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  1. #1 Kingkenny top strikers list in Europe 2011/2012 and players to help us score goals 
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    I have placed the leagues in the order I think players from these leagues will be able to cope and how fast i think they will get used to the robustness of the English Premiership League.

    Eredivisie
    1.) Bas Dost - 22yr old 6ft 3in 78kg Dutch striker playing for Heerenveen, with a strike rate thus far of 20 league goals (2011/2012), 13 league goals (2010/2011) and 14 league goals (2009/2010)
    1.) Luuk De Jong - 21yr old 6ft 2in 80kg Dutch striker playing for FC Twente, with a strike rate thus far of 20 league goals (2011/2012), 12 league goals (2010/2011) and 2 goals (2009/2010)
    2.) John Guidetti - 19yr old 5ft 11in 79kg Swedish striker playing for Feyenoord, with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012), 4 league goals (2010/2011)
    2.) Dries Mertens - 25yr old 5ft 4in Dutch striker playing for PSV Eindhoven, with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012), 10 league goals (2010/2011) and 6 league goals (2009/2010)
    3.) Ola Toivonen - 26yr old 6ft 2in Swedish striker playing for PSV Eindhoven, with a strike rate thus far of 15 league goals (2011/2012), 15 league goals (2010/2011) and 13 league goals (2009/2010)

    The reason why Kuyt and Suarez have hit it off initially as a striker partnership is the fact that both could speak Dutch, I think getting in a young goal poacher to partner Saurez will do the trick

    Bundesliga
    1.) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar - 28 yr old 6ft 1in Dutch striker playing for Schalke 04, with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 8 league goals (2010/2011) and 7 league goals (2009/2010)
    1.) Mario Gomez – 26yr old, 6ft 2in 84kg German striker playing for Bayern Munich, with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 28 league goals (2010/2011) and 10 league goals (2009/2010)
    2.) Lukas Podolsk - 26yr old, 5ft 11in, 83kg Polish striker playing for FC Cologne, with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012), 13 league goals (2010/2011) and 2 league goals (2009/2010)
    2.) Robert Lewandowski – 23 yr old 5ft 11in, 79kg Polish striker playing for Borussia Dortmund, with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012), 8 league goals (2010/2011)
    3.) Claudio Pizarro - 33 yr old 5ft 11in, 79kg Peruvian striker playing for Werder Bremen, with a strike rate thus far of 15 league goals (2011/2012), 9 league goals (2010/2011), and 16 league goals (2009/2010)
    4.) Martin Harnik - 24 yr old 6ft, 73kg austrian striker playing for VfB Stuttgart, with a strike rate thus far of 14 league goals (2011/2012), 9 league goals (2010/2011), and 13 league goals (2009/2010)

    In the Bundesliga I would have loved to see Marco Reus at Liverpool but he has pre contract which will take him to Borussia Dortmund. This talented soon to be 23 yr winger attacking midfielder has scored 13 goals (2011/2012) for Borussia Monchengladbach.

    French Ligue 1
    1.) Olivier-Giroud 25yr old 6ft 3in, 88Kg French Striker playing for Montpellier with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals
    2.) Anderson Luiz de Carvalho Nene (aka Nene) 30 yr old 5ft 11in 70 kg Brazilian winger playing for Paris Saint-Germain with a strike rate thus far of 12 league Goals
    3.) Eden Hazard – 21yr old 5ft 6in, 56kg Belgium midfielder playing for Lille with a strike rate thus far of 11 league Goals
    4.) Bafetimbi Gomis – 26 yr old 6ft, 77kg French Striker playing for Lyon with a strike rate thus far of 10 league Goals
    4.) Kevin Gameiro – 24 yr old 5ft 6in 64kg French Striker playing for Paris Saint-Germain with a strike rate thus far of 10 league Goals (2011/2012), 22 league goals (2010/2011) and 17 league goals (2009/2010)
    4.) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – 22 yr old 6ft, 74kg Gabonese Striker playing St Etienne with a strike rate thus far of 10 league Goals (2011/2012), 4 league goals (2010/2011) and 2 league goals (2009/2010) used mostly as a substitute in 2010/ 2011 and 2009/ 2010

