Poyet backs Spanish striker to bang in the goals (From The Argus)
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Poyet backs Spanish striker to bang in the goals
5:00pm Thursday 2nd September 2010 in
Albion boss Gus Poyet has hailed new striker Fran Sandaza as the goalscorer he has been crying out for.
The 25-year-old Spaniard cancelled his contract with Dundee United on transfer deadline day so that he could team up with the Seagulls as a free agent.
The deal was concluded before Sandaza watched his main rivals for a forward place, Glenn Murray and Ashley Barnes, substituted in the second half of last night’s 2-0 home defeat by Leyton Orient in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.
Murray had a penalty saved and Poyet said: “Fran is going to bring what we missed – putting the ball in the net, simple as that, and that is why he is here.
“He is going to have a great chance to start playing in ten days (against MK Dons) and if he can put the ball in the net he is going to be playing in every game.
“He is a box player. He is very aggressive when he is in the box, looking for opportunities to score, so he brings the lot more than what we have got.
“My two strikers couldn’t score, so I changed them.”
Poyet has been tracking Sandaza since his close friend Roberto di Matteo tried to bring him into English football with MK Dons two years ago.
The Toledo-born marksman netted 23 times in 36 outings for the reserve team of Spanish La Liga club Valencia before his move to Scotland.
He also bagged 11 goals in his first season with Dundee United, but last season’s campaign was wrecked by a double hernia.
Sandaza told The Argus: “I don’t like to say I am going to score 20 or 15. You never know in football, but in the first season in Scotland I was injured for two months and I didn’t speak any English.
“Now I can and the coaches speak Spanish here too, so this season I think I can beat that 11-goal mark.”
Comments(11)
graham w
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5:15pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Valerie Vole
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5:23pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Only joking, good luck Fran.
Valerie x
Rob_in_Tulsa
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5:28pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Bish May Turn
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5:51pm Thu 2 Sep 10
MKWirral
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5:57pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Torbjorn Agdestein looks remarkably like Joe Hart, the Manchester City and England stopper ....
If that miracle had come about, I imagine there would have been very few objections from any posters ....
Southstander
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7:52pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Having said that hope Fran(k) gets 40 goals aka Ward & Nelson....
Lawro woz God
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7:59pm Thu 2 Sep 10
MKWirral wrote:Oh i don't know . I'm sure fretless and MBTS would have thought of some reason!
Looking at the photo, I thought for one brief moment that we had signed yet another 'keeper .... Torbjorn Agdestein looks remarkably like Joe Hart, the Manchester City and England stopper .... If that miracle had come about, I imagine there would have been very few objections from any posters ....
russellsnr
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9:06pm Thu 2 Sep 10
Can't wait till this lot gel together, remember that word GEL??????
fozziesheadband
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10:06pm Thu 2 Sep 10
No clean sheets yet this season either,
fretlessbass
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8:01am Fri 3 Sep 10
Oh i don't know . I'm sure fretless and MBTS would have thought of some reason
Oh God! Not Hart! Why him when there are so many better 'keepers around?!
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Fran Sandaza, centre, with Kazenga LuaLua, left, and Torbjorn Agdestein
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