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by **RedBlood** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:09 am

eto
benzeuma
berbertov
aguero
huntelaar
poldolski
villa
diego
lazovic (psv)
menenz

any1 of them will do 4 me.......................thats the standard its gotta be

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by **god_bless_john_houlding** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:12 pm

Ideal partner for Torres.........correct me if I'm wrong but Torres has scored 1 hattrick this season, agaisnt Reading and his partner was Crouch. Benayoun has scored two hattricks, and Crouch was playing in both games. Gerrard scored a hattrick and Crouch was playing. Maybe it's just coincidence, but the four games where we've scored hattricks in Crouch has been playing in. Crouch and Torres give us the best options. We can long to Crouch or over the top for Torres. We have Torres' perfect partner in Crouch.

by **LFC2007** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 3:44 am

Lisandro Lopez is another one I'd keep an eye on. He's excellent with both feet, very good in the air (fairly uncommon nowadays), poses a real goal threat - he has an excellent strike on him (accurate yet powerful), strong enough, fairly agile and very intelligent with his movement.

He doesn't possess electrifying pace, or amazing agility, but he's got enough guile and skill to do a top job in the Premiership, in my opinion.

by **SupitsJonF** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:01 am

The only thing better then 1 Torres is 2 Torres, cloning?

by **LegBarnes** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:59 am

Scottbot wrote:There's been quite a bit of talk on here recently about who should partner our fantastic striker just recently. Most agree that Kuyt and Voronin are not the answer, a good few fancy Crouch while more and more seem to think a Babel-Torres partnership is the dream ticket. I think it's most likely that neither of them is exactly right man to play alongside him and the first job next summer for Rafa (or whoever else) to sort out will be a new striking partner for El Nino.

So here's the deal, you've got £10-12 mill tops to spend (so no Kaka's or Ronaldinho's from the Champ Managers). Who would you go for and why?

I guess there are a few options out there depending on your knowledge of football abroad but for me personally, i would look closer to home and my first choice would be Robbie Keane. I know he's been discussed a bit before on here but he'd be the perfect foil for my mind. He's quick, direct, can play on the shoulder but CRUCIALLY is just as adept at coming deep, facing up and making things happen from there, he scores his share of 1on1's (i witnessed it 1st hand at Anfield this season - Clinical) add to this he is hard-working, creative (makes as many as he scores) and has a terrific attitude. He seems to tick all the Benitez boxes and he would be affordable, I figure £10-12mill would be about the fee we'd have to pay.

Anyone got any better ideas?

torres ideal partner my sister !

by **mascherano20** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:28 am

What about Sinama Pongolle?

by **redtrader74** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:15 am

Keane may not be perfect, but at the price of £10-12m it could happen, we probably wouldn't have much competition from another top side to push the price up, so it is feasible. His class has been questioned by many on here, but i would say that he is a LOT better than the options we have right now, better in every department, ok Kuyt might be fitter :laugh:

, and therefore would improve a side thats already very close to being real contenders. So he is better than what we have and fits the role of creative second striker, and fits the budget.

by **The Manhattan Project** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:19 am

Huntelaar.

He's like a better version of Crouch.

Then again, Kuyt looked good in the Dutch division too.

Go for Robbie Keane.

by **bigmick** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:33 am

Like many threads, this one has been going quite a while and as such many posts within it would be out of date. If you'd asked me a few weeks back I'd have been racking my brains trying to think of Saints myhtical creative second striker (and I wouldn't have any problem with Robbie Keane to be honest) , but such has been firstly our progress and secondly and probably more importantly the complete fickleness and wanton kneejerkery of my nature, that I'm starting to warm to this 4-5-1 lark.

If we take the view (and I would suggest if we go to Old Trafford tomorrow and win 2-0 that most of us will take the view) that we are going to stick with the 4-5-1, then we quite possibly already have Torres's ideal partner and he's playing with him right now. One of the reasons I like the system for us (and make no bones about it it is a very recent conversion on my part) is that it significantly reduces the number of plauyers we would need to become really very very good. I've said many times that we are plenty good enough to be in the title race this season, and we are. However, were either Gerrard or Torres to become injured for a sustained period (and it's probably be even worse given our resources if it was the Spaniard) then we would be fecked given our current squad. For that reason, perhaps we shouldn't be thinking of a Torres partner, more of somebody who can play either with him or without him. Someone should tell this c... Hicks that he needs to win the fans over, and the best way of doing it would be to finance a huge transfer. Go to Barcelona and buy Samuel Eto, then the fans will love you. We won't of course, but at least we'd get our man.

by **Owzat** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:48 am

The Manhattan Project wrote:Huntelaar.

He's like a better version of Crouch.

There's no such thing as a worse version

by **Yari7** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:57 am

Is it just me, or didn't we have one in Djibril Cisse. He never reached his full potential at us, far from it, yet still banged in 19 goals in his last season which is aoutstanding tally considering he came in fromt he right or off the bench most games.

