Dont under estimate the gouffran

Watch your back cisse



I think he is going to get a hat trick debut. That lad has the eye of the tiger. Just like ba did those years ago.

 

as much as i'd love it i'd take a 1-0 win with a OG from Villa atm! Ofc i'd love the gouf to get a hat trick tho

 

Gouffran will be playing in Ober's position on the LW, I think.

 

Out of the five signings, he's the one that underwhelms me. His scoring record is below average. Got to be better back up than we have though.

 

His record is pretty decent over the past season and a half. 14 goals in 31 starts last season and 8 goals in 20 starts so far this season. Almost 1 in 2.

 

Beat me to saying this, I must have said this to loads of people since he signed.

 

Overall scoring records don't tell the whole story.

In his last 20 games, he has scored 8. The fact that we payed around a mil for him shows that he's most likely just some extra firepower, but I think he could be more.

 

Didn't realise it was that good over the last 18 months to be honest. I was looking at the 64 goals in 255 games. 14 in last 31 is decent enough.

 

Very few teams have two out and out goal scorers, Most have a goal scoreer and a supporting striker - -Shearer and Bellamy as an example. One has the job of bagging the goals, the other is there to help him do it, and pick up a handful himself if possible. I think Gouffran is the supporting act, a pacy set of legs to create space for Cisse

 

i might be wrong, but does gouffran not play primarily as a winger anyway? i was always under that impression, though i haven't seen him play much.

 

He can play either as a striker or as a winger. He's a bit like Walcott really...

 

Better Gouffran on the wing than Shola

 

We must have set a record for fielding the worlds slowest winger ever.

 

Winger or striker, as long as The Gouf is at least capable of bringing some creativity into the team and be able to score/assist his teammates. What I'm more worried about isn't whether he'll score, since Cisse would take up most of that burden, its whether he can put in a decent cross when needed to, do the right thing when he should. Let's just hope he won't become another headless chicken for us

 

This! From what I've heard he's strong, quick and makes intelligent runs. Intelligent!?

My word this could be an amazing signing if Cabaye can get the ball in between Willo's hoofs (oh yes, don't expect him to be dropped completely, even with new signings and Saylor on the return).

Also I'm loving 'The Gouf'

 

Some say his toast never lands butter side down, that his penis is so long it has an appendix, and that if he wrote a novel the themes would be so readily apparent that English teachers wouldn't be able to make up crap about it...

 

Once again, you're very well informed Gandalf.

 

Yes, by those voices in his head. Always the voices. Can somebody please stop the voices?!

 

Intelligent runs mean he runs along with a text book I would imagine.

 

Now with 5 new signings and over 18 million pounds spent, will you lot please stop whining about Ashley being a cheapskate and that the club needs reinforcements??
It's working on my nerves a bit in the last couple of months.