What if we just went with Delap, Jesus, and Torres?

bobom said:
No, the price went up when we got rid of Aguero. That's why Kane failed, after all. The Ronaldo flirtation was a sideshow.

Reality is we need to either take a punt on a cheaper target and hope we get lucky like we did with Diaz, or find a world class target with a release clause (no, me neither...), totally change our transfer strategy by spunking some ridiculous sum on someone (not going to happen if we didn't do it for Kane), or make do with what we've got.

So it'll be 1 or 4. But I think it'll be 4, because I reckon the club will consider the risks of getting in someone who might not be good enough on a 4-5 year contract, tying up wages, costing money, taking up a squad place, is greater than the risk of entering the season without a recogised striker.
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Fair comment. The 'fact' that we were only offering a two year contract to Ronaldo gave some indication that we may be lining up a bigger deal in the next two windows, hence my comment re Haaland yesterday.
Simple fact is that Haaland will be a four or five horse race, and we're bloody hopeless in such situations.
I'm hoping that we have a similar season to the last, but I'm not at all confident without a proper striker... Certainly not in the CL.
I'd be happy with top 4 and the Carabao Cup this season as matters stand.
 
Well, it's not "What if" any more! Must say, didn't quite expect us to be in this position at this point.
By the way, didn't want Ronaldo, if he was negotiating to receive a higher salary than anyone else in the dressing room (as I read. What's true? What isn't? Who knows, any more?)
 
kaz7 said:
We only need to win games 1-0
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And what happens when we go one nil down? Our record at coming from behind is atrocious, it just allows teams to drop deeper & deeper, that’s ok if you’ve got a recognised striker/target man, but we end up tossing aimless balls into the box, see Spurs Leicester & Chelsea as examples
 
domalino said:
Just to clarify, you think the defence won us the league last season despite us being the top scorers?
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I think that is a fair assessment. The defensive solidity mid season is what characterised that challenge. The goals drove the nail home.
 
We will still be up there as one of the leagues top scorers because we will smash the fodder 5/6 multiple times during the season but against the top 6 we will be lowest scorers head to head. We have nothing that scares them.
 
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