Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Dax777 said:
Dude! Where the hell have you been? Haven't seen a post from you in a while. I see your point in re his technique. HW is not a dribbler, but when he played wide at Ettiete and his first season at Dortmund, he used to just fly past defenders at top speed. Defenders generally backed off when he got the ball. I sense Pep will play him like he played Henry at Barca. Henry too wasn't that great an all round footballer. But he could finish, and had blazing speed. Sure he had more technique than Auba. But comparatively, the gap BTW Henry and the average Barca player, will be greater than the gap BTW Auba and the average City player.

I trust Pep can make it work.
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XD WTF...
 
I think people are being far to literal with the term "no technique"!
Course he has technique, ok he's not a Neymar/Messi or even a Silva/Hazard type player that glides around the pitch taking people on, slipping disguised passes left and right, he is a direct, powerful, pacey forward, who scares the shite out of teams.

We simply don't have that currently.

He is far from your stereotypical "beautiful footballer" but he is extremely effective!
He'll frustrate at times, he'll have a mare at times, he'll miss sitters at times, (I could say those 3 things about Aguero too by the way) but he'll also score loads of goals and create havoc too.
 
Lomas has a lob on said:
I think people are being far to literal with the term "no technique"!
Course he has technique, ok he's not a Neymar/Messi or even a Silva/Hazard type player that glides around the pitch taking people on, slipping disguised passes left and right, he is a direct, powerful, pacey forward, who scares the shite out of teams.

We simply don't have that currently.

He is far from your stereotypical "beautiful footballer" but he is extremely effective!
He'll frustrate at times, he'll have a mare at times, he'll miss sitters at times, (I could say those 3 things about Aguero too by the way) but he'll also score loads of goals and create havoc too.
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Modern day, polished version of David White imo.

In the good & the bad ways.

Pace scares people.
 
After last season it's crazy some people haven't recognised the need for a squad and not just a starting 11. Even if you've convinced yourself he doesn't make our best 11, that doesn't make it a terrible signing. We are consistently an Aguero injury from a disaster, and this kind of signing reduces that threat, at the very least.
 
Blue Coop said:
After last season it's crazy some people haven't recognised the need for a squad and not just a starting 11. Even if you've convinced yourself he doesn't make our best 11, that doesn't make it a terrible signing. We are consistently an Aguero injury from a disaster, and this kind of signing reduces that threat, at the very least.
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We can play with more than one forward, and the biggest weakness in our team is the right sided forward who has ZERO league goals to his name in 2 seasons. If we sign him, which is a very big if, then he'd surely walk into the team. Aguero plays deep a lot of the time anyway.

I don't see why we have to buy established star strikers. Surely for £60 to £70m there are alternatives. Don't ask me to name one, but I am not a scout. I remember watching the Champions league final, and on came Carasco and was star quality unlike Torres and Ronaldo. He's going to the Euros by the way. Could be one to watch
 
Jumanji said:
Unless Pep changes Kun's position and Kun plays well where he's moved to, this would be such a terrible signing for us.

Aubameyang is a poor footballer but for his finishing.

Aubameyang wouldn't work out wide. He's not going to dribble past a couple players, cutting inside and curling a shot in the top corner. Not saying he hasn't done it before, but his technique sucks and it's not his game.
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Jumanji said:
Unless Pep changes Kun's position and Kun plays well where he's moved to, this would be such a terrible signing for us.

Aubameyang is a poor footballer but for his finishing.

Aubameyang wouldn't work out wide. He's not going to dribble past a couple players, cutting inside and curling a shot in the top corner. Not saying he hasn't done it before, but his technique sucks and it's not his game.
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You've never watched him play have you?
 
Marvin said:
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We can play with more than one forward, and the biggest weakness in our team is the right sided forward who has ZERO league goals to his name in 2 seasons. If we sign him, which is a very big if, then he'd surely walk into the team. Aguero plays deep a lot of the time anyway.

I don't see why we have to buy established star strikers. Surely for £60 to £70m there are alternatives. Don't ask me to name one, but I am not a scout. I remember watching the Champions league final, and on came Carasco and was star quality unlike Torres and Ronaldo. He's going to the Euros by the way. Could be one to watch
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I know Carrasco is just 22 but having involved in over 48 games for Atleti last season, he just managed to score 5 goals and assisted 5 times.
Now even in his relatively underwhelming season for Dortmund, when he played out on the wings, Aubameyang racked up 16 goals and assisted 5 times. [Source : TransferMarkt]

Add to that, he is probably the fastest striker there is and is really really good in air.
 
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Obviously not many on this thread have watched him play for Dortmund over the last season. He is what you might describe as a modern day centre forward bursting through gaps in the defence and regularly arriving on the end of crosses from either wing. Like Edin and most other strikers he will occasionally have a nightmare of a game and miss easy chances. For me he is the frontman with Kun playing just behind or around him to take advantage of the chaos caused in defences. He also brings a work ethic high up the pitch and will try to win the ball back when lost. He will certainly fit into Peps style and from me it's a definite yes.
 
I don't understand all the negativity. Pep's apparently studied this lad for the last 3 seasons, surely if he had any doubts that he couldn't get the best out of him he wouldn't bother. From what I've seen (and I'll be honest thats not much) he possesses electric pace and he can finish, ok he needs a bit of technical work but he's gonna be working under 1 of if not the best technical & tactical coaches in the world. Come on lads lets have a bit of positivity, I mean its not like we are signing Jo or Alan :)
 
bulldogblue said:
Obviously not many on this thread have watched him play for Dortmund over the last season. He is what you might describe as a modern day centre forward bursting through gaps in the defence and regularly arriving on the end of crosses from either wing. Like Edin and most other strikers he will occasionally have a nightmare of a game and miss easy chances. For me he is the frontman with Kun playing just behind or around him to take advantage of the chaos caused in defences. He also brings a work ethic high up the pitch and will try to win the ball back when lost. He will certainly fit into Peps style and from me it's a definite yes.
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Be very surprised to see either used to 'play off' each other unless we go 3 at the back. Could easily imagine Aguero, Ambaumayang, Sane in a front 3 though.
 
csit17 said:
I don't understand all the negativity. Pep's apparently studied this lad for the last 3 seasons, surely if he had any doubts that he couldn't get the best out of him he wouldn't bother. From what I've seen (and I'll be honest thats not much) he possesses electric pace and he can finish, ok he needs a bit of technical work but he's gonna be working under 1 of if not the best technical & tactical coaches in the world. Come on lads lets have a bit of positivity, I mean its not like we are signing Jo or Alan :)
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If we were in for Messi there would be some people kicking off over the price and saying he is too old.
 
csit17 said:
I don't understand all the negativity. Pep's apparently studied this lad for the last 3 seasons, surely if he had any doubts that he couldn't get the best out of him he wouldn't bother. From what I've seen (and I'll be honest thats not much) he possesses electric pace and he can finish, ok he needs a bit of technical work but he's gonna be working under 1 of if not the best technical & tactical coaches in the world. Come on lads lets have a bit of positivity, I mean its not like we are signing Jo or Alan :)
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Neither do I understand the negativity. It's like some people only want to see negatives. The lad was Dortmunds best player last season, scored a shedloads of goals, and yet many people seem to think he is not good enough for City in the PL. You people need to do a reality check.
 
Jazzman said:
Neither do I understand the negativity. It's like some people only want to see negatives. The lad was Bundesliga's** best player last season, scored a shedloads of goals, and yet many people seem to think he is not good enough for City in the PL. You people need to do a reality check.
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