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"JT26CFC":7g49op1d said:

"abramovich":7g49op1d said:

Speaking of flavor of the month, how about that Benzema lad from Lyon?

just watched him play against Rangers in the champions league game tonight.  He had terrific dribbling ability.  I can only get the first goal highlight, but in a way you could sat he "set it up" and then he scored the other two goals.

Was at the match, he ran Rangers ragged the whole match. His second goal was real class, dribbling between the two centre halfs and blasting it past McGregor, on that showing the boy is going to be a star. I say sign him up {SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif  Obviously he is ineligible for the Champions league but in the long run it would be a great signing.

[clubhappy]

Drogs will be difficult to replace as he's perfect for our side and he has all round ability .
I'd like to see Van Nistleroy or Eto , both quality and are natural goalscorers.

[mad_mac]

can't say I think van horseface has ever crossed my mind.  He is a natural goalscorer, that can not be denied, but I doubt he would come to us after playing for  Man Utd (which is the reason I never thought about him playing for us).  However, I really think Eto'o could be a great shout.

I know there are a lot of people who dislike him as a person, but if he started banging the goals in for us, I think we would soon get over his personality traits...hell, we are even talking about ignoring Anelka's personality traits and he's only a rummoured link with us!!

Scott

[Dorset]

"gullit4":33h7w8c3 said:

"Dorset":33h7w8c3 said:

"BLUENUT":33h7w8c3 said:

To buy a Didier replacement we need to go further than someone who just looks a bit like him

And there was I thinking that that was all there was to it, Bluenut,  {SMILIES_PATH}/smack_head.gif  Just goes to show there's a lot more to this transfer business than meets the eye!  {SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif

it's a bit simplistic, but generally I agree with bluenut- the guy has popped up with a few goals and  seems to have the same sort of physique, but that's nowhere near enough. scoring 5 or 6 goals for sunderland and being a physical player isn't enough for us to seriously consider him a replacement for a player like drogba, or even a player with the quality to be part of the squad. we should aim a lot higher.

p.s. he didn't do anything against us either. if you think lulinha is a flavour of the month dorset (not that I necessarily disagree with that), what does that make jones? flavour of the fortnight? {SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif

In my defence, G4, I’d ask those who dismiss Jones purely on the grounds that he is not in Drogba’s class to read my initial post again. Didier is irreplaceable and once that is admitted by everybody (except Pauly, of course) the question still has to be asked… do we go for a similar player (yes, yes, I know Jones is nowhere near as good  {SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif ) to be groomed for the role whilst Didier is around to help the process, or do we say it is mission impossible and go down a different route entirely?

Replacement is a misleading word in the context of dealing with Drogba’s absence, but if we are going to address it in January (and we all want someone, don’t we?) it’s reasonable to assume that the short term solution will be based on similarity, otherwise we might just as well wait for his return and make use of Sheva and Pizarro in the interim. The club have already stated that we need a striker, he will clearly be cover for Drogba, so why not try to maintain what has become a winning formula?

Okay, some will say it can’t be done, he’s unique and everybody comes up short in comparison, but, if a short term fix with potential long term benefits is what is needed, Kenwyn Jones could be as good a fit to the system as we are likely to get. Other objectives there may be aplenty, but, faced with the current circumstances and the possibility of massive spending and squad changes next summer, it’s not the worst or costliest thing that could happen.

[g3.7]

unfortunately, we are at a stage where the amount of top strikers is low- if this was 10 or so years ago there would be 15 choices... but for now I can't see a direct like for like replacement for drogba. (benzema may be one to follow though)

[JT26CFC]

http://www.goal.com/...s/Articolo.aspx ... oId=513386
Doesn't look like  Van Der Vaart will be joining in the transfer window.