    Serie A
    1.) Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 30 yr old 6ft 3in 84kg Swedish Striker playing for AC Milan with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012)
    1.) Antonio Di Natale - 34 yr old 5ft 6in 78kg Italian Striker playing for Udinese with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 28 league goals (2010/2011) and 29 league goals (2009/2010)
    2.) Edinson Cavani – 25yr old 6ft 2in 71kg Uruguayan striker playing for Napoli with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012)
    3.) Germán Denis – 30 yr old 6ft 78kg Argentine striker playing for Udinese with a strike rate thus far of 15 league goals (2011/2012), 4 league goals (2010/2011) and 5 league goals (2009/2010)
    4.) Rodrigo Palacio - 30 yr old 5ft 8in 66kg Argentine striker playing for Udinese with a strike rate thus far of 14 league goals (2011/2012), 9 league goals (2010/2011) and 7 league goals (2009/2010)

    The Swedish league has come up with a few gems such as Glenn Hysén, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrik Larsson and Fredrik Ljungberg, and thus i thought I would throw in this league as well.

    Swedish Allsvenskan League
    1.) Mathias Ranegie - 27 yr old 6ft 5in 92kg Swedish Striker playing for Malmo FF with a strike rate thus far of 21 goals (2011/2012)
    2.) Tobias Hysén - 30 yr old 5ft 10in 82 kg Swedish Striker playing for IFK Goteborg with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012) (Son of Glenn Hysén.)
    3.) Ibrahim Tetteh Bangura - 23 yr old 5ft 10in 76kg Sierra Leonean Striker playing use to for AIK with a strike rate thus far of 16 league goals (2011/2012), has moved to Turkish club Bursaspor in summer of 2011
    4.) Mervan Celik - 22 yr old 5ft 9in 68kg Swedish midfielder playing for GAIS with a strike rate thus far of 14 league goals (2011/2012)

    May Mahlangu not a prolific striker but at 23 years old, 5ft 8in this South African attacking midfielder playing for Helsingborgs IF , was voted the best player of the year in the Swedish Allsvenskan League. His strike rate thus far is 4 league goals (2011/2012)

    Of the strikers I would go for either Bas Dost/ Luuk de Jong or both, with perhaps the man mountain of swedish striker Mathias Ranegie. at 27yrs old and 6ft 5in weighing in at a hefty 92kg no wonder his bulldozed his way to 21 goals in what is as hard a tackling league as the english premiership., he would come in as fifth striker though. behind Suarez, Carroll, either or Bas Dost/ Luuk de Jong and Bellamy.

    Midfielders not much in the above the only obvious one is Eden Hazard, but are the chances of getting him?
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    id stay away from sweedish and dutch league players. to much of a gamble we need quality proven players. id be looking at goal scores from the Champions League ect.
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    Well done sir. My only criticism is that information from the Russian and Portuguese leagues would probably be more applicable than what's going on in Sweden.

    For me, Lewandowski is the most interesting of the bunch but I am a bit of a sucker for the Dutch strikers. I think we missed the boat on Huntelaar. I would have signed him two seasons ago when he was leaving AC Milan. I think at this point he's settled in Germany.
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    Cavani is the best option.
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    Hazard is only 56kg? Christ, i'm 80kg.. i'd eat him for breakfast!
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    Stefan Jovetic would be brilliant
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    i take it OP is swedish since he brings in the swedish league in this ... and id agree we need someone who can cope with premierleague ( not meaning a pl proven player crap talk ) but someone world class who we know can cope with the hard game...
    Loads of good names on the list tho and i wouldnt mind taking a few of them..
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    Quote Originally Posted by KKiSaluteU View Post
    i take it OP is swedish since he brings in the swedish league in this ... and id agree we need someone who can cope with premierleague ( not meaning a pl proven player crap talk ) but someone world class who we know can cope with the hard game...
    Loads of good names on the list tho and i wouldnt mind taking a few of them..
    No I'm not Swedish, but there are a few good Swedish players out there, and I thought it would be good to see what they have to offer.

