Delano
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One thing that I think got lost in our hiest of Brighton, was that we had no recognised striker on the bench. With Greenwood on the wing, Igahlo sat at home with a loan contract expiring in January and VDB coming on to play up top.
This got me thinking, how does our depth across the front 3 compare with the rest of the top 6? I think its fair to say, it doesn't compare favourably when you lay it out.
Liverpool - Firmino, Salah, Mane, Minamino, Jota, Shaqiri, Origi
City - Sterling, Aguero, Mahrez, Silva, Torres, Jesus
Chelsea - Werner, Giroud, Abraham, Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi
Arsenal - Aubamayeng, Lacazette, Willian, Pepe, Saka, Martinelli, Nketiah
Spurs - Kane, Son, Bale, Lucas, Lamela, Bergwijn
United - Rashford, Martial, Greenwood, Igahlo, Mata, Lingard, James
It's not new information that we're after Sancho, but I think its pretty alarming that if one of our front 3 get injured or is out of form, we're relying on back ups that are either out of contract soon (Igahlo), off form (James), in decline (Mata) or in the shop window (Lingard).
We're miles off our rivals when it comes to being suitably stocked for a 60 game season and honestly, we probably need 2 new players to compete with the front 3 to even be close to our rivals depth.
Let's see if we still have the same squad next week, but we've got to do everything we can to keep the front 3 fighting for their place, whilst getting depth for the wing and probably... up front.
What do you think, is the lack of depth in the front 3 our biggest concern? How many players do we need?
This got me thinking, how does our depth across the front 3 compare with the rest of the top 6? I think its fair to say, it doesn't compare favourably when you lay it out.
Liverpool - Firmino, Salah, Mane, Minamino, Jota, Shaqiri, Origi
City - Sterling, Aguero, Mahrez, Silva, Torres, Jesus
Chelsea - Werner, Giroud, Abraham, Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz, Hudson-Odoi
Arsenal - Aubamayeng, Lacazette, Willian, Pepe, Saka, Martinelli, Nketiah
Spurs - Kane, Son, Bale, Lucas, Lamela, Bergwijn
United - Rashford, Martial, Greenwood, Igahlo, Mata, Lingard, James
It's not new information that we're after Sancho, but I think its pretty alarming that if one of our front 3 get injured or is out of form, we're relying on back ups that are either out of contract soon (Igahlo), off form (James), in decline (Mata) or in the shop window (Lingard).
We're miles off our rivals when it comes to being suitably stocked for a 60 game season and honestly, we probably need 2 new players to compete with the front 3 to even be close to our rivals depth.
Let's see if we still have the same squad next week, but we've got to do everything we can to keep the front 3 fighting for their place, whilst getting depth for the wing and probably... up front.
What do you think, is the lack of depth in the front 3 our biggest concern? How many players do we need?