Yeah, I think season 1 Yakubu also really benefited from Johnson doing a lot of his running too.
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Mate, I agree with you fully on the flak being ott. I actually think a couple of posters have hit the crack pipe hard over the weekend and have gone a bit rabid.
I'm actually pretty relaxed about the chance, he gets one per game. But I honestly think Yakubu nets that. Its no secret Dom misses a few like that.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Which is what we aren't doing for Calvert Lewin. Ancelotti did, and it paid off. However due to injury crisis, he then had to change the tactics and we stopped providing in the same way. (4 CBs etc).
Strikers generally play well when teams are set up for them. Vardy at Leicester for example. Counter attacking with balls in behind. We don't have the players/set up to help DCL at all currently.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Probably does. We need another striker with different attributes. But we will end up with Broja most likely, and unless we massively upgrade our wingers, it will be the same scenario all over again.
kenada_blue
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Broken toe, quad, knee, hamstring.
That's not just 1 big injury that's multiple muscle injuries in his legs and spent 30+ league games out.
Cannot see that getting better
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Toe and knee aren't muscles. So he has had 2 muscle injuries with the other 2 being freak injuries. With last season being rushed back before he was ready which aggravated it.
Mate, you seem to think I'm attacking DCL. I'm really not. There's a consistent theme to my posts in this thread- we need forward options. I've said before we've probably not had more than one capable striker on the books at any one time since the season we had Yakubu and Johnson.
Cover, competition, partnerships etc.
Yeah, exactly. Our options are so so thin.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Sorry, just used to having to contest with posters crying about him and wishing injury on him.
I assure you I've not been on the crack this weekend
MikeH72
Player Valuation: £100m
Anyone who’s watched both players will know that there is absolutely no conversation to be had about who was the better all round centre forward.
Marius57
Player Valuation: £60m
Noones having that conversation. Yakubu was the better finisher and striker (but different types of strikers). But everyone just ignoring the 3 seasons after his one good season. And if you raise them, lots of reasons are given why. But DCLs reasons aren't accepted.
Each to their own though. But whether it's dcl, or maupay, or whoever else, while we have the level of creativity in the squad we currently have, it's going to make very little difference. Haaland would be invisible in our team.
Ralphie Boy
Player Valuation: £8m
The song went “feed the yak and he will score”, if we fed DCL he would be wondering what it is doing for his image!
kenada_blue
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Toe yes, isn't a muscle.
Most common football injuries are ACL, MCL, or meniscus sprains or tears which are all ligaments...while technically not muscles still rip and tear like a muscle. He didn't dislocate his knee or anything so all his reoccurring injuries are rips and tears to tissue. These never heal 100%.
He had a long rest and was eased back in pre season. Was fully fit until a "freak" knee injury. Lampard has been taking it easy on him.
He's got a whole month off coming up. If he's not fit...I can't see him ever being fit to play a full season because of it. Which is a shame.
Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
That could depend tbh, I work as a Physiologist and id be interested to know if those injuries are all to the same leg? He may have underlying issues.
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