    I think it could be Maxi's last season with us, while reports state that Kuyt is not happy sitting on the bench, he wants to play every game, and when you get to 30 you need games to stay match fit. I can't see Kuyt playing every game while KK is looking at the future and wants young players. The senior players will be used less and less and I cant see Kuyt staying, with new younger faster players coming in, if not in the summer perhaps end of next season he could be moving on. Bellamy has knee problems and will be used less to save him.

    I would not mind a young dutch striker in the mould of Bas Dost (22yr old 6ft 3in) and/ or Luuk De Jong (21yr old 6ft 2in). or polish striker Robert Lewandowski (23 yr old 5ft 11in). They all young and can score goals. de Jong is considered the better player while Dost is seen to sulk due to former Manager Ron Jans tough management style. Dost even took Heerenveen to court to get out of his contract. He lost but Heerenveen let their coach go, due to problems with relations with the team. He is neck and neck with de Jong for number of goals scored this season though. 22 goals for Bas Dost and 20 goals for Luuk de Jong.

    My outside choices are Robert Lewandowski and Olivier Giroud (25yr old 6ft 3in), Lewandowski has scored 16 goals and Olivier Giroud 17 goals this season thus far.
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    I just looked on transfermarkt.com and it has a list of the 'most potent strikers' which basically is the: amount of goals scored x the difficulty of the league

    So the premier league is factor 2 for e.g where as the dutch league is 1.5.

    Here's the link: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/sp...uh/basics.html

    I thought this method was quite a good way of identifiying some potential goal poacher targets and these are the ones that really stood out to me as players that aren't at top top teams yet are scoring a lot of goals...

    Burak yilmaz 26yrs
    Huntelaar 28
    Di Natale 34
    flacao 26
    Giroud 25
    Bas Dost 22
    Podolski 26
    Soldado 26
    De Jong 21
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    Quote Originally Posted by RossMosh View Post
    Well done sir. My only criticism is that information from the Russian and Portuguese leagues would probably be more applicable than what's going on in Sweden.

    For me, Lewandowski is the most interesting of the bunch but I am a bit of a sucker for the Dutch strikers. I think we missed the boat on Huntelaar. I would have signed him two seasons ago when he was leaving AC Milan. I think at this point he's settled in Germany.
    As per your request,


    Russian Premier League

    1.) Seydou Doumbia – 24 yr old 6ft, 74kg Ivory Coast striker playing for CSKA Moscow with a strike rate thus far of 25 league goals (2011/2012), 5 league goals (2010/2011) and 30 league goals (2009/2010) for Young Boys FC (Swiss Super League)
    2.) Alexander Kerzhakov – 29 yr old 5ft 74in, 63kg Russian Striker playing Zenit St Petersburg with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 13 league goals (2010/2011)
    3.) Lacina Traore – 20 yr old 6ft 1in, 75kg Ivory Coast striker playing for Kuban Krasnodar with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 2 league goals (2010/2011) for CFR Cluj-Napoca (Romanian League)
    4.) Igor Semshov – 33yr old 5ft 57in, 64kg Russian striker playing for Dinamo Moscow with a strike rate thus far of 12 league goals (2011/2012), 5 league goals (2010/2011)
    4.) Danko Lazovic – 28 yr old 6ft 1in, 77kg Serbian striker playing for Zenit St Petersburg with a strike rate thus far of 12 league goals (2011/2012), 5 league goals (2010/2011) and did not play any games (2009/2010) for PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie).

