Quote Originally Posted by Dr Singh View Post
It's a simple point really. For someone to be successful as the focal point of an attack in the EPL (433/451 formation), they can be as skilled as anyone, but it's almost a minimum requirement to possess some degree of power.

Suarez, Rooney, Tevez and Aguero are all absolute pitbulls. They aren't the tallest, but they can more than hold their own physically against any CB in the league. It's for this reason they can really showcase their skill as a focal point.

I'd argue that someone like Hernandez, Vela, Walcott, Soldado and even Eduardo would all really struggle to be the focal point of any EPL attack. They lack the minimum strength requirement to be able to hold up the ball. It's not good enough to rely on skill and be a poacher in the EPL, unless you're as good as someone like Messi for sake of argument! It's been seen for ages.

Suarez, Rooney & Aguero all weigh around 80kg. Reus weighs under 70kg, and is thus nearly 2 stone lighter. He's a classy player, but he simply wouldn't be able to hold up and shake off EPL defenders.

Having said all of this - I'd be absolutely elated if we did sign Reus, but I'd be hoping he'd be signed to play on the left wing, and for no other position. His partner in crime Lewandowski is far more what we need.

Due to everything I've said above, I'd also hate the idea of us signing Pato. No thanks. Diego Costa. Hell yes.
We should have developed Theo into a centre forward earlier in his career so he'd be used to the body contact and know how to hustle up front. His upper body strength would have developed and he'd be used to riding challenges, spinning and skipping away from opponents. That's something you can learn and adapt to. These big lumps we're playing up field, it's where we're going wrong and they'll never be quick or agile enough. We dance around opponents with small technical players in the middle of the park but it all comes to a crashing halt when it falls to the feet of players like Giroud and Chamakh. It's like a brick wall. They just bounce it back to the midfield and try to keep the defenders at bay.