He's a classic lower/mid-table player, so fits with what appears to be our current recrutiment strategy.
He's coming till the end of the season so age doesn't really matter.
I could care less that Werner has scored less, the last two years. We have no business signing a guy that old. He wont be able to do ANY pressing. Yet we want back up for our starting cf who is an inncessant, high speed presser.
He's 34 mate. He's hardly ancient. Experience is needed considering that Hojlund is young and inexperienced. Choupa-Moting did it with Bayern, Werner had never done it at top club level
Not saying that he is United's saviour, but calling him "dross" is stupid:
You are interested in the goals. I'm not. I want our forward to be capable of exactly what Rasmus offers physically and movement wise when he is out the side. Which Werner showed more than enough at Chelsea without the goals.
you get it wrong. Choupo STILL cuts it at Bayern. But they aren't a team that needs quick, pressing cfs as desperately as a United does.
Martial who seems to have disappeared around the time news we aren't renewing his contract broke?
This just isn't true, our forward line have had chances, just not been ruthless enough.
Goals is what missing mate. I don't want to turn this into an argument. After all we're both digging deep in the trash can here and choosing what seems to be best
However Werner had always came across to me to be suited as a second striker. We don't utilize that roleYep. We’re not winning the league this year. CL qualification is possible and I’d rather we bring in the right footballing structure this window and then prep for the summer.
More that Werner offers something different. We have a slow team, we are so easy to defend against. Werner might have toaster toes but he is out and out rapid, defences will need to drop against him or have their keeper sit higher.
Arent Hojlund/Rashford/Martial(RIP)/Antony all quite fast? We are missing a finisher IMO.
He is pretty old nowChoupo was deemed good enough by PSG and Bayern but fans of United in its current state are expecting something better than him.
Still scored 17 goals last season though.
Hojlund is fast when up to speed but he's too heavy/big for a footballer to really have that 5 meter acceleration that kills defenders. Antony is not fast no, not at all, if he was he'd probably be amazing but he will beat his man and then they will just catch him back up, Garnacho is I would say average speed for a wide forward although his dribble speed I think is much faster than average. Martial is a ghost. Rashford used to be rapid but he's just seems not bothered or slower this season. Probably a bit of both given his age and injuries.
So you're saying you care to some extent?
We got two Andy Goram’s on loan back in 2001. Prunier was another one, but I think they’re the only ones from Fergie’s tenure.
Prunier was a trial. Most famous Fergie loan was Henrik Larsson - would have loved to of had a prime Larsson at Utd
And now we've had two "strikers" and one midfielder in a very short time frame. Not the best of loans either.
We need goalscorers mate.
well spotted. Deary Me
This is flat out wrong. Sorry. Our wide attackers are statistically creating at the worst rate in the league. Our lead striker has statistically received the lowest passes of ANY in the top 5 leagues.
United don't need 'press when needed". We need press all the time under THIS coach. We also need our wide forwards to actually consistently create chances for our lead striker. So even though am a big fan of Choupo-Moting. He works at Bayern. He kills us at United. This is a move 2-3 years too late.
You cannot loan him as his contract ends in June.
Ah really, it might be as cheap as a loan fee to bring him in then.
Running out or money to sign players in january was damming like 3 windows back.
