sign a big man for your team

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Inspired by sign a big man for your team. Use whatever criteria you want. In the end somebody has to win this.

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Adebayor 6
Carew 2
Žigić 2
Bendtner 1
Hoarau 1
Toni 1


boxall, Friday, 8 July 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link

bendtner tbph

VIRGIN ROO (darraghmac), Friday, 8 July 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link

hm, not sure that a true big man would ever have that drink. don't know who hoarau is but that's a real big man-sounding name he's got.

taxonomy of bigness aside, i'd guess that any of these guys could Do A Job for my team, so i'll go adebayor for the lols.

Sir Chips Keswick (Merdeyeux), Friday, 8 July 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link

shit why havent qpr been linked with big luca, sort it out flavio

voted him

r|t|c, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link

be like having danny dichio back

r|t|c, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIfExJ3aT0o

noodles where u at!

r|t|c, Friday, 8 July 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link

As a Villa fan, I'm going with Adebayor to team him with Agbonlahor. Like the ring of the two names together, though they'd probably be a totally shit combo.

EZ Snappin, Friday, 8 July 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link

Can't someone buy Rob Hulse from QPR? He's big.

That Dichio goal against Wolves was amazing. I thought he was a half-decent player, but he and Gallen were handed too much responsibility too early and couldn't deal with it.

Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Monday, 11 July 2011 09:12 (twelve years ago) link

Missed this thread. Used to love Dichio, reminded me of an old story from Roy of the Rovers or Tiger or something called "The Pop Star Footballer". 1 good game in 10, like, but what can you do?

Everyday is a Whining Choad (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 July 2011 09:16 (twelve years ago) link

Bendtner and Zigic both tainted with the Bluenose stain and bollocks to an Adebayor, lolz or not. I like the cut of this Hoarau fella's jib tho.

Everyday is a Whining Choad (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 July 2011 09:17 (twelve years ago) link

Zigic also tainted by having fuck all talent

Adebayor is the most talented albeit a nob head. Zlatan is too talented to be a true big man right?

� (a hoy hoy), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link

he's too uninterested to be a good one.

who shivs a git (darraghmac), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:38 (twelve years ago) link

Lol isn't that the main thing these big men have in common?

� (a hoy hoy), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:39 (twelve years ago) link

i dunno tbh. Maybe?

Key part of being a big man is embracing the fact, and not yearning to be a big small man.

who shivs a git (darraghmac), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:41 (twelve years ago) link

so you're saying it's important to "think Big" if you will?

Everyday is a Whining Choad (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:43 (twelve years ago) link

yes.

What am i agreeing to here, exactly

who shivs a git (darraghmac), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:49 (twelve years ago) link

Is Mario Gomez not a big man, cos I'd have him. Oh we've got Andy Carroll apparently, never mind.

pandemic, Monday, 11 July 2011 10:59 (twelve years ago) link

Can't someone buy Rob Hulse from QPR? He's big.

― Trudi Styler, the Creator (ithappens), Monday, 11 July 2011 10:12 (3 hours ago) Bookmark

haven't you heard? big dan is back to claim his rightful place up front

r|t|c, Monday, 11 July 2011 12:14 (twelve years ago) link

I only included players who offer comic value and might actually come to 'your team' if 'your team' is not Madrid or Chelsea - hence no Gómez, no Zlatan. Hoarau I know the least about, and it's possible he might actually be good, but whenever I've seen him his finishing has been awful.

boxall, Monday, 11 July 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 29 August 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link

no dzeko lol

Juata Man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 09:55 (twelve years ago) link

no comic value anymore

sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 10:03 (twelve years ago) link

Don't lol at me, I thought Dzeko was going to come good and anyway City wouldn't let him go, hence his not being in this poll.

Looks to me like the only managers who signed a big man for their team (from this list anyway) are Sam Allardyce and 'arry Hedknapp. And that's why they're the only real candidates for the England job.

boxall, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link

Shechter of FC Kaiserslautern is breaking new ground as a small big man. Small as in he is only 5'10", but plays as a 'hold the ball up' striker, runs, or more precisely lumbers, the channels. Brings people into play, and generally 'puts a shift in'. At no stage in the 3 games I've seen him play did he ever give me the impression he was going to score however. In fact he never really gave the impression he was going to shoot.

pandemic, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link

spurs win!

mizzell, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link

'Arry been lurkin'

pandemic, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:42 (twelve years ago) link

5-1 would ave been a top top result

Juata Man (darraghmac), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 12:38 (twelve years ago) link


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