Andrea Belotti

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DoubleRevv said:
Seeing that the way we've played is only just better than cr*p, we need to get someone who helps our style evolve. Lacazette will create goals for others, will defend from the front and score too. He reminds me of Saha at his best (without the injuries) - Lacazette is more mobile so expect fluid football if we play to his strength.

Belotti has had one good season and people talk about him like he is the best thing since sliced bread. If we get Lacazette it would be a great situation of us "lucking into" something. Belotti is such a huge gamble I wouldn't go anywhere near him.
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I totally hear what you're saying re: evolving as a team. I just worry that Jose doesn't think like that...SAF would sign players and then find a way to play to their strengths, especially his strikers or more influential attackers. Jose seems to demand his players fit into his plan.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, it just doesn't fit every player, like we've seen with Martial.
 
Adnandos said:
Hasnt Gabbiadini been incredible for Saints so far? Pelle was good considering how limited he is. Balotelli was good too, attitude was his problem. Jovetic was good too, not getting consistent playtime was his issue.
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He burst onto the scene when he arrived but couldn't hit water falling out of a boat since the final.
 
Crimson King said:
I totally hear what you're saying re: evolving as a team. I just worry that Jose doesn't think like that...SAF would sign players and then find a way to play to their strengths, especially his strikers or more influential attackers. Jose seems to demand his players fit into his plan.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, it just doesn't fit every player, like we've seen with Martial.
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It failed him many times, he dint buy zidane because he dint know where to play him. He was obviously not able to play Veron,Berbetov,forlan according to their strengths. Also kagawa in his later years.
You have a system and then you buy players to fit that system. Barring exceptional world class potential players. You dont change your system for every other player.
 
Looks like a hell of a finisher but similar to Lukaku in the sense that he needs the team to feed him. If nothing gets to him, they are useless. They won't win games on their own.
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
Looks like a hell of a finisher but similar to Lukaku in the sense that he needs the team to feed him. If nothing gets to him, they are useless. They won't win games on their own.
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But this team will feed him. We've been chance-heavy, finish-light. I don't know anything about Belotti specifically, but a ruthless finisher is what we need.

A team with Pogba, Herrera, Miki, Rashford, Mata, Martial et al definitely doesn't need a striker who will 'win games on his own'. They just need someone who will reliably put away his chances. Even Ibra hasn't really been that this season.
 
Brightonian said:
But this team will feed him. We've been chance-heavy, finish-light. I don't know anything about Belotti specifically, but a ruthless finisher is what we need.
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We have a ruthless finisher in Zlatan. The issue was everyone around him sucks ass at scoring. Replacing Zlatan with anyone bar Messi and Ronaldo won't make much of a difference, unless we expect Belotti to score 50+ goals...
 
AndyJ1985 said:
We have a ruthless finisher in Zlatan. The issue was everyone around him sucks ass at scoring. Replacing Zlatan with anyone bar Messi and Ronaldo won't make much of a difference, unless we expect Belotti to score 50+ goals...
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Zlatan's goals were vital to our season, but his finishing was actually anything but ruthless. He had a fairly poor conversion rate, and you don't need to rely on the stats to see it either - how many absolute sitters did Pogba feed him in the first half of the season which he couldn't put away? He scored a lot of goals but given his reputation we actually could have expected more from all the chances he was given.

Of course, he contributed a lot in other ways - his hold-up play was exemplary all season, and his link-up is good too. And no doubt he gives this team a bit of spine and experience which, with Rooney phasing out, it would otherwise have lacked. So this isn't a complaint about Zlatan, just an observation. But for everything else we would have missed, I think if you'd chucked a fox like Chicharito in there for all of Zlatan's game time he'd have scored more goals.
 
I like his desire and work-rate, two attributes that would definitely appeal to Jose.

His technical level is average though, but let's see if that will hurt his chance of coming here.
 
Murder on Zidane's Floor said:


Judge him on the type of goals he scores. Seems like a glorified poacher.
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Of course, someone who instinctively knows where the ball will fall. Might not even play every game, but would have solved all those annoying home draws.
 
He looks likes a good old fashioned centre forward. The problem is for that type of player to be effective you need to give him service, you definitely need a decent winger.
 
He looks like a good goal scorer from that video. He has a knack for using the right movement to get on the end of a chance.
 
So we won't spend £78m on Morata but we will spend £87m on this guy.. I smell bullshit.
 
YouOnlyLiveTwice said:
I like his desire and work-rate, two attributes that would definitely appeal to Jose.

His technical level is average though, but let's see if that will hurt his chance of coming here.
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Same. And yeah he gets too much stick for this. Diego Costa has his clumbsy ways too.
 
