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jsdftm04 said:
I agree. Still huge money for him personally and a long deal.
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It is but we are desperate. Plus he's a proven goalscorer and we are swapping him for a guy that has scored one league goal in 42 appearances. Also signing defoe will attract other names aswell.
 
johnson said:
I wish mate

we have good enough players to do it, despite what people on here think, we are underperfoming and have to change the system for this lad if he comes, I don't think he will score goals in our current system

poyet will probably play him left wing
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even though we play one upfront, I dont think our system is necessarily designed for a big striker.

Yes, with Defoe instead of Wickham or Fletcher it will give Pants less to aim at, but Gus says he prefers passing football than that kind of physical style. I know we are far from comparable, but plenty of top teams play one up front with a short striker, look at Aguero at Man City for example.

Defoe will be better at springing offside traps/making runs onto throughballs than our current options, which is how we should theoretically be set up with our inverted wingers & overlapping fullbacks... especially if we got a creative CM.

Although he's good playing off a target man, I actually think he would fit into our system surprisingly well
 
elchopper said:
To rich. Massive gamble. Could get better for that.£
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14th highest goalscorer in premiership history and you're saying it's a gamble?

He has scored more premier league goals than Johnson, Fletcher, Wickham, Giaccherini, Graham, Altidore and Gomez combined.
 
cronnyberg said:
even though we play one upfront, I dont think our system is necessarily designed for a big striker.

Yes, with Defoe instead of Wickham or Fletcher it will give Pants less to aim at, but Gus says he prefers passing football than that kind of physical style. I know we are far from comparable, but plenty of top teams play one up front with a short striker, look at Aguero at Man City for example.

Defoe will be better at springing offside traps/making runs onto throughballs than our current options, which is how we should theoretically be set up with our inverted wingers & overlapping fullbacks... especially if we got a creative CM.

Although he's good playing off a target man, I actually think he would fit into our system surprisingly well
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Good keeper but that made me smile the way he kicks
 
on talksport now. guy from the sun says sunderland wanted him more. 3 clubs wanted him and pushed but safc pushed harder.
 
cronnyberg said:
even though we play one upfront, I dont think our system is necessarily designed for a big striker.

Yes, with Defoe instead of Wickham or Fletcher it will give Pants less to aim at, but Gus says he prefers passing football than that kind of physical style. I know we are far from comparable, but plenty of top teams play one up front with a short striker, look at Aguero at Man City for example.

Defoe will be better at springing offside traps/making runs onto throughballs than our current options, which is how we should theoretically be set up with our inverted wingers & overlapping fullbacks... especially if we got a creative CM.

Although he's good playing off a target man, I actually think he would fit into our system surprisingly well
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Spot on
 
I think we need another Defoe thread.

Anyone fancy starting one?

Thanks.
 
cronnyberg said:
even though we play one upfront, I dont think our system is necessarily designed for a big striker.

Yes, with Defoe instead of Wickham or Fletcher it will give Pants less to aim at, but Gus says he prefers passing football than that kind of physical style. I know we are far from comparable, but plenty of top teams play one up front with a short striker, look at Aguero at Man City for example.

Defoe will be better at springing offside traps/making runs onto throughballs than our current options, which is how we should theoretically be set up with our inverted wingers & overlapping fullbacks... especially if we got a creative CM.

Although he's good playing off a target man, I actually think he would fit into our system surprisingly well
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I am not saying he won't fit in any less than Fletcher, he might be better

but the system is just useless if you want your striker scoring goals, he is so so isolated and often nobody within 40 yards of him as everyone else is behind the ball, fair enough he will get in behind and get us up the pitch but we need to get some support to the striker

I can't think of on good reason why we couldn't play Giach, Alvarez or Johnson in behind the striker instead of Gomez

what we miss? what is gomez contributing to the team
 
TradingPlaces said:
Why? Dozy is allegedly one of our highest paid players and if reports are true of us getting cash plus Defoe for him then it's easy to see where the 80k is coming from.
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If we get cash plus Defoe maybe aye. I jus reckon it'll be 50-60k and an extra year has swung it over other offers
 
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