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Poll Striking Out?

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What will be our striker situation come the beginning of the season?

  • Studge to stay- no new striker

  • Lacazette/ Aubameyang or some top class striker

  • Dolberg or another up-and-coming striker

  • Who needs a striker? Firmino to combine with shit-hot wingers

  • Something else (explain)

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doctor_mac

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So, are we going to sign a top or top up and coming striker this season? Can anyone see Brendan's nightmare being fulfilled where we go into next season without signing a centre forward? Lacazette is being mooted as possible, there is KHL's Danish fantasy boy, and there have been plenty of links with other young, rather than top-tier forwards. Then there is the stick with Sturridge option, which seems to me to be the worst of all possibilities. What do you think is going to happen?
 
I picked the firmino / winger option but I think that might combine with option 1, keeping sturridge around.

Top strikers are too hard to sign and I don't think we've been showing enough interest even though I'd like us to
 
I've been thinking about this, and my view is that Klopp (however people here might dislike it) will not sign another central striker. Firmino, for good or bad, is Klopp's preferred central pivot. I can see Solanke being developed as an understudy to Firmino as he seems like someone who likes playing with his back to goal, and could be used as a pivot flanked by two wing-forwards.

He'll try and improve the attack by adding more Mane like players i.e. wing-forwards with pace and goals. Salah fits the mould very well.

I could however see him try and go for a player who is comfortable either playing as a LWF or a central striker. Someone like Mbappe, or more realistically, someone like Timo Werner (who I really like). Ideally, Klopp would have hoped that Origi could have been this player, but that's clearly not happened yet.

So basically, our attack would be this:

Central pivot: Firmino, Solanke
Wing-forwards: Mane, Salah, Mbappe/Werner (or the like, who can also play centrally if needed), Origi

I just don't see him signing an out and out striker like Dolberg or Lacazette.

Personally, I'm ok with this strategy provided the new LWF we get is seriously good. Mbappe or Werner would of course fit the bill because they're both shit hot.

But of course if it's someone like Demarai Gray or Lanzini, it'll leave a lot to be desired.
 
Buy some proven quality. We have had enough of 'up and coming' over the years with mixed results.
 
Coutinho and Lallana become pure midfielders of course in this occasion, which is a move I'd be happy with too.
 
I don't think we're in for a striker. There hasn't been enough links. This places pressure on Salah to adapt right away and score goals. Klopp obviously has a massive hard on for Firmino in a false 9 position. For me that only will work if the other side attacker is as devastating as Mane. It also will completely fall apart every second January but I suppose we've got some time to ready ourselves for that.
 
dmishra said:
I've been thinking about this, and my view is that Klopp (however people here might dislike it) will not sign another central striker.
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It looks that way to me as well. We've not really been seriously linked with any strikers whereas all the big money seems to allocated for a wide player and other positions. May yet change but looking like a case of more of the same only with a wider set of players next season.
 
I think people are getting too hung up on the idea of Firmino being Klopp's preferred option. He has been so far because of the other choices - Ings and Sturridge crocked, Origi not good enough (at this point or forever).

Then there's also the fact that Ings is probably the only other striker we have who can press from the front in a similar manner to Firmino. You lose that when Origi or Sturridge are leading the line and it's a fairly integral part of how the team plays.

But if we can sign someone who can put in the hard work Firmino does and score more goals I think it's fairly likely we will.
 
The Daily Express sez:

Liverpool are ready to steal a march on Premier League rivals Arsenal and Manchester United by snatching £50 million rated Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette from under their noses.
Lacazette had set his sights on a summer move to Atletico Madrid until a transfer ban until January for signing under age-players was upheld.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has set his sights on signing a big-name striker this summer and Lacazette certainly fits the bill.
He scored 37 goals in all competitions this season and has emerged at the top of Klopp’s wanted list of strikers.
Lyon have not given up hope that Lacazette will remain with them in Ligue 1 next season but he is determined to play in the Champions League.
The Reds can offer him a chance to play in European football’s elite competition and the Sunday Express understands that Liverpool could meet his advisors this week.
Lacazette is one of the players that United boss Jose Mourinho is considering after ditching his interest in Antoine Griezmann who Lacazette was supposed to replace in Madrid.
But Liverpool are confident that Lacazette is far enough down Mourinho’s list that they won’t pose any problems when they look to complete the deal.
Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas recently said the club will discuss with Lacazette regarding his future.
“We will have to meet with Alex again," he said.
“We will have to see what will happen in the future, but today the decision to let Alexandre go is now under scrutiny.
“I would prefer that he stays. In the context of our competitiveness and our desire to build a truly great team for next season.
"Lyon has a lot of very good players and if Alexandre does not leave it will be another player in very similar conditions."
 
Squiggles said:
I don't think we're in for a striker. There hasn't been enough links. This places pressure on Salah to adapt right away and score goals. Klopp obviously has a massive hard on for Firmino in a false 9 position. For me that only will work if the other side attacker is as devastating as Mane. It also will completely fall apart every second January but I suppose we've got some time to ready ourselves for that.
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I think there's some language barrier misunderstanding about what Klopp thinks a false striker should do.

