Don’t disagree, but we’re not replacing him this window - either try to find a way to utilise him and get him at least putting the ball in the back of the net a few times - or we need to find goals from elsewhere.
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Don’t disagree, but we’re not replacing him this window - either try to find a way to utilise him and get him at least putting the ball in the back of the net a few times - or we need to find goals from elsewhere.
Score important goals in the league and on the way to winning the CL too.
He's not at our level. A few goals off the bench is about it for him and that's just not good enough for Liverpool #9. I don't think he's capable of improving.
He'd need to be scoring a goal a game to really suggest we should think about keeping him, he won't though.
At the moment we're probably saying "just get rid"
If he gets another 5-10 goals this season it might be "get rid only for over 30m"
He gets 10-15, "get rid for 40+"
He does something ungodly and gets 15-20+ in the remaing games across all comps? Then there might be discussions
To stay? Yeah a goal a game and Slot building adapting the side around to accommodate him. Neither will happen. Alternatively a club doesn't meet our optimistic valuation, which is more than likely.
Once Jota was given the starting role both in preseason and the opening two months, the writing was on the wall that Slot wasn't going to change anything to suit Nunez. The results validated his decision to do so and then some.
The caveats here are that Slot may not have a choice. Diaz could continue to be ineffective and Jota too in and out to be relied upon as a starter, so it could give Nunez some scope to contribute more than be has. History tells us to not be optimistic.
Once Jota was given the starting role both in preseason and the opening two months, the writing was on the wall that Slot wasn't going to change anything to suit Nunez. The results validated his decision to do so and then some.
The caveats here are that Slot may not have a choice. Diaz could continue to be ineffective and Jota too in and out to be relied upon as a starter, so it could give Nunez some scope to contribute more than be has. History tells us to not be optimistic.
LOL - To repeat this performance - we have to make him the focal point of the attack. Just wondering with all that control business we do in the first half - why don't we play a type of mid-block and tell Nunez - right just stay in line with their defence and we will lob the ball over to you in some space - don't pass it just run and shoot for goal. If we do this 30 times in the first half - he is at least going to get 2 goals right ?
Even the world's best can hardly score at that rate! I think Owen was a 50% man and nobody ever suggested he wasn't good enough.
Owen wasn't making up for 6 months of dross though
He needs to be a lot more than good to make up for how ineffective he's been. He needs to be fantastic for the rest of the season to warrant bering kept on.
Aspas
We've tried this already. He can't stay in line with their defence. Again it's just a slight adjustment and something he could get right if he'd just be a bit less wank.
Insane, was Rickie Lambert a number 9 as well? I have this picture in my head for some reason, even though he probably played about 15 minutes for us altogether
We've had more than one.
err .... (apologies)
Vivid memories, unfortunately
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