It's Quiet 32 - enter at own risk

[cjn]

I know, it’s really cost us having just two the last two years.

Having two strikers is ok in part because we have wing depth that can play centrally as well if needed. Subtracting an attacker without replacement leaves the squad vulnerable to an injury for no reason.

 

[KennyG]

Having two strikers is ok in part because we have wing depth that can play centrally as well if needed. Subtracting an attacker without replacement leaves the squad vulnerable to an injury for no reason.

Two strikers hasn’t hindered us in the main, because our build up play is the best around. Hence the number of tap-ins, with players arriving late. But, in some games we have lacked a killer instinct and been a bit wasteful, and the option of another striker would give us flexibility, that a 65 game season requires

 

[blueparrot]

Having two strikers is ok in part because we have wing depth that can play centrally as well if needed. Subtracting an attacker without replacement leaves the squad vulnerable to an injury for no reason.

Apart from the reason that it would need to be a striker as good as the 2 we have that was happy to hardly play. It would take a squad place currently taken up by one of our attacking / midfield players.. so if we bring in a third centre forward who are you getting rid of ?

 

[Tricky_Trev]

The bit about Sane would be genuinely worrying imo.

Why? I think it’s clear from the players we are targeting that we want to play considerably more often with wing backs instead of wingers. Cancelo and Angelino, added to Mendy, gives us that possibility. Plus, Sané is only our 3rd choice winger, so the change is to give more minutes to Mahrez and a change tactically to let Mendy/Angelino/Cancelo be the width more often. If we are wanting to play with wing backs more than we do currently, we should not be worried about losing a winger and gaining a wing back. If anything it gives us more flexibility.

 

[cjn]

Apart from the reason that it would need to be a striker as good as the 2 we have that was happy to hardly play. It would take a squad place currently taken up by one of our attacking / midfield players.. so if we bring in a third centre forward who are you getting rid of ?

Sorry if unclear, I'm not actually suggesting bringing in a third striker. I'm saying if we sell Sane I think we need to replace him because our wing depth, in addition to the obvious benefits, also helps us get away with only having Sergio and Gabe because if one got hurt during the year one of the wingers could step into the middle if needed as well.

 

[Centurions]

We need an out and out striker. Just Aguero and Jesus for a 60-70 game season. We used to have 4 quality strikers at one stage. 3 is ideal

I'm struggling to think of who the 4 quality strikers were?

 

[waspish]

The club doesn't seem that bothered about the incoming two window transfer ban then if they're just bringing in two players and are ok with others leaving with no replacement??

It'll be 1 and the January window we aint getting 2.

 

[daztrueblue91]

I'm struggling to think of who the 4 quality strikers were?

Aguero, Tevez, Mario, Dzeko

Aguero, Dzeko, Jovetic, Negredo

 

[Centurions]

Aguero, Tevez, Mario, Dzeko

Aguero, Dzeko, Jovetic, Negredo

Ahh, I forgot Aguero, Tevez, Mario & Dzeko were around at the same time. I'm not sure I'd include Jovetic in that lot though.

 

[SWP's back]

We need an out and out striker. Just Aguero and Jesus for a 60-70 game season. We used to have 4 quality strikers at one stage. 3 is ideal

We used to play 442 and change both strikers at 60-70 minutes. We now play one striker and have several that can cover as a false 9.

Two is more than enough