Because Firmino has the 'not scoring goals' bit of the false nine totally sorted
 
doctor_mac said:
The Daily Express sez:

Liverpool are ready to steal a march on Premier League rivals Arsenal and Manchester United by snatching £50 million rated Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette from under their noses.
Lacazette had set his sights on a summer move to Atletico Madrid until a transfer ban until January for signing under age-players was upheld.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp has set his sights on signing a big-name striker this summer and Lacazette certainly fits the bill.
He scored 37 goals in all competitions this season and has emerged at the top of Klopp’s wanted list of strikers.
Lyon have not given up hope that Lacazette will remain with them in Ligue 1 next season but he is determined to play in the Champions League.
The Reds can offer him a chance to play in European football’s elite competition and the Sunday Express understands that Liverpool could meet his advisors this week.
Lacazette is one of the players that United boss Jose Mourinho is considering after ditching his interest in Antoine Griezmann who Lacazette was supposed to replace in Madrid.
But Liverpool are confident that Lacazette is far enough down Mourinho’s list that they won’t pose any problems when they look to complete the deal.
Lyon chairman Jean-Michel Aulas recently said the club will discuss with Lacazette regarding his future.
“We will have to meet with Alex again," he said.
“We will have to see what will happen in the future, but today the decision to let Alexandre go is now under scrutiny.
“I would prefer that he stays. In the context of our competitiveness and our desire to build a truly great team for next season.
"Lyon has a lot of very good players and if Alexandre does not leave it will be another player in very similar conditions."
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I've never really seen Lacazette play so I can't speak to whether he's the right player for us, but I do think he would consider us a likely destination over some of our rivals due to his likelihood of starting. He seems to me to prefer being a big fish in a small pond, hence staying at least two extra seasons at Lyon and then looking to move to an Atletico team who were about to lose their main scoring threat. While that makes him more likely to join us, it does have me wondering about his mentality, especially in consideration of the some of the discussion in other threads about us needing nasty winners. Is he the striking version of Wijnaldum?
 
darkstarexodus said:
I've never really seen Lacazette play so I can't speak to whether he's the right player for us, but I do think he would consider us a likely destination over some of our rivals due to his likelihood of starting. He seems to me to prefer being a big fish in a small pond, hence staying at least two extra seasons at Lyon and then looking to move to an Atletico team who were about to lose their main scoring threat. While that makes him more likely to join us, it does have me wondering about his mentality, especially in consideration of the some of the discussion in other threads about us needing nasty winners. Is he the striking version of Wijnaldum?
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Arsenal still seems to be the more likely destination as the completely foreseeable failure to capture MBappe underlines that Arsenal are going to splash the cash on a CF and as MBappe is out of the question Lacazette, previously on their radar, is the obvious backup. I'd have multiple orgasms for an hour if we were to get him though since I've been banging on about him for ages and ages. Definitely a Klopp type player as far as the effort he puts in.
 
News is that Lacazette is having discussion about a possible £50m move. I don't know if Sakho will be used as a make weight.
 
I voted "Something else (Explain)" to see what happened. But nothing happened and I assume that I'm now supposed to explain my reasoning here, as a standard post. However, "Something else (Explain)" wasn't my real answer so I can't explain (Explain) anything. Sorry for wasting your time and skewing the vote. Thanks.
 
LarryHagman said:
I voted "Something else (Explain)" to see what happened. But nothing happened and I assume that I'm now supposed to explain my reasoning here, as a standard post. However, "Something else (Explain)" wasn't my real answer so I can't explain (Explain) anything. Sorry for wasting your time and skewing the vote. Thanks.
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Erm, you can change your vote.
 
keniget said:
It looks that way to me as well. We've not really been seriously linked with any strikers whereas all the big money seems to allocated for a wide player and other positions. May yet change but looking like a case of more of the same only with a wider set of players next season.
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Squiggles said:
I don't think we're in for a striker. There hasn't been enough links.
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Well we've bought Solanke so even though not a starter it's clear Klopp will have promised game time somewhere and he's not a new Firmino.
Lots and lots of time and who knows what we're working on. It may be of course that Klopp will just keep Sturridge, Origi, Ings, Solanke and Woodburn : plenty of options there since we only use one striker and that may be enough if we play with a false 9 most games.
 
Whilst it would be nice to sign one, We don't need a Striker.. where does he fit into the team ?

We will have an attacking line scoring goals from all positions..

Mane, Salah, Coutinho, Firminio, Lallana == Goals..

Coutinho will be our Key player next season.. He will pull all the strings from a deep lying position.. Create Goals, and score plenty too..

Studge and Origi will be backup

Ings will be sold or loaned out most probably

We may sign a bench player to replace Ings or more likely promote youth from within, with the likes of Solanke and Woodburn..
 
Just to add..

We will only Buy a striker if one leaves..

If Sturridge or Origi where to leave, we will then probably see one come the other way..
 
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