It would be foolhardy to move Ade on without getting an adequate replacement. As good as Roberto is neither he or Defoe gve as a physical presence upfront. I noticed yesterday a number of balls were played up in the air and Roberto was getting out jumped time and time again. It is like our players are brain dead and do not realise we need to play the ball on the deck when we do not have a natural target man
Anyone see Postiga's double against Barca yesterday? Sign him up.
This "movement" notion, especially when applied to the Arsenal game, is a myth.
I was watching him very closely and he doesn't move any better than Defoe or Adebayor. He wasn't doing anything.
I'm still a bit staggered we spent so much money on someone so limited. His finishing may well be exceptional, I don't honestly know, but if that's all he has to offer, which seems to be the case, the team has to be so tailored around him, and every pass so precise, it's a massively risky transfer.
Poyet recently said this sort of one dimensional limitation is exactly why Darren Bent falls out of favour with managers - you have to play in such a defined way.
This isn't to say he won't succeed, but you do have to wonder why no one has looked at him before, and why these sort of strikers have gone out of the game.
That goalkeeping is horrendous
there was good connection, and its much faster than what that gif shows!
This "movement" notion, especially when applied to the Arsenal game, is a myth.
I was watching him very closely and he doesn't move any better than Defoe or Adebayor. He wasn't doing anything.
I'm still a bit staggered we spent so much money on someone so limited. His finishing may well be exceptional, I don't honestly know, but if that's all he has to offer, which seems to be the case, the team has to be so tailored around him, and every pass so precise, it's a massively risky transfer.
Poyet recently said this sort of one dimensional limitation is exactly why Darren Bent falls out of favour with managers - you have to play in such a defined way.
This isn't to say he won't succeed, but you do have to wonder why no one has looked at him before, and why these sort of strikers have gone out of the game.
Just beneath the surface in this thread it's obvious that a lot of people are jittery about Soldado. And that's fair enough - he has been anonymous for long, long portions of our 3 games.
I have to be honest and say I share these jitters.
However...
- He scored loads of goals in Spain. Loads.
- Two good football men in AVB and FB thought he was worth serious, serious money.
- He is in the Spanish first team, or at worst a regular sub, and Spain are still the best int'l team in the world.
So I'm holding my nerve and will only start making judgements from this weekend onwards.
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