Andreas Weimann

[PaulWinch again]

He's also an arrogant clown.

[Surrey Villain]

Funny, many of us would have welcomed Holt with open arms a year ago.

[PeterWithesShin]

Funny, many of us would have welcomed Holt with open arms a year ago.

Not according to this site when he was talked about as a possible signing.

[Ads]

Holt is another in a long line of talentless lumps who have managed to elbow and shove their tubby backsides into the top flight.

File under Kevin Davies and keep out of B6.

[PaulWinch again]

Funny, many of us would have welcomed Holt with open arms a year ago.

Not according to this site when he was talked about as a possible signing.

I was going to say I don't remember anyone saying we should sign him.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd go as far as saying he's exactly the type of signing a lot of us wanted us to stop making. Old, over priced, biggish wages and not that good.

[PaulWinch again]

I'd go as far as saying he's exactly the type of signing a lot of us wanted us to stop making. Old, over priced, biggish wages and not that good.

Exactly.

[Ad@m]

Guys, you're being fantastic at rubbishing suggestions but you're pretty thin on the ground with suggestions of your own.

Move Wiemann in to a more central role in the style we play and he'll score less than he does out wide.  He's not a target man, he plays off a target man.  At the moment that target man is Benteke - if we lost Benteke tomorrow who would take his place?

[PeterWithesShin]

There is zero chance that if Weimann started at least 30 league games as main striker that he'd only score 6 goals or less.

[PaulWinch again]

Guys, you're being fantastic at rubbishing suggestions but you're pretty thin on the ground with suggestions of your own.

Move Wiemann in to a more central role in the style we play and he'll score less than he does out wide.  He's not a target man, he plays off a target man.  At the moment that target man is Benteke - if we lost Benteke tomorrow who would take his place?

Yes but I imagine we pay scouts to find options, like Benteke. Holt is never ever a good idea.

[Ad@m]

There is zero chance that if Weimann started at least 30 league games as main striker that he'd only score 6 goals or less.

Totally disagree - Danny Welbeck is a perfect example of a player who scores more when he's not the focal point of the attack and Andi would be exactly the same.

[PaulWinch again]

There is zero chance that if Weimann started at least 30 league games as main striker that he'd only score 6 goals or less.

Totally disagree - Danny Welbeck is a perfect example of a player who scores more when he's not the focal point of the attack and Andi would be exactly the same.

Nope Welbeck played out wide this season all the time and he scored 2 goals.

[olaftab]

Clearly we will be delighted when big clubs like Norwich come for Weimann offering £5m+Holt!

[Dante Lavelli]

If Weimann played centrally he would change our style of play completely.  His energy would result in us pressing higher up the pitch meaning that the midfielders come more into the scoring equation.  Bayern have played like this this season and arguably their biggest scoring threats are Muller and Robben which is largely the result of Mario Mandžukić's pressing and creating space.  Mario only scored something like 15 goals this season.

Regardless, I'd prefer to keep Benteke but if he were to leave we do not necessarily need to sign a like for like replacement we could look to change our system.

[paul_e]

There is zero chance that if Weimann started at least 30 league games as main striker that he'd only score 6 goals or less.

Totally disagree - Danny Welbeck is a perfect example of a player who scores more when he's not the focal point of the attack and Andi would be exactly the same.

Using a striker who got 2 last season isn't helping your argument.

Besides there's a few options between Holt and Weimann we can look at.  Holt is average, and more importantly is a complete knob, he's up high on the list of 'worst possible player to go for'.