Well I don't expect Gooch to be an intellectual CB. Right now, our team just needs a solid stopper. Someone who can play alongside Silva/Nesta if one of them is injured. He fits the bill perfectly. I see no problem with springing the offside trap (your main gripe) if he's playing alongside Nesta. Positioning etc. is something you can improve along time, no matter how old you are. Don't forget he's playing this year for free.

Are you forgetting that we also have Bonera and Yepes, which are like 100x better than Onyewu?

true...

Onweyu pretty much is not needed at the club... he is a central defender we should sell (and I won't ask for much)...

I'd be happy with 2-3 million, but if it was the case, I would even let him go for free. Guys like him and Oddo are just too clumsy for AC Milan level.

I think you're being harsh,I wouldn't let him go for free if I can have him for 1 year without paying a single penny,also I think he may give some good performances in the world cup like the one he had against England,and if that happens,we can sell him for a higher price or just keep him for free:Win-Win situation.

If we can sell Onweyu for 3+ mio then it's a must do IMO... (of course trying to get as most as possible)

but... the sooner he's gone, the better I'd say (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (as in seasons, not in days lol)

This post has been edited by CHU-LIP: Jun 14 2010, 02:41 PM

Come on he's never been givin a real chance. Saying he can play fine and sometimes great against top international teams but can't play against serie a teams? I'm trying to forget him being in no mans land on the gerrard goal and give him the benefit of the doubt because he hasn't played all year and his execptional play after that especially when crouch came out. I think with a real chance he'll be a good backup and good size to our backline

CHU-LIP, you're my best pal. I love you. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)

All I keep hearing about as of late is how we should be selling our players. Now the latest is people wanting to dump Gooch after one season. C'mon, he's willing to play with us for free next season, for God's sake.

I swear, I think if some of you guys ran the club we wouldn't have anyone left.

That's the starting point. If we don't get rid of all the unnecessity in our team we ain't going anywhere. We took a step in the right direction by not renewing the contracts for Dida and Favalli. Now if we could offload Onyewu, Kaladze, Oddo and Jankulovski we'd be doing ourselves a major favor.

I don't think we should offload Onyewu just yet. He didn't really have a chance to show what he can do with the squad. yes, the performance v. Zurich was ugly but he had practically no time with the squad before that. Give him a season before totally writing him off.

Onyewu was hardly an unnecessity. Had he been healthy we could have really used him at times this past year. What did he play - 25 minutes? Imagine if we only gave Borriello 25 minutes to prove himself!

wouldn't sell him for anything

come on guys...give us yanks a break (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

all bias aside...i think he could really help this team if given the chance. we haven't had a defender like him since Stam. and no...i'm not saying he's as good as Stam was, but we've needed a big, strong defender for a few years now.

he reminds me of Stam, lets keep him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I don't care if he's not Stam. We need people like him. This is exactly the kind of depth we need to build up. Every team needs a muscle man. And he's paying a year without pay. I say use him!