Yeah, I'm 'Murican and do it to be annoying...which TBF I really don't need to throw in the added effort to achieve my objectives.
I think it involves a 'rethink' as to what the position is and what is expected from it beyond the "stikers=goals" mentality. And beyond that how our current striker fits with the profile of Mou's previous (even while accepting the fact that Mou has expressed only positives).
Again, this is because you are thinking how do we find a player to score 30 goals. Why not figure out how we get the team back to #1 in chances created? Harry had very little to do with that...and that coincided with his best scoring year (and we still won nothing while scoring the most and creating the most...or something like that). I'm telling you that I can get someone close to 30 goals if we are #1 in chances created...and that last part never has too much to do with having a striker.
A team of 25 7/10 players would walk the league every year. Might even be able to go down to 6.5/10...and maybe even 6/10 if they are a pressing team.
Would love 2 additional Ndombeles.
Scouting. RBL reload every year. BVB may lose big again this year but will be back at it. Leverkusen lost their best player and are back at it but maybe even better. This might be heresy but perhaps doing things as they've always been done may not be the best way to get anything other than what you've already gotten. The PL could learn from elsewhere the lesson of actually scouting instead of throwing money around.
Yeah, I had that. But you can't let fear paralyze you from acting. We did that with CE. And you also can't go forward with an actual plan when all you're doing is trying to appease the immediacy of current star. But it takes leadership and bravery. The last time we needed that we got the Sammy-summer.
How I rate him is immaterial to my point. I could rate him the best striker ever but still make a compelling argument as to why the club could investigate alternatives. Similarly, I think it is getting close to being in Barca's best interest to move Messi on...and I think he's the greatest ever and still the best in the game now. What you want to avoid is a Totti-type of situation where the player thinks he is the badge and won't exit gracefully. No player bigger than the badge (though I'm seeing that's just some bullshit that a few claptrappers throw out when it suits them but ignore at other times - not in reference to you).
Don't get me wrong I like the USA. It's a great country. I preferred it when you were all confident, tub thumping patriots, who believed you lived in the greatest country in the world, and not replicating our own miserable self deprecation, but that's the leftist disease for you.
Which I guess is why I like Trump, that and the fact he trolls the left so hard on a daily basis and is basically the worlds biggest shitlord. He has it down to a fine art, yet he isn't credited with any intelligence, that alone is a feat.
Back on topic, Listen, you make a lot of good points. I'm not going to go over them all.
I will say that you seem to underestimate what Kane brings to the team, its a lot more than just goals. I've been watching the highlights that the club has been putting out on an almost daily basis on YouTube and I was surprised just how many assists he crafts.
It's a bit of a disservice to label him as just a goals man.
This season has been one to forget and we've had a massive hangover from the champions league final and a longer than usual list of injuries.
For me, we need replacement fullbacks and a DM and we are good to challenge next year.
I'll never agree to the idea to selling our best player unless we have absolutely no choice, I.e he refuses to play or runs his contract down.
You can't really compare him to Totti at this point either as he has plenty more years left, you could argue the best is still to come.
