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If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Bianchi on Ice » Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:55 pm

Option A...sign Isco, sell Nasri
Option B....sign Cavani, sell Dzeko

dont say both...ffp might actually be a factor in this
im increasingly leaning for option A...especially as we now have some pace and delivery from out wide
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby craigmcfc » Mon Jun 17, 2013 4:59 pm

Option A without question. Whatever it takes to sign Isco should be being done right now.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Dameerto » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:01 pm

Love Isco, totally ambivalent about Nasri - love Dzeko, pretty 'meh' about Cavani - so obviously 'A' for me.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby craigmcfc » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:10 pm

Plus if we sign Isco we would have no need for Nasri.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Peter Doherty (AGAIG) » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:12 pm

Isco, he's definitely got a little bit of magic about him.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Risby » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:17 pm

I'll play devils advocate and say B.

I really like Isco and would love to see him in our colours, but our issue last year was goals.
We have an abundant amount of quality midfield players, so I think Cavani replacing Dzeko would give us more goals and hopefully more wins.

No point creating chances if we have no one to convert them.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Mark Garrett » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:17 pm

Obviously would like us to sign Isco and get rid of Nasri but I would go with Option B.

Cavani is top class, 26, has been top scorer in Serie A for past 3 seasons. Last season we still created a lot of chances but we were not clinical and that was one of the main reasons why we finished 2nd.

Dzeko, excellent goalscoring record for us but the prospect of bringing in Cavani full stop is the over-riding factor here. We get Cavani, we will win the league. Him and Aguero up front, would be unbelievable.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Moonchesteri » Mon Jun 17, 2013 5:24 pm

Risby wrote:I'll play devils advocate and say B.

I really like Isco and would love to see him in our colours, but our issue last year was goals.
We have an abundant amount of quality midfield players, so I think Cavani replacing Dzeko would give us more goals and hopefully more wins.

No point creating chances if we have no one to convert them.


actually now that you said this I think you have a point. last season we dropped points simply cause we didnt finish our chances.
but then again I love wingers and that Isco kid is young, looks skillful and has bags of potential. plus I like Dzeko so I'll go for option A.

also, I wonder how different this 'poll' would look if we weren't linked with Isco.
or Cavani for that matter
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Mase » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:07 pm

If option A.) was 'sign Isco and throw Nasri under a bus' I'd choose that.

I want to know what Hazy's inlaws think though.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Im_Spartacus » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:26 pm

Moonchesteri wrote:
actually now that you said this I think you have a point. last season we dropped points simply cause we didnt finish our chances.
but then again I love wingers and that Isco kid is young, looks skillful and has bags of potential. plus I like Dzeko so I'll go for option A.

also, I wonder how different this 'poll' would look if we weren't linked with Isco.
or Cavani for that matter


You will probably find if ever a detailed analysis is done of our last 2 or 3 seasons, that even though we have huge numbers of shots on target, very few get through the sea of legs the player had o hit the ball through.

As a result I don't blame the strikers for last season, but the approach we took that we walked he ball through the oppositions area more often than not, an approach that failed quite often from December 2011 until may.

A different approach will see the quality strikers we have full their boots, so I'm really not overly arsed about Cavani, but I would like another magician so option a for me
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Lee_R » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:44 pm

Defo Isco but I really really want Cavani.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby YayaJonas » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:14 pm

A for me. Just because I think with wingers we will get a much better performance from Dzeko and it won't cost £50 mil + and that will help our FFP
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Tim777 » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:40 pm

Definitely A, based on performances from the last two seasons; also, I have a good feeling about Isco.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Twobob » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:48 pm

Option A by miles, Seen too much family sprouting crap from Cavani's 'camp' and get the feeling he is taking us for a jolly ride.

Plus i reccon i could score goals in Italy! ;-)
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby london blue 2 » Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:54 pm

Probably on my own but i havent given up on nasri yet. If he plays with a freedom we saw vs Chelsea he could surprise a few people.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby ruralblue » Mon Jun 17, 2013 8:20 pm

Either will do for me as Isco will be more promising than Nasri and would prefer Cavanni to Edin.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Bleed_Blue » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:10 pm

Neither

Buy Isco, keep Nasri, keep Dzeko.

Dzeko and Aguero if they give their best then we really dont need Cavani, not with the stupid money atleast.

Remember when Dzeko was good on counter attack, with Navas in team Dzeko can do better. Also Dzeko does provide some useful assists, misses sitters at times but I am not really sure how good of an improvement Cavani will be over Dzeko.

Dzeko with improved work rate is no less than Cavani. And Nasri is going to shine.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Niall Quinns Discopants » Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:30 am

Dameerto wrote:Love Isco, totally ambivalent about Nasri - love Dzeko, pretty 'meh' about Cavani - so obviously 'A' for me.


I'm in this crew.
I think Dzeko has tons of potential in right system and if Pellegrini can really fire him up, which is supposed to be his thing, I really don't see much diference between him and Cavani. In fact, I see lot of bust potential with Cavani as well. He definitely needs right system around him too. And this doesn't bother me as much as many other supporters but Cavani can look clumsy occasionally as well.

This Isco kid, I really like him. I don't think he is surefire star but he is already million miles more dynamic than Nasri and has potential to be fantastic.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby Piccsnumberoneblue » Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:08 am

Im_Spartacus wrote:
You will probably find if ever a detailed analysis is done of our last 2 or 3 seasons, that even though we have huge numbers of shots on target, very few get through the sea of legs the player had o hit the ball through.

As a result I don't blame the strikerso for last season, but the approach we took that we walked he ball through the oppositions area more often than not, an approach that failed quite often from December 2011 until may.

A different approach will see the quality strikers we have full their boots, so I'm really not overly arsed about Cavani, but I would like another magician so option a for me


Once again I find myself agreeing with you. The quality of the chances, the clear cut ones if you like, seemed thinner on the ground last season.
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Re: If you could only choose A or B...

Postby aaron bond » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:00 am

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:
Dameerto wrote:Love Isco, totally ambivalent about Nasri - love Dzeko, pretty 'meh' about Cavani - so obviously 'A' for me.


I'm in this crew.
I think Dzeko has tons of potential in right system and if Pellegrini can really fire him up, which is supposed to be his thing, I really don't see much diference between him and Cavani. In fact, I see lot of bust potential with Cavani as well. He definitely needs right system around him too. And this doesn't bother me as much as many other supporters but Cavani can look clumsy occasionally as well.

This Isco kid, I really like him. I don't think he is surefire star but he is already million miles more dynamic than Nasri and has potential to be fantastic.


Nasri has underperformed for the majority of his time with us, and we could probably still get a reasonable fee for him, which would go someway to paying for Isco, so I'd be happy for us to sell him.

Whilst Cavani has been excellent in Italy, his fee would be extortionate, and so with our current strikers (extending Tevez's contract for a year or 2), and the impact of Navas and Isco into the side, I think we'd score far more goals next season. Dzeko, particularly, would benefit I believe.
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