by ssss » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:08 am
Didnt see the match but if its anything like the one against everton, birmingham and villa..it must be damn frustrating. To dominate a match and not get full points is plain shitty. We've been missing too many chances and need to be more clinical and ruthless in front of goal.
Judgin' by the match reports and the goal conceded, we also seem to have a minor goalkeeping problem. I'd like to think that its more to do with lacking of confidence and luck rather than ability because kirkland and dudek are clearly god keepers. Am crossing my fingers hoping that they sort this thing out ASAP.
Anyway, looking at the bright side of things, january's approaching..and lets hope we get that striker fast to put away the chances that our midfield's been creating. Main problem is, all of Europe's top strikers are CL tied, thus finding a quality striker is not easy. Therefore what do you think an ideal striker for us at the moment should have?
My two cents (in order of importance):-
1. Proven in the premiership as we simpy do not have time for him to take 6 months to settle down!!
2. Strong in the air and physical, as Cisse and Baros arent exactly strong in that department. I notice that although we tend to put in good balls into the box, our players would lose out to EPL defenders who are strong in the air and often physical
3. Not CL tied would be a bonus, though not a necessity as I seriously think that we should concentrate on the EPL at the moment or else there won't be any CL for us!!
If we have the money and provided he's not too expensive i.e. less than 5m, I think anelka's the man.
If we dont have the money, I think we should get a seasoned and experienced premiership striker onboard, maybe till end of season before we splash cash to get one at year end. Remember what effect gary mac had on us. That would give our relatively young side more experience and a cool head on the field. Candidates? Cant think of one at the moment TBH..les ferdinand?shearer?sheringham?fowler?duncan fergusan (just a suggestion to illustrate my point!!)
Another option would be loaning someone from outside the UK. There is always a danger of them taking time to settle down, therefore I would rather leave this as the last option. Contrary to everyone's opiniion, I believe even seasoned pros and proven strikers (yes, even morientes) would take time to settle. And we dont have that time. If it comes to this who would be my choices? My first choice would be Jan Koller who has all of the above characteristics plus he works well with baros.
P/S: I seriously think harry kewell is improving a lot. He looks lighter and moves faster, first touch improving and is starting to get into good positions...