purplenose
Well-Known Member
I agree with most of that (staying out of the personal argument between you and the other poster)
You could also suggest that we have refreshed our forward line with the addition of Torres.. he is a bit of an unknown - he could really add goals as well - we just dont know I guess.
Im in the camp that we do need another forward but we are on the cusp of that change and the timing of it is going to be very difficult- everyone is going to be after Haaland for instance and as much as Id love the lad with us I just dont see the club getting involved in a bidding war and like another poster just said B. Munich will already be tapping him up to replace Lewandowski so if we dont get him now (which we wont) we wont get him.
Getting someone in now means that they also might have to wait and a top class forward isnt going to want that...i know you mentioned the possibilty of injuries to Kun BUT that may not happen either....of course as any player gets older it is more likely but it may not
I can see your concerns - an injury to Aguero andI dont believe we are clinical enough - jesus and sterling are both particularly wasteful and dont put fear into oppostion defences
However we are in a transition period as well and we might just have to accept that.....losing the likes fo Kompany, Silva, Kun, Ferna all within 18 months of each other is HUGE and no club can replace those players all in one go...defence had to be a priority this year.
Maybe in 12 months time we will be talking about the next Haaland or Mbappe but he will be coming to us?
Yes Indeed the new lad may contribute a few.
I still feel that we will fall short again finishing wise if we dont act now. Pep as we know can be a bit stubborn and seems to expect every player to be able to be almost a jack of all trades and this does sometimes lead to master of non. I wonder what impact a striker whose main attributes where more akin to being an old fashioned centre forward would have? Especially along side what we currently have, another Dzeko almost?