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Steve Sedgley
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Are you saying that absolutely any forward anywhere would be a more like for like replacement than Berahino?
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I'm not sure I follow you here?
Are you saying that absolutely any forward anywhere would be a more like for like replacement than Berahino?
Dembele is 1 inch taller than Berahino. However Dembele is 2 or 3kgs lighter than Berahino - and indeed from what I have seen of the two of them (which admittedly that isn't much of Dembele) I would say that Berahino is the more powerful of the two).Sounds familiar. But in terms of size and physical presence he seems a more natural replacement for Kane. Also seems quite capable with his back to goal and holding the ball up based on highlight clips I've seen. He plays in a two alongside McCormack? A smaller player again. If we're looking for a more complete centre forward type I think he sounds like a good talent for that role at the very least.
I just don't think Berahino is anywhere near a natural like for like replacement for Kane. Not saying that makes him a bad signing, but being a Kane backup/option seems to be a strong motivator for people wanting us to sign him.
Yeah he looks quite wirery from the vids i have seen - SB certainly seems the more powerful player, though i guess at 19 Dembele would be expected to fill out a bit
I would indeed expect Dembele to fill out further over the next year or two.Yeah he looks quite wirery from the vids i have seen - SB certainly seems the more powerful player, though i guess at 19 Dembele would be expected to fill out a bit.
I really think a like-for-like replacement for Kane is the last player we're after. Look at pretty much every other position in the team - each player in the squad brings something different to the table.Sounds familiar. But in terms of size and physical presence he seems a more natural replacement for Kane. Also seems quite capable with his back to goal and holding the ball up based on highlight clips I've seen. He plays in a two alongside McCormack? A smaller player again. If we're looking for a more complete centre forward type I think he sounds like a good talent for that role at the very least.
I just don't think Berahino is anywhere near a natural like for like replacement for Kane. Not saying that makes him a bad signing, but being a Kane backup/option seems to be a strong motivator for people wanting us to sign him.
I am in total agreement with you FiB - im not sure why people have what i consider to be a misconception over Berahino and his style of play - he's not a clone of Kane sure but from what i have seen of him he seems a good footballer, strong with the ball, able to play with his back to goal and hold it up - and for the U21s he has shown himself adept at playing a different role, attacking/creating from the wide positions, he can run with the ball and shoot from distance. It's only really his size which i would have reservations about (on the field) but then i guess that isn't a problem for Pochettino seeings as back in the summer he was seemingly our no.1 target
I really think a like-for-like replacement for Kane is the last player we're after. Look at pretty much every other position in the team - each player in the squad brings something different to the table.
A replica of Kane would barely get a game. I don't know anything of Young Mouss but Berahino (or a player like him) would be great because he would let us play 2 strikers, drop Kane to #10, keep Kane as #9 and move Bera to the wing, rest Kane completely. And perhaps most importantly - the first 3 of those options would be available to us without making a single substitution.
Burak Yilmaz impressed me last season (before Drogba was signed), definitely gettable. Will add more but on phone
No way will Fulham sell dembele while they could still be involved in a relegation scrap. So the only option I could see was for us to buy then loan back. In that case he would not be the cover for Kane we need.
I really think a like-for-like replacement for Kane is the last player we're after. Look at pretty much every other position in the team - each player in the squad brings something different to the table.
A replica of Kane would barely get a game. I don't know anything of Young Mouss but Berahino (or a player like him) would be great because he would let us play 2 strikers, drop Kane to #10, keep Kane as #9 and move Bera to the wing, rest Kane completely. And perhaps most importantly - the first 3 of those options would be available to us without making a single substitution.
Agreed, Poch has received some criticism in the past (mainly during his time at Southampton) for lacking a plan B but this season it's become apparent he's quite keen of having plan B's to change up matches when things aren't going well (e.g. Chadli coming on for Dier against Palace). I would welcome a different kind of player to Kane to keep us less predictable.
Although having said that if someone said to me we could have an exact replica of Harry Kane I'd scream 'f**k having two Dembele's!' right before jizzing in my underwear.
We have that different type of player in Son. And Clinton when he returns.
What we don't have is a physical option up front if Kane isn't there. That would leave us without a "plan B" if/when we have to do without Kane.
Fair point about not having a plan B if Kane isn't there but Son seems to me like a compromise that we're using at the moment for lacking a plan B. He doesn't seem to be all that great up front and I think Poch did bring him in to use on the wing. As for Njie I have no idea where Poch wants him to play don't feel he's played enough games to say whether he'll be up front or another winger.
Fair point about not having a plan B if Kane isn't there but Son seems to me like a compromise that we're using at the moment for lacking a plan B. He doesn't seem to be all that great up front and I think Poch did bring him in to use on the wing. As for Njie I have no idea where Poch wants him to play don't feel he's played enough games to say whether he'll be up front or another winger.
We've used the false 9 (with Njie, as well as Son) very effectively as a plan b - against Qarabag, Monaco and Leicester.
I have to admit he did well against Leicester. But I think even I, an asthmatic chain smoking dyspraxic, could have done well as a false 9 against Qarabag. And the Monaco game was more of a friendly then anything.