Claridge Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 I'm more concerned that our fans are picking kramaric and okazaki based on pre-season goals.....than actual goals in the prem. Don't get the love in for kramaric.50 silly stepovers then smash it miles over the var Ulloa has to be the first striker on the team sheet, only proven striker we have.
Brooksy Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 Think he's the weakest link of the strikeforce, quite slow and sloppy at times. Nugent > Ulloa, personally.
Kitchandro Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 Each to their own, and that; do doubt I'm the only one thinking about who to prefer out of those two. Ulloa was our only striker who could hit a barn door most of last season. Nugent doesn't score as many, doesn't have as much potential/skill as Kramaric and doesn't have as much pace or work rate as Vardy. If anyone's the weak link, it's him, not the bloke who puts it in the back of the net.
ballisimo Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 It baffles me that people still want to knock a person who scored 10+ premier league goals and was our leading goal scorer. We are not going to attract Diego Costa, Aguero or Kane who were the only players to reach 20. Wake up people 10 premier league goals at our current level is good!
Izzy Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 Am I correct in saying that Ulloa is the only striker that hasn't scored in pre-season? Anyone concerned as he was the top scorer last season? "Yes he cost a fvckin fortune, but he hasn't scored pre-season and that's alright with me"
Hirsty The Blue 94 Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 I seem to remember last pre season everyone was calling him a donkey and that we had wasted our money. If it wasn't for his goals we would have gone down easily. Odd that people are putting Kramaric and Okazaki in to start on Saturday, despite them doing nothing to dislodge our 2 starters of the end of last year. Just because we payed alot for them doesn't mean they have to start.
Swiper Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 nugent brings nothing that our other strikers don't have pace, Vardy trickery, Kram hardwork, Vardy and Okazaki finishing, Krama and Ulloa heading, Ulloa Nuge is a useful squad player but he's not good enough to start. To be fair, the thing about Nugent is that he's got a little bit of all those attributes which is what makes him valuable. That said, I would disagree with you listing Vardy and Okazaki for hard work and not Nugent; anyone who thinks Nugent isn't one of the hardest, most active workers when he's on the pitch is kidding themselves.
MC Prussian Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 Oh my god, the OP just ruined next week for me.
Stadt Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 To be fair, the thing about Nugent is that he's got a little bit of all those attributes which is what makes him valuable. That said, I would disagree with you listing Vardy and Okazaki for hard work and not Nugent; anyone who thinks Nugent isn't one of the hardest, most active workers when he's on the pitch is kidding themselves. Nugent doesn't work anywhere near as hard as he used to, I agree that he can do a little bit of everything but that's why he shouldn't be starting, he doesn't excel enough at anything when we have options that do. I think (and this is purely conjecture) Okazaki has been brought in as a direct upgrade on Nuge.
Dan Posted 2 August 2015 Posted 2 August 2015 I agree, sell the useless Paraguayan **** back to Bristol City.
Steven Posted 3 August 2015 Posted 3 August 2015 Ulloa was our only striker who could hit a barn door most of last season. Nugent doesn't score as many, doesn't have as much potential/skill as Kramaric and doesn't have as much pace or work rate as Vardy. If anyone's the weak link, it's him, not the bloke who puts it in the back of the net. This. It baffles me that people still want to knock a person who scored 10+ premier league goals and was our leading goal scorer. We are not going to attract Diego Costa, Aguero or Kane who were the only players to reach 20. Wake up people 10 premier league goals at our current level is good! .. and this.
Stevosevic Posted 3 August 2015 Posted 3 August 2015 He's clinical for us, sky showed some stats at the end of the season and he was in the top 5 conversion rate in the league - around 23% from memory
Alex_LCFC Posted 3 August 2015 Posted 3 August 2015 It's only foxestalk our top goalscorer gets shit. Nugent had it the other season and now ulloa. Messi would get shit if he was here
ronnup Posted 3 August 2015 Posted 3 August 2015 Adds variety and a threat for me. I still can't pick two out of the striking options we've got though. Shinji or Vardy is killing me.
NotTheMarketLeader Posted 4 August 2015 Posted 4 August 2015 I agree with some in that, at times, Ulloa can look bad. For most of last season he was bolloxed to the point of not being able to run and having to be subbed after 60 minutes which did baffle me. How could he not be fit enough to play a full game, hardly ever? However, he is a goalscorer, and anecdotally based on last season he's a much better finisher than the others we had. What is a worry, is that today Claudio has said he's not fit enough yet, which links in with my first paragraph. Add to that Kev Phillips said last year he was very unfit when we bought him - maybe that is an underlying problem. I have no idea how good Okazaki is, and until we know what style of play we are going to use, it's difficult to say who should start.
NotTheMarketLeader Posted 4 August 2015 Posted 4 August 2015 It's only foxestalk our top goalscorer gets shit. Nugent had it the other season and now ulloa. Messi would get shit if he was here Ulloa's return in the PL is a far better effort than Nugents 20 in the Champoinship. Half of them must have been pens - and he missed a good few of them.
Thracian Posted 4 August 2015 Posted 4 August 2015 Ulloa is awkward and a fairly instinctive scorer who should be working tirelessly on improving his first touch and sharpness. But with CR seemingly married to the idea of passing the ball quickly and accurately, I'm not sure a tall, sometimes clumsy, centre-forward will easily get the first nod. Yes, he can trouble defenders, but whether he'll fit in with the manager's requirements, we'll have to see. For sure though, we can't just go throwing away his goalscoring contribution without having a better, or at least equally effective, replacement. Whether we've already got such a person is highly questionable.
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