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The Centre Forward thread

Push and run said:
Some of the comments about Solanke, and his relative worth compared to other strikers, have been a little harsh from my perspective. In the brief period last season where he was available and vaguely sharp, we nearly looked a decent side. Frankfurt away, second half v City. Slim pickings, admittedly. The criticism that he's only had one good season in the Prem can be countered with the fact that at least he had that one good season in the Prem!

But let's remember we live in a world where Gyokores is a £75m player. There are very few available centre-forwards - make that none - in world football who compare with Kane, Berbatov or Klinsmann, and they are the best three I have seen at our club. Solanke's availability, or lack thereof, is a completely valid argument against him. But I think in a team that's playing fluent attacking football, he's as likely to score goals as anyone else we can realistically get. And he played well last year in the brief periods where we played good footballers around him.

I think that if fit, he's a better player than Gyokores, at least the equal of the current version of Sesko, and likely to score as many goals as Joao Pedro/Wellbeck/Watkins in a full season. Is he the main forward in the next great Spurs team? No. But in the immediate term, we might struggle to do better. That's a fairly disappointing sentence to type but unless the club surprise us I can't see where we'd get a massive upgrade.
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Great post. The other factor is we've not seen what Roberto can do with him.

We did with Ange, and whilst Dom wasn't high scoring he was high contributing when fully fit. Under Iraola, he was both.

I've not given up on him.
 
Gazza Dazzla said:
I’d be delighted with those 2. I’ve totally flipped on Gakpo, wasn’t keen on the initial rumors a month or so ago but after hearing RDZs preferred tactics for CF I think he’d fit the false 9 position perfectly under an RDZ system and can also contribute in that LW position with end product we badly miss. So fills 2 positions.

Save Savinho for next summer don’t rush that this window…
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Your forward options would then be.

LW - Gakpo, Tel
CF - Watkins, Solanke/Richarlison
RW - Kudus, Kulusevski

That’s a lot to rely on the fitness of Kudus & Kulu
 
robp135 said:
Your forward options would then be.

LW - Gakpo, Tel
CF - Watkins, Solanke/Richarlison
RW - Kudus, Kulusevski

That’s a lot to rely on the fitness of Kudus & Kulu
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The Savinho comment was clearly tongue in cheek.. though really in a non Europe season if we can’t rely on 2 RW’s then it makes our mind up and they have to go, with regret.
 
robp135 said:
Its 2 RW that are coming off significant injuries.
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Kulusevski is definitely a concern having had more than a year out.

I'm not nearly as concerned about Kudus' injury however. I wonder if some of our interest in Savinho is that he can play both sides. Gakpo being able to play wide left or centrally up front also probably helps his case.

Maybe the plan really is to try to sign both of them and not bother about a centre forward?
 
Yiddo.1882 said:
I would rather sign Gakpo and Savinho and go into the season with Solanke and Richy than waste £45-70m on a player of Balogun quality. Next summer should not be as hectic as this, and the club can then potentially be in a position to spend £100m+ on a genuine world class striker.
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Might even be able to get Kroupi for a lower fee in January after he has come back from his injury and likely suffered second season productivity drop.
 
Yiddo.1882 said:
I would rather sign Gakpo and Savinho and go into the season with Solanke and Richy than waste £45-70m on a player of Balogun quality. Next summer should not be as hectic as this, and the club can then potentially be in a position to spend £100m+ on a genuine world class striker.
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The wide areas are now looking critical, we are never doing it all in one window I suppose. I think given the start to the window we had, I would be disappointed going into a season with R & S again as strikers, but it will be what it will be
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
The wide areas are now looking critical, we are never doing it all in one window I suppose. I think given the start to the window we had, I would be disappointed going into a season with R & S again as strikers, but it will be what it will be
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I am not saying it’s ideal but it’s preferable than wasting money, this summer has been a big reset across so many aspects of the club, going forward it should hopefully leave us in a position where we only require 1 or 2 ins and outs each summer, and a £150m net spend should theoretically go a lot further than what we have been used too.
 
Yiddo.1882 said:
I am not saying it’s ideal but it’s preferable than wasting money, this summer has been a big reset across so many aspects of the club, going forward it should hopefully leave us in a position where we only require 1 or 2 ins and outs each summer, and a £150m net spend should theoretically go a lot further than what we have been used too.
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I know you were not, I was making my view, not saying it contradicts yours.

I agree with this BTW
 
Finney Is Back said:
Kulusevski is definitely a concern having had more than a year out.

I'm not nearly as concerned about Kudus' injury however. I wonder if some of our interest in Savinho is that he can play both sides. Gakpo being able to play wide left or centrally up front also probably helps his case.

Maybe the plan really is to try to sign both of them and not bother about a centre forward?
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Or De Zerbi views Gakpo as a #9
 
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