Confirmed Transfers 2012/13 Thread (aka the mesh shirts gets Kensington excited thread)

First, I believe Krasic is Serbian and not Russian. We got what we got for him. The demand was not there.

Second, the supply for top quality strikers is not there. It is not as if finding tomatoes at the grocers in the middle of the summer. And after today's match, I'm still not convinced it will make a difference. Our possession game slows down the match. We don't run much of a counter attack. So many of these so called world class strikers that some of you drool about are not going to produce big numbers.

 

You're not getting it. There is no question that we are currently the best squad in Italy. That said, we will be competing in Europe and are within striking distance for CL. If you look at our squad versus the other top European sides, we are clearly lacking in strikers. What's the issue with attempting to close that gap by bringing in a top striker?

 

The question is who are these top quality strikers that are available?

 

Barca play a possession system. The strikers there haven't done well? How did RvP do in Arsenal's possession-based system?

 

We had opportunities to get the top guys over the past two seasons. RvP, Dzeko, Aguero, Suarez are just a few of the top guys who have moved in recent seasons. We are unwilling to spend the money sufficient to grab these guys. You're not going to get one of these true difference-makers for 15M.

 

And? Again, who are all of these top quality strikers that are flooding the transfer market? Van Persie got his wish and stayed in the EPL. I don't think Barcelona is going to let go of Messi.

 

Really, all of those players slipped under Marotta's fingers?

 

first off people talk about our strikers like they are shit.....we have 4 really good strikers in vucinic, matri, quags and gio...they are not messi or ronaldo but they are good enough to be starters for many many teams in the top 4 leagues of the world.

I think one of our flaws as an attacking team is, 1 we are not fast in counters, 2 we are not fast in build ups and 3 we dont set up our attackers like we should...other than hail mary long balls and crosses. we are not a striker centric team, which is why u see vucinic play so many min....conte doesnt put him in there to score many goals, and the same reason u hardly see a 2 or 3 striker formation...when he uses 2 or 3 its more like 1 pure striker in matri and the others are supporters. So thats why i dont think these high profile, poacher type strikers wont be successful here. IM really hoping to see gio step it up more, he's still finding his chemistry at this team and we need to utilize his speed more.

 

And all I am saying is that there is a thin market out there for top strikers. No one impressed at the EC this summer. Nor at the Olympics. It is not if there are clubs willing to sell unless an outrageous amount is thrown at them. So stating that we did poorly this mercato is not accurate.

 

when TORRESS wins the golden boot, thats when you know its a thin market for strikers lol

 

I don't think we had a great transfer campaign either. But I think that the signings we made are quality and that we did not over pay for them. Asamoah and Isla are bargains especially considering other teams were trying to sign them. As shown they will slot in the starting line up of the 352.

 

I just named some of the key guys above. The point is that you have to be willing to spend to get these guys-and we haven't been.

I don't think RvP ever said he wanted to stay in the EPL. From what I have read, there was a very realistic possibility he was coming here.