Cavani & Falcao

[Danamy]

For me it would have to be Falcao, if only because he is more clinical. We have suffered this season because our strikers haven't scored. Falcao is probably the most clinical striker in the world when in the oppositions area. Cavani appears to be slightly quicker and stronger than Dzeko, but is he really that much different than Dzeko. Both have/would score goals in the premier league but I believe both are inconsistent and I can't blame Dzeko the way he appears to have been treated by Mancini and in the press, while at City.

Both play in teams that are evenly matched but Cavani has 31 goals while Falcao has 28 goals. As for this whole style of play stuff, Cavani seems like he can score in any way, long range, free kicks, headers, finish a break away, right place at right time. Besides, it seems like we will also be adding some players to the midfield so that the service will be more varied and consistent (another AM who can play through balls, deep-lying playmaker or a winger). Here I have found videos of most of Cavani's goals for Napoli, you can determine for yourself.

33 goals in 2010/2011: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLheFSzglDc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLheFSzglDc</a>

33 goals in 2011/2012: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU948loHRq4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU948loHRq4</a>

Can't find one that his up to date with all goals up to the 2 vs. Torino last night, but here is an older one showing goals in Serie A up to February 14: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXkU951WoA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdXkU951WoA</a>

Like I say, he's the complete all round striker we need

 

[mgreenz97]

If we pay more than 38m for Cavani then we'll have fucked up massively.
He'll just be another Dzeko for us, we won't play to his strengths, he'll be very inconsistent, he'll start spending more and more time on the bench until we finally sell him on for a loss.
Go after Falcao or Suarez, they're both better players, playing in better leagues and will cost less than Cavani.

 

[jollylescott]

There is no way on earth that Cavani is worth the sort of money that De Laurentiis is going to demand. Of the two it has to be Falcao. We should go all out for him. He is a game breaker.

Just quietly I wouldn't be slashing my wrists if we didn't get either and ended up with Higuain. I reckon he would be brilliant for us.

 

[FORZA CITY]

Re: Cavani & Falcao

with all respect to Dzeko, Cavani is in another league. He's a monster, he'd be perfect for us.

Exactly this.

Many on here seem to be convinced he can only play in a counter attacking style but he scores many headed and "poacher" type goals as well as making many for himself.

Is he worth 60mil? Definitely not. Is he worth 40mil? IMO absolutely.

 

[Greenjob]

Whilst it would be great having the likes of Cavani, Falcao, Suarez etc, I doubt that had they been playing this season as with Auguero, Tevez and Edin Dzeko they would not have faired much better. I still the think the system in midfield dictates our style of play. This term: too slow, too predictable and too narrow without viable use of the flanks. Cavani may be able to pull it off but the other two would struggle.

 

[afhald]

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/calcio/napoli/articoli/102723/napoli-voci-dalluruguay-cavani-e-la-moglie-si-separano.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/ca ... rano.shtml</a>

Confirmed the divorce between Cavani and his wife. Maybe this is the main reason because he had bad performances in last weeks and missed a few penalty kicks.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

I saw cavani a few weeks back and he was shocking, really worried me. Suspect he might be slightly better than dzeko but certainly not as much as people are making out, if at all. The grass is not always greener. Wouldn't pay over 25 mill for him, but can see why we want him if dzeko is going cos we will need a taller striker

 

[NorwegianTruBlue]

I saw cavani a few weeks back and he was shocking, really worried me. Suspect he might be slightly better than dzeko but certainly not as much as people are making out, if at all. The grass is not always greener. Wouldn't pay over 25 mill for him, but can see why we want him if dzeko is going cos we will need a taller striker

Dont understand the hype about Cavanis height, hes "only" 1.84 metres, Dzeko for exampe is 1.94.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

I saw cavani a few weeks back and he was shocking, really worried me. Suspect he might be slightly better than dzeko but certainly not as much as people are making out, if at all. The grass is not always greener. Wouldn't pay over 25 mill for him, but can see why we want him if dzeko is going cos we will need a taller striker

Dont understand the hype about Cavanis height, hes "only" 1.84 metres, Dzeko for exampe is 1.94.

That's still pretty tall and tall enough. If we sold edin and signed someone else of aguero or tevez size we'd be in trouble

 

[FantasyIreland]

The system we play doesn't require height up front so why the debate?

We need to purchase according to our strengths and needs,something Mancini hasn't been too good at........ A player like Suarez or Falcao is exactly what we need.

If need be,we still have Guidetti who is a decent unit and good size in midfield.