highlighted players are serious selections- Matthew Upson? Luke Moore? I like defenders who can defend and strikers who can score thanks.

[urz13]

I'd take pretty much any of the Fulham lot tbh

[BR2]

Not sure I would want any of that lot and two possibles,Gera and Alcaraz IIRC are out injured for the season.
Let's just get Curtis Davies,Creswell the left-back plus any of the many strikers and playmakers in Spanish football who are streets ahead of most of the players over here that would be in our price range.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Not sure I would want any of that lot and two possibles,Gera and Alcaraz IIRC are out injured for the season.
Let's just get Curtis Davies,Creswell the left-back plus any of the many strikers and playmakers in Spanish football who are streets ahead of most of the players over here that would be in our price range.

Alcaraz is criminally good tbf.

[Extended-Phenotype]

Not sure I would want any of that lot and two possibles,Gera and Alcaraz IIRC are out injured for the season.
Let's just get Curtis Davies,Creswell the left-back plus any of the many strikers and playmakers in Spanish football who are streets ahead of most of the players over here that would be in our price range.

Alcaraz is criminally good tbf.

He's quite a rock.

[maffff]

Alcaraz is criminally good tbf.

Looked like a walking red card on the few times I've seen him in action. [edit: and yes... I get what you're doing]

[Millsy]

Not sure I would want any of that lot and two possibles,Gera and Alcaraz IIRC are out injured for the season.
Let's just get Curtis Davies,Creswell the left-back plus any of the many strikers and playmakers in Spanish football who are streets ahead of most of the players over here that would be in our price range.

Alcaraz is criminally good tbf.

He's quite a rock.

I fear though if we sign a contract with him we'll have no escape.