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Summer Transfer Rumour Thread.

Discussion in 'Southampton' started by SaintsFanAlex, Apr 6, 2012.

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  1. Joe!

    Joe! Well-Known Member

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    From Wikipedia:

    So yeah, we're talking about the likes of Rooney and Tevez. Whatever you want to call Messi, he does a very different job to this description. I don't think he'd be very good at the "outmuscle" part.
     
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    Id call Messi a CAM. Like how we're playing Lallana at the moment ;)
     
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    He's definitely not a midfielder :p I think Iniesta and Xavi have the attack minded midfield role pretty much handled.
     
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    Hes not really a striker either though. Perhaps the Messi should be the name of a new position ;)
     
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  5. Dan

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    Pretty much is a striker! He's normally the furthest man downfield.
     
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    You conveniently omitted the first part of the description which certainly does not describe Tevez.:

     
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    Pseudo centre forward? False 9?

    Not an easy role to play and hence why only a few players through history have made it their own.
     
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    I omitted it because the paragraph starts by suggesting the traditional definition, and then moves onto the modern definition, which is the part I posted. Most teams don't rely on a tall centre-forward any more.

    Regardless, I would still describe Tevez as a good target man despite his height.
     
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    Trequartista is more-or-less the same thing.
     
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    You don't need to be tall to be a target man, by far the most important thing for a target man is presence. The ability to win the ball in a crowd, bring balls into your body etc. To say it's just winning headers is very much an understatement
     
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    Timing and natural ability, have something to do with it.
     
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    It's because I'm the boss <ok>.
     
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    Falcao.I've never seen a player with such great awareness and anticipation.

    He is a fantastic header of the ball and a clinical finisher.
     
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    Some Saints fan on Tw!tter (yes, I know) reckons he saw Adkins arriving back in the country from either Germany or Switzerland but was very coy on what player he went to see/speak to.
     
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    Could be our Euro signing! :biggrin:
     
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  17. North Hants Saint

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    Have I missed something?
     
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    If true (which I highly doubt) maybe Kjaer? Too unrealistic?
     
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    He'd be an insane singing. He did say (Kjaer) about a month ago that he never wants to play under the current Wolfsburg manager again, so he's looking to move.
     
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    No but Cortese always buys a european player in the summer. Like Papa Waigo, Guly, De Ridder and there should be one this year.
     
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