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[neptunes]

JD thru injury and Ade at the AFC DL must and has to buy 2 up front. Anything less DL will be held responsible for making us miss a top 4 and CL qualification. No more excuses re financing.​

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[Pete Spur]

fackn 'ell you'll be lucky to get one

I'd be happy with one tbh

 

[OmarsComing]

JD thru injury and Ade at the AFC DL must and has to buy 2 up front. Anything less DL will be held responsible for making us miss a top 4 and CL qualification. No more excuses re financing.​

 

[Mattspur]

JD thru injury and Ade at the AFC DL must and has to buy 2 up front. Anything less DL will be held responsible for making us miss a top 4 and CL qualification. No more excuses re financing.​

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What happens if we do get top 4 and CL qualification? Is DL still responsible?

 

[Pat Rice Spurs fan]

We only normally play 1 up front, and with Holtby coming in I can't see the sense in buying more than 1 striker.
It would mean that in a month's time we'd have 4 strikers, with only one of them playing at a time.

 

[Francis Gibbs]

I would count your blessings if we got one that cost more than £5m .... personally starting to think we will get a loan or freebie if anything

 

[talkshowhost86]

JD thru injury and Ade at the AFC DL must and has to buy 2 up front. Anything less DL will be held responsible for making us miss a top 4 and CL qualification. No more excuses re financing.

So that in 3-4 weeks time we end up with 4 strikers in our 4-5-1 system? Not to mention Dempsey?

Economics fail!

 

[Roynie]

Togo play their last group match tomorrow and have to beat Tunisia to go through. Ade could well be back by the weekend!

Edit: They play on Wednesday, not tomorrow, I lost track of what day it is today, so WTF do I know!

 

[Pete Spur]

Togo play their last group match tomorrow and have to beat Tunisia to go through. Ade could well be back by the weekend!

Edit: They play on Wednesday, not tomorrow, I lost track of what day it is today, so WTF do I know!

hopefully Tunisia kick their ass

 

[chinaman]

Having our medical staff attending to him, 4 weeks would likely be 6-8 weeks.

 

[mpickard2087]

So that in 3-4 weeks time we end up with 4 strikers in our 4-5-1 system? Not to mention Dempsey?

Economics fail!

This.

Some people really need to engage their brain at times.

 

[Wellspurs]

Togo play their last group match tomorrow and have to beat Tunisia to go through. Ade could well be back by the weekend!

Edit: They play on Wednesday, not tomorrow, I lost track of what day it is today, so WTF do I know!

Yeah but Togo beat Algeria and they have been on fire lately.

 

[Dempsey2]

Actually Togo only need a draw on Wed to go through. Better GD and GF.

 

[neptunes]

What happens if we do get top 4 and CL qualification? Is DL still responsible?

come back with your quote at the end of the season if the situation remains status quo

 

[neptunes]

We only normally play 1 up front, and with Holtby coming in I can't see the sense in buying more than 1 striker.
It would mean that in a month's time we'd have 4 strikers, with only one of them playing at a time.

we need to cover in case of injuries as is the case

 

[neptunes]

This.

Some people really need to engage their brain at times.

Lead by example mate. Why from where are you talking then?

 

[mpickard2087]

I think its pretty clear that long term the plan is 4-5-1/4-3-3 with one central striker. Why then do you need four of them?

 

[Roynie]

Actually Togo only need a draw on Wed to go through. Better GD and GF.

Trust me to believe the BBC table for the ACN, when I didn't look at it properly! They show Togo as 3rd in the table, but you're right, they have a better GD and more GF.

 

[OmarsComing]

I think its pretty clear that long term the plan is 4-5-1/4-3-3 with one central striker. Why then do you need four of them?

The other big clubs have 4

 

[mpickard2087]

The other big clubs have 4

The others have players who are seemingly more versatile though and can play in different forward positions. When we talk about striker I think of someone who just plays through the centre.

City - Aguero or Tevez can play in wider positions. Only really Dzeko and Balotelli who are purely central players.
Utd - Rooney plays everywhere, Welbeck can play wide. Again, only two, then RVP and Hernandez who are just central players.
Gooners - Walcott, Gervinho and even Podolski can play wide or centrally. Only Giroud now as a purely central striker.