Striker handouts - Sorry Bobby I don't agree with you

[Anonymous]

I see what you're saying TH....but the key is going to be Balo's fitness.

Balo hasn't been truly fit since he arrived. A truly salivating prospect, that, but all the same, there are very few strikers available of such quality, not to mention price, who would willingly sign to make fourth in the pecking order, unless we go for youth.

The manager clearly trusts Jo, for whatever reasons, to fill a whole, when required.

Even if Balo does not get the all clear, even if Tevez or Dzeko get injured, we still can go 4-5-1.

All three injured at the same time?, desperately fooking unlucky!

I see what you're saying - but lets be honest with ourselves - Carlos is the main man and the only proven in this league goal scorer we have now Ade's gone. And Carlos is a temperamental soul at the best of times...

My opinion, whatever we achieve this season will be down to him. I don't like being a one man team...

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Balo hasn't been truly fit since he arrived. A truly salivating prospect, that, but all the same, there are very few strikers available of such quality, not to mention price, who would willingly sign to make fourth in the pecking order, unless we go for youth.

The manager clearly trusts Jo, for whatever reasons, to fill a whole, when required.

Even if Balo does not get the all clear, even if Tevez or Dzeko get injured, we still can go 4-5-1.

All three injured at the same time?, desperately fooking unlucky!

I see what you're saying - but lets be honest with ourselves - Carlos is the main man and the only proven in this league goal scorer we have now Ade's gone. And Carlos is a temperamental soul at the best of times...

My opinion, whatever we achieve this season will be down to him. I don't like being a one man team...

I've already seen enough of Dzeko to see we are no longer a one-man team up front (there I go again, making quick assessments; )

I would not be in the least bit surprised to see him reach double figures before the season is out...starting at Notts County.

I also think Silva is desperately currently biting his tongue in terms of taking more of a leading role in driving this team forward.

 

[Bill]

just want balo back then we'll be fine, dzeko already looks the part.

 

[Rammy Blue]

all the same, there are very few strikers available of such quality, not to mention price, who would willingly sign to make fourth in the pecking order, unless we go for youth.

This comment ties in with something else I was going to ask in a different thread....

Considering we have about 8/9 players OUT on loan, surely we could look to bring a striker IN on a 6 month deal to bolster the numbers?

 

[onceabluealways]

Tevez has already stated before he is knackered - yes Dzeko will help but Mancini appears to want to play both. Therefore when we start playing in the cups again our only real backup is Jo which just isn't good enough.

If Balo comes back ok then we will probably be alright but how many times have you seen were a player tries to get through without the op then on return breaks down right away and suddenly 3 months out.

 

[Anonymous]

Apologies for this additional thread on this but this letting Ade & Santa Cruz go out loan without any additional cover at this pivotal stage of the season is stupid in the extreme.

What is he thinking?, we've only got Tevez, Dzeko at the moment available!
Who else? Jo's hopeless & Mario's injured, cast your eye on our strikers on the official site & most of the others are on loan all over the world! I don't know whether Nimley or Gudetti are is in his plans but they don't appear to be.
Has he (Mancini) thought of suspensions, injuries etc?, are we going to rely on Jo!

We have become the football version of the Royal Bank of Scotland all of a sudden, incredible really.

I also have sympathy for Adebayor when Jo gets selected ahead of him when all he does is hold his head & fall on the floor. Yes he has had problems but Ade should have been given more of an opportunity. I hope Mancini has thought this through as I can't see him getting anyone else in.

Well i share your concerns , even if nobody else appears too!

 

[Skashion]

Ade and Santa Cruz have stolen a living from us for months, certainly Ade.

I don't know how you can blame Ade when Mancini refuses to play him. If you know what's gone on, tell us.

 

[Anonymous]

I've already seen enough of Dzeko to see we are no longer a one-man team up front (there I go again, making quick assessments; )

I would not be in the least bit surprised to see him reach double figures before the season is out...starting at Notts County.

I also think Silva is desperately currently biting his tongue in terms of taking more of a leading role in driving this team forward.

I've no doubt Dzeko will get there - but it will take time - and unfortunately as we saw at Villa, blunt performances tend to lead to dropped points. Now, i'm not saying that we are in danger of losing 4th place, but I am saying that we need to ensure that we don't lose the momentum we had generated up until a few weeks ago.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not being negative about our prospects as I still believe there many twists and turns to come in what's left of the season - but I just worry that we will leave ourselves mighty short if SWP follows ADE and RSC out the door...

Ideal world? We go sign Sanchez from Udinese now!

 

[Sparkys-Army]

No need to worry fellow blues, In Mancini we trust... right?? :D

I have evevy bit of faith and trust in him, if he gets rid of tevez and brings back samaras i'd still believe hes not a crazy man!

Perhaps in the next day or two, we got another secret signing on the way or Jo turns into chuck norris.

 

[schfc6]

Perhaps just maybe we may sign someone, I mean it's not as though we're short of money are we? I'm pretty confident in Mancini and whatever his reasons he didn't rate RSC or Ade. RSC was woeful and Ade obviously had mega issues with not just Mancini, I mean the last time he played he was almost scrapping with Vincent on the field, I'm no sports psychologist but I guess that's not ideal.
I would be happy to see us sign a quality young striker, one who won't demand 1st team action all the time but that is more than good enough to play, someone like Lakaku or Munuian.