Quote from: Clampy on March 24, 2022, 09:38:40 AMAccording to the Daily Fail, we are monitoring Paul Pogba's situation at Man Utd. Hmm. He wants something like 500k a week on his next deal apparently. Imagine?
According to the Daily Fail, we are monitoring Paul Pogba's situation at Man Utd. Hmm.
Quote from: LeeB on March 25, 2022, 06:45:52 PMQuote from: john e on March 25, 2022, 04:18:43 PMJust as there is a dearth of top-class centre halves there’s also not many top strikers under the age of 30 that spring to mindI mean if you’ve got 50-60 mil to spend on a top quality centre forward who you going to bring in realisticallyI was thinking the same pal. I liked the look of Daka that Leicester signed, but he's hardly pulled up treesI've said this before but very few teams in top level european football play in a way that suits having a high scoring centre forward, there's probably 10-12 players that are roughly what you'd call a traditional number 9 that are excelling across the top european leagues.In England: Kane, Vardy and Toney as out and out strikers in double figures (and maybe Ronaldo but he's so versatile that I don't think he really counts).In Spain: Benzema and Joselu (and then a few who I'd say are between being a 9 and 10).In Italy: Immobile, Abraham, Dzeko and Vlahovic.In Germany: Lewandowski, Haaland, Schick and Modeste.In France: Jonathan David I guess but no one else really.All of those leagues though (except Germany where Lewandowski is godlike) have wingers scoring at a similar rate to the strikers and teams structured to get regular goals from 3-4 different players. This has been the trend for years and it's notable how many of those strikers are towards the end of their careers. The centre forward role is changing and now is about being a pivot player that creates space and draws defenders as much as getting "20 a season".This is why I'd have preferred someone more versatile than Ings (even though I really rate Ings as a player) and why I often talk about getting goals a unit rather than individuals, if our front 3 players between them get 30-35 a season then we'll be in a good place (assuming we get a reasonable amount from defence and midfield as well), if that means 3-4 players getting 8-9 and then a couple more chipping in a few then I'm fine with that. I'd say this season we're pretty close to making that but have been scuppered by some really dodgy defensive displays at key points.
Quote from: john e on March 25, 2022, 04:18:43 PMJust as there is a dearth of top-class centre halves there’s also not many top strikers under the age of 30 that spring to mindI mean if you’ve got 50-60 mil to spend on a top quality centre forward who you going to bring in realisticallyI was thinking the same pal. I liked the look of Daka that Leicester signed, but he's hardly pulled up trees
Just as there is a dearth of top-class centre halves there’s also not many top strikers under the age of 30 that spring to mindI mean if you’ve got 50-60 mil to spend on a top quality centre forward who you going to bring in realistically
Quote from: N'ZMAV on March 25, 2022, 07:01:05 PMQuote from: Clampy on March 24, 2022, 09:38:40 AMAccording to the Daily Fail, we are monitoring Paul Pogba's situation at Man Utd. Hmm. He wants something like 500k a week on his next deal apparently. Imagine? I can't imagine anyone being stupid enough to pay that a week.He might want 500k a week but he plays like someone that should be earning £50 a week.
Quote from: mrfuse on March 25, 2022, 08:01:26 PMQuote from: N'ZMAV on March 25, 2022, 07:01:05 PMQuote from: Clampy on March 24, 2022, 09:38:40 AMAccording to the Daily Fail, we are monitoring Paul Pogba's situation at Man Utd. Hmm. He wants something like 500k a week on his next deal apparently. Imagine? I can't imagine anyone being stupid enough to pay that a week.He might want 500k a week but he plays like someone that should be earning £50 a week.Paul Pogba is one of the most overrated players there is. If he can get someone to pay him that much or close to it, more fools them.