He's one of the worst one-on-one strikers in world football. I'm not even joking, he's got to be bottom 5% in terms of scoring one-on-ones. He completely relies on someone making it work for him. "we played the ball on the deck" means nothing when he's just one of the worst finishers in the last 3+ years.
summerisle
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
For A Few Dollars More.......
st.domingo
Player Valuation: £8m
Someone was suggesting earlier re-signing him, with a view to getting him playing and scoring next season, before moving him on.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
I think it's the scoring part where the plan falls to pieces.
….and you can ‘only move a player on’ if the player agrees to move.
I actually think DCL at his best is a talented striker but I’ve advocated trying to sell since his problems with large thigh muscles started. They will impact his entire career, have no doubt about that.
He's a fantastic hold up player & great in the air Eggs, no doubt about it. Unfortunately he's not great at the one essential item you need from a striker.
hallamblue
Player Valuation: £40m
He reminds me of Andy Carroll, a player who had 1 excellent season and then a series of injuries, you always feel like there's a great striker in there somewhere but it just doesn't quite happen. Carroll probably had more talent though.
…..disagree on ‘one essential item’, strikers need to have a broad skill set, especially when played as we’ve done. It does help if they’re efficient finishers but they don’t have to be prolific.
Goals contributions need to be spread. Lineker, Gray & Cottee contributed lots of goals playing alongside the main striker in Sharp.
wandyr79
Player Valuation: £25m
With the injury worries it is a massive no for me.
However, in the back of my mind, if we can look into the crystal ball and see that he is fit for the entire season then I really would be interested in how he would get on in a Moyes team. He has shown with good management that he can be very useful indeed so with a bit of good man management and a focus on using attackers to attack then you never know.
However, in the back of my mind, if we can look into the crystal ball and see that he is fit for the entire season then I really would be interested in how he would get on in a Moyes team. He has shown with good management that he can be very useful indeed so with a bit of good man management and a focus on using attackers to attack then you never know.
irishtony1878
Player Valuation: £20m
More like, The Invisible Man, or The English Patient
Pootsy
Player Valuation: £20m
I was thinking along the lines of.......MISERY
brettangellnightporter
Player Valuation: £2.5m
The long goodbye meets Tootsie
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