Swap Njie/Werner for Yarmolenko and I think it's a winner. We need more goal threat in the leftMy preference would definitely be Berahino and one of Njie/Werner - preferably the latter.
One of Bender/Kramer,
Amazing window.
Swap Njie/Werner for Yarmolenko and I think it's a winner. We need more goal threat in the leftMy preference would definitely be Berahino and one of Njie/Werner - preferably the latter.
One of Bender/Kramer,
Amazing window.
Swap Njie/Werner for Yarmolenko and I think it's a winner. We need more goal threat in the left
Is it that you've just seen less of the other two than Berahino though? He's scored more goals in a tougher league, and has a fine record for the U21s. Yes, he may be too expensive, but as I said before, there is no guarantee that the other two will adapt to the PL. Werner was struggling last year in the Bundesliga, and Njie isn't nailed on for a starting place at Lyon. They are prospects, nothing more.
Scouts cannot predict adaptation to any degree of certainty though, that is why PL proven players are more expensive. I just think - if as looks likely we're selling Ade and Soldado - we need someone to back Kane up who has scored goals here before.Sometimes we just have to trust our scouts especially as we now have Mitchell who has a great track record. Of course i've seen more of Berahino but my opinion on him isn't important as i'm not a professional scout. What I do know is that Berahino carries the 'English premium' in his price tag and we don't have to pay it because we have plenty of homegrown players in our squad.
Scouts cannot predict adaptation to any degree of certainty though, that is why PL proven players are more expensive. I just think - if as looks likely we're selling Ade and Soldado - we need someone to back Kane up who has scored goals here before.
Berahino has had 1 season where he scored 14 goals in the premiership 3 of which were penalties. It's basically the same record as Chadli had last year. It's still a risk. If we wanted a sure thing proven in the premiership then we could have got Austin or Lambert (i'm not saying we should though). They are all punts it's just that Berahino is the most expensive punt.
Any word if McCarthy is still a viable option? Would much rather him as our midfield signing as he's so experienced and knows the league. This is the critical position for us, along with one or two that can potentially share the goalscoring burden with Kane (Berahino and Werner/N'jie etc.).
Again we're leaving it late though, getting that Groundhog window feeling again, which is immensely frustrating...especially given we've missed out on the manager's No.1 target (again) in Schneiderlin.
Think you summed it up perfectly we can get two for the price of one but the one is Prem proven.
ali z: talking to 4 forwards/wf and 2 dm looking to sign 2 and 1 my bet at this moment would be njie, Kramer and Werner.we identify 2/3 players for each position then see which deals can be done it is a sensible approach not having all eggs in 1 basket.
on ade holdup: Nothing to do with us.
Is he 'proven' though? I'm not sure Kane is proven just yet but here's hoping
I actually think McCarthy is probably even more unlikely than one of the Germans.
personally among all the targets, i like N'jie the most. he's probably the most natural LWF among all our targets. blazing pace, left foot, right foot, inside foot outside foot, finishing, dribbling, this guy has it all. if you guys watch lyon enough you guys will understand why lacazette gets those space to score goals. Of course lacazette is a good scorer, but its also because N'jie drags all the defenders away. if you guys like lacazette then you guys will like N'jie as well because they are practically in the same mold, almost perfectly interchangeable.
we must make N'jie the top target for LWF( I'll start him over chadli), then either one of werner/berahino as CF/LWF rotation option. CM wise its kramer no brainer. this is the wrong bender we are going for. only contest for kramer is krychowiak, if not i rather have JM over crocked bender
I think we've sourced farther and wider this window than ever before and have a very good set of options to fill the 2/3 places we want filled.
Don't understand the misery.
People don't want to accept our position in the food chain and that we are still building, slowly, and it will take 2/3 years to do so.
Suck it up.