mancboy said:
Its truly amazing how as soon as we go for a player everybody becomes an expert on that player and that league to the point where it seems like most people watched every minute of every game that he played in or could it be because he aint a big name people just dont know that much about him and have decided that they dont want him.
People say go all out for cavani and benteke, but not many people had heard squat about benteke before he started playing for villa and despite his goals id wager most people didnt watch a tremendous amount of him last season. I think the bottom line is well go on stats or whether a player is the next big thing and while negredo may not be the next big thing his stats in terms of goals are very good and you cant ask for more than that from a striker.
Agree about Benteke, I wouldn't want him either - one good season does not make a world class player.
However, there must be a reason why Negredo isn't a household name by his age. I'd imagine that reason is that he's not really very good. Certainly not compared to Cavani. Or Tevez or Balotelli.
We struggled for goals last season, handing the rags the title because of a failure to finish chances. Having already lost Mario and Tevez, and not being prolific from midfield (unless Fernandinho proves to be Lampard-esque), where are we going to find an extra 30 or 40 goals from this season?