I was surprised how pleased I was to see Sakho playing: his running and intensity have been sorely missed. If they sell him in January, I'm not sure what my reactions will be. Right now I'd keep him to help get something from this damp squib of a season, and go for the "wonder striker" next summer. Or perhaps we could search for the Yeti, or the Loch Ness Monster.
With Calleri and Zaza both failing to make the grade and likely to be sent back to their teams I doubt if we'll sell Sakho unless we can get someone better as that would leave us with just Carroll, Ayew (who isn't primarily a striker) and Fletcher (who might be going out on loan). Also Ayew is off to ACON so we're going to be desperate for someone up front.
And following our miserable attempts to buy a top striker in the summer I somehow doubt we're going to be any more successful in January.
If he'd avoided injury, he'd be through his pre-season and reaching peak form in time for the Christmas period when we have winnable games coming thick and fast.
I bring good news Mrs Grey from the BBC gossip column - your tears are premature!
West Ham are in talks with Simone Zaza's advisers and are hoping to remove the substantial appearance clause in the 25-year-old Italy striker's contract. (Sun)
This means we will be able to play him for the rest of the whole season without needing buy him - can only be a good thing! *
* for each and every opposition team we play effectively having reduced ourselves to ten men voluntarily.
It was ok giving Zaza a chance (but to bear in mind he'd never been prolific or even close to it). I gave him a chance in gameweek 4 from pure WHU loyalty but I only gave him 2 games in the side before I transferred him out. ;wink (one game was probably enough)
With all due respect we seem to have been saying this 2 years now with sak and carroll never ever going to be people we can build a squad around .
just as one comes back the other gets yet another injury will we ever learn what could have been a good season has turned into a relagation struggle through poor signings and historic injury prone strikers.
Yup. We either keep faith with strikers that can't score but stay fit: Maiga, Zaza and Carlton Cole (the latter being the most prolific - did I just write that!)
Or mediocre strikers that can't stay fit for 90 minutes.
Is it a question of poor investment? Stupidity? Bad luck? who knows.
Maybe next year we can get Defoe or Benteke when they get relegated.
Comments
;biggrin
And following our miserable attempts to buy a top striker in the summer I somehow doubt we're going to be any more successful in January.
#anothersouthamericanpunt
If he'd avoided injury, he'd be through his pre-season and reaching peak form in time for the Christmas period when we have winnable games coming thick and fast.
West Ham are in talks with Simone Zaza's advisers and are hoping to remove the substantial appearance clause in the 25-year-old Italy striker's contract. (Sun)
This means we will be able to play him for the rest of the whole season without needing buy him - can only be a good thing! *
* for each and every opposition team we play effectively having reduced ourselves to ten men voluntarily.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/west-ham-chief-gold-sullivan-key-to-landing-simone-zaza-4144393
As for who sets the priorities in terms of targetted players ....
I'd always assume that was the manager (unless the club in question has a director of football).
I don't think 'wanted' is the right word here, considering we tried to buy half the world's strikers in the summer!
#ruthless
http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2016/november/30-november/sakho-out-six-weeks
Well things were looking up
How many 6 week plus injury lay-offs has he had? About as injury prone as Andy. His muscles seem to be made of glass.
At some point we'll sign a reliable frontman. The ones that stay fit are always rubbish.
just as one comes back the other gets yet another injury will we ever learn what
could have been a good season has turned into a relagation struggle through poor signings and historic injury prone strikers.
;doh
Or mediocre strikers that can't stay fit for 90 minutes.
Is it a question of poor investment? Stupidity? Bad luck? who knows.
Maybe next year we can get Defoe or Benteke when they get relegated.
Hopeful it will only be a couple of weeks. But not sure yet.