We need a striker to hold the ball up and give something for the wingers to aim crosses at. Rooney plays as deep as the centre circle these days, Hernandez has one of the worst first touches i've ever seen and Welbeck tries hard, but sometimes too hard and it shows in his panic-led decision making. We need someone proven who can come in and score goals (obviously) but take the goalscoring pressure off Wayne.
Case in point, if Rooney was injured for say, 2 or 3 months next season would you really be confident in what we have to cover him?
We need 4 strikers. Rooney, Chicharito, Welbeck and *new striker* please.
Whether we need a midfielder or not, that's a whole new argument.
And p.s, for anyone that says we don't want a tall, old fashioned centre forward because it'll slow down our play, look at Llorente for Bilbao. Nothing slow about their play.
We need a striker
posted on 13/4/12
Valencia is a good PL player. Don't hype him up as a world class winger.
What happened when Huntelaar was at Real and AC?
What happened to him last season at Schalke?
posted on 13/4/12
Don't hype him up as a world class winger.
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why not.
he has been the (one of the) best winger in the PL this season. Does that not make him World Class on current standards?
posted on 13/4/12
SLM If you don't mind me asking btw, how old are you?
A guy sits near me in the north stand who i think is from south London or around that area... what a coincidence that would be
posted on 13/4/12
Real and AC play a totally different way to United. We've always been a team who provides from the wing and when you look at players like RVN, Yorke and Cole, this is evident. Balls being supplied in with quality and accuracy from Beckham and Giggs.
Huntelaar is very much this type of player and his style of play suits us. Dempsey for me sits a bit deeper, more in the Rooney role so he wouldn't be a good fit in my eyes.
Benzema and maybe Higuain are other good options but I doubt they will be released to join United.
If we can't get any of them, there's always Andy Carroll!
posted on 13/4/12
A guy sits near me in the north stand who i think is from south London or around that area... what a coincidence that would be
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you think SLM might actually go to matches...?
posted on 13/4/12
you think SLM might actually go to matches...?
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Not without his carer!
posted on 13/4/12
We need a striker to hold the ball up and give something for the wingers to aim crosses at.
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i.e Berbatov
posted on 13/4/12
I'm sure Berbatov was bought with that kind of role in mind but he's not really showed he can do that. I think he's too slow and possibly too clever sometimes to play in that role. Our crossing isn't always the best but we get forward and put a cross in quickly so you need someone who can keep up with that sort of pace and Berbatov doesn't have that.
I wish he did succeed at United though. He IS a fantastic player and seems to have also grown up a bit and is a lot less stroppy!
posted on 7/12/13
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posted on 7/12/13
Valencia, world class. Hahaha