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I think that says it all really, both our current and previous starting striker aren't doing too bad at all...go on lads.

10 hours ago, villalad21 said:

Norwich had 21 shots against us.

Are any of you concerned about that?

.....and only 5 on target, with only 1 really testing the keeper. Anyone can shoot on a football pitch, it's like when you play your mate on the playstation and he shoots every time he's within 35 yards of goal then laments you "being lucky" when you beat him 2-0.

you can bet your house he will get a new contract, too valuable of an asset to lose. He'll be ready in another 2 years.

We're crying out for an over-lapping left-back to contribute to direct attacking play, do we know when this man is fit?

I like Taylor and think he's solid, but a bit of directness down that will give us another option in an otherwise struggling offensive unit (so far).

Worth noting we are joint-top of clean-sheets with 5 games gone, we have a more than capable defence to survive this league (west ham had 1 shot on target, a speculative effort from noble). Personally, i thought at times last night we played some wonderful football with some lovely one-touch passing, but the attacking side of the team at times seemed disjointed. This is to be expected as the team is still learning to play with each other on matchdays, anyone who thought it would have "clicked" this soon into the season were slightly deluded in my opinion. Give the lads some time, the finished article will be worth the wait.

5 hours ago, hippo said:

So Guilbert didn't get many assists whilst playing for a struggling team ?  - sure he will get loads for us...

It's about the system that the team operates, bottom teams in the prem have evolved to play short-passing build-up football...including the promoted teams.

Caen on the otherhand were a far cry from this;  "Caen have made the second most long passes this season and average the third longest passes in the league with Strasbourg and Dijon both marginally ahead of them in these categories." 

So in my opinion you can't judge a player with the attacking and crossing abilities in a team that played for arguably the worst team in one of Europe's poorer teams, especially when that team is playing long hoof ball....Guilbert is the superior footballer and will be the starting full-back before the end of December i'm sure of it. 

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2019/feature-why-caen-are-the-worst-team-in-ligue-1/

2 hours ago, zab6359 said:

Elmo is doing fine no reason at all to replace him with Guilbert yet.

Don't get the fascination with getting Guilbert on, I think people are wrongly assuming he going to be constantly bombing forward and raining crosses into the box, just as a comparison he had 2 assists and scored 1 goal last season, Elmo had 8 assists and 2 goals.

 

In pre-season he was doing exactly that. Last season he was playing for inferior team that ultimately got relegated, I don't feel like you can compare.

I feel like with the way we play we are crying-out for over-lapping fullbacks that overload the opposition on their final third, and Elmo and Taylor (as solid as they have been so far) don't offer that.

1 hour ago, DaveAV1 said:

That’s a good point. For all the legalities and clauses, if Douglas is happy and wants to stay it would be very difficult to make him move. Who would want to buy an unhappy player?

I see your point...but money (wage increase and signing on fee) and to train under Pep Guardiola, both very compelling reasons for any player.

They recently did something very similar with that Angelino lad from PSV. (who i doubt will get any game time in the league)

https://www.mancity.com/news/first team/first team news/2019/july/man city sign angelino psv transfer latest update

16 hours ago, Stevo985 said:

And allegedly the buyback clause goes up every year. So the longer he's here the more we make from him

City could buy him back cheaply and sell him on either to us or other suitors at the end of this season for a bigger profit...that would make the most business sense their end

51 minutes ago, nick76 said:

The only problem with that is I believe that is less about coaching and more natural instinct.  The game is so fast at premier league level that natural instinct gets you into the right positions otherwise more players would be strikers.  For me there is a reason a scoring striker is that way, they just always seem to be in the right place.  You can coach certain plays so Davis knows where the ball is going to be in certain plays or set pieces but being in the right place at the right time is instinct for anything else....that's why goal scoring midfielders and strikers are at such a premium. 

For me, the use of Davis, if we have to, is as people have said....play up to Davis and midfielders run off him to score.

I would point to the rise of Raheem Sterling. 

