Radamel Falcao

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If he never scored that hattrick against us, i seriously doubt this thread would of been so popular.

It probably helped, but the guy's reputation was simply solidified in that game.

Are there other options? Yes. But Falcao ticks more boxes than the other options and you pay a premium for that sometimes.

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1. Shirt sales and sponsors.

2. More fans.

3. Pressure off some youngsters.

4. Mental impact on the opposition and space for other attacking players.

5. Assists (how many Torres has?).

There are more a "regular" striker wont bring...

I don't buy the first two points at all. How's is Falcao going to do all that? He isn't bloody David Beckham.

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1. Shirt sales and sponsors.

2. More fans.

3. Pressure off some youngsters.

4. Mental impact on the opposition and space for other attacking players.

5. Assists (how many Torres has?).

There are more a "regular" striker wont bring...

Most of these are not important mate. And as for assists lol, Falcao rarely even passes in the box. Torres is the same, except for last season when he had double digits assists.

Also 4: Mental impact? people will actually love to face him and "welcome" him to the league. And every decent striker can create space, Torres does this.

[Kojo 4,676]

It probably helped, but the guy's reputation was simply solidified in that game.

Are there other options? Yes. But Falcao ticks more boxes than the other options and you pay a premium for that sometimes.

Cavani would be better for us.

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Cavani would be better for us.

I think Cavani would've been better for us last year and that Falcao will be better for us now, and especially next season if we actually get the guy we know Roman wants. I really like Cavani, but I look at what our club wants to do and Falcao really does seem the best choice.

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I don't buy the first two points at all. How's is Falcao going to do all that? He isn't bloody David Beckham.

Most of these are not important mate. And as for assists lol, Falcao rarely even passes in the box. Torres is the same, except for last season when he had double digits assists.

Also 4: Mental impact? people will actually love to face him and "welcome" him to the league. And every decent striker can create space, Torres does this.

The first two points are completely true for casual and abroad fans. Dont try to deny the increase in marketing revenue big sigings have. The sponsor aspect is more of better deals due to the increase in media impact. The fans we get are the plastic ones (that usually follow the trend), but they still bring money. I am experiencing it with Oscar, our shirt sales and media exposure has almost double because of him.

The "mental impact" is true, in any sport. For instance, dont you think RG3 worries his opposition and cheers his teammates?

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I think Cavani would've been better for us last year and that Falcao will be better for us now, and especially next season if we actually get the guy we know Roman wants. I really like Cavani, but I look at what our club wants to do and Falcao really does seem the best choice.

Cavani is a team player who works hard, Falcao has many asects of his game which is incredibly average, such as his passing, his link up play isn't special.

Our work rate in the team overall isn't really that good enough either, so what's Falcao going to do?, you think he is really going to solve all of our problems?. I know for a fact people are looking at this so one dimensional and thinking that the chances Torres missed Falcao would've scored them. Coming to the premier league is going to be extremely different for him, he's been in Portugal and Spain for most parts of his life, where it is a similar degree of football.

And we will soon find out that our team aint exaclty all that creative afterall. I think this team will take time in all honesty. And we should be looking to build our spine first, but a new striker should definitely be on the cards, and i don't think a poacher is the answer.

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Cavani is a team player who works hard, Falcao has many asects of his game which is incredibly average, such as his passing, his link up play isn't special.

Our work rate in the team overall isn't really that good enough either, so what's Falcao going to do?, you think he is really going to solve all of our problems?. I know for a fact people are looking at this so one dimensional and thinking that the chances Torres missed Falcao would've scored them. Coming to the premier league is going to be extremely different for him, he's been in Portugal and Spain for most parts of his life, where it is a similar degree of football.

And we will soon find out that our team aint exaclty all that creative afterall. I think this team will take time in all honesty. And we should be looking to build our spine first, but a new striker should definitely be on the cards, and i don't think a poacher is the answer.

I agree that Cavani is a good team player and is better than Falcao in certain regards. I just look at what our team needs and think Falcao is the best available option right now. We need a guy who stretches the field, finishes moves and makes good runs - it sounds simple but it's where we've struggled all season. You seem to be looking for another Drogba, but everything seems to suggest we're moving away from that.

