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Kevin Doyle - strong, no slouch, good 1st touch, good in the air. Good cheap and realistic targetman option.
Hulk - pie in the sky, dream option. Would terrorize the premiership.
Lakuku - looks to be one for the future but may cut it now. Wouldn't mind him.
Klose - lethal in the box. Would be fairly cheap and a realistic short term fix whilst we establish ourselves in the champions league.
A centre back and back up keeper too
Hulk - pie in the sky, dream option. Would terrorize the premiership.
Lakuku - looks to be one for the future but may cut it now. Wouldn't mind him.
Klose - lethal in the box. Would be fairly cheap and a realistic short term fix whilst we establish ourselves in the champions league.
A centre back and back up keeper too
Blockbuster
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joey55
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I think Harry see's this and next season as ther best chance we'll probably ever have to win the Prem, as Utd and Chelsea are ageing, Liverpool are in trouble, Arsenal may lose Fabregas and Man City are still developing. It seems the biggest team are all in tansitional periods and it's unlikely we'll see that again for many years. We should go for players we have realistic chance of signing that can have major impact right now.
I'd look at Arteta. He's possibly availbale and looks to be heading back to Spian, but has been linked with Man City so could be available to another Prem club. Arda looks exciting, but Arteta is proven in the Prem and really could be a player that makes a difference. If we were after Cole, than surley we should be after Arteta. He's proven he can play in the middle of a 442 or on either flank. The impact he had last season after returning from a long injury was incredible.
I know he's not popular but I've always wanted us to sign Bellamy, as I think he's possibly the most under rated player in prem history. I know most think he's good, but personally i see him as being right up there with the best forwards. He's never going to be prolific goal scorer, but he brings so much more. He reminds me of a good version of Olic.
I'd also probably go for Huntelaar. I've never seen him as a Prem player, but if you look at the chances Pav, Crouch and Defoe missed in the run in last season, it's pretty hard to argue that basic finishing is a weakness we have. KJH can finish as well as anyone in the world. He doesn't have the attributes most succesful prem stikers have had, but last season the likes of Mordic and Bale in particular were laying chances on a plate for our strikers to miss. If Bellamy is working the channels and linking up with the midfield, then the fact KJH doesn't have such a good all round game will be less of a problem. A few years ago we relied in the quality of our strikers to create for themselves, but now we have so much creativity from midfield, i think we can get away with a poacher.
I'd look at Arteta. He's possibly availbale and looks to be heading back to Spian, but has been linked with Man City so could be available to another Prem club. Arda looks exciting, but Arteta is proven in the Prem and really could be a player that makes a difference. If we were after Cole, than surley we should be after Arteta. He's proven he can play in the middle of a 442 or on either flank. The impact he had last season after returning from a long injury was incredible.
I know he's not popular but I've always wanted us to sign Bellamy, as I think he's possibly the most under rated player in prem history. I know most think he's good, but personally i see him as being right up there with the best forwards. He's never going to be prolific goal scorer, but he brings so much more. He reminds me of a good version of Olic.
I'd also probably go for Huntelaar. I've never seen him as a Prem player, but if you look at the chances Pav, Crouch and Defoe missed in the run in last season, it's pretty hard to argue that basic finishing is a weakness we have. KJH can finish as well as anyone in the world. He doesn't have the attributes most succesful prem stikers have had, but last season the likes of Mordic and Bale in particular were laying chances on a plate for our strikers to miss. If Bellamy is working the channels and linking up with the midfield, then the fact KJH doesn't have such a good all round game will be less of a problem. A few years ago we relied in the quality of our strikers to create for themselves, but now we have so much creativity from midfield, i think we can get away with a poacher.
beats1
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according to graham roberts, we need three or four players and need a left back and striker the most so that bale can play left wing
I guess he hasn't heard harry saying he is a LB but until we get rid of players i don't see us buying one midfielder or right back
I guess he hasn't heard harry saying he is a LB but until we get rid of players i don't see us buying one midfielder or right back
brett.spurs
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Cahill just has an uncanny knack of scoring headers, he doesn't offer much else at all imo.
joey55
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Personally I don't rate Cahill that much. I think he's got a good goal scoring instinct, but isn't that great an all round player. Arteta to me is that kind of player that can win us matches through moments of brilliance, but still puts in the graft so isn't a luxury. He's the sort of player I think could take us up a level.
