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Summer Transfer Window 2017

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It seems quite clear that RK will want to play with a big target man.

Benteke , Giroud and Dzeko all fit the bill and are proven in England with decent scoring records and ability to hold up play. Despite some of the nonsense written on here none of them are "terrible" or "gash".

However none of them press , run the channels or have pace.

The same could be said of Jose but he is unproven in this country and from memory his scoring record isn't great.

Bakambu has genuine pace and does press but again unproven.

What I cant work out is where this leaves Sandro who despite his height plays CF or at least left side drifting into the centre. He does have pace , presses and a good scoring record albeit in his debut season in La Liga. I don't think he would have signed without the promise of game time.

Rooney will obviously play most games.

So we could play all 3 up top but none of them will give you defensive cover .

Obviously I know you need a decent squad and we have rotation but I am referring to our first choice XI.

And if he signed where would Siggurdson play ? Attacking midfield ? Thought that was Klassen .

Interesting times ahead - guess it's why RK get the big bucks.
 

Bad injury. Crap at Liverpool. Not amazing at Palace.

I wanted him when he was at Villa before the injury.

A goal every 168 minutes at liverpool, lukaku only bettered that last season

Add to that a goal every 188 games in a palace team that started the season with alan pardew in charge, its not the worst record i have seen
 
It seems quite clear that RK will want to play with a big target man.

Benteke , Giroud and Dzeko all fit the bill and are proven in England with decent scoring records and ability to hold up play. Despite some of the nonsense written on here none of them are "terrible" or "gash".

However none of them press , run the channels or have pace.

The same could be said of Jose but he is unproven in this country and from memory his scoring record isn't great.

Bakambu has genuine pace and does press but again unproven.

What I cant work out is where this leaves Sandro who despite his height plays CF or at least left side drifting into the centre. He does have pace , presses and a good scoring record albeit in his debut season in La Liga. I don't think he would have signed without the promise of game time.

Rooney will obviously play most games.

So we could play all 3 up top but none of them will give you defensive cover .

Obviously I know you need a decent squad and we have rotation but I am referring to our first choice XI.

And if he signed where would Siggurdson play ? Attacking midfield ? Thought that was Klassen .

Interesting times ahead - guess it's why RK get the big bucks.


It's all about competition and be able to put out a strong team in every competition especially Europe
 
I'm sure his stats and all are great, but I just can't get excited at the thought of Benteke...
Giroud yes, Dzeko I thought was great at City (not seen anything of him at Roma), but for some reason Benteke just seems a bit underwhelming.
 
It's all about competition and be able to put out a strong team in every competition especially Europe
Totally get that mate but would any of them be happy knowing they weren't in the first XI.

I guess football has changed so much now that the modern day player doesn't see it this way and accepts the concept of rotation although having said that the really top players like Messi , Ronaldo , Hazard , Sanchez tend to play every game.
 

Roma is my Italian team and Dzeko has been a monster for them last season, he basically seemed like scoring everytime he got the ball. His first season with them was not that great, but I guess the Italian style of play took some time to get used to.

He is a far more developed and better player than the one who left City.
 
We're gonna have to overspend on the player we want. We should have had them lined up and signed before we sold, but now we need to get to work. No point moaning about prices, no one is gonna be selling to us on the cheap.
 
Wonder if we should test Levy on Wimmer. Apparently wants to leave but doesn't want to leave the league. Another center back around Keane's age that's left foot dominant. On the few times I've seen him he looks more than decent. Don't think he would want to trade their bench for ours but I think he's probably better than Williams.
 

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