Everton inquire about Doyle

I know I'm in the minority here but I think Owen would do a great job for us...If he doesn't then we've not lost anything as he'll cost nothing and be on a deal the club can obviously afford....and at the end of the day the lad is a boyhood blue so one of his dreams must be to score a few for Everton

Niang would be nice but at just 17 I don't know what he will bring to us. He needs to play games surely, and he's not going to get that here.

Owen can knack off. I don't care if he could do a job for us. He's missed an entire pre-season now because either he can't be arsed or he wants too much money to play. We're above him now.

How much would Stoke sell Kenwyne Jones for? Too much maybe. Always thought he could be a special player. Moyes could get the best out of him, for sure.

Phil Sammon. I for one don't think that Wolves were that bad. Jarvis was half decent and so is Kightly. I can think of worse offensive units to try and score goals in.

Charlie Adam is an interesting on for me... Worth thinking about.

I think there'll be two new faces this week, one on loan and one permanent. Probably people who we've not really thought about or discussed.

Mark Lennon....tell me how would you feel if that 'horrible bastard' scored the winner in the derby ??

still think you change your mind if he comes and scores the winner against the RS tho...

Reckon moyes will bring in someone out of nowhere like drenthe and straqualursi last year.

There is more to playing up front than scoring goals and it's lazy to use this as the only basis for comparison.

Different situations and opposition calls for different players and it's a squad game.

We play with one up front and Owen won't be able to play alone up front while he has a hole up his arse, Doyle's that type of player. Don't expect it to happen fwiw regardless, I'm sure Moyes has moved on unless it's a loan.

It's well known that Owen is money motivated and riddled with injuries. Why hasn't he signed for a club and had a good pre-season in an attempt to get himself fit? Because he's waiting for someone to match the value he thinks he's worth. I sincerely hope it isn't us

Doyle might not be Jelavic but he'll have hunger whereas Owen has none, we've had too many using Goodison as a retirement home, no more thank you very much.

Adam would be a controversial one. I do think it's the position we need to strengthen. Gibson is the only deep lying playmaker we have and once he went off at the weekend we looked poor.

I don't think we need another promising player right now. Bringing Barkely through and getting Mirallas bedded in over the next few months should be enough for now. Then there's Gueye, who either needs to move on up or move on out. Not to mention Velios and Duffy, who are in similar positions.

We need someone who can come in and do a job for us, either squad-wise or team-wise. So Doyle or Adam would be fine with me. Don't fancy Owen - not because he used to play for LFC (so did Sheedy, Harper and various others) - but because (a) he wouldn't fit in with the way we play and (b) he's always bloody injured.

Doyle I've never been impressed with but guess the manager must see something there if he is interested. The more strikers the better really, if we just rely on Jelavic then it could go badly wrong, Owens a proven finisher and having a few other classy strikers to put our defence through their paces in training can only be good

Love to hate this transfer windown.

Stress is getting me! Roll on midnight friday.

I tire of promising players. (Bye-bye Jose Baxter, bye-bye Jack Rodwell.) Give me someone who can deliver the goods. This can only mean one thing: I am officially getting old. (That's "young but old" obviously.)

Left back - Baines, Distin, Neville, Garbutt, Bidwell.

Right Winger - We've just payed £6 million for one of them!

Striker - We need one.

Regarding who may come in and out before the window closes, it's very intriguing but given their exceptional success in recent times I've great trust in the current management team to make the right decisions. If I had to comment though I'd say no to Owen, he's the past not the future. Adams is an unpleasant little piece of work with no pace and I personally would hate to see him in a Blue shirt; Doyle I put very much in the "donkey" class and not worth any money. If I had a hope it'd be that we take Berbatov on loan from United for a year, he has a totally unjustified reputation for being lazy but he isn't and he can play as a lone forward with a magic first touch and ability to hold up the ball.

Can't believe we'd waste that sort of money, I'm Irish and have seen that Doyle is on a steep downhill path in his career. Surely we can't be wasting money like this!!

There has to be some good young talent on the continent to pick up instead, even the pound v euro rate is at its most favourable towards the pound in years.....

I don't get this one :-(

It depends what type of deal you get him on. If he demands high wages then Everton should spit at him and send him on his way.

If he comes without a signing on fee and "average" wages then it may not be the worst bit of business we've done.

Personally though, I don't want him anywhere near our club

He's a good player doing the labour, but I don't think we need him. In fact we just got rid of one of those players in Cahill. Tim's effectiveness went a couple of seasons ago, but I'm not sure Doyle would get the goals Tim did; he'd certainly work for them though

http://www.newstalk.ie/2012/sport/moyes-lodges-third-bid-for-striker-kevin-doyle/

Point taken, and agreed, I certainly wouldn't want to us to be paying the earth for his wages.
But if the choice came down to Owen for bugger all or Doyle for silly money; I'd rather take Owen.

Difference with Owen is he lost his pace years ago and he won't try and dribble past anyone. He remains a good finisher, but... happy to sit out the games and collect wages? That did seem to be the case at Old Trafford. I dunno if his 'boyhood-blueness' would really make any difference to that attitude. Only he knows that.

The shout for Berbatov above is an intriguing one though. A proven class striker with great first touch. That said, I'm not sure how he'd fit in the one for all team ethic, can't see him getting his foot in or tackling back! ;-)

Sorry but I'd say no to Owen, Doyle and Berbaflop. I think for work ethic with an eye for goal, Moyes would probably prefer a Shane Long type player

Not exactly the ideal Moyes player. I couldn't in this universe see him dutifully following the Gaffer's instructions from the sideline to "track back".

Moyes had to deal with Yak and Saha's "don't feel like it today" for years. He could handle Berbatov for a season. And wouldn't Berbatov bust his ass if only because he finally got to play again? Not to mention, he would be coming to a side that can flow into attack baby! He'd sure get scoring chances.

He has a high work rate but averaged about 1 goal in every 5 games for Wolves, i.e. Anichebe standard. Personally I think Mirralas looks like he could do a job up top if the worst happened to Jelavic (with Velios as 3rd choice). He's 6 foot tall and banged in enough goals in Greece so at least knows where the goal is.

A swap deal: Doyle for Anichebe I would not say no to, I guess. Otherwise bring a striker in on loan for Jelavic as whoever comes in is not going to start many games if Jelavic is fit.

If we're going to carry one with Fellaini playing up top then we need another centre mid in the holding role.

Sinclair is a wide left player rather than a CF (I think I'm right in saying) so don't think it's an either or.

Actually he's only the second best winger at Swansea, their RM; Dyer is the better player IMO.

Seem to remember Cerci was in the frame for 6m in December and they wouldn't take a loan, he can play out wide and up front and is rapid.. Maybe Mirallas fills that space now.

I'd personally return for Fernandes who would fit in to one of the deep lying midfield roles a treat, and he can play our wide or in one of the three AM positions we seem to favour - class act.