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2 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

It’s his touch more than anything for me. The ball bounces off him. 

 

Yeah, for a target man, he didn't hold the ball up very well. Joelinton used to get pelters when he was playing as a striker, but he was a lot more involved in build up play.

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2 minutes ago, Consortium of one said:

What's not to like about Nketiah?  Pacy, can play in or wide, only 22 and out of contract.  I think he'll only get better too.

 

Lack of goals. Other than that he's got a lot going for him, but we really need goals.

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3 minutes ago, Consortium of one said:

What's not to like about Nketiah?  Pacy, can play in or wide, only 22 and out of contract.  I think he'll only get better too.

He doesn’t score goals which you kinda want your strikers to do 

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11 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

I think we can all collectively agree we need some more goals. Leeds gifted us one but teams are gonna be more difficult in the run in 

I mean, they gifted us one, but also had their keeper pull off two worldie saves to deny Shelvey and Willock and we could have had a penalty. 

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Nketiah could have a bit of Daniel Sturbridge about him where he wasn’t really getting an opportunity until his early 20s and took a loan move to get him going. Nketiah’s record for the England U21s is pretty impressive. 

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4 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

Yes mate, the jokey reply is predicated on the fact that it’s the school paper/being good at school doesn’t make a PL striker. The varsity reference is from a famous Sopranos quote. It is multi layered. Like Rick and Morty. 

It's just jealousy mate, we never had a school paper, so when I saved a penalty to secure a 2-1 victory over Canning St. I had to settle for a mention in assembly.

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30 minutes ago, KDT said:

Nketiah could have a bit of Daniel Sturbridge about him where he wasn’t really getting an opportunity until his early 20s and took a loan move to get him going. Nketiah’s record for the England U21s is pretty impressive. 

 

Yeah he'd be a decent investment regardless as he's coming out of contract in the summer, but we should still get a proven striker to guarantee safety for this year IMO.

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9 minutes ago, STM said:

Nketiah will be fine. He has pace and knows where the net is. Between him, Wood and Wilson we should get some chemistry going.

 

I think Howe prefers a 442 of sorts.

By all accounts from Arsenal fans is that he doesn’t know where the net is.

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2 minutes ago, nufc123 said:

We are not getting two proven PL strikers in. Madness. Wood is proven still people are talking like he is not here. 

 

 

 

Viduka when at Leeds had 4 seasons in a row where he had double figures, like Wood - at a much more attacking team. At Boro, injury hit, he scored 7. 16 and 19 goals next 3 seasons. (He was 29 when he went there).  So a similar-ish situation. Wood is probably half the player of Viduka but even if he only got even half of that, it is money well spent. 

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8 minutes ago, kingxlnc said:

Viduka when at Leeds had 4 seasons in a row where he had double figures, like Wood - at a much more attacking team. At Boro, injury hit, he scored 7. 16 and 19 goals next 3 seasons. (He was 29 when he went there).  So a similar-ish situation. Wood is probably half the player of Viduka but even if he only got even half of that, it is money well spent. 

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May have read that wrong kingxlnc. Sorry

 

 

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I don't mind this at all. He is a Gayle upgrade. Pacey, can play across the front and gets in the right positions to score. He is hungry to succeed. 

 

Definitely dissapointed this is the end of any Zapata/nunez/world class striker of the hour talk. 

 

It's a smart move though like Burn. 

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1 minute ago, toontownman said:

I don't mind this at all. He is a Gayle upgrade. Pacey, can play across the front and gets in the right positions to score. He is hungry to succeed. 

 

Definitely dissapointed this is the end of any Zapata/nunez/world class striker of the hour talk. 

 

It's a smart move though like Burn. 

Gayle scores goals

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