Gonzalo Higuain

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Big mistake not getting him here, even on a loan to get through this season.  Our season now hangs on the hope that somehow Morata feels loved and okay mentally to begin to finish chances and get us to top four.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Not for minute saying this would of been ideal but right now, with the cracks massively opening that is Morata we have a problem, a big problem.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

We ain't signing a top striker in 9 days. There isn't that many top ,top strikers out there, then add to that marinas HORRENDOUSLY slow/tedious/ineffective/penny pinching buying technique and you realise we've no mission 

[Special Juan 27,424]

3 minutes ago, ulsterchelsea said:

We ain't signing a top striker in 9 days. There isn't that many top ,top strikers out there, then add to that marinas HORRENDOUSLY slow/tedious/ineffective/penny pinching buying technique and you realise we've no mission 

Michy can't be any worse, not one bit can he be worse than what we are seeing now.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Michy can't be any worse, not one bit can he be worse than what we are seeing now.

I want to agree with that but then I recall that almost any time he's been on I've had my head In my hands. Morata is shocking tho. Torres mk2, absolute weak willed arse

[Unionjack 7,531]

I'd have snatched him or Lewa up in a heartbeat right now.

Peeps still seem to think we are getting goals from somewhere,

MAYBE Bats can drop us some. get his confidence up???? Maybe Sarri can breath life into Gerard??? Both gambles, Sarri keeps saying hes not worrief about Morata.  I wish I had hus confidence or could bullsit that well. I'm stuck with my Magic 8 ball and when I asked it if Morats will be good for us this season it  started to smoke and sparks came out of it!!

You try it

https://www.indra.com/cgi-bin/spikes-8-ball

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

I did!

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

Would of been a good move. Club having a laugh surely? Sarri wanted him, yes he doesn’t like the market and finds it boring but Morata Higuain and Giroud is a good selection. Good to see the board seeming to know more than the manager as per usual. 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

Would of been a good move. Club having a laugh surely? Sarri wanted him, yes he doesn’t like the market and finds it boring but Morata Higuain and Giroud is a good selection. Good to see the board seeming to know more than the manager as per usual. 

In this case, I'm not sure if the board can be blamed for not wanting to spend big on a striker on the wrong side of 30. Last January's reluctance to sign Dzeko should have served as a warning of sort. If anything and as always, it's the board incompetence in finding better alternatives that is the problem.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

In this case, I'm not sure if the board can be blamed for not wanting to spend big on a striker on the wrong side of 30. Last January's reluctance to sign Dzeko should have served as a warning of sort. If anything and as always, it's the board incompetence in finding better alternatives that is the problem.

True but again Sarri asked for him. Like Jorginho and Rugani. I think he should be given a few to integrate his style faster. Higuain 30 or not provides 15-20 goals guaranteed. Has done for almost the last 10 years of his career. Would be same with if we signed Cavani, goals guaranteed. Sure price maybe went against him but wouldn’t have been a bad move. 

[Henrique 9,133]

On 02/08/2018 at 7:38 AM, ulsterchelsea said:

We ain't signing a top striker in 9 days. There isn't that many top ,top strikers out there, then add to that marinas HORRENDOUSLY slow/tedious/ineffective/penny pinching buying technique and you realise we've no mission 

Higuain is a not a top striker in my books, I mean, don't see him as an improvement on Morata, Giroud and Batshuay to justify the 50m price tag.

[Clockwork 1,794]

29 minutes ago, Henrique said:

Higuain is a not a top striker in my books, I mean, don't see him as an improvement on Morata, Giroud and Batshuay to justify the 50m price tag.

imo he is improvement over our strikers. Over the last 10 years he has averaged 21 league goals. I don't know if he is a top striker depending on your definition, but he is consistent. Cant say about our current ones.

It is not a good market for strikers, even Real are desperately looking for an improvement over Benzema.  

[zekinjo 449]

On 8/2/2018 at 5:44 AM, Unionjack said:

Story of our fuckin life I'm afraid. And I cant see it changing anytime soon.

That’s why they’ve brought in Sarri. He’s a perfect yes man coach. Chelsea will play nice football but will lack that extra quality for big things. There will be no marquee signings, mostly solid or average UK players and at best some solid players from other Leagues. Sarri is already almost 60. Who can really tell which month or year Roman will sack him or when he’ll retire. Highly doubt he’ll coach for many more years. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

I still say we shoulda got him

Higuain told Mertens: 'I am joining Chelsea' before AC Milan move

https://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/higuain-told-mertens-i-am-joining-chelsea-before-ac-milan-move-41172

[robsblubot 3,504]

heh let this one pass...

football has changed and it's simply no longer as important for the strikers to be the sole source of goals. CL has been dominated by a team with Benzema up front, who's more of a setter holder than proper striker. WC was won by a team whose striker did not score a single goal during the competition (happens to be in our roster).

Really really top strikers and goal scorers are a an extremely rare product and only a few teams have - and won't let them go very easy.

Having a player like Morata, who's not a prolific scorer, but contributes to the team is absolutely fine IMO. 

[Vesper 28,796]

3 hours ago, Robguima said:

CL has been dominated by a team with Benzema up front, who's more of a setter holder than proper striker.

Benzema had a 10 year run (ending in 2016/17) where he averaged almost 25 goals and around 12 assists per season, twice going over 30 goals. If we got that for 5 or 6 years out of Morata, I would THRILLED.