Dwight York is on the top of Bobby's shopping list according some of the headlines today. No way....... We don't need any striker that is not needed by the other premier club, especially the Manure.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

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This day is finishing gruesome, Vega is a buffoon and Yorke a liability, Bobby you cannot be serious, please no way, no way

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Dwight York has the talent in the masses but hasnt got the needed attitude. I doubt he'll ever get it back as he's to rich, to spoilt and not hungry. But if any one can make him see the error of his ways it's Bobby........

VEGA (I'm now having nightmares) Vega is the one which could turn the Toon against Bobby if he signs him. He is shite, I'm afraid even Bobby cant turn shite into gold - sorry. This potential signing is simply paper mischief, its got to be, it better be......

As far as I'm concerned if our fans give our club the second highest natural revenue streams then we expect not to have the dross off other teams........... We dont need more KennyD negligence of resources.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Vega is not as good as Dabz, so signing him would make no sense whatsoever.
I thought Vega was totally in love with Celtic and O'Neill anyway?

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Dwight Yorke - no Ramon Vega - no

All round a no then, although Vega is the biggest no. Yorke is a talented player, but he is a bit of a dodgy character to have around and he's offside more than Daniel Cordone was, something that's worrying considering the amount of chances we make. Any striker would score 30 a season if they played for Manure for the whole season. I would stay well, well away from them both.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Clarky, Vega is not fit to lace Dabz's boots. I've been VERY impressed with our Nicos since he's come back from injury which started with the makkum game.....very impressive. By the way where did this talk of us signing Vega come from? I have'nt seen it.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Yeah I haven't seen it yet either.

Hopefully it doesn't resurface so it can't come true.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Teamtalk.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

Relax on the Yorke front. I mean, does anyone ever recall us signing anyone that the Sunday Sun said we would? Of course not! Never! That paper is a rag of the first order.

-- Anonymous, May 27, 2001

the paper makes the biggest draw for Yorke the Nightlife!!! Christ albloody mighty.

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

The nightlife thing is a bit scary. Apart from that, I don't quite understand the strength of feeling against Yorke on here. We don't need any striker that is not needed by the other premier club, especially the Manure. Come on - virtually any player we sign will be 'not needed' by someone, and frankly I'd rather sign a player not needed by the champions than, say, a left-back not needed by a first division club...
Supporters of a perenially mid-table club turning their noses up at the prospect of signing Dwight Yorke smacks of Chelseaesque delusions of grandeur. For the 500th time, we're not very good.

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

Dan, i think the feeling against Dwight Yorke stems mainly from his fast growing reputation as a drinker and socialiser pushing 30, fast. We will remain not very good if we buy faulty goods,imho.

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

A question for the Yorkie Bar naysayers - how can we information- starved supporters know that he has indeed got a 'nightlife problem'? Could it not be just as likely be the tabloids see him out of SAF's team and create a mountain out of a molehill to sell some papers - when it could just as easily have been a prolonged loss of form that put him behind a number of better performing strikers ?? What makes you trust that the booze scenario is correct ?

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

Yorke spends his spare time with Jordan, enough said?

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

who also is good upfront, sorry, no sorry

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

Don't know about the night-clubbing stuff, although like LT I suspect this could all be media-induced horse dung. However, I do recall similar protests against KK signing a 30 yr-old Peter Beardsley - too expensive, just about finished, etc.

The reality is that we need a flair player as a catalyst to ignite the team in the way Pedro did so brilliantly for 4 or 5 seasons.

Dwight Yorke certainly has the ability to do that - if he still has the motivation. IMO that is what he has lacked recently. At £8mm it would be a risky signing, but one that could succeed spectacularly.

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

Yorke is often spotted out boozing and contributed in Latapys downfall at Hibs, though that really is Latapys problem. Yorke is without doubt a fabulous player, and yes could succeed triumphantly but he'd need to go some to get near Beardsley. There are too many ifs and buts about him. We should shell out on a younger man not 8 mil on an ageing cad. Hell, i'd rather have Merson.

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

The big question is: Will he fight for us, giving hsi all every time he pulls on the shirt? Or will he just be here to pick up a fat paycheck and hang out on Quayside?

If the former, and he scores goals for fun, I don't much care what he does in his free time. I'm just afraid it would be the latter.

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

pros. proven premiership striker, a stack of medals under his belt, wealth of experience, top goalscorer in past seasons, high profile, nice smile cons. questionable socialisng habits, ageing, had bust ups with former employees, goal tally dropping, whacking 8mil fee, annoying hit me smile

-- Anonymous, May 28, 2001

Our local newpapers - all part of the same publishing group - are playing games with their readers, yet again.
Tonight's Ronnie reckons any links with Dwight Yorke are "absolute rubbish" - despite this being the lead story in their sister newspaper, the Sunday Sun, on Sunday!
The Ronnie reckons BR doesn't rate Yorke as a player at all, and that there is no chance of the Toon going after him.
Unbelievable.

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2001

Met one of the reporters(with the Journal, I think??) in DC last summer. I asked him about the contradictions in spite of them all being under the same ownership, and even same roof. He said they were competitive and no, they didn't talk to each other about the stories they were going to publish. Still makes no sense to me, but there ya go.

-- Anonymous, May 29, 2001