Edinson Cavani

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The most annoying thing about this all is that a top quality back up striker is the final piece to the puzzle in my opinion. If we get that then I truly believe we'll win the league, a cup and maybe the CL. Sounds over positive I know but say we signed Cavani, we would then have 7 world class players in Costa, Cavani, Courtois, Cech, Fabregas, JT and Hazard. That's world class down the spine of our team (GK-CB-CM-ST) as well as Hazard (and we know how good he can be) along with world class back-up for arguably the 2 most important positions on the pitch - GK and ST.

Couple that with having very good players elsewhere around the pitch and on the bench and a few promising young squad players and I don't see how we can go wrong...

Everything is almost perfect, we just need 1 more striker and we'll be ready.

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Man City have Aguero, Dzeko, Jovetic and Negredo. All world class strikers, we should be able to have at least 2 world class strikers in our team so I don't think it's naive. Bony would be great though I agree.

Hard to say if they could keep all those strikers happy when they're all fit, because they've missed a ton of matches between them. Maybe our two striker system in the last couple of games could be used more but it's too early to say.

This move seems dependent on us moving on either Torres or Cech though.

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Hard to say if they could keep all those strikers happy when they're all fit, because they've missed a ton of matches between them. Maybe our two striker system in the last couple of games could be used more but it's too early to say.

This move seems dependent on us moving on either Torres or Cech though.

We could keep 2 strikers happy throughout the course of a season with rotation and that's all we'd need. Drogba hasn't come back to play tons of games and he knows he's a bit part player. And Torres can frankly fuck himself. What is the worst thing he could do? Start missing sitters for us and request to be transfer listed?

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We could keep 2 strikers happy throughout the course of a season with rotation and that's all we'd need. Drogba hasn't come back to play tons of games and he knows he's a bit part player. And Torres can frankly fuck himself. What is the worst thing he could do? Start missing sitters for us and request to be transfer listed?

Possibly. I just think it's hard to expect either Cavani or Costa to be happy on the bench so that probably means Cavani on the wing which is apparently why he's not too happy at PSG. It'd be a juggling act and I personally think Schurrle can play that second-striker role on the pitch effectively for us.

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Mou used Milito and Etoo, plus Sneijder in Inter.

We could have Costa, Cavani and Hazard. Its up to Mou what he wants. But I doubt we will go with two strikers and therefore, Cavani wont be coming.

Getting that second choice quality striker ala Bony would still be must to get.

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Possibly. I just think it's hard to expect either Cavani or Costa to be happy on the bench so that probably means Cavani on the wing which is apparently why he's not too happy at PSG. It'd be a juggling act and I personally think Schurrle can play that second-striker role on the pitch effectively for us.

I like Schurrle but i'm not keen on him playing striker for us if we're going for the title. He's very good but not quite that good. Both Costa and Cavani can and have played on the wings before so if we just rotated who played striker around between games or even during the game it would keep them both happy and be a fucking nightmare to try and mark for the defenders. And that's if neither of them gets injured. We'll play around 70 games or so this season I reckon, 35 games would be enough for both of them to be happy I reckon.

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One thing about Bony....he's probably going to the African Cup of Nations (with Drogba) which means he'll miss these games

Swansea AWAY

Man City HOME

Villa AWAY

Everton HOME

Would rather we went for a striker who is there when WE need him.

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One thing about Bony....he's probably going to the African Cup of Nations (with Drogba) which means he'll miss these games

Swansea AWAY

Man City HOME

Villa AWAY

Everton HOME

Would rather we went for a striker who is there when WE need him.

Hernandez? Remy? Jay Rodriguez? Benteke? What would be our best bet do you reckon?

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1. Cavani

2. Hernandez

3. Remy

In that order, just please, someone else.

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Hernandez? Remy? Jay Rodriguez? Benteke? What would be our best bet do you reckon?

Rodriguez is out for a few more months but he's HG. Remy and Hernandez are both poachers like Costa and Lukaku so I'd like Benteke. A real target man, at his best he's up there with Drogba in terms of being unplayable but he's still injured too.

Slim pickings at the moment.

[Pizy 18,368]

Not sure I could stomach seeing Chicharito in our shirt.

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Can't we just re-sign Flo? Never really minded being on the bench, a real game-changer, started some games and didn't disappoint and we made a huge profit on him when we flogged him.

Think we only signed him a few days before the season opener at Coventry so there's still time for us to do something now.

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Not sure I could stomach seeing Chicharito in our shirt.

If he bangs goals in derby in the first minute like he did against us i would welcome that lesbian guy.

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Can't we just re-sign Flo? Never really minded being on the bench, a real game-changer, started some games and didn't disappoint and we made a huge profit on him when we flogged him.

Think we only signed him a few days before the season opener at Coventry so there's still time for us to do something now.

1998 Tore Andre Flo off the bench v Blackburn.........twice in eight minutes, no messing.

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Cavani isnt impossible. Its not about "having too many strikers" or "mourinho has the strikers he want".

We all know everyone would like to get rid of Torres and that would open up doors. I seriousley believe the issue is they cant get rid of him.

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Cavani isnt impossible. Its not about "having too many strikers" or "mourinho has the strikers he want".

We all know everyone would like to get rid of Torres and that would open up doors. I seriousley believe the issue is they cant get rid of him.

That is the only issue. Worst happening is that he is here for one more season then his contract is up in the summer.

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Rodriguez is out for a few more months but he's HG. Remy and Hernandez are both poachers like Costa and Lukaku so I'd like Benteke. A real target man, at his best he's up there with Drogba in terms of being unplayable but he's still injured too.

Slim pickings at the moment.

I've personally always rated Hernandez very highly. Very good player and happy to sit on the bench. There's also rumours of LVG not wanting him and wanting to offload him. I agree with the Benteke assessment though, he'd offer a nice alternative to Costa.

Like Lukaku, before he upped and quit like a little bitch

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Rodriguez is out for a few more months but he's HG. Remy and Hernandez are both poachers like Costa and Lukaku so I'd like Benteke. A real target man, at his best he's up there with Drogba in terms of being unplayable but he's still injured too.

Slim pickings at the moment.

Costa and Hernandez aren't just poachers.

I WANT CHICHARITOO! He'd be probably £9-12m or so and would be happy to play 20-25 games a year.