RedAnt » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:40 pm wrote:
"Yeah, but this same Fernando Torres aka Judas also anticipated a big money move to Chelsea and left us with a day to sign a replacement. I think Andy's one major problem was being given the number 9. This left the likes of D_C and Boxscarf and co (Football Manager types I expect) to believe that we had a new Fowler/Owen/Rush/Torres. He's not a playmaking number 10, nor is he a prolific, goalscoring number 9. The fact is that the number 9 on the back of a football shirt dosen't guarantee goals. The old number 9 and 10 strike pairing is outdated. The goal poaching striker is from the olden days too. Modern forwards come under a number of categegories, and whilst there may be one or two "classical" goalpoachers around, they're a very rare and dieing breed.I've got bored of typing now, but keep comparing. If you add up the points, weigh up the pro's and con's of each player, I think we may find that Andy Carroll is a much, MUCH more complete forward than Owen was at that age.
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Said i wouldn't comment, however my name was mentioned in another farcical post so i am obliged to.
Errors galore in this one;
"left us with a day to sign a replacement".... IF that was true (which it ain't as we had just bought Suarez, and had nothing left in the season to play for)... its an even bigger indictment on the club. What did we scurry through the yellow pages and see what was available? Yes... lets jeopardize our immediate future on a last minute spending frenzy and blow 35million on a 12m pound player from a midtable side. What makes the "left us a day" comment even more ridiculous is the big geordie was injured.. so clearly he wasn't bought for the remainder of the season. There are no excuses for the worst deal in history.
The excuses on the player are also quite laughable.. "oh i wish he hadn't been given the #9". So he doesn't score goals, he doesn't create goals, he doesn't get involved in the play, and is diabolical on the floor (and bloo'dy wasteful in the air also)
And the last pearler... "more complete than Owen"...
