Quote from: passitsideways on February 24, 2017, 11:56:29 PMI don't know why people keep on saying "he could've done a job at this level", because he really couldn't, at least from his appearances for us this season, even though his record at Blackburn was good. It was the exact same shit as it was last season: if he played from the start, he would basically offer no presence up front; he was only a threat when he came on as a sub and could go full-pelt for 20 to 30 minutes, and if we were going to turn down 6.5 million or whatever it was because losing a super sub was going to immeasurably fuck us, well, I think we have much larger problems (well, we do.)I agree with most of that, but still maintain that he was probably closest to the type of striker we need. We need a striker who can lead the line on his own, hold the ball up and bring others into play. So far, we have spent the best part of £40m on strikers and still haven't got one who can perform that role.
I don't know why people keep on saying "he could've done a job at this level", because he really couldn't, at least from his appearances for us this season, even though his record at Blackburn was good. It was the exact same shit as it was last season: if he played from the start, he would basically offer no presence up front; he was only a threat when he came on as a sub and could go full-pelt for 20 to 30 minutes, and if we were going to turn down 6.5 million or whatever it was because losing a super sub was going to immeasurably fuck us, well, I think we have much larger problems (well, we do.)
Surely a lot of this possession is also frame of mind. We sat very deep and dug in for the last 20-25 minutes. That's a lot of possession to give away. We need to take control early and take our chances and build confidence. We need to get away from this panic near the end of each half.Wrong thread!!
I have always liked and rated Rudy. Put it this way, we got rid of three strikers in January and bought in one who hasn't scored yet. Just didn't make sense to me.