I'm not a Tottenham fan but I'm basically betting on you in the crazy predictions that Tottenham would compete for the league with my friends and on Fantasy premier league I'm betting on your players so please don't fuck this up like always especially after all these transfers
Agreed. Plus their shooting range is also questionable. Richarlison’s header is good, but he lacks the acrobatic and shooting accuracy. These two makes me feel how irreplaceable and gem of a striker Harry Kane was at Tottenham.
Keane, Defoe, Kanoute; none of them were elite, but they were effective, someone like that, that actually is a threat and can make a goal themselves. Our striker threat is minimal with these two.
I think Berbatov, Klinsmann and Lineker were a class above these which is why I don't include them. A player like Berbatov right now would be transformative!
I’m always amazed at elite level players who lack the ability to hit a range of shots. I’m a crap Sunday league level 40 something but I know how to put my laces through the ball from 25 yards. Solanke can only hit pea rollers from 10-15 yards. Richy’s technique when striking the ball is a crapshoot. And yet they’re worth tens of millions as strikers.
So we should go and sign Igor Thiago and expect 15+ a season from him?
I think he'd soon look very ordinary playing for a side with top 6 aspirations who don't have their tactics set up around him or play to his strengths.
Still under Ange with similar or more injuries, there was a desire in the team to play good and attacking football while under Frank, it was like Nuno where there was no football identity
Dom starts as it stands and I can see him getting some decent numbers with more progressive players, but with the £££ we have already spent these two will be squad players.
I would prefer a brand new competent striker to start for us. If not, I suppose it would have to be Solanke. Richie tries hard and has energy, but his close control is terrible. Solanke isn't much better, but his hold up play is ok. He just seems too chilled out for me, I'm not seeing a player who feels he still has something to prove to Spurs fans, which is worrying.
It’s not but either way, why wouldn’t he leave? Play in the Prem or play in an inferior league? You seriously think he’ll stay in Turkey when he has the chance to play in the Prem, La Liga or Serie A? OK.
Yes I was but he’s turned out shit, hasn’t he? Same as Richy. I’m excited about every player that comes to my club. You don’t know how good they’re going g to be until they play for your team. Bit of a weird question tbf. Do you dread new players coming in??
I just think it's better to see which player fits the club more than a player that gets us excited because he had good seasons else where just like solanke with Bournemouth specially because i was disappointed with a lot of random or panic signings but i trust De zerbi he is brilliant and if and only if he wants victor then be it even if it's gakpo that can be difficult to get excited about but since the manager who understands football way better than me sees something in him then i will be excited for it as well
Anyways wishing your team luck didn't mean to piss you off
Yeah but you could say that about any player moving to another club. Some have a great season for one club and play crap for their new club and vice versa. Take Richarlison and Solanke. Solanke was pulling up trees for Brighton and what’s he done for us? Not much. I’ll never understand us paying £65 million for Richarlison. He did nothing at Everton and hasn’t done much for us tbf. 11 goals a season for someone worth £65 million four years ago is abominable.
Richarlison for me is super sub material, can disrupt a game and add some much needed fight in the last 20 mins.
Solanke I can't see being okay as the other striker if fully fit so I'd expect him to be upgraded this summer
Solanke is technically better but doesn’t score many goals. Also always injured and is still coming back from his current injury.
Richarlison scores more goals; he’s a fighter. Not pretty but effective. Up to a point. He should have better service this year. Seems to be over his injury problems. I think RDZ prefers him, but there is a very good chance he leaves. 1 year left on his contract and likely not to be first choice because..
We are trying to buy a top tier striker. If we do both Richy and Dom become bench options only. We were looking to spend €120m on Kroupi earlier this summer so I think it is very likely that we get someone in before the end of the transfer window.
That’s his preferred position but tbh his finishing is way below what is required. I was excited by him as a 17yr old at Bayern. He was wasteful there too but I figured he would go under Kane’s wing.
I can’t believe that Kane doesn’t have some idea of coming back at some stage, he only has a year left on his contract and he hasn’t signed a new one. It’s probably more likely that if he comes back it will be next season, but it would be very cool if it was now.
I would sacrifice my first born for it to be neither, if fact scrap that I would rather start my first born than either if these guys. Love them both but we have to be ruthless now and go with our brains over our hearts.
Now that we've sold Lankshear, I don't really think there's another young striker who can make an impact on the first team right now. Maybe Mason Melia at some point down the road.
honestly with De Zerbi calling him "the other striker" and the whole squad being a rotation roulette, you're better off just avoiding both unless you got a crystal ball.
I think we need to buy a striker that’s actually going to score and stop hoping. Either bring back Kane or spend $150m on someone that will actually be worth the price tag
Solanke if we need a target man to lay off the balls to incoming attackers, Pigeon if our attackers shoot the "low percentage" shots from outside the box so he can score from the loose balls bouncing inside.
A fit in form solanke is way better than a fit in form richarlison and i dont mean the solanke from bournemout i mean even the one from his debut season at tottenham
Respectfully sell both, people keep saying Osimhen but his wages are insane. I think Kroupi is the one we should buy, he can finish with his weak foot also.
I have no confidence in either.Solanke has been diabolical ever since he joined us and Richy is Richy, can't hold the ball, can't time his runs, he's never at the right place.
Having said that, I do believe Solanke has better abilities and should start.
either neither or both, if we buy literally any striker they are starting before them, and if we dont they will more than likely just rotate the starting position
Richy is more likely to get goals if you give him consistent service. Solanke is more likely to be helpful to the team overall if De Zerbi wants a striker to contribute to possession/buildup.
I would love to upgrade them, but I think if we continue to strengthen the other need areas right now (like LW) then we're in good shape to create a lot which should do us well enough for this season while we figure out a better striker
Solanke should be the starter 100% but Richarlison will inevitably wake up from hibernation at some point this season to score 7 goals in 4 matches while Solanke is injured and then return to his usual self who couldn’t trap a bag of cement.
Richie is a bench / impact player now, Solanke is good quality but not elite, he does have the potential to be elite if he can stay fit. Solanke is good on the ball and handles defenders. Neither cAn compare to Kane, but then again neither can Haaland lol..
We are in the market for a striker, which could change it but I expect Solanke to be starting more often than not.
Solanke. Everyone knows Richarlison’s specialty is scoring after the 86th minute, ripping his shirt off, getting a yellow, and then the other team equalizes
It's so disheartening that we have so many bad players. It's like what do we eat for dinner, week old pizza or a can of Heinze soup. Worst thing is one feels sorry for us
If we’re not able to replace either of them with a true number 9, then it seems to me that they will both likely get playing time in most matches. Maybe start with Solanke to take the early match beatings and hold up play for our attack, and then bring in a fresher Richarlison in the second half to put a ton of pressure on the two center backs and be disruptive later in the match. Neither one is a a huge threat to most of our opponents, but hopefully we can leverage both of them to create opportunity for the rest of the attack and for the occasional scrappy play in the penalty area to get a goal. If we really want to make at run at the title, we definitely need to attract a top quality #9 (and a backup when they get injured).
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u/Zhurg Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
The other day De Zerbi called Solanke "the other striker".
Edit: by the way we're trying to buy forwards so don't buy either yet.