Thread: Edinson Cavani

Originally Posted by basskadet

Hang-about, Dan, we're only on page 2!!!

We've got a few months and the summer window to change that lol.

On the form Pav's on I dont want him to leave either, but I do agree with you and think theres a quite high chance he will. I think if we got an offer equal to or more then we paid for him, I think we'd accept that, and these goals he's scoring are bumping up his value.

If we do lose Pavlyuchenko, getting a striker in will be equally as important as a CM. Our form has looked so much better recently simply because someone other then Defoe is giving us a goal threat.
If Pav did go, the summers going to be swarming on here with striker threads lol.

Maybe we'll even see our old buddy Huntelaar pop up in the rumour mill.

Surely we can agree that at least one of our strikers is leaving. I personally would be pleasantly surprised if Pav was here next year. Cavani would be a wonderful replacement, especially if it was Pav that left.

On another note, let me reiterate my opinion that Kjaer would be a fantastic fit for us. Physical, classy defender with a great future. He will also be featuring at the World Cup, and should increase his value.

I should also mention that palermo may well make the Champions League, (they are in exactly the same spot as us now) and would probably have considerable interest in hanging on to these guys.

i think its worth noting that even if we dont have to part ways with pav in the summer, chances are we will still be in the market for a striker, as keano will probably be off and I can't see eidur being more than a short term replacement. having said that, keane's form leading up to the summer could be enough to convince arry to hang on to him, who knows?

That is interesting. The idea that the 4-5-1 is necessarily a stodgy defensive formation is outdated. With the right personnel, it can be quite attack-minded and morphs very easily into something that looks more like a 4-3-3.

I actually think our inability to make possession pay off has been as big a problem as our naivete sometimes. While we've certainly blown our share of leads, (Everton, etc), we can all think of several games we should've put away early but allowed the other side to shut us down with pure numbers behind the ball.

No doubt though, that if you're going to challenge for the things we hope to challenge for, you've got to have more tactical options to put out there. I think Harry is a little more sophisticated than even we give him credit for.

Originally Posted by ...And Justice For All

Everyones forgetting Defoe in these formations?

If we played with a lone striker, I personally dont think Defoe could be that man. He hasnt got the all-round game to play as a lone striker.

This is interesting as it would mean a total over haul of our strikers.
Like I said, if this did happen I highly doubt that Defoe would be the man to lead our attacking line.
Crouch would also be ineffictive because he seems to always drop deep with his flick ons and such. I cant see him being an effective lone striker as if we did play this way, we'd probably end up looking waaaay too much like Bolton lol.
We'd need a complete forward. Cavani could quite possibly do this job, but I dont really know enough about him to comment personally.

Unless of course Harry's thinking of switching to this 4-5-1 for away and tough games, and still using our 4-4-2 for home games. Maybe he wasnts the option of changing formations.

There seems to be a few people running wild with their imaginations on here just lately which is bonkers as far as Im concerned

Just take a breath will you folks !


We are still in the midst of trying to achieve something THIS season, before talking about selling off this player and buying some fooker else and systems and all that ffs !

Lets just wait and see what happens ok ?

Originally Posted by ctw01

There seems to be a few people running wild with their imaginations on here just lately which is bonkers as far as Im concerned

Just take a breath will you folks !


We are still in the midst of trying to achieve something THIS season, before talking about selling off this player and buying some fooker else and systems and all that ffs !

Lets just wait and see what happens ok ?

Its just discussion mate, I dont think anyones getting carried away.
There was a news report that Harry is thinking of changing his system, and Cavani would probably fit a 4-5-1.