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Originally Posted by Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber
To lead the line at United strength and physical presence is required. It is key to our style. Villa lacks that. His other attributes will never compensate for lack of that. Ever. Thus he can't cut it for us. If we signed him he would have to play behind Rooney. And frankly both Tevez and Rooney are miles better link men than him. Villa is an excellent player. But he just isn't what we need. Sadly.
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No it's not, maybe for someone like Chelsea and Liverpool but not United. We generally play our football on the floor which last time I checked you don't need to be 6ft plus and built like a bull to do.
If you look at some of the great strikers of the past size is not a factor, take Gerd Müller, he was a tiny fellow and not very fast either but he knew where the goal was, Puskas, De Stefano and Pele were not over 6ft but then they all were clinical in front of goal and played in teams where football came first like it does at united.
So do we need a striker with a physical presents, no not necessarily, either way Manucho seems like he can handle himself if we were to require one.
I for one am a David Villa fan, technically he is brilliant and has a better scoring record then Torres all being is smaller and physically weaker, he does the donkey work by chasing down defenders, has a nice burst of pace and does the most important thing, he puts the ball in the net.
But having said that I am not too keen on having 4 out and out strikers, it's is really hard to keep them all happy.
I much prefer what we have now in Rooney, Tevez and Manucho with Ronaldo being able to play upfront, but were we to sign Villa I for one wont be complaining.