Hengy1
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Tevez & Mascherano
Sebastian Driussi
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King of Otters
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True. Although neither hit the ground running. Tevez took an age to start scoring and Masch suffered the indignity of playing back up to Hayden Fucking Mullins.
Jospur
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Incredible player! Quick feet, eye for goal, gets his shot away quickly, lets the ball do the work when he has to. What an addition he'd be to our team.
Year before it was Martial; last year it was Bstshuayi. Both players I hoped we'd get - and both were snapped up from under our noses. I'm hoping that this year it's third-time lucky.
Just the player we need - an explosive player that can beat players and score goals.
Year before it was Martial; last year it was Bstshuayi. Both players I hoped we'd get - and both were snapped up from under our noses. I'm hoping that this year it's third-time lucky.
Just the player we need - an explosive player that can beat players and score goals.
EJWTartanSpur
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He looks like a really nice talent - capable of finishing, good technically with the ball at his feet, quite wiry and strong, my only concern is I think he would be a bit bereft of pace in our league. If he had great acceleration it'd be like woah look out this guy will be amazing, but it does not stand out in what is a much weaker and slower league. Lamela looked fast in the Argentinian league, looked fine in the Italian league and it wasn't until he was in the PL it became apparent that he didn't quite have the pace to scare defenders on that front. Different positions to a degree but the overall point still stands.
Still, like Lamela, he has really good technique, so I'm not ruling out his possibility of success and I'm not saying he isn't a fine talent. Just that if he had some real pace in the mix we'd surely be on to a real winner. And most likely not with a remote possibility of getting him
Still, like Lamela, he has really good technique, so I'm not ruling out his possibility of success and I'm not saying he isn't a fine talent. Just that if he had some real pace in the mix we'd surely be on to a real winner. And most likely not with a remote possibility of getting him
guy
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Agree, doesn't look like he has that quick acceleration off the mark like aguero for example
Ossie85
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Lamela didn't look fast in Argentina, I don't know where you got that idea. The league in Argentina may have a lower level but players are not weaker and the pace of the game is not slow. It's def faster paced than the italian league.
Lanzini was not particularly a pacy player in Argentina. He was agile, and had good acceleration. He's the same now in the PL
A pacy player in Argentina was Alexis Sanchez, who's also a pacy player in the PL.
I think you are exaggerating a difference that imo is minimal
That said, Driussi is not a pacy player, but he has great standing acceleration
EJWTartanSpur
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Yea fair enough. I thought Lamela looked quick in the old Argentina full touch highlights I used to watch, but point taken.
yido_number1
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Is it just me or is he incredibly slow? In the video he makes Janssen look like Usain Bolt
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Makes it easy to identify the FIFA managers
guy
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Kane is not slow. He used to be but he definitely has improved in that sense
Because it's something we severely lack.
We're in serious need of some quick, tricky attacking players who can break the line and stubborn defences.
It's what N'koudou and Sissoko were bought for but so far have miserably failed to achieve.
tiger666
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I understand that. That doesn't change the fact some people write off strikers saying they won't make it because they're too slow.
Everlasting Seconds
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We don't need quick players in absolute terms. Football isn't a sprint contest, for crying in the night. What we need are players who can move the ball, and move with the ball quickly.
Sweech
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Break the line on tough stubborn defenses?
Like Sadio Mane? Who plays for Liverpool? Who struggles massively against stubborn defenses?
Pace is good against top teams who push a lot at you so you can counter attack on them. It's not good against teams sitting deep and looking to break on you.
Ossie85
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If you read my post correctly, you will see that I mentioned players with combined trickery and pace. Pace for breaking the line and trickery against stubborn defences!
