Do we have a world class forward?

[citymad]

The rags have a world class team but are 20 points behind us

Pass the joint LMAO

 

[blueparrot]

Pep is playing him across the front , sometimes false nine and he has had loads of misses or straight at the keeper

Again so what? He’s played KDB, Foden Bernardo there too who have missed chances. Why are you singling out Grealish and comparing him to Aguero. They are all midfielders really in my opinion. Which is why it’s a false 9 .
Sterling Mahrez Jesus and Torres are / were our forwards are they world class probably not,has it mattered . No.
Why you had to answer with singling out Grealish as a show pony I haven’t the faintest.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

A striker is what we needed , the question of the thread is do we have a world class foward , we dont , our record buy is far from it

Yeah but you were mortified when Pep got rid of joe hart (:

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

So ? We are top of the league without a striker, as we were last year.
We didn’t buy Grealish to replace Aguero we bought him, in my opinion to move into midfield.
The signings of Grealish and Aguero’s replacement have bugger all to do with each other. We will replace Aguero when we can get the player we want to replace him.
Or after all the titles in the last few years do you think our transfer team don’t know what the difference is between an attacking midfielder and a striker ?

We need a top striker to win the CL. You don’t get many chances against the best sides. Pep knows this but there are very few out there at the level we need. Haaland is the only one really.

 

[kaz7]

Again so what? He’s played KDB, Foden Bernardo there too who have missed chances. Why are you singling out Grealish and comparing him to Aguero. They are all midfielders really in my opinion. Which is why it’s a false 9 .
Sterling Mahrez Jesus and Torres are / were our forwards are they world class probably not,has it mattered . No.
Why you had to answer with singling out Grealish as a show pony I haven’t the faintest.

The question was as per title , no we dont and that includes our record buy , nearest we have is ffs and gundy, you compared sergio and i said we were promised a replacement not 100 m player who cant score , clear enough ?

 

[Centurions]

Pep is playing him across the front , sometimes false nine and he has had loads of misses or straight at the keeper

Is this Sterling you're talking about?

 

[ancoats]

nobody can stand up and say sorry pep your wrong in not wanting a world class striker after aguero
results and titles and cups that's the name of the game as a manager ? you keep providing success how can you say otherwise. we have one of the best squads in europe and the best manager in the world and trust him to deliver

i would open the check book right now and sign haaland or kane ? you would be foolish to let your rivals snap them up
but am just a fan and love watching football so what do i know

 

[uwe rosler 28]

All forwards are very good players but do we really need a world class now chelsea and utd went out and bout 1 each in the summer and it's not got them any closer

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Foden has the potential to be but still has a long way to go.

Grealish is a decent Premier League player and nothing more imo.

Jesus is a good dribbler and one of the best pressers in the game but is neither an elite winger or striker.

Sterling's numbers in three of the last four seasons would probably fall in to the category of someone who is considered world class but I don't think he is a world class footballer.

I would say Mahrez has world class technical ability. His first touch, close control and dribbling are all of a very high standard. He has good vision and execution of a pass, can whip in dangerous crosses and is composed in front of goal. The only thing he really lacks is pace.

It goes to show what a great coach Pep is because although he obviously has a lot of talent at his disposal, I think it's underestimated how impressive it is that we're so far ahead of everyone else despite not having a goal machine in our ranks. The way the media talk about our squad you would think it was full of galacticos but it's not the reality.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

World class is a phrase used far too widely and incorrectly by the media imo

There are excellent players in the team but truly outstanding and deserving of the description " world class ", I would say not.

But everybody has differing opinions so a very subjective question.