Ighalo
That's... Slightly disturbing.
Glad we cleared that up
In a functioning team it would have been an interesting contest. Now I can't see Cavani doing anything magical.
Like a Jamiroquai video
We still have Owen's winner vs City to look back on fondly.Hopefully Cavani, because I don't want to imagine him doing worse than Owen really.
He scored few important goals here and there, this one and the one in League Cup final but otherwise he wasn't that marvelous of a signing and if Cavani does worse than him here we'll be in for a tough ride.
He just ran around and got me more excited to see him play than Owen ever did. Already worth it
For sure.
Interesting. You can see a ballet technique in his jumps, never noticed that before. Although maybe it’s because I never looked for it before I learned that he’s a big fan and that he’s dancing himself.
Is he actually Phelan’s replacement? I’ve never seen anyone place cones that quickly before.
Roger that
Liverpool to end that long unbeaten home run,mind you after seeing them Sunday it could go before January.
Mate he was out most of last season with a series of niggling injuries, and a major hip injury. And Owen was 29 when he signed for us, not 33. Owen retired at Cavani's age, which is coincidentally what Cavani was contemplating, as nobody else was interested in signing him until the clowns that run this shit-show came in for him, to try and placate the fans after an abysmal transfer window.
| 19/20 | groin strain | Jan 13, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 | 17 days | 5 |
| 19/20 | Muscle Injury | Dec 17, 2019 | Dec 30, 2019 | 13 days | 2 |
| 19/20 | Ill | Dec 12, 2019 | Dec 16, 2019 | 4 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Calf Injury | Dec 6, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 | 4 days | 1 |
| 19/20 | Fitness | Sep 19, 2019 | Oct 17, 2019 | 28 days | 5 |
| 19/20 | Hip Injury | Aug 26, 2019 | Oct 17, 2019 | 52 days | 8 |
| 18/19 | Rest | Apr 29, 2019 | May 1, 2019 | 2 days | 1 |
| 18/19 | Fitness | Apr 5, 2019 | Apr 5, 2019 | 0 days | - |
| 18/19 | Muscle Injury | Mar 10, 2019 | Apr 4, 2019 | 25 days | 4 |
| 18/19 | Hamstring Injury | Feb 10, 2019 | Mar 3, 2019 | 21 days | 6 |
| 18/19 | Hamstring Injury | Oct 26, 2018 | Nov 4, 2018 | 9 days | 2 |
| 18/19 | Muscle Injury | Jul 1, 2018 | Aug 21, 2018 | 51 days | 3 |
Cavani at 33 and Owen at 29 is still world's apart
They're not 33, and were already part of our set up. We brought Cavani in despite being fully aware of his recent injury record and the fact that time is not on his side. Also, rest is part of injury recovery. He was rested due to his injury. Nearly all of his injuries are muscle injuries, and they are the worst kind in aging players, as they are generally caused by just that: age. Let's also remember the league he was playing in is MUCH less physically demanding than the premier league, where he is going to have to be physically at his best to just compete.
Well each on their own, he's a big upgrade on Igahlo and genuine competition to the current front 3
That's really not saying much though, is it mate? If we even had aspirations of rising to the top again, we needed to make signing that improve our first 11, which we have not and that includes fecking Cavani.
Of course it is, making up the numbers is one thing, genuine competition is another.
The issue is, why do we even find ourselves in this situation? There's no way Cavani was first choice, as if he was, why was it left to the very last second to sign him when nobody else was competing for his signature, and he was available on a free? He was contemplating retirement, ffs, so that says it all.
Jeez that don’t look good. Assuming the figure on the right is games missed, that’s 38 in the last two seasons
