With Remy looking a goner, that leaves us with one, a hamstrung striker who ,when fit is brilliant. When fit being the important words, cause he wasn't for a third of the season.
Bamford , who would be a walk up starter in my squad, will be sent somewhere else to up his value and then moved on, so I don't think we will ever see him in blue at the bridge.
My 2 choices are Benteke, a like for like sub for Drogba, and a good 1 up front for the "cut out the midfield game" we often played with Drogba at his best. That will work well in the PL maybe not in a tougher format. My other choice is Lacazette, though that is unlikely because he has what Jose doesn't like too much of, skill and flair.
Now Jose has won a couple more trophies than me, but is not, in my opinion without his faults, one of them being he is quite rigid in his thinking. Yes he won us the PL title, but he failed to impose us on the CL.
I understand that last season was a rebuild and catch up sort of time, and we did it incredibly well.
However, I believe that by sticking with what has worked for him in the past, he has been outdone by more creative managers like those from Barca, especially from Atletico, and also Bayern. Not to say they are better, just more daring, more up to date.Or they were last season.
My feelings are we could carry one brilliant attacking striker with a great record of scoring ,without endangering the "tracking back" philosophy that is our mantra. Someone like Gerd Muller may not have got into a Jose team.
We did very well last season , but were exposed when measured against the venomous attacking game of Barca, Bayern, Real and Juve,. We couldn't even put away a mediocre PSG.
So to become a major force again in the CL, where the big kids play, we need a change in philosophy. Teams like Barca have moved on, but we haven't done anything except solidify, and that's a good start. But we will be playing for "best of the rest" against pretty expensive but ordinary PL teams unless we up our attacking venom. Starting with a striker.
Interesting indeed who will be our strikers for next season, just a month or so away now.
Bamford , who would be a walk up starter in my squad, will be sent somewhere else to up his value and then moved on, so I don't think we will ever see him in blue at the bridge.
My 2 choices are Benteke, a like for like sub for Drogba, and a good 1 up front for the "cut out the midfield game" we often played with Drogba at his best. That will work well in the PL maybe not in a tougher format. My other choice is Lacazette, though that is unlikely because he has what Jose doesn't like too much of, skill and flair.
Now Jose has won a couple more trophies than me, but is not, in my opinion without his faults, one of them being he is quite rigid in his thinking. Yes he won us the PL title, but he failed to impose us on the CL.
I understand that last season was a rebuild and catch up sort of time, and we did it incredibly well.
However, I believe that by sticking with what has worked for him in the past, he has been outdone by more creative managers like those from Barca, especially from Atletico, and also Bayern. Not to say they are better, just more daring, more up to date.Or they were last season.
My feelings are we could carry one brilliant attacking striker with a great record of scoring ,without endangering the "tracking back" philosophy that is our mantra. Someone like Gerd Muller may not have got into a Jose team.
We did very well last season , but were exposed when measured against the venomous attacking game of Barca, Bayern, Real and Juve,. We couldn't even put away a mediocre PSG.
So to become a major force again in the CL, where the big kids play, we need a change in philosophy. Teams like Barca have moved on, but we haven't done anything except solidify, and that's a good start. But we will be playing for "best of the rest" against pretty expensive but ordinary PL teams unless we up our attacking venom. Starting with a striker.
Interesting indeed who will be our strikers for next season, just a month or so away now.
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