Pep has been very vocal about the amount of work he has spent on Raheem, a player he recognised as having bag of gile, agility, directness and pace. Sterling before Pep was a frustrating highlight-reel player, that would tend to receive the ball out wide and lose possession as a result of headless-chicken runs (ala Adama)...he was labelled a flop. However, Pep used methods such as spray-painting markings on the pitch to show where he should be in each phase of play, and the result is Raheem being the most lethal wide forwards in the league (if not maybe the world?). Sterling now bags for fun by being in the "right positions".

In Davis there is a player with all the tools needed to be a top centre-forward, he has strength, technical ability, good vision, attitude and energy. So I firmly elieve that with work on the training pitch you can mould a 21-year old player to read the game and pop up in right-positions....it all relies on the quality of the coaching (worth noting Davis has arguably not received high-quality attacking coaching), so the question is, is that do we believe Dean's attacking coaching set-up has the ability to achieve what has been done at City?

26 minutes ago, nick76 said:

That’s my worry! It’s a much harder league, we’ll have less time in the oppositions half, then it’ll be harder to create chances so the chances we do create we need to have a better goal scoring ratio.  I think we’ll be fine but after Wes, I do worry with our striker options and this places a large burden on other areas to score more, which is fine.

I think you will find that the speed of the game will be alot quicker with quicker turn-over of possession, which will suit strikers such as Davis as more space to play/run into....same goes for Kodija (hence the gaffer's comments yesterday).

His scoring stats seem impressive until you look at the other names in contention.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/super-lig/torschuetzenliste/wettbewerb/TR1/saison_id/2018

13 hours ago, AVTuco said:

But he won't. Never. Ever.

Likeable fella I'm sure, but we should just cut our losses here.

Wow. 

I was at the game on Saturday, he was instrumental to most of our play in the final third. He got alot of love from the rest of the team aswell, his team-mates hold him in high-regard. He's 21 and on a low-wage and 5 years off his prime, selling him now would be madness....you can always cash in a couple of years if it doesn't work out and he'd still only be 23.

Anyone know any pre-match pubs? 

I think he would work really well with a strike partner, get Maupay in please.

2 hours ago, Demitri_C said:

Can he play up front? Think we need a striker more than another winger 

You think so? We've only got 2 decent wingers and a prospect.

If i'm not mistaken, to manipulate something is to move/control something, so to move and control the ball.

55 minutes ago, Dante_Lockhart said:

One thing I noticed, 95% of the time he will cut inside on his left. Pretty easy to defend against. Needs to develop his right foot to at least keep defenders guessing.

Ajen Robben 

1 hour ago, El-Reacho said:

The longer the likes of this deal and the Phillips deal goes on the better the deal will be for us. Leicester have admitted that they've overpaid significantly for Perez because they wanted the deal done ASAP. Purslow is obviously not willing to overpay just to get them in today or tomorrow. The longer it goes on the more Bournemouth and Leeds will get used to the fact that they're leaving and then they will start to want the deal concluded and then that's when we'll have the upper hand.

Most sensible thing i've read in a while, almost too sensible. 

Eric Dier is a young version of Jedinak, a beast that cannot pass.

31 minutes ago, alreadyexists said:

But also, regarding the apparent Leeds takeover. If they’re that rich why not buy a PL team, and then not have the bother of getting promoted. NSWE bought us, but I think they’re business men rather than oil rich sheikhs. Ah, who knows!?

Pure guesswork here, but i imagine if you buy a championship club and get them promoted, the value of the club skyrockets or at least considerably increases. Which, in terms off investment carries a higher return or a smaller loss.

2 minutes ago, LxYoungAVFC said:

 

It's real I promise

Yeah high chance it's a load of toss, just thought I'd share it.

An apparent leaked conversation with his brother is doing the rounds on Twitter..

23 minutes ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

edit: Over the years a lot of Celtic players have played in the champions league too. Did that increase their value?

 

Yes, for the one's that performed well. 

Sorry if someone has already mentioned this headless chicken but for me, Adama Traoré.

Look, i know he is only 23 but when we signed him i thought we were signing the next barcalona-wunderkid version of Ronaldo....and instead got this;