    Portuguese Liga
    1.) Óscar Cardozo – 28 yr old 6ft 33in, 90kg Paraguayan striker playing for Benfica with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 25 league goals (2010/2011) and 17 league goals (2009/2010)
    1.) Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos aka Lima – 28 yr old 5ft 84in, 78kg Brazilian striker playing for Braga with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 6 league goals (2010/2011) and 7 league goals (2009/2010)
    2.) James Rodriguez – 20 yr old 5ft 9in, 79kg Colombian striker playing for FC Porto with a strike rate thus far of 11 league goals (2011/2012), 1 league goals (2010/2011)
    3.) Edgar Bruno da Silva - 25 yr old 6ft 2in, 78kg Brazilian striker playing for Guimaraes with a strike rate thus far of 10 league goals (2011/2012), 10 league goals (2010/2011) and 12 league goals (2009/2010)


    Note that James Rodriguez has scored 11 goals in 16 games and 10 starts for FC Porto,
    Lima has 18 goals in 22 games and 21 starts
    Óscar Cardozo has 18 goals in 19 games and 19 starts
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    De Jong and Doumbia would be really good & relatively inexpensive options and both are young players who know how to put the ball in the net. Lewandowski is a nice player too, but he might not want to leave BD, esp if they win the title and end up in the CL again. James Rodriguez might be the next Falcao, but Porto won't sell him on the cheap. And neither Soldado or Cavani will come cheap either.
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    fabio borini is a very good player, we tried for him in the summer i believe. has 9 goals in 18 appearences this year and is only 21
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    Honestly, if we do not sign a top class striking this summer then we are idiots.

    Giuseppi Rossi is available for 15M, and Klass Jan Huntelaar is available for 17M, if we do not sign one of these ( IMO we should get both ) then we are failures in the transfer market.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JamesDeeeee View Post
    Honestly, if we do not sign a top class striking this summer then we are idiots.

    Giuseppi Rossi is available for 15M, and Klass Jan Huntelaar is available for 17M, if we do not sign one of these ( IMO we should get both ) then we are failures in the transfer market.
    Many have been complaining about the quality of signings that we have made due to a lack of immediate returns, and I must confess that I to have been frustrated at times. Although after writing-off the season quite a while ago I found that watching the team progress, be it with little steps, has been interesting. It has also given me time to study this so-called moneyball system which FSG uses in baseball. I must confess I'm not sure how they apply it to football, but one would have thought that for strikers they would look at players playing in average teams/ clubs with a good goal to game conversion rate. FSG has been on record as stating that they also look at future resale possibilities which means the age of the player should come into play. That is why I think why we targeted Andy Carroll cause he had scored about 13 league goals in 11 games, which is 1.18 goals per game before his move to Anfield.

    Huntelaar has a high goal to game conversion rate of 0.83 goals per game, however his age might count against him if the moneyball system is strictly applied.

    The best strikers in the world at the moment in goal to game conversion rate is


    1.) Lionel Messi (La Liga)
    41 goals in 32 games, with a conversion rate of 1.28 goals per game

    2.)Bas Dost (22yrs) (Dutch Eredivisie)
    28 goals in 22 games, with a conversion rate of 1.27 goals per game

    3.) Cristiano Ronaldo (La Liga)
    41 goals in 33 games, with a conversion rate of 1.24 goals per game

    4.) John Guidetti (20yrs) (Dutch Eredivisie)
    18 goals in 17 games, with a conversion rate of 1.06 goals per game

    5.) Luuk de Jong (21yrs) (Dutch Eredivisie)
    23 goals in 22 games, with a conversion rate of 1.05 goals per game

    6.) Óscar Cardozo (28yrs) (Portuguese Liga)
    18 goals in 20 games, with a conversion rate of 0.90 goals per game

    Looking at the ages of these players and possibilities of actually acquiring them I would say that the Dutch based players stand out the most. Bas Dost has a higher conversion rate than Cristiano Ronaldo, except of cause that Bas Dost is an out-and-out striker while Ronaldo and Messi are more wingers/ attacking midfielders.

