SUNDERLAND are pursuing a number of attacking targets as Gustavo Poyet steps up his bid to bring in at least one new striker. Poyet, who has taken Crewe Alexandra prospect Max Clayton on a two-week trial, has strengthened his squad in every area except up front this summer and has made that department a priority. As well as making a fresh offer, believed to be still short of the £10.5m asking price, for Liverpoolâs Fabio Borini, Sunderland are also keeping an eye on Moussa Sowâs situation at Fenerbahce and Queens Park Rangers forward Charlie Austin. As things stand Sunderland are not short of strikers, although Poyet clearly would like to bring in his own men and there is growing uncertainty centred on the futures of Connor Wickham and Ignacio Scocco. Interest has grown in Wickham, who has entered the last 12 months of his contract, in the last few weeks and Newells Old Boys are trying to strike a deal for Scocco. The Argentina club have had an offer of £1.75m rejected, which would have seen Sunderland hold 50 per cent ownership of Scocco while offloading the wages he agreed when he completed a £4m move in January.
I love Borini but I would take Sow. I think Sow has the quality to get 15 goals in the prem Borini was used on the left for 95% of the time last season and even though he would be a massive loss someone who could get 15 goals would be more valuable to our team IMO maybe Borini in Jan if we can only afford 1 but I dnt think it will be, I think we could get them both IF we could move on Scocco, Graham and Fletcher
Borini hasn't been given a run upfront, think it's harsh that he gets written off as incapable off scoring. The few times he has played up front he's scored two cracking goals one of them was doing one of the best defenders in the world in a cup final and the other was the volley at home to WBA which should a proper strikers instinct. Paired with the cheeky assist from Seb it was one of my favourite goals last season. He offers quality in a couple of positions and we can't expect Giacc to play upto 40 games next season either.
Why does everybody presume that young Connor Wickham is leaving us??Clubs are looking to buy him,but why should we sell??He's a young English lad that can score goals,lead the line,and is a fine ambassador for the club.He,along with another few players,features in the club's new adverts for next season's training gear and strip.Would the club use him for these adverts if they were looking to sell him??Common sense says "no way"!!!
I'd be gutted if we were putting our future in Borini. If we are staking our future on the core of last seasons squad, we are in trouble. We got out of jail via a miracle and we can't base our future on that miracle. The squad needs a massive shake-up. It's going to need an influx of quality. I'm shocked (and pissed too, to be fair) that we are happy to be signing up those guys who barely kept us up. Every other team is building and developing. Are we just happy to re-confirm loans/out of contract players? If that's the case, it's going to be a ****ing long season!
Funk, I'm usually on-side with you. But really? Two goals is the basis your argument? Come on mate, we need more than that.
No mate, the basis of the comment was that he hasn't had a run to be judged on yet to suggest he can't score (yet connor can with his 9 in 51 to some?), even if I was basing it on those two goals I'd would suggest that two goals in two appearances is more to go on then the nothing people are going on when they infer that he can't get the goals, come on mate, I need more than nothing at all to convince me he couldn't get goals.
I get what you're saying but, for me, he's just too high risk for me. He's not's proven as an out and out striker. I'm ignoring Whickham cos he's not in the same league as Borini either. We have to aim higher than that or it's just going to be the same of same.
I don't see the risk, his movement is exquisite, he plays with heart and determination and he does have a decent finish, He's is a next level signing for me. He's better then anyone we have in attacking positions for me like. We're looking at Sow, he's a risk, never kicked a ball in the premiership, in fact for the money I think we'll struggle to find anybody with the domestic experience who's better and would actually come here.
You are spot on Bri, it would be interesting to see his goals/chances ratio. As a team we didn't create many chances last season, so to expect a player, who as you say was playing out of position, to score a hatfull is wrong. In my opinion, given chances he is a 12-15 a season player which would do me.
He's defo got at least 10+ prem goals in him playing upfront. That would be decent considering all the top scorers from last season would be completely unattainable. Very few scored more than 10 prem goals last season those who did were 80k pw players. I think for the money Borini will be a bargain.
