No, tend to agree with you on Sturridge. Still don't think Firmino is the answer either though. We need an out-and-out striker who will net 20-25 goals a season. Still, if we substitute Sturridge for someone like that, it shows how we can get them on the pitch along with Firmino. Stick a Kane or Lukaku infront of those three and we're unstoppable going forward.
We scored 78 goals last season in the PL which is our second best tally since 1986....if we added a 20-25 goal a season striker who are you taking the goals away from?..you are not proposing that we are going to average 100 plus goals every season are you?
If you take Bobby away then you subtract out his 10 goals (which I believe will be greater this year) So now we are really only adding 15 more goals to the squad with Bobby on the bench.
Moving Coutinho to the mid is not going to take away his goals and adding Salah up top there isn't good for an additional 10 more goals?
Now were talking only talking about adding 5 goals to the squad using what we have now.
I am sorry we did not falter last year because we couldn't score ...we faltered because we shipped out 42 goals where a squad like Spurs only gave away 26 and Chelsea 33.
We faltered last year against low block clubs because with Mane out we had no width, and to be honest I think the gaffer was a bit stubborn with the way he approached those January matches. We have Salah now and on top of that I think the manager learned how to manage those 11 at the back clubs as evidenced by the grind it out matches we went undefeated in at the end of the season.
Same goal output and shave off 10-12 of those goals conceded and we are just fine.
We need a top CB far more than a 25/year forward so much so it's not even funny.
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