Id take Aubameyang any day of the week.
Kane vs Aubameyang
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They are both bloody good. I would probably rate Kane slightly higher. Although we might not see his best under Mourinho.
I don't think it matters when comparing two strikers who are supposed to be the best player on your team an not be moved around no. Aubameyang is not equally as good in two positions is he? As a striker he'd get into many teams, as a wide forward he wouldn't get into as many. The reason he's being used as a wide forward is because Arsenal have lacked them yet still play with them but they have other players that can do a similar job to Auba as a striker. If you have Kane you don't have that substitute. If you're going to talk about Auba as a wide forward you compare him to Son.
I wouldn’t, Kane every time.
But that’s what’s great about having different opinions.
The two best strikers in the league, and quite comfortably so. I’d put Vardy third. Aguero doesn’t play enough anymore. I’ve probably missed someone really obvious.
You missed Martial! Firmino too, but he do not score enough.
Aubemeyang any day
Martial has done well. But just one season as a striker, I want to see him break into being one of the top 3 strikers this season. He’s not there yet, but getting there.
No chance on Firminho. I know Liverpool fans love him, and clearly he’s just won the league, but not for me. I wouldn’t want him at Utd. I’d take Kane, Aubameyang or Vardy, all would be terrific. All are clearly unrealistic when you take into account age and transfer fees, so I’m only speaking hypothetically.
If you put Auba in the Liverpool team does it transform them? Mane is probably the better player overall, but Auba the better goalscorer, same with Firmino, Auba would score more but would he offer the same contribution to the team overall...?
If you put Kane in there that's a scary prospect, as he does everything Firmino does and better and would score tons of goals
If you put Kane in there that's a scary prospect, as he does everything Firmino does and better and would score tons of goals
Aubameyang because he can go long and short. Kane is slow
This is true but Spurs rely on him so much that they ran him into the ground. His mileage is probably really high. I remember games where they played him despite him not being 100% ready. That kind of stuff messed up your body. Spurs desperately need a back up striker to ease the burden and bring out the best in Kane again.
The caf scouts were wrong about Auba.
By most posts he was a powerful chicharito in Germany.
He is actually classy in everything including passing and first touch.
Both are amazing strikers I would call it even as both are extremely different players.
By most posts he was a powerful chicharito in Germany.
He is actually classy in everything including passing and first touch.
Both are amazing strikers I would call it even as both are extremely different players.
If you take penalties out of those figures Auba is miles ahead.
Aubameyang, he speaks better English.
Didn't Aubamyang arrive 6 months later in jan 2018?
Those figures include his games for dortmund that season as well
Easy to spot the English people in this thread.
I'm not going to go into "who is the better player" argument but lets put it this way. You're Real or Bayern and you have a very strong midfield and you need a striker to bang in 30 a season. The obvious solution is Kane
No team has ever made an offer for Kane despite all the hype. Barca and Inter recently made bids for Auba. So your example is just wild speculation and fantasy.
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100% but isn’t it the job a striker to score goals, if Auba isn’t confident or good enough to take penalties then that’s a negative for him isn’t it?
Auba and it isn't even close for me.
Don't rate Kane anywhere close to what people here seem to.
He isn't a team player and probably takes more shots from weird positions than anyone else in the league.
Then you have his injuries to add to the list.
Figures bumped up by taking 100s of shots and scoring pens.
Don't rate Kane anywhere close to what people here seem to.
He isn't a team player and probably takes more shots from weird positions than anyone else in the league.
Then you have his injuries to add to the list.
Figures bumped up by taking 100s of shots and scoring pens.
I guess we will have to wait and see then because nobody has bought Auba either despite making "bids". United make "bids" for dozens of players but sign a player or two in reality. Scoring plus 20 in the last 5 years (even more?) in the Prem with Tottenham isn't really hype but a statistical category.
I'm not saying it's a negative, but in the context of this argument it's not a positive either. When you are looking to buy a striker you compare their open-play contribution, those are the stats that matter to a buying club. I would without hesitation take a striker who scored 10 goals from open play over one that got 10 goals from the penalty spot any day.
Yeah, good point well made, didn’t look at it like that, in my defence I’ve just got off an easyJet flight and I’m still recovering
You are now defeating your own "bidding" argument after you previously said Bayern and Real Madrid would rather buy Kane than Auba. In any event, concrete bids from big clubs are usually an indicator of a player's regard and reputation on the market. Bayern's main striker is now 32 yet they would rather bid for Odoi than Kane. That tells you something.
Not true, Auba takes plenty of penalties, in fact he is their main penalty taker.
https://fbref.com/en/players/21a66f6a/Harry-Kane
https://fbref.com/en/players/d5dd5f1f/Pierre-Emerick-Aubameyang
Look at the Goals minus PKs per 90 minutes column, Kane was phenomenonal from 16-18 with 0.86 before coming back down to around .48 and .56 respectively for the last two seasons, injury and club problems and all. Aubameyang is .59 and .57 for the last two years. Hardly miles ahead. It actually proves what most have been saying, Kane has the higher peak but Auba has been slightly better recently.
Aubameyang is better
Kane does the boring things better. They're about equal at doing the exciting things.
Overall, it's Kane.
Overall, it's Kane.
I never said Auba doesn't take penalties, and l don't dispute that historically Kane has better stats overall. But on recent/current form, and on the goal tallies posted above earlier on (minus penalties) Auba is easily the better player, and you just about make the concession yourself.
The problem is everyone is comparing today’s Kane and today’s Aubamayeng. Obviously Auba is in better form than Kane.
But on his day when on form and match fit, Kane is better by some distance for me.
But on his day when on form and match fit, Kane is better by some distance for me.
Kane always plays as a striker. Auba sometimes also plays more as a winger when he and Lacazette play together.
Wasn’t aware of that. That’s incredible.
I'd say he's more of a wide forward, bit like Martial when we played him there, and even then it was mostly to accommodate for his teammates. Like Kane, he's the main man over there and everything goes through him. Whenever I watched him he plays so advanced that he's almost leading the line, the only difference is he cuts inside, which actually suits him better sometimes.
Yeah I felt the same about Hazard, glad he got his move.
You also regularly see him tracking back and defending in the LB position.
His injuries and his form dip came the last 2 seasons and not in 16/17 and 17/18 seasons. And of course he is not unreliable with his output, but we compare it to Aubameyang. To include internationals just makes sense for the game sample and maybe that's the problem that he was overplayed before?
Still, there's a difference playing as an out and out striker and a wide forward. I've seen Auba many times where he drops quite deep on the left flank to pick up the ball and play it forward. He used to play as a winger, so not that surprising perhaps. Losing a little pace has probably made him be more efficient in his play.
Aubameyang is a better inside forward cutting in but Kane is a better center forward with all round ability.
Aged well.
Your username is ironic
.Both brilliant?