ShelfSide18
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One of the most important things for us to become genuine title challengers is to not disrupt what we had going last season, that real team spirit and togetherness which held us together through the worst injury crisis I've seen us have - how well could we do with fewer injuries this season?
If we don't sign anyone I'll still be content, although I think 1 maybe 2 sensible signings could really turn us into one hell of a team - Forlan is the player I'd most like to sign.
If we don't sign anyone I'll still be content, although I think 1 maybe 2 sensible signings could really turn us into one hell of a team - Forlan is the player I'd most like to sign.
NickHSpurs
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No-one would argue with most of these striking names being mentioned here, but a lot of them are going to be pricy and sought after from a lot of other top clubs, Man City of course and let's not forget Arsenal just sold Eduardo.
Someone in the vein of Adriano could have done a job but he's gone to Roma now. I don't know what his strike partner Vagner Love is like as I've never seen him play, but his goal record is decent 150 goals in 266 games.
Could someone like that be the answer?
Someone in the vein of Adriano could have done a job but he's gone to Roma now. I don't know what his strike partner Vagner Love is like as I've never seen him play, but his goal record is decent 150 goals in 266 games.
Could someone like that be the answer?
NickHSpurs
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Corluka Dawson King Bale
Lennon Ireland Hudd/Palacios Modric
Defoe NEW ST
Stephen Ireland is a realistic target that would add goals to our midfield, something we lacked last season.
Modric tucking in from the left would allow Bale the space up the flank.
I honestly don't know the answer on which striker we should buy, but he needs to be a big strong handful for defenders. In the mould of Drogba, Adriano etc. If come the end of the window we're struggling to bring players in from abroad we could do a lot worse than sign John Carew.
Corluka Dawson King Bale
Lennon Ireland Hudd/Palacios Modric
Defoe NEW ST
Stephen Ireland is a realistic target that would add goals to our midfield, something we lacked last season.
Modric tucking in from the left would allow Bale the space up the flank.
I honestly don't know the answer on which striker we should buy, but he needs to be a big strong handful for defenders. In the mould of Drogba, Adriano etc. If come the end of the window we're struggling to bring players in from abroad we could do a lot worse than sign John Carew.
OpenHeartZoo
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Where would you play Arteta Joey? In either our current 4-4-2 or a formation of your choice. Personally I don't really see both Arteta and Modric working in the same flat 4, maybe in a different formation though.
jurgen
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Agree with this, I appreciate that with Harry talking about a 4-5-1 the natural idea seems to be to get a line leader, but we're talking about a different team to when we had Berbatov. Last season most of the times we messed up were due to not taking one of the many chances we had, or not having that striker with the mental fortitude to put that one chance away. I know the Premiership is physical but there's more than one way to bully a defender.
As Crouch showed against City away, it does often serve as a good outlet, but we're not the same team now who had to drive everything through Berbatov and Keane. I don't know what Harry sees as the ideal forward, but many of the players we've been linked to offer different ways to "bully" defenders, whether thats through physicality and link up play, directness and pace, powerful shots from distance, craft and vision or simple box play. I think we've got the basis for shifting our team in any of these directions so I don't really subscribe to the view we HAVE to get a big guy up top...
joey55
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I think it comes back to the old argument that we wont have a set starting 11 or formation. But Arteta to me is a more versataille Joe Cole. Arteta has proven himself to be aggressive enough to play in the middle of a 442, or on either flank. If we can play with Bentley on the irght and Modders in the middle, then there is no reason we can't play with Arteta on the right instead of Bentley. Or Modders on the left and Arteta in the middle. Or either Mordic or Arteta could play behind the striker. And lets not forget Arteta was originally a DM. But most importantly both Lennon and Modders missed large chunks of last season, so the more quality we have in the squad the better.
