CIH wrote:I actually agree with ALF. Gayle isn't good enough at this level. I don't think Armstrong will be either, but I'd have him in the squad as a 3rd choice striker or some such. We need to bring in a proper heavyweight centre forward, although that's easier said than done. Stretching the realms of possibility somewhat, I'd have Welbeck as a priority target. We'd never afford his wages, and could maybe scrape the required fee (1 year on contract) but he'd probably have better options. For me though it's key we keep Mitrovic. In my opinion he's better than every single forward we currently have at our club. We could arguably raise 20m from selling him, but that money is no good if we can't use it to good effect. I'd also argue we'd get a similar amount for Gayle to a top end Championship club (Stoke been linked, I'm sure FUlham will be back in for him if they don't come up/don't get Mitrovic.)
Not sure I a agree that Welbeck is the right choice but agree with your post. The trouble with singing Welbeck is that even with a year left on his contract he'd tick a significant amount of our transfer and wage budget, which in principle is fine as that's where we need to invest heavily, but Welbeck is very injury prone so it would be a big risk. Obviously he's not Sturridge levels of crock, but he does miss a lot of games. I think he's a decent player when fit but I'd give him a miss.
Mitrovic is definitely our best striker, some of the goals he's scored for Fulham have been class and show he's a natural goalscorer regardless of the system getting played. Although Perez has contributed more lately, the amount of good chances that he and Gayle have missed isn't food enough at the top level. Given a run of games I'm sure Mitro would have buried a few.
I'm the scumbag outlaw. You're the pillar of justice. Neither of us like looking at ourselves in the mirror. Do we have a deal?
