Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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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Is that you Bony?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
David Silva is a great footballer but for his finishing. The Goat was an example of what you might call a poor footballer but for his finishing.

We've a lack of finishers in the squad so I'll take a supposedly poor footballer who can deliver that.
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Tis is he thing, he isnt a poor footballer. Does being a good footballer mean being good on the ball? If so, he is very good. If it means spraying balls over the pitch, then no, but neither is kun. Aubameyag has been played right on the shoulder this year, which has meant he hasnt had chance to be creativee, yet he is still in double figures for assists. And pep makes players better technically. Fact. Not all of them, but lots.
 
Ajm1985 said:


Talented player. No idea why anyone is complaining about the prospect of him here
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Ajm1985 said:


Talented player. No idea why anyone is complaining about the prospect of him here
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Interesting the amount of good work he does out of the box in those clips as well. If I were to believe some on here, I'd have him down as a strict number 9!
 
Jumanji said:
Aubameyang is a poor footballer but for his finishing.
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I'd take a poor footballer who could deliver 80 goals in 140 appearances like Aubameyang has done for Dortmund over the last 3 seasons. I'd also argue that in order to score 39 times in 46 games last season you need to have much more to your game than just "finishing".
 
balotelli's back pocket said:
Tis is he thing, he isnt a poor footballer. Does being a good footballer mean being good on the ball? If so, he is very good. If it means spraying balls over the pitch, then no, but neither is kun. Aubameyag has been played right on the shoulder this year, which has meant he hasnt had chance to be creativee, yet he is still in double figures for assists. And pep makes players better technically. Fact. Not all of them, but lots.
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Most of his assists are pretty simple square balls at the end of a counter-attack to be fair - but we won't be buying him for his creativity.

We have heaps of creativity in the squad. As of today, Silva, Nasri, Yaya, Gundogan, De Bruyne are all creative players. Sterling has it in his locker occasionally as well.

What we don't have is goalscorers. Only Kev, Nacho and Aguero are likely to get more than 15 a season. And if we're replacing Yaya with Gundogan - we're losing goals there.

We need another 30 goal a season player to take the pressure off Aguero and so we aren't massively effected by his injuries - and that's exactly what Aubameyang is. He's not the best passer, creator, dribbler - but he will score every kind of goal possible, and lots of them.

That's exactly what the squad is lacking.
 
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Wow, this could get embarrassing....
 
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