Remy is a goal scorer not an all round striker which is why he looked awful in our teams at times. He's streets ahead of rivière and cisse but miles away from world class. Didn't Liverpool turn him down for 8m? He would never be more than a back up striker for any big club. Do you really think qpr or Newcastle would have been able to sign him if he was so good?
He is a good one on one striker but I don't think he brings others into the game, works hard defensively or can play with his back to goal like Demba Ba did so well when we were successful that season. He bullied defenders, won headers, brought others into the game and still scored a bunch himself. The reason remy was so well liked was because the other option was Shola.
Remy signalled his intent way way before summer and we failed to replace him. We could have signed Pelle bit decided he was too old and his resale value wouldn't be high enough.
Very very bizarrely we signed remy Cabella who is a poor version or hba for 14m euros. Surely investing this money into a striker and keeping hba would have been the play, heck event marveux would have been better.
My point is you slagged off Remy earlier in the thread. I find that amusing because it is so at odds with:
• other posters in the thread who rated him
• the facts in that Guardian article
• the fact that Rodgers went for him (but reported the deal didn’t conclude because of concerns about his medical )
• the fact that Mourhino (quite a good judge of a footballer IMO) rated him sufficiently as a back up striker in a top side where he is almost guaranteed to get game time
• the overwhelming viewpoint on most NUFC forums liking him because he is the best they could hope for in terms of having a goalscorer on board. Last seasons stats in the league for minutes of game time/goals scored:
Dzeko 1992/16
Giroud 3081/16
Lukaku 2562/15
Remy 2103/14
RVP 1581/12
Then you post stuff like:
“Buying Cabella for 12m and sending hba on loan is the worst decision any manager has ever made at the club”
That amuses me as well. It is just so extreme. Not only is it extreme but in the summer you posted your agreement to a thread including the line “Opinions of Cabella are all positive and his signing looks to be the perfect choice to fill the ever widening hole left by love him or hate him Ben Arfa”
Make your mind up eh.