[Albion] RDZ - “we don’t need a striker in January”

[Commander]

He's right. We're 6th in the league and finished 9th last year. If we come across an out and out striker who is available and at the right price, then we'll no doubt buy him. If we don't, we won't. Same as it is every season. It's not that hard to understand really, but I know a lot of football fans struggle with the concept. As Lallana said on Saturday, to sign a striker as good as Danny Welbeck would mean spending £80-£90 million. It's not going to happen, and nobody at the level would come to us even if we did try that tactic.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Look. This is how it is.

We will never get anywhere without buying a proven striker.

And we need a tory government because they are the only ones who know how to manage the economy, and stop all those immigrants.

You’re talking Lallanas

 

[dazzer6666]

I think he is. the scouts picked out kouame who has near identical stats and was available for £9 million. and it would not take £80 million to replace the goal output of someone who has never hit double figures in the league.

but this is immaterial anyway as we probably don't need to add anything right now and Danny is more than good enough for where we are

Not just about goals though…….

 

[dazzer6666]

He's right. We're 6th in the league and finished 9th last year. If we come across an out and out striker who is available and at the right price, then we'll no doubt buy him. If we don't, we won't. Same as it is every season. It's not that hard to understand really, but I know a lot of football fans struggle with the concept. As Lallana said on Saturday, to sign a striker as good as Danny Welbeck would mean spending £80-£90 million. It's not going to happen, and nobody at the level would come to us even if we did try that tactic.

Indeed. Nuñez didn’t want to come here at £35m, let alone any £80m rated player.

 

[macbeth]

Not just about goals though…….

no, hence why I mentioned kouame, who is stylistically very similar in basically every metric

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

He’s not valuing Welbeck at £80m by saying that, he’s indicating we’d need to spend that to replace him like-for-for like (or similar)……..and he’s probably not far off the mark.

Precisely.

 

[Springal]

Some fans might well think Adam Lallana talks "b*****" ,

do you think Danny Welbeck is worth £80M ? Given that would smash our previous records I’m sure Bloom wouldn’t stand in his way for £80M.

Interestingly on TalkSport today Adam Lallana actually used the figure £30M-£40M, so maybe he’s slept on it eh ?

 

[JBizzle]

do you think Danny Welbeck is worth £80M ? Given that would smash our previous records I’m sure Bloom wouldn’t stand in his way for £80M.

Interestingly on TalkSport today Adam Lallana actually used the figure £30M-£40M, so maybe he’s slept on it eh ?

He's not saying Welbeck is worth that amount, he's saying that buying a player that does what Welbeck does for the team would cost a lot of money

 

[moggy]

Broja could be available at around £25m

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

do you think Danny Welbeck is worth £80M ? Given that would smash our previous records I’m sure Bloom wouldn’t stand in his way for £80M.

Interestingly on TalkSport today Adam Lallana actually used the figure £30M-£40M, so maybe he’s slept on it eh ?

I'm pretty sure Tony Bloom would laugh like a DRAIN all the way to the bank if he could offload Danny Welbeck for £80M. Or indeed £30M-£40M. Look, he's even got ME doing it now

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I'm not sure if I am contradicting you here, or reinforcing your point, but Benrahma, Zaha, Bailey, Almiron, Wood, Barnes, Solanke, Greenwood, Rodrygo, Summerville, Mitoma and Guedes are all 'forwards'.

Yep, reinforcing.

of those, I categorise Solanke and Wood as 'strikers'. All the others are forwards. Drift out wide, creative players who you hope to contribute goals.

I'd put it another way. If we were after a 'striker' and we signed one of these types of players, that wouldn't tick the box for many. I think those crying out for a 'striker' have in their mind a central player focused on scoring goals.

 

[severnside gull]

Ferguson now a full international (on as a sub v Norway)