As far as I'm concerned, everything remotely threatening went through him.
He didn't score of course, but I thought he was the one who didn't tire in midfield and looked a threat.
To reiterate, I am not against us signing Edouardo if that's the decision. I just don't get the excitement and I certainly don't get your urgency. Insisting we ABSOLUTELY MUST sign him or we'll go down seems like bedwetting to me.
It is number 2, but that is not my argument. I am thinking: we have taken similar punts on this range of striker before: Maupay, Ali J, Locadia and Andone. All similar pricewise, and it is clear to me that we are not going to get much better than the better of those 4 players for our money...
When I say we have rocketed up the league, I'm talking about from league 1 to the Premier League and now to a point where we are 9/1 to be relegated from that.
People are absolutely getting that xG v actual goals is the problem, but what you're NOT getting is that signing a striker like this...
It's not a question of complacency, it's a question of practicality. It's all very well you talking like we absolutely have to have a striker but you've spent your NSC life moaning about needing to spend money on this person or that, and yet somehow without you spending someone else's money we...
Indeed. Maybe controversial but I am fairly relaxed about our striking options. You are not going to guarantee 15 goals a season unless you fork out 50m and break the wage structure, so any signing is always a gamble.
The people excited and hoping we get this bloke are mad - as if signing...