    To me Bas Dost and Luuk de Jong fit the moneyball system perfectly, considering age, the teams they play for and their goal conversion rate. I have not included John Guidetti cause his on the books of Manchester City (on loan to Feyenoord). I would rate de Jong above Bas Dost though, as even he admits that De Jong is the more skilful player. But would not mind both in the summer in a cash and player deal swop with Kuyt and Maxi going the other way to the respective Dutch clubs

    For the full list of Top Strikers, best goal to game conversion rate per league see below:

    La Liga
    1.) Lionel Messi (24yrs)
    41 goals in 32 games, with a conversion rate of 1.28 goals per game

    2.) Cristiano Ronaldo (27yrs)
    41 goals in 33 games, with a conversion rate of 1.24 goals per game

    3.) Radamel Falcao (26yrs)
    22 goals in 29 games, with a conversion rate of 0.76 goals per game

    4.) Gonzalo Higuaín (24yrs)
    21 goals in 31 games, with a conversion rate of 0.68 goals per game

    Bundesliga
    1.) Mario Gomez (26yrs)
    25 goals in 30 games, with a conversion rate of 0.83 goals per game

    2.) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (28yrs)
    24 goals in 29 games, with a conversion rate of 0.83 goals per game

    3.) Lukas Podolski (26yrs)
    17 goals in 25 games, with a conversion rate of 0.68 goals per game

    4.) Robert Lewandowski (23yrs)
    20 goals in 31 games, with a conversion rate of 0.65 goals per game

    Serie A
    1.) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (30 yrs)
    23 goals in 26 games, with a conversion rate of 0.88 goals per game

    2.) Diego Milito (32yrs)
    20 goals in 27 games, with a conversion rate of 0.74 goals per game

    3.) Antonio Di Natale (34ys)
    20 goals in 30 games, with a conversion rate of 0.67 goals per game

    4.) Edinson Cavani (25yrs)
    19 goals in 30 games, with a conversion rate of 0.63 goals per game


    French Ligue 1
    1.) Olivier Giroud (25yrs)
    19 goals in 29 games, with a conversion rate of 0.66 goals per game

    2.) Lisandro López (29yrs)
    12 goals in 21 games, with a conversion rate of 0.57 goals per game

    3.) Anderson Luiz de Carvalho aka Nene (30yrs)
    13 goals in 28 games, with a conversion rate of 0.46 goals per game

    4.) Eden Hazard (21yrs)
    14 goals in 31 games, with a conversion rate of 0.45 goals per game

    Dutch Eredivisie
    1.)B as Dost (22yrs)
    28 goals in 22 games, with a conversion rate of 1.27 goals per game

    2.) John Guidetti (20yrs)
    18 goals in 17 games, with a conversion rate of 1.06 goals per game

    3.) Luuk de Jong (21yrs)
    23 goals in 22 games, with a conversion rate of 1.05 goals per game

    4.) Sanharib Malki (28yrs)
    19 goals in 22 games, with a conversion rate of 0.86 goals per game

    English Premiership
    1.) Robin Van Persie (28yrs)
    27 goals in 33 games, with a conversion rate of 0.82 goals per game

    2.) Wayne Rooney (26yrs)
    22 goals in 29 games, with a conversion rate of 0.76 goals per game

    3.) Sergio Agüero (23yrs)
    21 goals in 30 games, with a conversion rate of 0.70 goals per game

    4.) Yakubu Aiyegbeni (29yrs)
    16 goals in 26 games, with a conversion rate of 0.62 goals per game

    Russian League
    1.) Seydou Doumbia (24yrs)
    26 goals in 36 games, with a conversion rate of 0.72 goals per game

    2.) Alexander Kerzhakov (29 yrs)
    19 goals in 28 games, with a conversion rate of 0.68 goals per game

