True, but my point is that it's not specifically a personnel issue.
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New striker?
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Mancity1980
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8% of chances converted says differently. It is all about getting the first goal, once that happens regularly and early in most of our games the infusion of confidence will improve many of our player’s strike rate.Why are people so convinced we need a striker kuns fit again now and jesus is still here plus sterling or torres can play there if needed .i think in the summer maybe but we are covered this season.
The thing is you need a class consistent ever present striker to open the floodgates, we haven’t got one. We ain’t covered this season, but I agree it will probably happen in the summer.
How about this advice to the current crop?
1. Shoot on sight. That is, without a second thought and before the defender has the chance to block, and don't worry about Pep bollocking you for doing so.
2. Get your head and foot over the ball when you shoot ,so you don't balloon it into row Z all the time. It's not difficult.
3. Aim every header inside of either post, instead of straight at the keeper.
4. If we are going to try and put the ball in the box from a corner, aim for the back post. You never know, we might then get it past the front one!
Wouldn't want to make a complicated game sound easy though.
1. Shoot on sight. That is, without a second thought and before the defender has the chance to block, and don't worry about Pep bollocking you for doing so.
2. Get your head and foot over the ball when you shoot ,so you don't balloon it into row Z all the time. It's not difficult.
3. Aim every header inside of either post, instead of straight at the keeper.
4. If we are going to try and put the ball in the box from a corner, aim for the back post. You never know, we might then get it past the front one!
Wouldn't want to make a complicated game sound easy though.
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Rumors of Jovic going out on loan to Milan are out there. Assuming we can’t do any business to the summer I don’t see why we wouldn’t be all over that
agreed! loan until the summer at least would give us that extra strength in attack.
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As much as we’ve ridiculed the rags for some of their short term signing upfront they’ve had a few that have worked out
Ibrahimovic will have been on stupid money but still banged them in, ighalo to be fair has popped up with goals and Cavani has scored important goals while also giving them a presence for defenders to think about.
I can see why we’d want to wait until the summer for our first choice centre forward but there have to be short term options out there because if Aguero continues to struggle for fitness we are in the shit big time.
Ibrahimovic will have been on stupid money but still banged them in, ighalo to be fair has popped up with goals and Cavani has scored important goals while also giving them a presence for defenders to think about.
I can see why we’d want to wait until the summer for our first choice centre forward but there have to be short term options out there because if Aguero continues to struggle for fitness we are in the shit big time.
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Just plook at the goals for column again please.iWhy are people so convinced we need a striker kuns fit again now and jesus is still here plus sterling or torres can play there if needed .i think in the summer maybe but we are covered this season.
Particularly true this time as he still appears to be a long way off. If he were to return and hit form this might transform our season but on the balance of probabilities from were we stand now this does not seem likely. If Kun is not back and firing by mid January a replacement if only a stop gap will have to be brought in I would think.Is he fit? No disrespect to the greatest goal scorer to ever put on a sky blue shirt but every time he comes back from an extended injury (of which he sustains 2 a season of late) he does not come back fully and each time loses a step.
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Whilst I agree I am not so sure Pep will do so. Unless he can find the right player, which is very unlikely in January, he will revert to type, that is false 9.Just plook at the goals for column again please.i
Particularly true this time as he still appears to be a long way off. If he were to return and hit form this might transform our season but on the balance of probabilities from were we stand now this does not seem likely. If Kun is not back and firing by mid January a replacement if only a stop gap will have to be brought in I would think.
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Diego Costa out of contract in the summer, apparently be free to go in Jan.
Anyone fancy him on a short contract, bit of a horrible bastard and proven to score goals in the prem.
Anyone fancy him on a short contract, bit of a horrible bastard and proven to score goals in the prem.
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Think that's a good shout he would rough the defenders up make us abit more of a dirty rough side were to nice at times but I don't think he's a player pep would want in the dressing room or jesusDiego Costa out of contract in the summer, apparently be free to go in Jan.
Anyone fancy him on a short contract, bit of a horrible bastard and proven to score goals in the prem.