Player Watch Player Watch: Timo Werner

mark87 said:

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Scot-Spur said:

Just have to ask yourself, would you rather Werner or Gil from the bench when needing a goal?

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Archibald&Crooks said:

Only another 46 tweets from different piggybackers saying the same sort of thing left to go. Keep it up lads

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k1cks77 said:

pros:
-6mth loan. We have been stung with big money buys recently and have found it hard to shift dross. So try before you buy is a great shout.
- he knows london and the league well.
- his career stats average almost 300 odd goals or assists in 450 odd games. That is better than all of our players bar son. Hell even at chelsea he was a 1/3 striker.
- has pace and is able to press which is great for anges system, and lets not forget klopp was desperate for him before he joined the chavs
- he can play all across the front three which fits the profile of what we want.

cons:
- lets be honest he missed some sitters for chelsea and looked generally a bit like a donkey in their set up. So did he find the league hard or was it chelseas play that hindered him? Hard to tell.
- he hasnt lit up leipzig since returning to germany.


I think given the positives he is worth the gamble that is very little. Would i actively pick him to come here… no, but i get why we are doing it. My only gripe is i hope he doesn't mean that we will miss out on a player who is better suited for us, (eg gimenez, nusa, bakayoko) but i can only presume they aren't available to come now so this is the best we can get until the summer.

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Archibald&Crooks said:

Only another 46 tweets from different piggybackers saying the same sort of thing left to go. Keep it up lads

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k1cks77 said:

Divisive signing but one i think makes sense when you break down the pros and cons:

pros:
-6mth loan. We have been stung with big money buys recently and have found it hard to shift dross. So try before you buy is a great shout.
- he knows london and the league well.
- his career stats average almost 300 odd goals or assists in 450 odd games. That is better than all of our players bar son. Hell even at chelsea he was a 1/3 striker.
- has pace and is able to press which is great for anges system, and lets not forget klopp was desperate for him before he joined the chavs
- he can play all across the front three which fits the profile of what we want.

cons:
- lets be honest he missed some sitters for chelsea and looked generally a bit like a donkey in their set up. So did he find the league hard or was it chelseas play that hindered him? Hard to tell.
- he hasnt lit up leipzig since returning to germany.


I think given the positives he is worth the gamble that is very little. Would i actively pick him to come here… no, but i get why we are doing it. My only gripe is i hope he doesn't mean that we will miss out on a player who is better suited for us, (eg gimenez, nusa, bakayoko) but i can only presume they aren't available to come now so this is the best we can get until the summer.

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Joshua shepherd said:

I don’t know how you get to a 1 in 3 striker for chelsea when he scored 10 in 56 in the league and 23 in 89 in all competitions.

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Archibald&Crooks said:

Only another 46 tweets from different piggybackers saying the same sort of thing left to go. Keep it up lads

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arunspurs said:

Chelsea play certainly didnt help him. He didnt have support around him. Lampard played slow possession football while Tuchel was more tactical.

Marco Rose plays direct vertical football in a diamond 4-4-2 in Leipzig

IMO, last time Werner played high press football was under Nagelsmann in 2019/20 - when he scored plenty (28 goals), created so much for his team

So, in that sense, move to work under Ange is perfect

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Ghost Hardware said:

Different players that play in different positions so not really a fair question. You should ask would you rather have Veliz, Dane or Werner on the bench.

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carmeldevil said:

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Joshua shepherd said:

I don’t know how you get to a 1 in 3 striker for chelsea when he scored 10 in 56 in the league and 23 in 89 in all competitions.

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mark87 said:

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Ghost Hardware said:

Different players that play in different positions so not really a fair question. You should ask would you rather have Veliz, Dane or Werner on the bench.

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mark87 said:

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