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Snarfalicious

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Well, our boy played fantastic today:


Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang started and finished the scoring for Les Verts, with Romain Hamouma and Josuha Guilavogui also on target as St Etienne got their first points on the board in style after starting the season with two defeats.

Just 12 minutes in, Aubameyang connected with a perfect cross from Hamouma and struck his low volley past Brest goalkeeper Alexis Thebaux.

The Gabon forward almost doubled his side's lead just before the half-hour mark but lashed his shot against the post following a swift counter-attack led by Hamouma.

And barely a minute later Aubameyang applied the icing to the cake by firing home after being put through by Clement.
Aubameyang should have claimed his hat-trick 21 minutes from time when another sublime pass from Clement sent him through on Thebaux once more, but this time the keeper won the duel.

Goal! St Etienne 1, Brest 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St Etienne) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Romain Hamouma.
Goal! St Etienne 4, Brest 0. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St Etienne) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabien Lemoine with a through ball.
Stats: 4 Shots - 4 Shots on Goal, 2 Goals, 1 Foul Drawn
 

PrettyColors

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The one that "the keeper won" ended up bouncing off the post right to an ASSE player, so that's almost an assist. The kid is fucking dangerous whenever he gets the ball. He makes excellent runs off the ball as well.

JJ says Plan A's failed. Here's Plan B. Cheaper, but IMO very smart and could be even better.

Aubameyang, Isco, Dembele. None would cost more than 15 million IMO. let's say 45 million pounds.

Damiao, Willian, Moutinho. All over 20 million. 65 million pounds.

I know which one I want...
 

Snarfalicious

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People have been pining for youth talent with huge upside. Um... feast your eyes on Aubameyang. He's fast, tall, versatile, and he's showing that he knows how to put the round thing in the net. He's 23, scored 16 goals last year in Ligue 1. God, this move makes so much sense for us.
 

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People have been pining for youth talent with huge upside. Um... feast your eyes on Aubameyang. He's fast, tall, versatile, and he's showing that he knows how to put the round thing in the net. He's 23, scored 16 goals last year in Ligue 1. God, this move makes so much sense for us.

Never going to happen then. We have much more expensive and unrealistic targets to miss out on.
 

Snarfalicious

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Never going to happen then. We have much more expensive and unrealistic targets to miss out on.

You make me feel sad.

The reality is this squad desperately needs Ade fit and playing a whole match and a creative midfielder that can play next to Sandro. We already have one done and dusted, the other can still be accomplished.

I think the next bit of business needs to be building up the squad for the future. Aubameyang, Isco, or Willian would be great. They obviously won't all be coming here as that would be a ton of money spent on guys who may not help in the next month or so. I don't know how quickly those guys can break into the squad, but at the very least we can give them time in matches against weaker squads, give them some minutes late, and also play them in some of our cup matches.

It should be a two-prong approach: what does the squad need to be successful now (CF - Ade, and a creative midfielder) and also what is the best way we can spend our money so that it can be an investment that grows (*cough* Auba/Isco *cough*).
 

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You make me feel sad.

The reality is this squad desperately needs Ade fit and playing a whole match and a creative midfielder that can play next to Sandro. We already have one done and dusted, the other can still be accomplished.

I think the next bit of business needs to be building up the squad for the future. Aubameyang, Isco, or Willian would be great. They obviously won't all be coming here as that would be a ton of money spent on guys who may not help in the next month or so. I don't know how quickly those guys can break into the squad, but at the very least we can give them time in matches against weaker squads, give them some minutes late, and also play them in some of our cup matches.

It should be a two-prong approach: what does the squad need to be successful now (CF - Ade, and a creative midfielder) and also what is the best way we can spend our money so that it can be an investment that grows (*cough* Auba/Isco *cough*).


Snarf - can you please talking so much sense, it's really depressing given the way our club operates.
 

Snarfalicious

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Snarf - can you please talking so much sense, it's really depressing given the way our club operates.

Hey, if I had my way, I'd be all over Alan Dzagoev, Aubameyang, and Isco in hopes of landing 2 of that bunch. All quality young players that have tons of upside and wouldn't be overly expensive.
 

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I began the window with a Mountinho or bust attitude towards the creative mid position. But with with how things have sorted out I would thrilled to grab Aubameyang and Isco. 2 guys who could bought for a similar total price as Mountinho and with much bigger sell on upside. VDV is getting up in age and his injuries and Isco could bring that kind of class while Aubameyang is young, fast, strong and versatile.
 

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Way too much sense being spoken in this thread!! 'Like' to all the posts on this page

And another positive this guy brings, we would finally have a player that can do a decent somersault!!! ;) (no offence keano)
 

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Yep like the look of him a lot. Can play in the wide positions and be backup to Ade. Would be delighted.
 

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Yep like the look of him a lot. Can play in the wide positions and be backup to Ade. Would be delighted.

A younger, cheaper, Loic Remy. Ticks all the boxes for me.
May be enough cash left over for Niang too, then we'd have the next generation tied up too.
Time to get realistic, and start shopping a tier below the bug guns.
Plenty of gems to be found, other clubs manage it. Quality players young enough to go from promising to high class, all for a reasonable fee.
Throw in a few 17-20yr old prospects to mould at our new training facility.
 

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We missed a trick here....

I know this isn't the popular train of thought. But, I think PEA was a better fit for Tottenham right now than Damiao was.

My reasoning being we didn't need to spend 20m+ on a backup striker. We needed a guy who could provide cover as the lone striker in a 3-man front. At 8-10m, PEA offered a great investment that could increase in value. Add on to that that PEA has positional versatility as he can play on both wings and Damiao is strictly a striker. It's a bummer, but perhaps it will be visited in January.
 

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I know this isn't the popular train of thought. But, I think PAE was a better fit for Tottenham right now than Damiao was.

My reasoning being we didn't need to spend 20m+ on a backup striker. We needed a guy who could provide cover as the lone striker in a 3-man front. At 8-10m, PAE offered a great investment that could increase in value. Add on to that that PAE has positional versatility as he can play on both wings and Damiao is strictly a striker. It's a bummer, but perhaps it will be visited in January.

My only concern being his stock will have risen a lot in January, possibly as high as 15-20 million if he carries on with the form he is currently in. I honestly feel we've missed the big one by not bidding in August on this player :(
 

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Way too much sense being spoken in this thread!! 'Like' to all the posts on this page

And another positive this guy brings, we would finally have a player that can do a decent somersault!!! ;) (no offence keano)

Keano's somersault was the bollocks, go wash your mouth out young man! ;)
 

Snarfalicious

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My only concern being his stock will have risen a lot in January, possibly as high as 15-20 million if he carries on with the form he is currently in. I honestly feel we've missed the big one by not bidding in August on this player :(

Yep. He was estimated anywhere between 8m and 10m this transfer window. A team like St. Etienne probably would have taken 9m for him.
 

not_tenth-again

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I know this isn't the popular train of thought. But, I think PAE was a better fit for Tottenham right now than Damiao was.

My reasoning being we didn't need to spend 20m+ on a backup striker. We needed a guy who could provide cover as the lone striker in a 3-man front. At 8-10m, PAE offered a great investment that could increase in value. Add on to that that PAE has positional versatility as he can play on both wings and Damiao is strictly a striker. It's a bummer, but perhaps it will be visited in January.

January will cost 5 million more.. at least.

Dempsey isn't a bad option but this guy fits the bill longer term. We really need a damiao type though, and must have one by ANC time
 
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