On 30/12/2023 at 22:15, 19seventyone said:

If his release clause is 110m plus then we should be going for Alvarez at City.

He's proven in the league and is getting better and better. 
 

Haaland being the main man there might tempt him.

Really? I think he has been quite average this season tbh. I know sometimes he plays as the second striker and not as the main forward but even when he has led the line, I think he has struggled a fair bit this season in the PL. I watched their PL game against Newcastle and Luton most recently and I thought he was poor. In the league this season he has 5 goals from open play. He is also playing for a team that creates more chances than anyone and always has the ball so imo his goal record this season has not hit the expectancy level. I also don't think he would work as the main CF here. Different ball game compared to playing for City.

Yeah I really don't understand this Alvarez hype, he's never really impressed me and he comes across as a less talented Nkunku.

Drogba meeting Osimhen at the African Cup of Nations...

Edited January 22, 20242 yr by Gonoir Beniashile

What's the gist? His stans are saying he is contributing every match in AFCON whereas his critics are saying he is missing chances Torres would feel ashamed of. 

10 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

What's the gist? His stans are saying he is contributing every match in AFCON whereas his critics are saying he is missing chances Torres would feel ashamed of. 

He is a volume striker like Halaand that shoots a lot and misses a lot of big chances. He has missed 5 big chances at AFCON and is having 4.3 shots per game. He is way off the radar though cos he is hardly hitting the target at 0.7 shots on target per game. Normally you would expect him to be having around 1.5 shots on target per game.

100+ mill , I think not

We bought him didn’t we

 

I feel like it's going to be Benzema until the end of the season and Osimhen in the summer.

 

 

I wouldn't mind that at all!

43 minutes ago, Sheva said:

I feel like it's going to be Benzema until the end of the season and Osimhen in the summer.

 

 

Sounds good to me.

10 hours ago, ducavis said:

He is a volume striker like Halaand that shoots a lot and misses a lot of big chances. He has missed 5 big chances at AFCON and is having 4.3 shots per game. He is way off the radar though cos he is hardly hitting the target at 0.7 shots on target per game. Normally you would expect him to be having around 1.5 shots on target per game.

Feels like another Werner situation.

To be fair I'm fairly sure there's a significant correlation among forwards between 'number of big chances missed' and 'number of shots taken'. Probably worth noting that the players who take more shots generally tend to score more goals.

WhoScored doesn't have a 'big chances' statistic, but you get the idea:

Well what do you know, it's basically the same pool of players:

6 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Feels like another Werner situation.

Might just be; personally would go with Toney if keeps scoring & if we can do a at £50m (one year left in the summer). My issue with Osimhen is you take out the Serie A tax and he is probably an average forward. We are talking £100m+ and a min £250k/w wages based on 1 exceptional season in Serie A. Lukaku had 2, and look how that turned out. 

If anyone cares, this is from this season (adjusted for Everton's points deduction):

(The weird skews in the goals tally are Newcastle scoring loads and being 10th, and Man Utd scoring f**k all and being 8th).
 

25 minutes ago, ducavis said:

Might just be; personally would go with Toney if keeps scoring & if we can do a at £50m (one year left in the summer). My issue with Osimhen is you take out the Serie A tax and he is probably an average forward. We are talking £100m+ and a min £250k/w wages based on 1 exceptional season in Serie A. Lukaku had 2, and look how that turned out. 

He's had 4 prolific seasons in 3 different leagues tbf. 

Toney is the only sure thing right now and IDK how much we can convince him to join us over Gooners. 

3 hours ago, ducavis said:

Might just be; personally would go with Toney if keeps scoring & if we can do a at £50m (one year left in the summer). My issue with Osimhen is you take out the Serie A tax and he is probably an average forward. We are talking £100m+ and a min £250k/w wages based on 1 exceptional season in Serie A. Lukaku had 2, and look how that turned out. 

100% agree. And looking at the stats tables in Plokoon's posts above just confirms it. 

5 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He's had 4 prolific seasons in 3 different leagues tbf. 

Toney is the only sure thing right now and IDK how much we can convince him to join us over Gooners. 

Are you sure? Only hit 20+ league goals once in his career, only hit 15+ league goals once in his career. 

Just now, ducavis said:

Are you sure? Only hit 20+ league goals once in his career, only hit 15+ league goals once in his career. 

22/23 - 31 goals/5 assists (Napoli) g/a every 84 minutes 

21/22 - 18 goals/6 assists (Napoli) g/a every 96 minutes 

19/20 - 18 goals/6 assists (Lille) g/a every 125 minutes 

18/19 - 20 goals/4 assists (Charleroi) g/a every 122 minutes. 

 

 

 

I’m pretty sure Osimen will be joining us in the summer. No inside info whatsoever but I don’t see him going anywhere else unless Madrid go for him.

 

 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

Ah we don't need him. Huge money, huge risk. 

And we have Whisper Richards 👍

29 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

And we have Whisper Richards 👍

Careless Whisper? 

On 25/01/2024 at 20:26, 19seventyone said:

I’m pretty sure Osimen will be joining us in the summer. No inside info whatsoever but I don’t see him going anywhere else unless Madrid go for him.

 

Think you're right.

Been rumoured to come here for a while, now he's said he's made his decision, plus Drogba hugging him like a long lost brother at AFCON. I'm probably putting 2+2 and making 5, but all the signs suggest he's coming.

21 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Ah we don't need him. Huge money, huge risk. 

And we have Whisper Richards 👍

I’ll whisper this - he’s probably sh*t.