Hopefully an improvement on last seasons tally. I think 14 in all comps sounds about right. Though I am going for 12
I agree with you - 25 goals for Falcao. One thing's for sure, if Radamel Falcao recaptures his pre Manchester United form at Chelsea then he'll really be rubbing Man U's noses into the dirt. Radamel Falcao is a great player and fuck knows why he flopped at Man U.
I hope he flops the way he did at united but I doubt it I think he will score a lot of goals for you guys
he has taken 50% pay cut, but still rich for his recent form.. I would be happy if he gets anything around 15.
#noserivce This is why I think he will do much better as Chelsea get the ball into the area on the ground a lot more, I think he will feed of Hazard and co.
I hope Sisu. But, Rad's confidence is shot. That is my concern. Ofcourse he will better his manures haul.
1 or 2 goals early on will fix that I am sure, so it is important for Jose to give him that kickstart and play him in the first few games
Exactly, he won't score many watching from the bench. If he gets off to a decent start, what chance of us playing him and Costa up front?
Why not? They were often mighty impressive when they played together in the past, and we need to mix things up. The "poor" sides who don't want to play football against us, had plenty of success in containing our "1 up front" last season.
Jose likes to play 1 up top and can't see either Costa or Falcao playing wide or deeper. I agree that 2 up top now and then certainly worth a try but just not sure Jose will go for it, unless as I say, we are chasing a goal late on. Falcao has been brought in as back up to Costa, I have no doubt about that. They played well together in the past but that was with Costa deeper and Falcao in his prime. Can't see Jose changing a winning thing re: Costa's position.
I agree with you that Jose is unlikely to try it, but I wish he would ! Costa seems to play wide a lot of the time, which would suit Falcao playing more central .Still, I think it's safe to assume Jose knows what he's doing !!
If Jose gets Falcao back to half of his best you will have a very good player but, to be honest I think he is broken. He is playing no better for Columbia than he was for United, I hope it's just a confidence problem because it's sad to see such a great player struggle.
I don't think Falcao will get enough games to score 14 goals. I think he'll be lucky to get double figures but i wouldn't mind being proved wrong.
It all depends on how many appearances he gets really. We are all assuming he will be backup to Costa. For me, as a second striker, 12 in ALL comps would be a fair ask if thats the case. Maybe 4 or 5 in the league, a goal or two in the CL and maybe a few more in the FA and league cups. If he gets maybe 20-25 appearances in ALL comps next season then I am thinking that the 12 goal mark would be fair. I mean Remy got 9 goals in 29 apps in all comps last season. Maybe around 10 would be fairer I suppose.
