BloodIsBlue 291 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Sorry let me give you a list of strikers to choose from:Ibra, Lewandowski, Falcao, Cavani, Rooney, Van Persie, Suarez, Higuain, Benzema, Messi, Aguero. Take your pickI won't be cheap at all to get Ibrah from PSG, they won't sell so he is out of the picture.Lewandowski has other moves happening so this one is also impossible.I have a really bad feeling about Falcao and his knee.Rooney is on 300k a week, hell no.Suarez won't be sold to an English club at least not in the upcoming window.RVP is toxic keep him away from this club. Messi is not for sale and never will be.I really don't see why City would sell Aguero if they had any sense.I think Costa and Balotelli absolutely deserve to be on this list and we may not have much to choose from if we have to sign a striker. That leaves Balo, Costa, Higuain, Benzema and with the slim outside chance of Cavani being available in the summer, there is also a decent chance none of these strikers will be available in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Good header again last night and super result for them considering what happened to Real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Only the anti brazilian agenda we have in this forum (liosden/only place to be) will explain some people saying Diego Costa is not a great CF at all.Costa is Spanish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/chelsea-discussing-diego-costa-deal-value-40m-4014351?utm_source=main_feedWill Jose or should he sanction Courtois sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,504 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I would love to see how many chances he had plus his conversion rate cos believe me ANY strikwr (even our own nando) would score 20 ATLEAST if he had CR and bale on the wings, maria and modric in the mid plus a league like la liga. Heck, nando did score 22 last season too and assisted a good amount too.The point still remains the same, benzema is wasteful, he would be MEGA costly and simply not someone who I would want leading chelsea's lines.Out of Nando's 22 goals...only 8 of them came in the Premier League. THATS THE PROBLEM.I can see why you don't want Benzema at Chelsea...but based on statistics, his shot accuracy is identical to Diego Costa...and he has created MORE CHANCES than Costa this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushman 2,043 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Out of Nando's 22 goals...only 8 of them came in the Premier League. THATS THE PROBLEM.I can see why you don't want Benzema at Chelsea...but based on statistics, his shot accuracy is identical to Diego Costa...and he has created MORE CHANCES than Costa this season.Are you sure Benzema´s shot accuracy is as Costa´s? Benzema has 5 chances per game & he cannot convert them if his life depended on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Out of Nando's 22 goals...only 8 of them came in the Premier League. THATS THE PROBLEM.I can see why you don't want Benzema at Chelsea...but based on statistics, his shot accuracy is identical to Diego Costa...and he has created MORE CHANCES than Costa this season.Dude, when I used nando 22 goals in an argument, I think I made it clear that I DID NOT want stats specially his assists and goal when he is playing alongside CR, BALE, maria and modric.The only thing I would be interested in seeing (as I said before) , be his chance conversion. And I will be shocked if his chanve conversion is as good as costa's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beepu 1,714 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I think any deal including Courtouis should be out of the question, especially with costa. Just stump up the cash for his release clause and give torres as a freebie and thanks for developing our future goalie in the past 3 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,896 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 I think any deal including Courtouis should be out of the question, especially with costa. Just stump up the cash for his release clause and give torres as a freebie and thanks for developing our future goalie in the past 3 years.Exactly. I'd rather just take our chances with Lukaku and forget about Costa than sell Courtois. Would be a massive mistake and there's no way we'd be so stupid. I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 The source?Just read somewhere, thats why I said apparantly...he decided to join spanish nt, maybe he wants to stay in spanish club, reason I think there might be some truth there, but could well be BS like most transfertalk nowdays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Dude, when I used nando 22 goals in an argument, I think I made it clear that I DID NOT want stats specially his assists and goal when he is playing alongside CR, BALE, maria and modric.The only thing I would be interested in seeing (as I said before) , be his chance conversion. And I will be shocked if his chanve conversion is as good as costa's.So just because he plays next to good players we should totally ignore his assist or goal tally? That's ridiculous...Anyway, no one is saying that Benzema has been more clinical than Costa, but it's stupid to think because someone's chance conversion rate is low that he's a bad finisher. For example, Luiz Suarez last season had a conversion rate of 12.29% - does that mean he's a bad finisher? Ronaldo has sub ~20% conversion rate too - does that also make him a bad finisher? Benzema's chance conversion rate is at 22% this year which isn't too bad at all, it's pretty decent, nowhere near as bad as you're trying to make him out to be - whilst Diego Costa's is at 28%. Benzema's game is not all about goals either anyway, his game is very similar to what Eto'o does for us now only he's better, that's why he'd be a great signing for us IMO... I don't understand how anyone would "kill themselves" if we signed him when he fits our system to a tee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Benzema is verrry inconsistent. He can be alright today, and very bad the next.He's lucky to play for a team like Real Madrid, where he gets many chances to make up for his misses. Real will be so scary with a proper top striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,048 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Not sure how games it was exactly, but I am sure Benzema went 20 games without scoring for France recently. Says it all to be fair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLyon 9,359 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 IMO Benzema is nicer guy, Costa is better striker. Choose what you want to lead our line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eligius 121 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 IMO Benzema is nicer guy, Costa is better striker. Choose what you want to lead our line.Benzema a better striker, Costa is more hard working.However, with our setup, a more hard working striker is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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