    3.) Lacina Traore (21yrs)
    14 goals in 32 games, with a conversion rate of 0.44 goals per game

    4.) Danko Lazovic (28 yrs)
    12 goals in 30 games, with a conversion rate of 0.40 goals per game

    Portuguese Liga
    1.) Óscar Cardozo (28yrs)
    18 goals in 20 games, with a conversion rate of 0.90 goals per game

    2.) Rodrigo José Lima dos (28yrs)
    19 goals in 23 games, with a conversion rate of 0.83 goals per game

    3.) Edgar_Bruno_da_Silva aka Edgar (25yrs)
    11 goals in 16 games, with a conversion rate of 0.69 goals per game

    4.) James Rodriguez (20yrs)
    12 goals in 18 games, with a conversion rate of 0.67 goals per game
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    Anyone know how long Cardozo has left on his contract? Looked quality in Champs Lge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RedSkirttles View Post
    Anyone know how long Cardozo has left on his contract? Looked quality in Champs Lge.
    Not sure,.... while I would not mind him, his age might count against him, if resale value is taken into account. He definitely has the experience and quality. Just not sure how this moneyball system affects things, it throws everything up in the air regarding traditional scouting practices. Just don''t know who, we would be interested in, come the summer we could be faced with players that are not on the list above or any other list for that matter. Just not sure.
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    Soldado & Luuk De Jong.
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    4.) Yakubu Aiyegbeni (29yrs)
    16 goals in 26 games, with a conversion rate of 0.62 goals per game
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    The Yak is still 29 lol?
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    Soldado would be my pick closely followed by Luuk De Jong and Klass-Jan Huntelaar
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    A south American striker will be interesting .
    Maybe it's coincidence , most south Americans who join the club seem to perform well .
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    Bas Dost, de jong, gomez, huntelaar, Cavani from the list


    I would also to note that there is a certain striker outside of europe in the headlines.
    Brazilian ronaldo has recently dubbed Leandro Damiao to be his successor. 'He is quick, strong, great in the air and skillful with both feet' (rough quote)
    The article of on www.fifa.com regarding 2014 WC.
    Surely Ronaldo himself knows a bit about a goal scorer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteveKeanForLFCJob View Post
    Soldado would be my pick closely followed by Luuk De Jong and Klass-Jan Huntelaar
    Roberto Soldado (26yrs) is not a bad player but his goal to game ratio needs to be higher, in the past three seasons his averaged about 0.55 goals per game.

    (2011/2012) this seasons his scored thus far 16 goals in 29 games, with a conversion rate of 0.55 goals per game, for the whole of 2010/2011 it was 18 goals in 34 games, with a conversion rate of 0.53 goals per game, and in 2009/2010 he scored 16 goals in 26 games, with a conversion rate of 0.62 goals per game.

    Luuk de Jong is the better of the three of your choices me thinks, while Huntelaar is consistently prolific in front of goal, his age might count against. de Jong is still young with a very good goal to game strike rate, but is also very well known now, with possibly a few suitors, which means that FC Twente will be asking a bit. Bas Dost has an even better strike rate and would probably come cheaper. De Jong, by Bas Dost's own admission is the more technically gifted player.

    It will be interesting to see what the summer brings though?
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    Wouldn't you add up Van Wosfvinkel to the list?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seppi View Post
    As per your request,


