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Player Valuation: £60m
His farewell game.This season or next???
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His farewell game.This season or next???
Target man only if he stands still in the box, keeping up with Gray?He will never do that and it’s pointless to suggest it, not his game. He will be an effective target man, he will score a few, he has scored a few free kicks.
Neither of which he did much at all in.A few points.
He is clearly not match fit and these games are effectively preseason for him.
DCL was out injured, our main striker.
Richarlison was out injured, our other main threat.
We still beat Norwich and drew away at OT.
He is clearly overweight and unfit lack of match sharpness is one thing but this is a professional footballer who is over weight and can neither run nor jump. He was signed as cover and was unable to provide us with acceptable cover when required.
This is a 32 year old who has not played top class football for 2 years. As impressed as I am with Benitez signing Townsend and Gray this signing is a horror story. Even if he gets his fitness back and is a competent squad filler he should never have been signed in his physical condition. To have been given 2 years at his age and fitness level is laughable.
Bottom line is, he was signed to cover DCL and Richarlison and when he was required he wasn't able to do it adequately.
I said he will beHe has not been an effective target man for us. Perhaps you were hoodwinked into thinking so due to the counter attacking style we had to employ yesterday which limited opportunities but no one else was.
Jumping and pressing = physical conditionI’m not having a go of his effort just his ability.
He can’t jump
He can’t press
Hold up play is none existent
Goal threat none existent
No pace
Doesnt make good runs in and around the box
I haven’t seen any of the above in 4 consecutive games! That’s nothing to do with fitness
Many fans said he should have hit first time, I think he flick and volley showed decent flair.Gotta say he's one of those strikers who has you on the edge of your seat - that chance where he let the ball bounce up before lashing it at goal was awesome - good defending by Utd otherwise that would have rifled in the back of the net.
Agents smell our desperation.Its weird....doesnt sound like many other sides were in for him so surely we could have got him on a 1 year deal with a 1 year option.