11 minutes ago, Chelsbear said:

Eh.

He's quite clearly a far superior striker to all of those names.

Not according to the Opta stats, a superior finisher perhaps - for me not a superior striker. Fwiw I think Aubameyang is one of the reasons why Dortmund have underperformed over the last few years, he isn't a #9 in so far he's pretty abysmal at bringing his teammates into the game, imho.

Edited June 15, 20178 yr by the special one

I'm surprised every top team isn't in for him. 120 goals in 189 appearances for Dortmund....only Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez and Lewandowski are doing better with goals in the top divisions.

2 hours ago, brownindian said:

Hypothetical: Lukaku or Aubameyang ? 

Aubameyang without the slightest hesitation 

2 hours ago, the special one said:

Not according to the Opta stats, a superior finisher perhaps - for me not a superior striker. Fwiw I think Aubameyang is one of the reasons why Dortmund have underperformed over the last few years, he isn't a #9 in so far he's pretty abysmal at bringing his teammates into the game, imho.

The player who scored 31 goals In 32 appearances is to blame for them underperforming?

1 hour ago, dkw said:

The player who scored 31 goals In 32 appearances is to blame for them underperforming?

I think it's a contributing factor for sure. The Bundesliga is notorious for defensive fragility, in England/Italy I don't think he'd be anywhere near as prolific. Dortmund's weakness is that they commit so many forward (to create goal scoring opportunities for Auba) they leave too many gaps at the back. CFs like Lukaku, Morata, and Benzema may not be as a prolific as Auba, but overall imho I think they contribute more to the overall performance of their respective clubs (i.e. Defoe scored 15 goals this season, and yet Sunderland were still relegated)

As I said I'd take him, but not as a like for like replacement for Diego.

Edited June 15, 20178 yr by the special one

LOL Aubameyang would be perfect for us, imagine counter attacking with Auba, Hazard and Pedro 

13 hours ago, Blue_candy said:

LOL Aubameyang would be perfect for us, imagine counter attacking with Auba, Hazard and Pedro 

I wish we were in for him. Deadly striker.

---------------Hazard

---Aubameyang--Lukaku

Surprised at people criticizing Aubameyang. Every player has flaws, he's no exception, but he's clearly the best option among those available. Tall, athletic, fast, good technique, great finisher, proven in a serious league. Given a choice, I'd go for him over Lukaku, no question. Whether we are in for him or whether he'll be interested in playing for us is a different matter.

Ideally I'd love Lewandowski, but that's never going to happen. 

41 minutes ago, abramovich said:

Surprised at people criticizing Aubameyang. Every player has flaws, he's no exception, but he's clearly the best option among those available. Tall, athletic, fast, good technique, great finisher, proven in a serious league. Given a choice, I'd go for him over Lukaku, no question. Whether we are in for him or whether he'll be interested in playing for us is a different matter.

Ideally I'd love Lewandowski, but that's never going to happen. 

One person criticising him, one person who is constantly on a wind up (he wants us to sign Kolarov and rates Dzeko over Aubemeyang for example). Aubemeyang is, as you say, clearly the best available player for us.

Aubameyang has everything to his game, I watch Dortmund play quite regularly, he's fast, strong, good with his head, he's a poacher but he can make goals for himself and teammates as well. He gets good service at dortmund so a lot of his goals look like tap ins, but his link up play with teammates is excellent. He's the reason Dortmund finished where they did this season and not several places further down the table, to say he's a reason that they've underperformed is ridiculous.

No doubting his abilities but at 27 is there a question of resale value? 

Edited June 16, 20178 yr by doctorblue

58 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

No doubting his abilities but at 27 is there a question of resale value? 

This whole age thing is becoming more and more ridiculous, first it was don't buy players over 33, they can't be sold on even if they're good for the club for a year or two and help to win titles, then it went to 30, now 27? Soon we'll be at a point where signing a player who has just moved from nappies to big boy pants with be frowned upon. 27 is the perfect age to buy a player, who's the finished product, to compete for titles for 2-3 years. Not every player has to be sold for profit if you get a few good years out of them and they help you to win titles. 

17 hours ago, dkw said:

The player who scored 31 goals In 32 appearances is to blame for them underperforming?

Don't you know it's all about the opta stats lol

19 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

I'm surprised every top team isn't in for him. 120 goals in 189 appearances for Dortmund....only Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez and Lewandowski are doing better with goals in the top divisions.

Opta stats say otherwise.

1 hour ago, RMCM said:

Aubameyang has everything to his game, I watch Dortmund play quite regularly, he's fast, strong, good with his head, he's a poacher but he can make goals for himself and teammates as well. He gets good service at dortmund so a lot of his goals look like tap ins, but his link up play with teammates is excellent. He's the reason Dortmund finished where they did this season and not several places further down the table, to say he's a reason that they've underperformed is ridiculous.

I agree he is the best option for us phenomenal goal threat but the point @the special one made about bringing players in to the game is correct, you've noted that as a strength but he has 31 goals and 2 assists, so that clearly not a strong part of his game possibly the worst assists stats I've ever seen for a prolific goal scorer, however that's just his striking style, he is the finisher, he is always ahead of his team mates,always trying to get across the goal,  and I think for a counter attacking team like us it's perfect, I've no problem with that, if he scores 31 for us I couldn't care less if he doesn't play his team mates in or make runs out wide to get the ball, I'm a fan of direct strikers. 

Aubameyang, Lukaku & Bakayako with Christensen coming back from loan would be a fantastic summer window

Truth be told I can see us chasing shadows for majority of the transfer window & ending up with Lanzini & Llorente 

14 minutes ago, Imran_CFC said:

Aubameyang, Lukaku & Bakayako with Christensen coming back from loan would be a fantastic summer window

Truth be told I can see us chasing shadows for majority of the transfer window & ending up with Lanzini & Llorente 

Nah we'll resign Papy for 15 mill. #Djilobodgeback

2 hours ago, doctorblue said:

No doubting his abilities but at 27 is there a question of resale value? 

Why do you care about resale value ? If he gave us 5, 6, or 7 years of goals, i wouldn't care if we never got a penny back. You don't sign players for their resale value, you sign players to help win football matches.

1 hour ago, Scott Harris said:

Why do you care about resale value ? If he gave us 5, 6, or 7 years of goals, i wouldn't care if we never got a penny back. You don't sign players for their resale value, you sign players to help win football matches.

I'm afraid modern football is a business and not a simple game for the naive...

1 hour ago, doctorblue said:

I'm afraid modern football is a business and not a simple game for the naive...

And Aubameyang can bring great business to the club in the form of trophies year after year which leads to more money.

Honestly, talking about resale value of a player before we've even signed him is ridiculous

18 minutes ago, JJP said:

And Aubameyang can bring great business to the club in the form of trophies year after year which leads to more money.

Honestly, talking about resale value of a player before we've even signed him is ridiculous

Sometimes you have to think more as a club and not as a fan...

5 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

Sometimes you have to think more as a club and not as a fan...

Why not let the club do that?

6 minutes ago, doctorblue said:

Sometimes you have to think more as a club and not as a fan...

Even as a club, if a player of his level joins it will bring a lot of business to the club. Shirt sales for one, and it may also lead to more trophies and more prize money. so clearly buying a player like him is good for business

6 minutes ago, JJP said:

Even as a club, if a player of his level joins it will bring a lot of business to the club. Shirt sales for one, and it may also lead to more trophies and more prize money. so clearly buying a player like him is good for business

I think the value of shirt sales has been established as being very little in terms of revenue...

9 minutes ago, Maksimov said:

Why not let the club do that?

I think that's freedom of speech...