    Russian Premier League

    1.) Seydou Doumbia – 24 yr old 6ft, 74kg Ivory Coast striker playing for CSKA Moscow with a strike rate thus far of 25 league goals (2011/2012), 5 league goals (2010/2011) and 30 league goals (2009/2010) for Young Boys FC (Swiss Super League)
    2.) Alexander Kerzhakov – 29 yr old 5ft 74in, 63kg Russian Striker playing Zenit St Petersburg with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 13 league goals (2010/2011)
    3.) Lacina Traore – 20 yr old 6ft 1in, 75kg Ivory Coast striker playing for Kuban Krasnodar with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 2 league goals (2010/2011) for CFR Cluj-Napoca (Romanian League)
    4.) Igor Semshov – 33yr old 5ft 57in, 64kg Russian striker playing for Dinamo Moscow with a strike rate thus far of 12 league goals (2011/2012), 5 league goals (2010/2011)
    4.) Danko Lazovic – 28 yr old 6ft 1in, 77kg Serbian striker playing for Zenit St Petersburg with a strike rate thus far of 12 league goals (2011/2012), 5 league goals (2010/2011) and did not play any games (2009/2010) for PSV Eindhoven (Dutch Eredivisie).

    Portuguese Liga
    1.) Óscar Cardozo – 28 yr old 6ft 33in, 90kg Paraguayan striker playing for Benfica with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 25 league goals (2010/2011) and 17 league goals (2009/2010)
    1.) Rodrigo José Lima dos Santos aka Lima – 28 yr old 5ft 84in, 78kg Brazilian striker playing for Braga with a strike rate thus far of 18 league goals (2011/2012), 6 league goals (2010/2011) and 7 league goals (2009/2010)
    2.) James Rodriguez – 20 yr old 5ft 9in, 79kg Colombian striker playing for FC Porto with a strike rate thus far of 11 league goals (2011/2012), 1 league goals (2010/2011)
    3.) Edgar Bruno da Silva - 25 yr old 6ft 2in, 78kg Brazilian striker playing for Guimaraes with a strike rate thus far of 10 league goals (2011/2012), 10 league goals (2010/2011) and 12 league goals (2009/2010)


    Note that James Rodriguez has scored 11 goals in 16 games and 10 starts for FC Porto,
    Lima has 18 goals in 22 games and 21 starts
    Óscar Cardozo has 18 goals in 19 games and 19 starts
    Note that Voronin is currently 4th on the Russian top scorer charts!
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    whose the fastest in those list with some dribble ability, i'll gamble for that one and try 4-3-3 formation next season
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    Quote Originally Posted by LiverLif3 View Post
    whose the fastest in those list with some dribble ability, i'll gamble for that one and try 4-3-3 formation next season
    Hazard, but I wouldn't exactly call him a striker. I believe Lewandowski has both them traits but could be wrong.
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    Players like :
    Gomez
    Huntelaar
    Cavani
    Ibrahimovic
    Di Natale
    Nene
    Gameiro

    Won't come to Liverpool .
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    Quote Originally Posted by cehic View Post
    Players like :
    Gomez
    Huntelaar
    Cavani
    Ibrahimovic
    Di Natale
    Nene
    Gameiro

    Won't come to Liverpool .
    Probably true, still a large list of potential world class players that will though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 370 View Post
    Note that Voronin is currently 4th on the Russian top scorer charts!
    oh no lol, that would be impressive if we overlooked that he has scored 11 goals in 30 games, thus with a goal to game ratio of 0.37,

    His actually now in joint 5th spot with team mate Igor Semshov, who also has 11 goals but is listed higher cause his got 11 goals in 28 games i.e. has a goal to game ratio of 0.39. Prolific they are not but they together contributed 22 goals to their teams goal difference thus far this season. But you right I would give both a miss lol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cehic View Post
    Players like :
    Gomez
    Huntelaar
    Cavani
    Ibrahimovic
    Di Natale
    Nene
    Gameiro

    Won't come to Liverpool .
    I actually think we would have a fairly good chance of bringing Bas Dost from Heerenveen, and/ or Luuk De Jong from FC Twente while both are younger and far more prolific on current form.

    Not sure why Cavani would not be interested in Liverpool, they sit in 6th spot while his not as prolific as some make him out to be his goal to game ratio is 0.63. While have not been consistent in the league we have been very competitive in fighting for trophies which all players want at the end of the day, but even if his not interested Bas Dost and Luuk De Jong are more prolific in front of goal.
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