Should we sign a natural false 9?

[mccity]

A natural false 9 is typically a midfielder. Unless you meant a forward that likes to come deep.

 

[CityBluez]

We need a clinical finisher. Someone who consistently scores goals on a regular basis

 

[David Silva]

Wouldn’t say KDB is anywhere near world class as a false 9. Think Torres is the closest we have to a real false 9. Not sure who is out there that we could target as a world class false 9 in the way Messi was though , or even close.

Torres doesn’t play anything like a false 9 imo, in fact he’s more like a classic striker. Spends his entire game making runs in behind the defence when he plays central.

As others have said, there isn’t a true false 9 out there (maybe Felix?). We just need someone that fits our fluid system up front and knows where the net is.

 

[Dicko69]

Name some natural false 9's and I'll think about it

 

[Tevez City]

Name some natural false 9's and I'll think about it

Pedro Goncalves
Nkunku

 

[Lord Blue]

We’ve looked so good recently with a false 9 but apart from Phil and a bit of Grealish last night nobody has looked like they’re a perfect false 9. So should we go for a player whose preferred position is actually that role? Is there one out there?

do you mean you want a true false 9 ?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I'd have a proper CF like Alfie's lad in the bag for January but top of the table after a none existent pre-season with the order of games stacked against us, let alone the refs......I'm going to say what Pep wants is whatever I want at the moment, there's also the issue of having a CF stops most of our overload I'm midfield.

 

[supersonicblue]

do you mean you want a true false 9 ?

Merely suggesting the idea, but yes.

 

[percypawpaw]

We need a CF, against teams who come to the Etihad and just park the bus. A false 9 works against teams who want to come out and play against us, like most of the bigger teams, but there are many who just sit back, thats when we need to mix it up with a CF who can give us a bit of hight on the end of a cross. We miss that option and we need to have as many options in our locker.

 

[Smiless]

I think the realisation is we need a different aspect to our game in a traditional #9. If we planned to just play a false 9 no acquisition needed.