The striker situation

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Re: Navas for striker

The alternatives are entrusting a kid not yet good enough for this level (and playing in an unfamiliar role of lone striker), dispensing with a striker and going 4-6-0 (risky in the extreme to wholsesale change our system mid-season even if only for a few weeks), or playing Nasri, Milner, or Silva up front.

With those options in mind I really don't think it's far-fatched to at least consider employing Navas in the role.

There are plenty of exmaples of pacy widemen being moved inside to good effect - in fact the best example of them all retired only this week - and those being disparaging about Navas' finishing are wide of the mark.

Ask yourself this.....who would Dann and Hangeland rather be loitering on their shoulder this Sat with space behind them and Silva on the ball? Nasri or Navas?

Comparing Navas to Henry... Interesting

It is a valid comparison in that Henry was a quick winger who changed his game to play up top. Arse would play to Henry’s style by breaking quickly with some great attacking midfilders playing very direct. We tend to be a slower build up team so ? re how effective Navas could be if we are camped out on the opposition box – he wouldn’t have much space to run into.

Worth a punt late on in games I reckon but hopefully we would be at least 2 goals up by then and could play a bit more expansively?

I’d play Nasri leading the line, Yaya pushed forward to give some bite and Silva floating around. F’do + F’dinho + Milner to apply the graft.

 

[Bill]

Or it wont.

it has already. the beast should have been replaced before we agreed to let him go. now this.

And how would we have done that?

Accounts reveal our net transfer spend left us with approx 10m as Mangala was actually much more then what was published we paid for him.

You tell me who we could have got for 10m?

FFS - Shane Long went for 12m this past window.

We either tried to get a young english talent (Berahino or Jay Rodriguez) although I doubt we would have been able to due to the English premium.

Or we try and attract someone foreign at about the same level as Negredo, but with the added complication of the fact that they wouldn't be able to make our CL squad as we don't have the room. Not much of an incentive to join.

Who would we be able to get, with limited funds, limited CL experience to give them who would be a requisite standard and who would be happy being 4th choice would we have realistically been able to get?

The facts are we cannot sign anyone until January (unless Ihenacho gets a WP granted - not holding my breath on that one) so regardless we have to get through these next few weeks. with what we've got. By the time January comes around then mostly likely two of Jovetic, Dzeko and Aguero should be back fit.

I'd just play some of the youngsters like Ambrose. If we can't take a fair few points with the squad that we have and the fixture list that are in front of us until January then we don't deserve to be Champions.

then we keep negrado. I would have taken defoe all day long.

 

[moon]

didn't Negredo go back to Spain because he was home sick ? a big miss for me .
He probably was on course for the most premier league goals in a season for us till his injury at West Ham .

 

[Bill]

didn't Negredo go back to Spain because he was home sick ? a big miss for me .
He probably was on course for the most premier league goals in a season for us till his injury at West Ham .

he did but whilst sympathetic I would have said if we can sign a replacement you can go, if not you have to stick around until we do.

 

[Ric]

Seen it mentioned on Twitter that Thierry Ambrose was involved in first team training today.

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

would love nagredo back but you would have to ask would his his heart be in it so on the count id look elswhere.

 

[CAPTAINKIPPAX]

I wholeheartedly agree with de niro I have always rated JD very highly and I'd have loved Jermaine to join us he,s an absolute quality finisher who despite having a few more years in his legs still has the ability and strikers instinct to do a job at the highest level short term.

 

[BlueTG]

would love nagredo back but you would have to ask would his his heart be in it so on the count id look elswhere.

Fucking hell, we've had a;
Negredo
Negrado
and a Nagredo on our books.

What are the chances!?



Let's be honest here, we all don't have a clue what is the best option.

 

[Aguero_Element]

joe hart up front please

 

[aguero93:20]

joe hart up front please

No way he'd miss every cross, put Caballero up front instead.

 

[BlueTG]

joe hart up front please

No way he'd miss every cross, put Caballero up front instead.

Just as long as the ball doesn't come in low.

 

[middleton___blue]

should be looking to sign someone like behrahino, Rodriguez etc. As they are young and English and class as homegrown, mind you...you can guarantee that if just one PL Club approaches them, they'll want like 25 Mil. for now we play Lampard or Yaya as a makeshift striker imho

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

I'd like to think that we have some options lined up for the Jan window by now.

 

[aguero93:20]

I'd like to think that we have some options lined up for the Jan window by now.

All 3 strikers are scheduled to be back in January and we're still working under sanctions so I'd be surprised if we did sign anyone up front.

 

[Deepest Blue]

I look at it this way.
We have conceded 2 goals in 6 games against better teams (Swansea, Soton, Sunderland, Everton, Roma and Leicester) than those we face in the next few weeks so we are unlikely to need to score too many to take most/all points on offer.
We should use the extra place available to further solidify defence/midfield and back our AM's CM's and widemen to do the business in the opponents box.
Such as Silva, Nasri, Lampard, Yaya and Milner should have 1-2 goals per game in them especially as they won't be battling those pesky strikers for plum chances in front of goal.

 

[George Hannah]

I'd like to think that we have some options lined up for the Jan window by now.

All 3 strikers are scheduled to be back in January and we're still working under sanctions so I'd be surprised if we did sign anyone up front.

we've got a spare non home-grown spot for the PL and if eligible could make room in the CL squad if we swap him with Sagna or MDM

 

[aguero93:20]

I'd like to think that we have some options lined up for the Jan window by now.

All 3 strikers are scheduled to be back in January and we're still working under sanctions so I'd be surprised if we did sign anyone up front.

we've got a spare non home-grown spot for the PL and if eligible could make room in the CL squad if we swap him with Sagna or MDM

I was speaking more in terms of funds, unless we can ship out Nasty, Sinclair and Guidetti right at the start of the window we're probably not going to be able to sign a striker of a good enough calibre to make our bench in a fully fit squad in January.

 

[Toranaga sama]

Can we just sign one of Jo/Santa Cruz/Samaras.....? Haven't seen them for a while.......;)

 

[aguero93:20]

Can we just sign one of Jo/Santa Cruz/Samaras.....? Haven't seen them for a while.......;)

Fuck that let's bring back Vassell.

 

[Toranaga sama]

Can we just sign one of Jo/Santa Cruz/Samaras.....? Haven't seen them for a while.......;)

Fuck that let's bring back Vassell.

Not a bad shout......;)