I have seen a lot of Aroune Kone in live matches so my thoughts are based on that. Shane Long a bit but not as much...........Kone is wonderful player and great provider for others. That's what my views are based on.
And also , all of a sudden he starts getting some game time for Southampton when all is safe and they let him take penalties to try and get him some goals, suggest he will be in the ''Bargain Bucket'' come June. He is a decent player I concede but I don't think he fits into the CH ethos but...
I don't say that Shane Long is a bad player but I don't think I do him an injustice. He hasn't proven anything in terms of real quality and if you are going to throw massive wages at someone and a decent transfer fee then I would want to see a better reputation than a Gary Neville Sky Sports...
The striker we need is not someone who only needs one chance to score. Yes that would be nice to have someone like that but that's not whats required.
We need a runner, we need someone who closes down angles when we are defending, we need someone who can chase balls played over the top, and...
I think you do Sam Baldock an injustice. Neither are prolific goalscorers but Baldock in my opinion has more mobility, has a better first touch and if truth be told is a better footballer all round
I am slightly perplexed that we are ''drooling'' over players who don't seem to have cut it elsewhere and that we should be looking at players who are surplus to requirements elsewhere.
We are now a PL team in our own right and we should be after players that teams DON'T want to lose, whether...