It won't solve all our problems, but the effect of having a guy who fits your system can be dramatic. Sure there's the culture shock, but that would be the case with Cavani too. Like I said earlier this isn't an exact science but when I look at all the things we want in a striker at this point in time and going forward, Falcao seems to tick most boxes.

If this was one year ago, I'd agree that Cavani would be the best choice.

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The "mental impact" is true, in any sport. For instance, dont you think RG3 worries his opposition and cheers his teammates?

He will need several top performances for this to happen, won't just be a given immediately he puts on the shirt.

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I agree that Cavani is a good team player and is better than Falcao in certain regards. I just look at what our team needs and think Falcao is the best available option right now. We need a guy who stretches the field, finishes moves and makes good runs - it sounds simple but it's where we've struggled all season. You seem to be looking for another Drogba, but everything seems to suggest we're moving away from that.

It won't solve all our problems, but the effect of having a guy who fits your system can be dramatic. Sure there's the culture shock, but that would be the case with Cavani too. Like I said earlier this isn't an exact science but when I look at all the things we want in a striker at this point in time and going forward, Falcao seems to tick most boxes.

If this was one year ago, I'd agree that Cavani would be the best choice.

Stop the comparrison with Drogba, I'm not comparing I'm using an example.No one is like Drogba, but Drogba fits a certain catagory as a team playing forward, just like Schurle for Laverkusen or whatever his name is, and Cavani is a team playing forward. And what do you mean tick most boxes?, it doesn't matter who is better, what matters is who fits into the team. Grant Holt would've scored more goals than Torres last season if he was in our team, doesn't mean he's better than Torres, however if he did better then by all means it's a better choice to of had Grant Holt. That's just an example don't be getting that caught up into a comparison.

Cavani will help the team, Falcao will turn into another Torres if he doesn't do well here, because that's all goal poachers can do. We aren't such a creative team like you think we are, we need more people to track back and stay level headed, instead of people who are going to be setting up camp upfront all day.

I'm going to quote myself from the other thread to you "We can't just have Falcao and think everythings going to be all right cause it wont, our team needs a leader and a fighter up there right now, like Suarez is with Liverpool, the main man. At the moment we are lacking that main man in attack, Cavani is the right person and he could handle playing with quality with the likes of Lavezzi who he linked up with very well."

You haven't answered that yet, you keep bringing up about well one year ago i would've agreed.

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1. Do you watch Falcao? Seriously, he creates a lot of his goals. When footballers say "create his own chances", they mean the striker didnt just scored from an open net, there are a lot of ways to create chances. The turning aspect you quoted is just one way of opening space. Falcao creates a lot of his own goals, he does it really often. Barcelona, Chelsea, Bilbao, etc.

2. Your reference of Drogba at Camp Nou only reveals his spirit to win hos most desired UCL. Dont try to make his will of playing LB/CB as a metaphor os his workrate or teamplay, it was all part of the circunstances. We all know he was a bit lazy at unimportant or routine games. You are using one specific game to try to convince us that he was a better team player than Falcao? Radamel helps in the defense more than you might imagine.

3. A decent striker would have won us CWC, but what about the next 3-4 UCLs, EPLs, FA Cups, etc?

Choulo19, you are an excellent poster, but your opinion about Falcao is way out of line. There is no need to transform him in a God (like some), however, there is no need to underate it in every aspect.

this is what I'm concerned in. Big goals in big games, who is the best at getting those types of goals?

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For the record I don't care who it is between Cavani and Falcao both are class and would produce in different ways

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Its funny that there are people here who actually think they know what we can afford and not. As if they would know something that people working for Chelsea dont.

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He will need several top performances for this to happen, won't just be a given immediately he puts on the shirt.

At the very first games the media impact will do, but down the road you are right, he will need to perform.

There is no way for any of us to convince the other, we will have to wait to see if he really comes and if he performs.

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The first two points are completely true for casual and abroad fans. Dont try to deny the increase in marketing revenue big sigings have. The sponsor aspect is more of better deals due to the increase in media impact. The fans we get are the plastic ones (that usually follow the trend), but they still bring money. I am experiencing it with Oscar, our shirt sales and media exposure has almost double because of him.

The "mental impact" is true, in any sport. For instance, dont you think RG3 worries his opposition and cheers his teammates?

Call me stupid, but who's RG3? O.o