Increasing debate on Rom.

[polish]

This moaning will end when Barkley get back to the squad and Rom will play up top.

 

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[BBleck]

Let the lad play for the love. Strikers are expensive and Everton doesn't produce its own. Was there a striker people wanted instead of Rom? If we stole Rom for 20m instead of 28m, many here (including myself) would have thrown the extra 8m at a RB. And now I'm pretty happy with Browning as a backup.

And honestly, 28m is a sunk cost so it's pointless to get one's panties in a wad about whether Rom is worth it. He's a blue (thank god) and the question we have before us is whether the side is better with him in the line up. It is. Even when Rom is being played out of position.

 

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Ups his workrate then he'll be a great player

For me his workrate can be improved but my concern is his positioning and killer instinct.

When the ball flashed across the area he is always behind a defender or outside the box all together. Some say instinct is just that - you cant teach it. Others say it comes with experience. I guess time will tell if Rom has the instinct or not. Having Javier Hernandez in reserve would of been ideal if it was ever possible.

 

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[Tubey]

For me his workrate can be improved but my concern is his positioning and killer instinct.

When the ball flashed across the area he is always behind a defender or outside the box all together. Some say instinct is just that - you cant teach it. Others say it comes with experience. I guess time will tell if Rom has the instinct or not. Having Javier Hernandez in reserve would of been ideal if it was ever possible.

It's nothing to do with his instinct, it's how he's been instructed to play in a hold up role. In fact, that's the entire problem - we've all seen he's got the instinct as a forward to make the killer runs and slot; the issue is that he's not being used in that way at all; instead, he's a terrible Heskey at the mo.

 

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[hktoffee]

Rom is a great player, the best striker we have signed since the inception of PL. Maybe we can pay a few millions less if not the German Wolf but who cares.

 

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[Deleted member 24970]

Play him upfront, get him decent service. He's worth 28m.

Play him on the wing or upfront with zero service, he's going to look like he's worth 2.8m.

There's not much Rom himself can do, some people want him doing a Michael Branch/James Vaughan, run all over the pitch chasing everything down, he's not a headless chicken. He's a very clever footballer. If we could supply him when he makes NUMEROUS runs and doesn't receive it, he'd be banging them in.

Plus, i also believe he's still not fit, be that from preseason, or his injury

Yeah i noticed that in some games Rom isnt moving 100% - not a obvious limp, just a reduced range in movement like a lower leg/toe injury.

 

[Allezfan]

That defending, though. LOL.

 

[Eggs]

....sitting with the reds on Saturday they were clearly uneasy each time he got the ball, especially in he 1st half. I think he was the key acquisition for RM, the type of CF that fits his team model. We've been crying out for a strong and mobile goalscoring CF for a while and now we have one. You see similar types on TV highlights and watch them smash home goals but when you see them for 90mins week in week out you see their weaknesses, warts and all.

My view is that we swapped him for Fellaini (both £28m) and that's good business as far as I'm concerned.