paulw66

He'd walk into our team and not into theirs.

Why? Fairly certain I read the same about Hazard in 2012

Whilst not denying his poor form, I don't really trust that sort of data. Most of the high performers in that list are GKs for teams in the bottom six, purely because they face more shots.

Of course he has flaws, but compared to Costa and Drogba, he is massively ahead of the curve. If he continues to improve as he has done, which has been evident even in the last 6 months, we will have a phenomenal player on our hands.

Jiminez is no long term answer either though. Not been known to many over here for very long, but turns 29 in the summer. Traore........never wanted him when he was at Boro. Looked like a speed merchant with no end product. He has improved, but not sure by how much. edit - 5 goals in 50 games......hmmmm

Higuain was brought in to lead the line and be the main man.......like you say, re Cavani, we need back up to Tammy. They are more desperate than us. I can see them chucking a lot of money towards whoever might be available.

Might play tomorrow apparently, so not serious. Alonso is back too.

Where were Costs and Drogba aged 22? If Tammy is a problem, I am not sure where it leaves the rest of the team.

Quite

Not sure CHO is justifying his selection. Shooting is poor, never skins his full back......... mind you, I don't see Arsenal parking the bus, so maybe more room to run into.

What I simply don't understand with SFL, is when we have been struggling to break teams down, he just swaps Tammy for Batsuyai.......like that is going to change anything. At least Giroud offers a different threat, but swapping those two has zero impact on the game. Why not go 2 up top for the last 15? Not like Newaslte were moving out of their half.

It can't make that much difference, surely? I don't know if his confidence is shot.......maybe a spell out of the limelight. That said, it's not his fault that we have fired blanks against some of the worst teams in the division

So what was so different last year?

How many premier league goals have our defenders scored? Tomori one.(not from a corner).... Azpi one. Alonso one

We never score from range either