
Simon Davies hopes Craig Bellamy can join him at Fulham - and things will be a little happier than this
No surprise that Simon Davies would be keen on Craig Bellamy joining Fulham as they linked up so well together for Wales over the years.
The real sticking point will be wages – and, of course, there’s no way of knowing whether this is anything more than the usual tabloid tittle-tattle.
Craig has been one of the best players in the Premier League for the last few years. If we could get him he would be a fantastic addition to the team. The manager will be trying as hard as he can to bring in players like that.
Coming on the back of two of the most successful seasons the club has ever had will be a difficult job. But Mark is very ambitious and I’m sure he will be up for the challenge.
City fan come in peace.
Bellamy has been brilliant for City, and also hasn’t had any high-profile rows there. Bellamy would almost certainly want to play for his mentor hughes rather than ‘arry Rednapp. I don’t know if anything material has appeared from Spurs, except for the usual Rednapp tapping up via the press “he’s a ‘triffic player, just ‘triffic”.
If he’s sold, I’m sure Spurs would be the last team we sell him to – after beating us to 4th spot, Mancini wouldn’t give them the steam off his Sh**.
I think Bellers will be great at Fulham. Hughes will bring in his team of miserable welsh mafia of coaches – “the Taffia”, and Fulham will get a bit of steel without sacrificing the passing football.
Bellamy would be brilliant, but Ireland would be the real coup. City have to dump a load of good players to make way for 25 great players, Hughes already has a relationship with most of them, and knows exactly which ones can do a job for Fulham. I think you can pick up some real bargains. City won’t sell to the top 4 or Liverpool, but Fulham is an attractive team for players.
Unfortunately, your previously-good defenders will deteriorate inexplicably, and your flair players will lose their flair. Nevertheless, the team will be fitter than ever, and play all-out attacking football, conceding lots of goals, but also scoring lots more.
About Bellamy, you hate him at other teams, but love him when he plays for your team.
City have got the best out of him, and Hughes can do this at Fulham.
He likes the ball booted at him at speed, not passed, and he deflects it into his path and chases it like a whippet. He never gives a ball up, and has a very cool head in front of goal. You feel confident he’s not going to sky it or boot it straight at the goalie.
If your opposition is holding a high defensive line and trying to spring the offside trap, that isn’t possible against Bellamy – he will make them pay. Boot it at him, boing, and he’s in on goal. Goalkeeper tries to make himself big. Roof of the net. This is the man who was selected over Robinho in most matches, with good reason.
Any Fulham players who don’t pull their weight will get a 9 iron.
The downside is that you won’t get 4 years out of him. He’s always “about to retire” because of his shocking knees, but he never lets them slow him down. For this reason, when his knees go, they will really go. Hughes knows how to use him sparingly, and how to train him without impacting his Ledleys.
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