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Are we going to end up with a pop gun attack?

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Why is everyone so convinced Rom is gone, i see no incentive to Everton in selling him, so why would you.

Its critical he stays this season for me, no matter who comes in.

Next summer is a different matter.
 
davek said:
I do though. We are selling a known entity in Lukaku and may be embracing an alien system to get past the impact of that sale.
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I'd lock Lukaku in Rubert Tower if I could. But if he is to go we have to stay positive and look forward to see who else we get in and believe Koeman can adapt. Give him a chance. We aren't strapped for cash anyway.
 
Giroud is not the answer, but I agree we need a proper, big number 9 to fill Lukaku's shoes

I also think we need a bona-fide marquee signing. 50m-60m+
 
davek said:
That's what I'm saying mate. I'm fearing that will be eschewed this season and we'll end up with a three man attack that really cant find the net often enough and relies on the MF to to get the goal tally up.
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I really don't see the issue with that. One injury to Lukaku would leave us very short, already over reliant, and Lukaku hasn't had an 'injury', yet
 

Is Icardi even a possibility or are we being deluded, what fee do you think he would go for.
 
mawders said:
Giroud is not the answer, but I agree we need a proper, big number 9 to fill Lukaku's shoes

I also think we need a bona-fide marquee signing. 50m-60m+
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Giroud had a better goals to minute ratio than rom last year, technically far superior aswell. He'd do great in our side with the likes of klassen and Ross running off him
 
davek said:
I mentioned in the summer transfer thread my concern that with the very likely departure of Lukaku we are faced with an almighty struggle next season to get a striker in to fill the massive chasm he'll leave. So far we have not been linked with the type of marquee signing that we could reasonably believe could come in and take up at least most of the slack in terms of getting on the scoresheet as often as RL has in his time here. Sandro may or may not come in. However, I dont see him as a type that will lead the line in the fashion that we as a club have been used to with our tradition. The existing players we have upfront are unimpressive. For one they cant be adapted to the role of an out and out forward and for another they look pretty limited in what they do in their 'proper job', be that Bolasie and Lookman attacking from out wide or Calvert-Lewin loitering without intent in behind the striker/final third.

Here's my suspicion: I think Koeman will forsake going for a like for like replacement for Lukaku this summer. He looks to me to be thinking of going with a type of attacking unit adopted over the park and adopted elsewhere: a high pressing front three with an advanced MF (probably Klaassens) to augment the attack by making forward runs into the box.

I think this will be madness for us. First, we wont have the class to pull that one off: Lallana/Firmino/Mane + Coutinho are very good quality. That's how they blitzed the PL in the first half of last season and picked up the points that eventually seen them over the CL spot line. Our front 3+1 would be nowhere near that level of quality. Second, we have a lot more games this season and what happened to Liverpool (and what happens to other teams who adopt a manic high press) over the course of the season would come home to roost here too: we'd have a core first team on its knees and/or dropping down with injuries by late winter.

Anyway, that's my thoughts/fears on what I believe this summer's attacking incomings are being prioritised for. Hopefully Koeman goes out and blows that out of the water with a Giroud signing, but I really think we are headed into 2017/18 with a re-shaped and dangerous departure from what we traditionally have gone for before.

Thoughts?
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This is my fear too. Pop gun toffs.
 

BlueLlama said:
The really worrying thing is we arent even being linked to anyone with anything like the quality we need to replace Rom.
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Realistically we won't get anyone near his quality which is why we are trying to spread goals throughout the rest of the team.
 

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