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Frank Lampard: Man United have most potent front 3 in the country
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Always liked Frank, nice chap, knows his football.
Finally someone who gets it. 
I like Lampard when he is talking to the press - he is very honest and comes across as sympathetic.
Liverpool?
He said in terms of pure numbers and goals. I think our players have more goals
Yes Firmino has not scored that many. Although Greenwood has barely played.
Are we still above them for league goals?
They've only got a potent front 2
People love mentioning Liverpool but Bobby "No goals" Firmino take down that front 3. People love overrating every single thing he does pertaining to his overall play to shield him away and hide from his mediocre goal output for a striker.
Also this
'in terms of numbers anyway'
Call me precious but I took that as some shade throwing.
Let's smash'em.
Call me precious but I took that as some shade throwing.
Let's smash'em.
Mind games from Frank
No worries, they probably won't all be playing against you.
Greenwood has more goals than Firmino in half as many minutes.
Mane & Salah are still above Rashford & Martial but our lads have time on their side. This time next year that very well may have flipped
He is doing a Pep.
we have a very potent front 3 for him in the FA Cup on Sunday. Ighalo, James, and Lingard. Lethal.
Wow didn't know he had that many. He has scored them here and there before Corona break.
Classic management there from Lampard.
Hype the praise on your next opponent and depict yourselves as underdogs.
We ain't falling for it big boy!
Hype the praise on your next opponent and depict yourselves as underdogs.
We ain't falling for it big boy!
Funny thing is none of them will be playing on Sunday.
It's the classic case of giving big compliments to your upcoming opponent, but it's still good to hear tbh
He's not wrong, even if his intentions are to deflect/apply pressure.
Ole can counter with- They have the best central forward in world football since Giroud won the world cup playing as one.
Trying to jinx it I see... then let me say
CHO is the best talent in the world
Pulisic is the best attacker in Premier League
Giroud is the best senior striker in Premier Leauge, WC winner
Kante is the best midfielder in Europe
Tammy is the best Chelsea player since Drogba
CHO is the best talent in the world
Pulisic is the best attacker in Premier League
Giroud is the best senior striker in Premier Leauge, WC winner
Kante is the best midfielder in Europe
Tammy is the best Chelsea player since Drogba
Frank always knew what he was talking about. Proper football brain.
Liverpool have the most impotent front 3 in the country. Nah joking, I like Mane wish we had got him when he moved.
Time to beat him 4 times this season.
Keep your compliments.
Highly unlikely they take the field on Sunday unless we need a goal imo.
Igahlo the Great is who he needs to be worried about
Keep your compliments.
Highly unlikely they take the field on Sunday unless we need a goal imo.
Igahlo the Great is who he needs to be worried about
They're 14 goals ahead of us and let in 6 goals fewer. I think we'll beat that next season with a fully firing squad from the start.
Mind game attempt.
Fixed it for you mate
Their front 3 has scored 1 more than ours in the league, having played far more minutes combined I imagine. Ours have scored more in all competitions
MMM /thread recognition. I was the first to notice this just after only 1 game.
We have the most potent front three in football. No need for Sancho to try and mess up that chemistry unless he wouldn’t mind sitting on bench and we have a warchest to fix other areas of our team.
We have the most potent front three in football. No need for Sancho to try and mess up that chemistry unless he wouldn’t mind sitting on bench and we have a warchest to fix other areas of our team.
Lethal to ourselves.
Front 3 wise in the Premier League we're:
Martial 17 goals, 5 assists in 30 (29 starts 1 sub app)
Rashford 17 goals, 9 assists in 29 (29 starts)
Greenwood 9 goals, 1 assist in 29 (10 starts, 19 sub apps)
Compare that to the greatest front three in the history of time:
Mane 17 goals, 9 assists in 33 (30 starts, 3 sub apps)
Salah 19 goals, 9 assists in 32 (32 starts)
Firmino 8 goals, 7 assists in 36 (33 starts, 3 sub apps)
I'd say our lads with an average age of 21 are doing a decent job as things stand today!
Just a shame their full backs win games, and ours can defend
Martial 17 goals, 5 assists in 30 (29 starts 1 sub app)
Rashford 17 goals, 9 assists in 29 (29 starts)
Greenwood 9 goals, 1 assist in 29 (10 starts, 19 sub apps)
Compare that to the greatest front three in the history of time:
Mane 17 goals, 9 assists in 33 (30 starts, 3 sub apps)
Salah 19 goals, 9 assists in 32 (32 starts)
Firmino 8 goals, 7 assists in 36 (33 starts, 3 sub apps)
I'd say our lads with an average age of 21 are doing a decent job as things stand today!
Just a shame their full backs win games, and ours can defend
On an even playing field they are slight underdogs. Given they’ve had 48 hours more rest (absolute joke) they have to be considered the favourites.
I know this is being debated in various other places too, but we certainly need another quality player capable of playing in front 3. And the mistake people make vis a vis Sancho is that he will play most games given his price tag. Whereas the price tag matters much less once he is here, and he will be also subjected to rotation/competition/injuries as other three. On a uniform basis, all four could start for 29 PL games each (not to mention more minutes as substitutes), which isn't bad considering injuries and rest required for these explosive players.
And two of them from the academy!Front 3 wise in the Premier League we're:
Martial 17 goals, 5 assists in 30 (29 starts 1 sub app)
Rashford 17 goals, 9 assists in 29 (29 starts)
Greenwood 9 goals, 1 assist in 29 (10 starts, 19 sub apps)
Compare that to the greatest front three in the history of time:
Mane 17 goals, 9 assists in 33 (30 starts, 3 sub apps)
Salah 19 goals, 9 assists in 32 (32 starts)
Firmino 8 goals, 7 assists in 36 (33 starts, 3 sub apps)
I'd say our lads with an average age of 21 are doing a decent job as things stand today!
Just a shame their full backs win games, and ours can defend
So you believe we only need Sancho this summer to give us depth? I feel like that signing will take up a significant part of our budget. If we sign him, we won’t be able to strengthen other areas like backup st and maybe cb or backup cam.
Firminho lets Liverpool down goal wise. That tilts it our favour imo
Its really difficult to say which areas should get priority for more depth. I feel our transfer strategy should depend on availability of best fit of talent across different positions - if this year, Sancho is available we should get him and be on the look out for other good players.
Regarding our budget, I don't have any idea of what it will be so let's use 2019-20 as a guide. We got 4 players at net transfer spend of $156 million. Assuming this year too, we will sell players worth $50-60 million (Sanchez, Lingard, etc.), we have a budget of $200 million. So spend $90-100 million at Sancho and 2 more players for $50-60 million each. I get the feeling Ole doesn't want to get more than 2-4 signings in one season anyway.
Not a difficult statement to make at all.
Firmino's goal input and Pool's recent form are not helping.
Firmino's goal input and Pool's recent form are not helping.
Look at the big brains on Frank!