I think given a lengthy run in the side, like Kuyt has had, he would have reached the form which made him at Auxerre. And if he did that, that would be a player who could have got us 15-20 league goals a season on top of what Gerrard and Torres give us.

A partnership with Torres and with Gerrard playing behind them would be frightening just for the sheer pace that both have.

by **stmichael** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:13 pm

Villa/Aguero aside, personally I'd get Garcia back, pay off his wife to stay in her beloved Spain, and voila!

Failing that you're looking at Aimar plus try and bring on Babel to that front role also.

by **JC_81** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:42 pm

Firstly, I'd stick with the current formation 0f 4-5-1 for now, and possibly even for next season. No point in breaking up the Gerrard/Torres partnership when it's doing so well.

Secondly, 10-12 million will not get you a quality striker/second striker unless you're very very lucky and go for a relative unknown or someone who is maybe slightly past their peak (Henry? Trezeguet? Crespo? Cruz? Aimar?). I'm not sure the latter would be the way to go, I'd rather get a younger hungrier player

For the sake of the thread though, my pick would be Gudjohnsen. Still has something to prove, clearly surplus to requirements at Barce, knows the Premiership and he has a bit of quality about him. I'm sure he'd cost under 10 million. That said, I'd like to think our scouting network could turn out someone better or else we'd pay more money for a better, younger player. I like Robbie Keane too, but never in a million years would you get him for 10-12 million.

by **NANNY RED** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:14 pm

bigmick wrote:Like many threads, this one has been going quite a while and as such many posts within it would be out of date. If you'd asked me a few weeks back I'd have been racking my brains trying to think of Saints myhtical creative second striker (and I wouldn't have any problem with Robbie Keane to be honest) , but such has been firstly our progress and secondly and probably more importantly the complete fickleness and wanton kneejerkery of my nature, that I'm starting to warm to this 4-5-1 lark.

If we take the view (and I would suggest if we go to Old Trafford tomorrow and win 2-0 that most of us will take the view) that we are going to stick with the 4-5-1, then we quite possibly already have Torres's ideal partner and he's playing with him right now. One of the reasons I like the system for us (and make no bones about it it is a very recent conversion on my part) is that it significantly reduces the number of plauyers we would need to become really very very good. I've said many times that we are plenty good enough to be in the title race this season, and we are. However, were either Gerrard or Torres to become injured for a sustained period (and it's probably be even worse given our resources if it was the Spaniard) then we would be fecked given our current squad. For that reason, perhaps we shouldn't be thinking of a Torres partner, more of somebody who can play either with him or without him. Someone should tell this c... Hicks that he needs to win the fans over, and the best way of doing it would be to finance a huge transfer. Go to Barcelona and buy Samuel Eto, then the fans will love you. We won't of course, but at least we'd get our man.

Exellent post Bigmick i agree with everythink you say apart from the Eto bit,
Imo its gonna be hard to find the right player tO actualy link up with Torres the jurys still out on this one for me on who that could be but as you said hes got the ideal partner now and both seem to be relishing playing together.

On another note Red i think Robbie Keane would kill to play for us and i love him as a player the lad shows so much enthusiasm for the game its great to see a player who plays for the love of football and not whats in his wage packet or bonus hes getting . Crackin player aswell yep id defo have him

by **Toffeehater** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:57 pm

bigmick wrote:Like many threads, this one has been going quite a while and as such many posts within it would be out of date. If you'd asked me a few weeks back I'd have been racking my brains trying to think of Saints myhtical creative second striker (and I wouldn't have any problem with Robbie Keane to be honest) , but such has been firstly our progress and secondly and probably more importantly the complete fickleness and wanton kneejerkery of my nature, that I'm starting to warm to this 4-5-1 lark.

If we take the view (and I would suggest if we go to Old Trafford tomorrow and win 2-0 that most of us will take the view) that we are going to stick with the 4-5-1, then we quite possibly already have Torres's ideal partner and he's playing with him right now. One of the reasons I like the system for us (and make no bones about it it is a very recent conversion on my part) is that it significantly reduces the number of plauyers we would need to become really very very good. I've said many times that we are plenty good enough to be in the title race this season, and we are. However, were either Gerrard or Torres to become injured for a sustained period (and it's probably be even worse given our resources if it was the Spaniard) then we would be fecked given our current squad. For that reason, perhaps we shouldn't be thinking of a Torres partner, more of somebody who can play either with him or without him. Someone should tell this c... Hicks that he needs to win the fans over, and the best way of doing it would be to finance a huge transfer. Go to Barcelona and buy Samuel Eto, then the fans will love you. We won't of course, but at least we'd get our man.

top post mick , i would not want eto now , he has looked less predatory as he was 2 seasons back and i doubt he will adapt in this league.

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