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what is the point of a new striker??
  • BluenoseLJAD
    Posts: 7
    david moyes has stated that he would like to bring at least 1 new striker in as we are a bit short. as much as i would like to see a 20 goal a season hitman in the blue of everton i just dont get it. we have saha, we have straqularsi(sp) vellios little conor mcaleny and james mcfadden (im not going to include the useless anichebe here)   ok saha when on form and able to play is a 20 goal a season striker. havent seen much of denis but from what ive seen he seems an ok player. vellios is quality i really like him. conor will be class and mcfadden obviously isnt fit yet. the problem i see is that we only play with 1 striker. so we have plenty of choice for that, WHEN we play 2 upfront then we need another striker but we already have 5 and moyes only picks 1. im not saying we dont need a striker but we cant afford the top class striker we need. does anyone really believe that nicky maynard is going to score 15+ goals up front on his own between now and the end of the season. its not a new striker in the squad we need its an extra one in the team each week. just my opinion.
  • fizzbomb
    Posts: 1,291
    Your argument falls at the first hurdle, what ever gave you the impression Saha could score 20 goals in a season for us?
  • Jay McD
    Posts: 1,206
    I agree with 2 upfront but no saha isn't 20 goals a season very rarely 20 games and in 80 percent of them he's dis intesrested and lazy. I would actually prefer anichabe.
  • BluenoseLJAD
    Posts: 7
    saha is a 20 goal a season striker IF as i said he was on form and able
    to play, pro rata he has been a 20 goal a season striker for us.
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 20,151
    but he doesnt actually get 20 goals for us; he gets on average 10 and is nowhere near getting that total this year....
  • fizzbomb
    Posts: 1,291
    'Ifs' buts and maybes don't cut it in the Prem, we are DESPERATE for a striker who can score on a regular basis, sadly Saha is not doing this for us.
  • 11blue
    Posts: 4,765
    Has Saha every scored 20 in his career? I think that we should play two strikers at home at least but we do need a new striker without a doubt.
  • BluenoseLJAD
    Posts: 7
    so WHO do we buy with the £5 available that will score 15+ goals on his own up front then????
  • 11blue
    Posts: 4,765
    BluenoseLJAD said:

    so WHO do we buy with the £5 available that will score 15+ goals on his own up front then????


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    We should buy someone who can score goals along with another striker in a 4 4 2. I would have wanted to keep hold of Beckford to be honest, him and Saha worked well up front together.
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 20,151
    BluenoseLJAD said:

    so WHO do we buy with the £5 available that will score 15+ goals on his own up front then????


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    What £5m?
  • BluenoseLJAD
    Posts: 7
    do you want to shed any light on who you have in mind???
  • 11blue
    Posts: 4,765
    BluenoseLJAD said:

    do you want to shed any light on who you have in mind???


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    I don't really know to be honest, as I say I would have kept hold of Beckford or even the Yak.
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 20,151
    you talkin ter me kidda? If so, I asked where yer got this £5m figure from?
  • 11blue
    Posts: 4,765
    OldGoldenVision said:

    you talkin ter me kidda? If so, I asked where yer got this £5m figure from?


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    Probably from the Yakubu and Beckford sales.
  • BluenoseLJAD
    Posts: 7
    i said £5 not £5million.......thats the point... we dont have any money to buy anyone who can play upfront on their own and score 15 goals
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 20,151
    oh, got yer... irony...
  • 11blue
    Posts: 4,765
    Don't worry, Victor will be back soon.
  • BluenoseLJAD
    Posts: 7
    and we havent kept the yak or becks so that is irrelivent. we are talking about what we should do now and im saying what is the point of a new striker. unless we can get our hands on the crown jewels and sell them out the back of a lorry to get some cash we might as well JUST PLAY 2 OF OUR STRIKERS
  • beardblue boy
    Posts: 406
    Nobody is going to get 20 goals a season playing in a 4-5-1 whoever we got,personally i think Beckford was a big mistake and imo he would of got around 12 for us this season and the Yak would of scored mmore than what we have so far with what we got so with a combined sell on price of around 4 mill for the both of them was a disgrace.....were gonna go out and spend 10 mill on a striker who wont get anywhere near 20 a season under the formation we play....and Moyes wont change his tactics until we get to 40 points and he will release the reins and we will have a strong finish lie we always do..
  • OldGoldenVision
    Posts: 20,151
    We can debate the sale of yak and becks all night. One thing that is wrong in this is people still saying that Moyes only plays 4-5-1.  He has in the past month played 4-4-2 and 4-2-3-1.


  • 11blue
    Posts: 4,765
    Saha and Beckford complemented each other when they played up front together, so I don't really know why Beckford was sold. He was our top scorer last season despite playing less than Saha did, and Saha hadn't scored all year until Beckford came into the team and played along side him in a 4 4 2. I have said many times before that the Yak is a goalscorer and he will always score goals for you. If he would have played for us in a 4 4 2 formation I am sure he could score goals for us, and I believe Beckford is a goalscorer, as he has also scored goals wherever he has been. And as already pointed out, it was ridiculous that we only got £1.5M for Yakubu and £2.5M for Beckford.
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