Its difficult to sign quality strikers, who knows how good the strikers that have been signed by other teams will do We signed 4 strikers last yr so its easy to sign strikers - signing quality ones is the challenge
tbf mate it's only like that because we signed strikers with no senior experience or goals at all, even a striker who has played 50+ games and scores about 10 or more a season would work well if they fit the style
"scored 3 goals and provided 5 assists last season and was even amongst the players who provided the most key passes in Europe according to wyscout" I enjoyed the youtube video on there and can see why he did lots of key passes but only had 5 assists. Put a few on a plate.
Like the look of him, seems to favour the left half space so would probably be a Jobe backup and a Aouchiche/Ekwah replacement. Good data as well, which to me looks transferable to the championship. Wouldn't want us to sign him on top of what we already have though.
Agreed, better decision making than AA but I’d worry how he would cope with the extra physicality in our league. Reminded me of a more attacking version of Michut.
still a young lad but is pretty much what i would look for in a 'playmaker'...turns DM into AM easy, knows where his pass is going, knows when to pass (notice those times he holds off just for a split second) looking left and right when running with the ball looking for movement, able to beat a man/make sure he wins the ball. of course i bet there are probably twice as many clips showing him being dire but i like what i see there...will need a striker/runner for him to be fully effective imho.
Don't understand why weren't back in for him, especially as he's free when last summer we would have had to pay a fee. It's almost like our recruitment team don't like it if a player decides to go elsewhere. Same as Rudoni.
Depends on reasons really. It might become evident in negotiations that someone won’t fit, Keane had a few stories about that. It’s also possible that some players have agreed to sign then messed us around which would be a possible indication of attitude etc.
I fear we are missing one all important recruitment stratagem. When our prospective new players attempt to leave negotiation we need to wait until their backs are turned and say “What’s the matter McFly, you chicken?!” works every time
