James Henry and jermaine pennant

I'll take both please.

Yeah id have both. More squad depth, competition and quality.

pure guess work but suspect that it is either/or

And letting Wolves know we have Pennant on trail could be a clever way of forcing them to take our lower offer for Henry. Not that Charlton would ever be that sneaky.

I'd take Henry. Not too sure I would want Pennant on the type of wages he might want and stage he's at in his career

palarsehater said:

id take both as long as pennant isn't on something ridiculous, someone mentioned on Saturday that Gary Hooper was after 22k a week and we wasn't prepared to pay it? any truth or pure bs?.

Considering Hooper has been at Norwich and Celtic he probably does have demands like that

Henry yes - Pennant no

Be happy with both at the right price/wages.

NomadicAddick said:

Henry will join on deadline day. It is written.

Or will join this week, but be excluded from Saturday.

Happy enough with either, obviously prefer Henry - but a cheap punt on Pennant if we can't get him would be fine.

Lincsaddick said:

Henry came off the bench during the Wolves weekend defeat, he looked totally cheesed off probably after having started the previous games .. after the start we have made, do we really need him ? .. especially as he probably won't be a starter .. how can he fit into our so far very successful outfit ? .. the same question(s) could also be aimed at a move for Pennant .. good players though both are, or possibly were

Yes we need Henry for squad depth and quality, imagine if JBG got injured? Henry if he was here would have started on Saturday for example.

I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:

Lincsaddick said:

Henry came off the bench during the Wolves weekend defeat, he looked totally cheesed off probably after having started the previous games .. after the start we have made, do we really need him ? .. especially as he probably won't be a starter .. how can he fit into our so far very successful outfit ? .. the same question(s) could also be aimed at a move for Pennant .. good players though both are, or possibly were

Yes we need Henry for squad depth and quality, imagine if JBG got injured? Henry if he was here would have started on Saturday for example.

agreed .. BUT .. he may well have (hypothetically) started on Saturday only because of injury .. would it be 'fair' to keep him in the team at the expense of a returnee after the start we have made so far ? .. my point is really that being on the bench would not suit Henry and probably neither would it suit Pennant .. if Henry has got the hump sitting on the sidelines at Wolves, he'll have the right hump doing the same for us even though we are headed for promotion ((:>) .. he is at the stage of his life when he needs regular first team selection .. on the other hand of course, having a few hungry players in reserve snapping at the managers' attention for selection will keep the first team regulars motivated and on their toes

I'm struggling to work out why we are chasing more wide midfielders when we already have JBG, Bergdich, Harriott, Ceballos and (eventually) Moussa.

Meanwhile we are desperately short of a utility defender, goalkeeper and strikers.