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The Second Striker Question

Discussion in 'Tottenham Hotspur' started by humanbeingincroydon, Feb 18, 2018.

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Who would be the best choice as a backup striker next season

Poll closed Feb 25, 2018.
  1. Llorente can't be that crap next season...right?

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  2. Son does okay playing up front, so stick with that

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  3. Lucas Moura is pacy and can finish, so that's an option

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  4. Janssen at least put in a shift, so give him another chance

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  5. Kaziah Stirling could be worth a shot

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  6. Jermaine Defoe could be available

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  7. Robbie Keane surely has another boyhood club in him

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  8. Tomas Pekhart's doing a lot better these days

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  9. Shane Long, before Liverpool sign him

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  10. The annual Ligue 1 N'Random

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  1. Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane Danny Rosebud

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    I reject this slanderous attack on my good character.
     
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  2. Dier Hard

    Dier Hard G'day mate!

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    A wildcard signing would be Ollie Watkins.

    Been massively impressed with him over the past 18 months, initially started as an AM for Exeter but I think Brentford utilise him more as a ST now. Alongside Maddison and Sessegnon (ironically two players we've been linked with), he's one of the best talents in the football league right now.

    Two-footed, can strike with venom and from distance, not the quickest but makes space for himself, strong, good build and can head the ball... Remind you of anyone we have at the club at the moment?

    Another wildcard - Britt Assombalonga. I'd say he's been the best/ most consistent striker in the football league for a number of seasons, surprised he hasn't been picked up by a Prem side already.
     
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  3. Evidence requested........ <laugh>
     
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  4. The RDBD

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    rcl : take this as an implicit "yes" .
     
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  5. littleDinosaurLuke

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    He's a proven goalscorer off the bench.
    It's hard to find players who can do this consistently. And are content to sit on the bench for long spells.
    Janssen and Llorente both had scoring pedigrees, but don't looked suited to Spurs' style of play. No second striker is going to have the attributes of Kane and seamlessly step in and replicate his performances in his absence - it's naive to think otherwise. But there are players who can fit in to the style of play and are proven finishers. Hernandez seems an obvious candidate. I think Iheanacho would suit Spurs. And Giroud would have done!
     
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  6. Citizen Kane

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    I'd like evidence of this wild accusation please. RCL's 'Nasri moment' has been chronicled, chapter and verse. This on the other hand appears to exist only in your imagination.
     
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  7. PleaseNotPoll

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    Hernandez doesn't want to be a bench option any more, so I don't think that he's an option.
    Iheanacho is one that I'd agree with, but I think that City wanted some silly clauses and he wanted to start games, though that's not really happened.

    Can't we just buy someone from Ajax? Seems to work well. Preferably a Belgian.
     
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    Kasper Dolberg it is then
     
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  9. PleaseNotPoll

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    I've suggested him before, but he seems to be having a bit of an off year.
    Huntelaar's return pushed him down the pecking order and he broke his foot.
    Could make him cheaper though, if he was prepared to move.
     
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  10. humanbeingincroydon

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    Cue the annual link to Klaas-Jan Huntelaar...
     
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  11. Spudulike

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    Yep, I think so. His style of play and attitude would suit us perfectly. Our history of finding strikers that give us another "option" have backfired all too often. Find a striker that fits into our way of playing and they'll bag several goals. Hernandez is too good not to be able to do that. And his top level experience will give the young players someone to look up to.

    He's sat on the spanners bench plenty of times this season and not complained. I think given the choice of playing a team consistently at the top end of the PL, in the CL and with a young hungry squad will be a no brainer. He could start cup matches and come on late in PL and CL games that need fresh energy, whilst giving the main man Kane more rest time. IMO, he's an injury timebomb waiting to happen. Not because he's injury prone but Poch is asking him to do too much and its only a matter of time. It's a world cup year and I suspect this summer he'll be knackered by the time he puts an England shirt on.
     
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  12. humanbeingincroydon

    humanbeingincroydon Well-Known Member

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    Is it worth mentioning that Jackson Martinez just became a free agent?

    On second thoughts, given his injury record...
     
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  13. PleaseNotPoll

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    Good goalscorer. Doubt he'd be up to the Pochettino training regime, though.
    I'd suggest giving him a trial or asking him over to train with the club, but I'm sure he'll have big offers elsewhere.
     
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