El Loco
PCPF Mod Chief Superintendent
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2011
He is a bit of a clumsy oaf, but Luna is just so out of sorts right now. I'd even try my luck with Enda Stevens, who's out on loan I think. I think Gabby's the only one who we aren't laying into, the midfield is a shambles and Vlaar is the only experienced solid center half we've had for quite some time, would give anything to have Mellberg in his prime back.
Ok, now that Kozak is out for the season, apparently we need to look for another a striker...but i'm puzzled - we have 4: Bentekke, Gabby, Weimann and Helenius, furthermore three of them have proven they will bang in the goals if given the chance. Majority of the time we play with one through the middle which is obviously Benteke, but casting the mind back to the ONeil days, when Big John Carew (really miss him too) was injured for a
period, Gabby played as the lone striker and excelled more and is more accomplished now than he was then. His pace and power is a real threat through the middle either by himself or in a two man strike force(providing we don't keep hoofing up long high balls to him). A striker is not a must for me... the creativity is a must. Kozak for example, just having a look up, 9 chances he has had since he has been here, and scored 4. Looking at these stats shows exactly why we are lacking goals. One of those four goals was a back header from a defender, one was a rebound and one of the chances he created himself (West Brom
where he hit the bar). We have to spend the money on a solid centre back, two creative players and a strong commanding midfield player, as a striker will for me be a waste of money UNLESS he is established in the premier league and frankly that is going to be impossible at this stage... Signing a striker from a mickey mouse league in January for a short term fix will not be the answer for me, will take him
time to adjust (look at Helenius, Kozak) it even took Benteke till January last year to find regular goal scoring form. Names like Long, and Le Fondre etc are being mentioned, but what do they give us that Weimann, Benteke and Gabby can't give us?...none of them guys mentioned score goals on a regular. Villa fans like me I admit are guilty of latching onto any potential signing we see on the horizon which is an embodiment of our desperation atm.
Ok, now that Kozak is out for the season, apparently we need to look for another a striker...but i'm puzzled - we have 4: Bentekke, Gabby, Weimann and Helenius, furthermore three of them have proven they will bang in the goals if given the chance. Majority of the time we play with one through the middle which is obviously Benteke, but casting the mind back to the ONeil days, when Big John Carew (really miss him too) was injured for a
period, Gabby played as the lone striker and excelled more and is more accomplished now than he was then. His pace and power is a real threat through the middle either by himself or in a two man strike force(providing we don't keep hoofing up long high balls to him). A striker is not a must for me... the creativity is a must. Kozak for example, just having a look up, 9 chances he has had since he has been here, and scored 4. Looking at these stats shows exactly why we are lacking goals. One of those four goals was a back header from a defender, one was a rebound and one of the chances he created himself (West Brom
where he hit the bar). We have to spend the money on a solid centre back, two creative players and a strong commanding midfield player, as a striker will for me be a waste of money UNLESS he is established in the premier league and frankly that is going to be impossible at this stage... Signing a striker from a mickey mouse league in January for a short term fix will not be the answer for me, will take him
time to adjust (look at Helenius, Kozak) it even took Benteke till January last year to find regular goal scoring form. Names like Long, and Le Fondre etc are being mentioned, but what do they give us that Weimann, Benteke and Gabby can't give us?...none of them guys mentioned score goals on a regular. Villa fans like me I admit are guilty of latching onto any potential signing we see on the horizon which is an embodiment of our desperation atm.
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