I bought him at Liverpool in Fifa 13, and this happened: [video=youtube_share;iVk6LOaju4U]http://youtu.be/iVk6LOaju4U[/video]
I'll believe it when I see it, but for now, I don't see Brenda buying a Striker who can't play as a wideman.
Another game where if I am the manager I call FSG and ask if they saw how we dominated ( again) but can't put teams away ( again and again). Would be such a boost if we actually brought in not 1 but two strikers.
I'm not a massive Huntelaar fan having watched him fail in La Liga and Serie A. But we are desperate for a natural striker and I will happily take him. I believe he and Luis played toegether at Ajax - not sure how the partnership went but hopefully Luis will have more faith playing alongside him and will pass him the ball rather than taking the entire defence on.
...or £100K per week for Joe Cole - who ambles and shambles about the training pitch achieving not-a-lot... I know where the money is best spent... As for Huntelaar, I can't understand how we didn't sign Dempsey for about £7mil, but we will be in for Huntelaar for the same money? Anyone explain this to me? I think both players would be an improvement in terms of goal scoring, so I can't understand why FSG have changed their mind over 'investment tactics'...
1. joe cole is a useless git 2. joe cole is one case that bears absolutely no impact on walcott of huntelaar as they are different people. 3. walcott is a useless article who should ahve gone into spritning not football. he's not worth the contract he's trying for, he is always injured. 4. huntelaar is another andy carroll. if andy is not the palyer rodgers wants then why would huntelaar be? i don't get that at all. 5. finally..... if rodgers would sort out his tactics and tell suso to get i nthe box we'd be a lot better off. nobody is getting beyond suarez at all
In terms of goal scoring, Huntelaar is a far more prolific goal scorer than Dempsey (despite playing in different leagues and positions), so Huntelaar already has one up on Dempsey. Huntelaar has played with Luis before so there may already be a relationship/chemistry established. But in terms of the transfer policy - FSG made it clear that they wanted to concentrate on young players. However, it's not as if they didn't want Dempsey - they just weren't prepared to offer what Fulham wanted. What this team lacks is experience and cool heads and that comes with the more older players. I do hope Rodgers is fighting for this.
For me Suso is in the wrong role, he should be at the AM role. It might be unconvential for Rodgers but why not Sterling and Assaidi as out right wingers, 2 holding with Suso in front, Gerrard and Suarez up top? Something different but pretty basic?
For a team that is struggling in the league for the past 2-3 years and no Champions League football, who else can we attract? Walcott and Huntelaar would never have been my top targets under Rafa but situations change. These are two players with Champions League experience, big club experience and both score goals. I'm not Walcott's biggest fan - he lacks intelligence and just runs in a straight line. However, he is clinical and the boy can finish. Playing down the centre would allow him to run in behind the defence and gives us some much needed pace. Also, I believe he is Arsenal's second top goal scorer over the past 2-3 seasons, behind RVP and has got some assists. Huntelaar failed in La Liga and Serie A but excelled in Eredvisie and Bundesliga - you can argue that the former leagues are more difficult and could represent a more accurate prediction of how he would fair in the Premier League. But he is a natural striker. He is instinctive, knows where the goal is and has clever movement to compensate his lack of pace.
I agree he's i nthe wrong role, he's the guy to play AM alirght. the thing is the past two games has seen gerrard start playing deep and passing it then as he tires on 20-25mins he starts moving more froward and it takes whomever should be playing it out of the game... we'r cnoceeding goals as gerrard does his little act. I'd push gerrarding to "false 9" just to stop the lapses and szurez wide as he'd know how to get i nthe box if gerrard does pull a cb out of the middle.
For Suso to play as the AM, you would have to drop either Allen, Sahin or Gerrard. I would have said Gerrard should be dropped but he looks more efficient and he has found his passing range. Sahin seems a little off the pace and hasn't regained his form against WBA and Norwich. Allen has had a couple of dodgy games recently. Please come back Lucas!!
Huntelaar would succeed in the premiership as premiership defenders overall can tackle pretty well, but most of them are slow. Play in front of them and they will do a job, get around the back and they struggle. English centre-backs are the worst, the supposed most promising English centre-back in the league is Phil Jones, and not only is he like a turkey on rollerskates...he's slow. The same can be said about Gary Cahill too.
We can attract players, it's just a question of whom. if newcastle can get cisse from nowhere then there are player sout there for example. i think that while spearating the cole situation from walcott it has to be said i don't like his record and while he might know one or two in it won't be long til he's hobbling. On huntelaar i'd argue far more that the prem is much more like the bundesliga than the other two. I think huntellar would do ok here BUT... again even if he get more on target than carroll he's still a static stand there type and rodgers is consistantly saying that not what he wants and thats why i don't understand the link.....
I think Henderson should be ahead of Shelvey. The only reason I would have had Shelvey ahead of Hendo was because Jonjo had confidence and a swagger about him. He used to demand the ball from everyone but he looks a little lost now. Hasn't recovered since his sending off. MITO - I'm sure we can attrract a lot of players but the problem is that a majority of these players will come from lower/lesser leagues. Nothing wrong with that but it means the overall experience of the squad decreases. What we need is experience - not talking about getting 5 30 year olds in. We need players who are used to playing for big clubs and at a high level. We got rid of Bellamy, Maxi and Kuyt - tremendous experience and maturity lost in one transfer window and we haven't replaced them. I don't think Huntelaar is static. He won't run great distances but I believe he is very mobile within the box which is what we need. As mentioned before, he knows when and where to attack the ball. We lack that intelligence.
I wouldn't mind allen to be dropped to just give him a rest and another a chance or to even switch a formation around. He has been off a bit lately but being BR love child he will never come off.
Louis Van Gaal rates Huntelaar very highly and says he is one of the best strikers in the box, such is his touch and technique, as well as his ability to head. There may be some comparisons with Carroll but Huntelaar is far more superior on the deck but the obvious difference is the game intelligence and movement.
read fowler.. read owen.... both men in their early yearsw ere lightening quick.. read torres ditto.... i don't read huntelaar and again no matter what we might agree on (and we would agree) my point is he's not what rodgers is said to be looking for so i fail to see the link. for the record i'd agree about the guy but i'd also fear that he's a guy looked at by many and looked over as well.
