moore_94 Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 14 goals for a team in 13th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxyPalace.com Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Atalanta gives me the shudders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 new names coming thick & fast now and it's not even May yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonthefox Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Linked with Southampton last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Seems to have been very ordinary in his loan spells in Serie B, and didn't score many for Atalanta but he has had a very good season this year. Looks an all round striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 He's a big man isn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 12 minutes ago, jonthefox said: Linked with Southampton last summer. They've got an excellent record with Italian strikers..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Guardian is reputable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Confident I could pronounce this one, so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 25 April 2019 Author Share Posted 25 April 2019 43 minutes ago, Stevosevic said: He's a big man isn't he? 6 foot 3, so only an inch shorter than Maguire, and taller than Evans and Morgan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edingleyfox Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 I am a bit concerned about the amount of time this player has been on loan - scored very few goals until this season.20 million sounds over priced and a lot much than he would fetch in Italy. Rather spend that and a bit more to get someone like Wilson or failing that Mitrovic/Rondon etc etc.I don't know how much money we have spent finding someone to work alongside Vardy and this sounds like another gamble if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Been good at SPAL. This has been the season where he's come good. Big strong player at only 23 so will be one for the future/future Vardy replacement. Could even work as a striker partner while Vardy is still here to be honest. What he lacks in pace he makes up for with physicality and being aerially dominant. Knows how to put his body about and not that bad on the ball for a big guy, either. Rondon-esque you could say. Just hope he's not like Belotti who was a one-season wonder in 2016/17 and hasn't done much since. It'd be a risk but there's a reason scouts have been there more than once! £20m is a relatively cheap risk these days though, however. Can't imagine we'd get Rondon for that cheap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 14 minutes ago, Edingleyfox said: I am a bit concerned about the amount of time this player has been on loan - scored very few goals until this season.20 million sounds over priced and a lot much than he would fetch in Italy. Rather spend that and a bit more to get someone like Wilson or failing that Mitrovic/Rondon etc etc.I don't know how much money we have spent finding someone to work alongside Vardy and this sounds like another gamble if true. Very common for Italian clubs to loan youth players out. Signed up in their droves as youngsters by the bigger clubs and farmed out year upon year. Sometimes clubs are worse than Chelsea for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 56 minutes ago, Paddy. said: They've got an excellent record with Italian strikers..... Pelle wasn't bad was he? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 51 minutes ago, NasPb said: Guardian is reputable Its the only way I believed Rodgers was coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Hmm not sure on this one to be honest. I suppose whoever we buy up front is one for the future instead of first team but our record for strikers is mixed to put it mildly. We need the YouTube highlights reel to make an informed opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 The next coming of Diego Costa IIRodgers had a thing for Diego while at Liverpool and almost landed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 He did OK at Atalanta but never really scored more than 10 a season if I remember rightly. I know he will go to a bigger team than us but Zapata is killing it this season. Great club over in Bergamo and cracking fans, he will love our clapping to George Ezra. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moore_94 Posted 25 April 2019 Author Share Posted 25 April 2019 These were his goals up until Christmas, not really that impressive, mostly just tap ins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SO1 Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 2 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Hmm not sure on this one to be honest. I suppose whoever we buy up front is one for the future instead of first team but our record for strikers is mixed to put it mildly. We need the YouTube highlights reel to make an informed opinion! Not much on him at YT. Wanted to see if he could press or dribble the ball but all I saw were the same things you'd expect to see from Natcho. If this is true then it doesn't look good for Natcho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 2 minutes ago, moore_94 said: These were his goals up until Christmas, not really that impressive, mostly just tap ins Meanwhile he did this at the weekend... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasPb Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Andrea Petagna Characteristics + Strengths Finishing Strong Headed attempts Strong - Weaknesses Defensive contribution Weak Andrea Petagna's Style of Play Indirect set-piece threat Likes to play long balls Plays the ball off the ground often Likes to dribble Does not dive into tackles © WhoScored.com * Strengths, weaknesses and styles are calculated from statistics of each player's latest two seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevosevic Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 Seems to have a good touch from the few clips I have seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 (edited) Thank you @moore_94 and @StanSP for those clips. I think he looks quite decent after those videos. If you want to play a 433 style system with one striker and two wide forwards then you want your front man to be : - Physically strong to hold up the ball and battle off two defenders when needed. - Intelligent. To be able to make the right runs and pass the ball to the other wide forwards when needed. The ability to link play with the rest of the team. - Technical. They are often going to be up on their own and might need a good touch and technique to bring the ball down in tight spaces to engineer an opening or link play. - Hard working. They need to chase the ball down and act as the first line of defence. - Clinical. A striker needs to put the ball in the back of the net! If I had to name one player in world football as a great example of this, I would pick Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich and Poland. Forget his club and age for a moment, the way he plays uses all of these characteristics. That's why he is a top class player, expect at the World Cup when the rest of his team let him down! I can't really say I know much about this player, but on inspection it looks like he fits that sort of mould of striker. So I can see why there might be interest. His defensive contribution might be weak, but Italian teams in general don't play a fast pressing game and belong still quite young he could learn that. Edited 25 April 2019 by StriderHiryu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 25 April 2019 Share Posted 25 April 2019 46 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said: Pelle wasn't bad was he? I was thinking of Dani Osvaldo to be honest- he was borderline insane. Manolo Gabbiadini's form disappeared completely after about 6 games too. You're right though, Pelle was decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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