This guy. Knows how to 'beat' his man/brother, calmly take it round the keeper/dad and bury it bottom bins.
Striker Poll - Who should we buy ?
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This guy. Knows how to 'beat' his man/brother, calmly take it round the keeper/dad and bury it bottom bins.
I'd love us to go for Samu from Porto, looks like a real beast, physical, powerful, scores all kind of goals
Good finisher who strikes me as being quite limited in his all round play, not sure how he would translate
Of course our main target is the weakest of them all.
Interestingly, Ekitike looks from the data to be a very good comp for Isak (to be honest he does with the eye test too, albeit in a weaker league), whilst Delap seems pretty limited.
Is it possible to only look at games since Marmoush left Frankfurt? Because only after that transfer Ekitike did become their actual focal point. The matches before that are interesting as well, but if we look for a lone striker those are simply less relevant than when Frankfurt played with two forwards.
Interestingly, Ekitike looks from the data to be a very good comp for Isak (to be honest he does with the eye test too, albeit in a weaker league), whilst Delap seems pretty limited.
One striker that could be interesting and I haven't heard mentioned in a while is Marcos Leonardo. Obviously there's a proviso about the level of Saudi league but he's keeping pace with OAP Ronaldo and Benzema scoring bags of goals. I'm sure he's on huge money but would imagine if he's serious about his career, he might be interested in a move to Europe at some point.
Stats aren't everything
Surely worth enquiring about Goncalo Ramos? He's got a great goal record this year in terms of goals to minutes but isn't starting
Yeah strange he isn't starting
Not that I'm advocating paying so much money to Frankfurt for Ekitiké, but that argument is just generally a bad one.
It's like saying, "no way should anyone pay 70m€ for Isak when he flopped as a 8m signing at Dortmund". Young players sometimes don't get the space to develop when they join bigger clubs at a young age, doesn't have any bearing on how good they are and can become.
Ödegaard flopped at Real Madrid too, by that logic, or Henry at Juventus.
Interestingly, Ekitike looks from the data to be a very good comp for Isak (to be honest he does with the eye test too, albeit in a weaker league), whilst Delap seems pretty limited.
I'm a big fan of Ekitike and I think his time at Frankfurt has been good for his development. He's a great all round striker and not surprised at the similarity to Isak. If we make the champions league and have a decent budget, he's the one I would go for, above Gykores or Osimhen. I think he can play in any system and adapt such is his skillset. But I think Liverpool and Arsenal will be targeting him. He would fit either really well and is a less expensive option than Isak.
Big call to go for him above those two
It is a big call. I'm basing it on all round ability and age. As good as Gyokores is, we still don't know he would adapt to the PL and if his physicality is negated, does he have more to his game. Osimhen is probably the most ready but comes with higher wages and also risk. There's no 100% certainty so would rather go for a guy who's getting in goals now, has more to his game and still has untapped potential.
He's the cheapest, we don't have a lot of money.
So who would be your left sided 10 IF we somehow decided to spend big on Ekitike, obviously couldn't afford Cunha too so just intrigued that's all.
No more funding PSG/Mendes players who aren’t at the level, ta.
Interestingly, Ekitike looks from the data to be a very good comp for Isak (to be honest he does with the eye test too, albeit in a weaker league), whilst Delap seems pretty limited.
You're comparing players who play for teams near the top of their leagues to a player whose team are onw of the worst in the league
Isak and Ekitike have about twice as many goals as Delap, which may have something to do with it.
Delap has a high amount of attacking actions, comparable to the other two. Looks like they get much more out of their actions than he does, comparing the other numbers. So I don't buy that excuse for him, he is objectively worse.
We can't afford the other two without winning Europa League, mind you we couldn't compete for them anyway without it
He still receives most of his passes outside the box in comparison and creates far less than he scores.
From what I've seen in his clips, he seems more of an outside the box attacker than an out and out striker, which may explain his moderately low goal total.
we would need a star striker! If we need to pay high wages for players then it has to be players who still has 5+ years in front of them, who want challenges, who can move us forward and that’s for now Osimhen.
If we are getting rid of Sancho and Rashford and their big wages, I don’t see a problem in spending big wages on Osimhen (maximum whatever Bruno gets) then you would have to big attacking names in Bruno and Osimhen
If we are getting rid of Sancho and Rashford and their big wages, I don’t see a problem in spending big wages on Osimhen (maximum whatever Bruno gets) then you would have to big attacking names in Bruno and Osimhen
Indeed Im not sure I would want that as the sole CF signing. I like him though, he looks like a good player but we need someone who is hungry for goals
Would love to get him with another as there is a player there
I wonder if he could play one of the 10 positions. Hes a good dribbler and has good work rate but not sure about his creativity
I am still going to push for Moise Kean if we are not in the race for Gyokeres or Osimehn. Release clause of 43M Euro and much more of a complete forward and more proven at this point than Delap.
