Key too getting the best out of Jesus means changing the dynamic in midfield. Cant be carrying lumbering Xhaka types around.
Going too have to be more proactive on the ball and furthet up the field pressing. Need another baller in midfield brought in.
He isnt your prototype striker leading the line.
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Only question on that is, people were talking about him being 1 of two strikers we buy. So will he be the undisputed #1? Iād assume heād only come here under assurances he is tbh and I donāt blame him.
That means weāll be signing a cheaper backup and using Balogunner as the third option. Iām happy enough to gamble on him, heās certainly showing in the last week that he is capable of better than his previous numbers.
Just hope he doesnāt drive that price up too much, 30m wouldāve been a great dealā¦now 50m are the reports.
Yeah he could def. be. Arteta knows him well etc, there is some potential positives regarding his all around play that I mentioned somewhere else, I just didnāt get the whole āneed a better scoring CFā as the pushing point and thenā¦ this guy, who had 3 goals this season before Watford, who scores like Laca but for a better team.
This is what makes me laugh but Iāve given up because Gabby J made me look like a cunt after posting those stats.
Think he reads OA and took offence.
In fairness, his 3 goals were against Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. At least weād have one player who shows up in the big games.
Because Jesus has a totally different profile to Lacazette. Heās agile, better dribbler, better movement, better in most ways than Lacazette is so even if we sign another striker who only scores 15 goals a season weāve got one with a much different profile.
Jesus also has versatility than Lacazette doesnāt have and wonāt be blowing after one half of football.
You make peoples criticism of Lacazette seem so one dimensional but itās way more than that. It isnāt just that he doesnāt score itās that heās pretty crap at most other things. Heās slow, he has a terrible engine, his movement in the box is static and he simply doesnāt have the same quality of positioning you want in a striker
And most people championing Jesus donāt want him to be our first choice striker but rathe one of two striker signings.
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I think this is the main question for me. Iām more than happy for us to sign Jesus at a decent price but I think we need to assume heās coming as the main man.
I donāt think we keep qualifying it saying heās going to be 1 of 2, he may well be but the other will be the backup.
Yeah, I think he has the POTENTIAL to be the first choice striker, but in worst case heās still a great option for all three positions up front and brings something we absolutely donāt have in the squad atm. Also good age and good resale value. A no brainer.
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Jesus shits all over Lacazette in all areas and Iāve praised Lacazette more than most on here.
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Thatās not something to be proud about
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Timo Werner shits all over Lacazette in some areas. You want him?
Pretty much just raw pace and movement lol
Werner is a very limited footballer.
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German Theo Walcott
Decent comp theyāre soul brothers in terms of being offside but Theo could at least be trusted a bit more in front of goal
I genuinely canāt believe that poaching is his biggest down fall in the EPL. Before Chelsea signed him he was one of the most clinical goal scorers in Europe. I still think he has that eye for goal just needs to move away from Chelsea - what you said earlier about Lukaku might also be true for Werner. Doesnāt seem a great place to be for filling your boots these days.
Though at the same time some of Wernerās misses are calamitous
He really went from Popeye post spinach to Popeye pre-spinach
Heāll probably go back to scoring bags of goals when he signs for Dortmund in a year or two
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Harsh on theo.
Very harsh actually.
Nah Theo was the poster boy for brain dead speed and movement
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Yeah because he suits the league more and heāll get so many chances.
Heās always been capable of a horror miss even for German NT. Had a couple of really good seasons at Leipzig simply because of how many chances they created.
Knew 50m was a waste when they did it, just glad itās proved even worse than I couldāve imagined 
He had one move running in behind the CB coming in from the RW. He perfected that and fuck all else.
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