If we are going looking at attackers in the £78m price range we really should be trying to get Aubameyang or demeble.
 
Don't understand the fascination of Belotti, i see similarities with him and Pelle and that is not going to be good enough for us.
 
AndyJ1985 said:
We have a ruthless finisher in Zlatan. The issue was everyone around him sucks ass at scoring. Replacing Zlatan with anyone bar Messi and Ronaldo won't make much of a difference, unless we expect Belotti to score 50+ goals...
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The team has got to play a more play to kill streak, we play too narrow and not enough tempo always too cautions, Mourinho has got to start evolving how we can start putting the fear of god into teams, has we are so feeble its like a shark without teeth
 
Red Pavan said:
Don't understand the fascination of Belotti, i see similarities with him and Pelle and that is not going to be good enough for us.
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Because Belotti is not only good in attack (great poacher, fantastic header etc) but also a hard worker, he's really the first defender of the team and I think Mou might love him for things like these: https://streamable/yfgb9
(I dont have enough likes to embed a video so add .com to see it)
 
Who the heck is this guy?

Sounds like the bloke who Chelsea brought up to take a penalty at the '08 cl final.
 
I think I would be happier going and spending 70 mil on this guy than give Real Madrid 90 million euros or whatever the feck they seem to want. Someone who can stick the ball in the net is what we needed last year, he will do it.
 
Saying that he's a glorified goal poacher is a bit lazy tbh. He won't dribble past an entire defense but his movement is top notch, he's quite physical and his workrate is young Rooney's level. In Italy they are likening him with a young Vialli who was basically a Mark Hughes with better finishing skills
 
Quite amazing to see this thread after the Morata one. There, we have people moaning about how Morata is overrated and not worth over 60Mn because he's not all that great and has had just one statistically good season. Yet, we have people willing to talk up Belotti who has also had just one great season and would cost closer to 90 Mn. Frankly, he's a bull of a player, but if it were a straight choice at similar prices, I'd go for Morata .
 
midnightmare said:
Quite amazing to see this thread after the Morata one. There, we have people moaning about how Morata is overrated and not worth over 60Mn because he's not all that great and has had just one statistically good season. Yet, we have people willing to talk up Belotti who has also had just one great season and would cost closer to 90 Mn. Frankly, he's a bull of a player, but if it were a straight choice at similar prices, I'd go for Morata .
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a- This is Belotti's second good year. Last season he scored 12 goals in 37 matches which is not insignificant considering that he was playing for Torino
b- Belotti is a regular first teamer. Morata had always been a reserve.
 
midnightmare said:
Quite amazing to see this thread after the Morata one. There, we have people moaning about how Morata is overrated and not worth over 60Mn because he's not all that great and has had just one statistically good season. Yet, we have people willing to talk up Belotti who has also had just one great season and would cost closer to 90 Mn. Frankly, he's a bull of a player, but if it were a straight choice at similar prices, I'd go for Morata .
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one great season ad a half
last year he had a great second part with 12 goal for Torino fc.
40 goal in the last 18 months not bad at all
 
midnightmare said:
Quite amazing to see this thread after the Morata one. There, we have people moaning about how Morata is overrated and not worth over 60Mn because he's not all that great and has had just one statistically good season. Yet, we have people willing to talk up Belotti who has also had just one great season and would cost closer to 90 Mn. Frankly, he's a bull of a player, but if it were a straight choice at similar prices, I'd go for Morata .
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Im the opposite I think both for 50 mil say I would prefer Belotti. Not sure why but my gut just tells me this guy would be one hell of a player for us.
 
I would take Belotti over Morata for the prices quoted any day of the week. Real want de Gea or a ridiculous price, get fecked
 
Hernandez - BFA said:
Looks like a hell of a finisher but similar to Lukaku in the sense that he needs the team to feed him. If nothing gets to him, they are useless. They won't win games on their own.
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Because Cristiano, Lewandowski and Suarez create their own goals picking the ball up in midfield and dribbling past the entire defence, right :rolleyes:
 
devilish said:
a- This is Belotti's second good year. Last season he scored 12 goals in 37 matches which is not insignificant considering that he was playing for Torino
b- Belotti is a regular first teamer. Morata had always been a reserve.
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Huge difference between playing for a club like Torino and Juventus and Madrid. Morata has 35 CL appearances too.
 
DWelbz19 said:
Huge difference between playing for a club like Torino and Juventus and Madrid. Morata has 35 CL appearances too.
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Funny game. Few say Morata scored a lot because he played with quality teammates, on the other hand few say Belotti isn't experienced playing for biggest teams.

I think you can make arguments both ways.
 
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