He would probably do well as a 10 since a lot of his runs seem to begin in midfield to the final third. Might be worth a punt in addition to someone like Gyokeres, Osimhen, Ekitike, or Schick.
Alternatively, we could just buy Cunha and Schick.
I can’t get onboard with Moise Kean. Have not watched him this season but from what I remember one of the most non technical CFs around
Hope we are looking at Cherki for 10, although I suspect he’ll have suitors from somewhere like City
We will spend a bomb on one player in the summer and I think it would be in the striker department and rightly so.
So it would be either Osimhen or Gyökeres.
So it would be either Osimhen or Gyökeres.
agreed
You need to watch him now, he is having an excellent season at Fiorentina and scoring all kinds of goals. He moved to Everton when he was way too young and it set him back but then the same happened with Isak early in his career and he turned out ok.
From Kieffer Moore to Victor Gyokeres in 7 minutes tonight.
I think 40mn + would still be a big risk though when we've seen mediocre strikers get a lot of goals in Italy. We really can't afford to mess up on our next striker.
Buying strikers from Italy tends to be a terrible decision. Especially formerly failed Prem ones.
Osimhen because I love traditional type of striker, not many out there these days. I just feel that when you put the ball in the box no matter how shit the quality of the pass/cross is, Osimhen can still make it goals because he’s so athletic and has the top class striker instinct in the box. That Maguire goal today would have been something Osimhen can score.
To be honest, thats what we need. We need a player who will score even if it is only 1 or 2 chances.
Not a player who will miss few chances and score few chances. We need traditional striker and experienced one.
Voted in favor of Benjamin Šeško. Obviously not the finished article at age 21-22 but pretty good already, scores a variety of goals with either foot or with his head, encouraging ball-carrier, capable of pressing with intensity, 6'5" and quite mobile, seems primed to take the next step with regard to production.
The Højlund signing has not worked out as well as envisaged by the decision-makers at the club but that sample point should not dissuade us from taking a calculated bet on another young center forward.
Look at Osimhen, for example...
The Højlund signing has not worked out as well as envisaged by the decision-makers at the club but that sample point should not dissuade us from taking a calculated bet on another young center forward.
Look at Osimhen, for example...
- Age 21-22: 10 goals for Napoli.
- Age 22-23: 18 goals for Napoli.
- Age 23-24: 31 goals for Napoli in his true breakout season.
Might be a way into Watkins if Rashford continues to get minutes ahead of him and he gets his nose put out of joint. There was a few weeks earlier in the season where Duran was ahead of Watkins too so I don't know how Emery feels about him. Seems significant that Rashford started both games against PSG to me.
Could possibly use the potential Rashford deal work something out and doa bit of bargaining. Pay some of his wages if he has big demands? Cook something up that benfeits both clubs from a PSR angle? Villa look like they've done some strange deals to pass in recent times and we know we've struggled a little in that regard.
We then sell both Zirkzee and Hojlund, buying a second forward without telling Watkins that's the plan and that he could be in the same boat here.
Could possibly use the potential Rashford deal work something out and doa bit of bargaining. Pay some of his wages if he has big demands? Cook something up that benfeits both clubs from a PSR angle? Villa look like they've done some strange deals to pass in recent times and we know we've struggled a little in that regard.
We then sell both Zirkzee and Hojlund, buying a second forward without telling Watkins that's the plan and that he could be in the same boat here.
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Isak is the best of the lot, but that's a pipe dream even if we get CL. Among the proven names, the most reliable and realistic choice for Amorim's system seems to be Gyokeres. If not him, then Osimhen and Watkins (if made available) would be the next best options.
If we were in a position to take risks, we could have probably tried out Sesko or Delap. But the Hojlund signing + Rashford being gone + no true goalscorers in the squad conundrum means that we cannot afford half measures.
So yep - Gyokeres it is. All we need to do is win our next 3 EL games and we'll be in pole position to sign him.
If we were in a position to take risks, we could have probably tried out Sesko or Delap. But the Hojlund signing + Rashford being gone + no true goalscorers in the squad conundrum means that we cannot afford half measures.
So yep - Gyokeres it is. All we need to do is win our next 3 EL games and we'll be in pole position to sign him.