Who should start up front?

[El Jefecito]

really does depend on who we are playing, eg a small club like the blue****e who will defend for 90 mins i would like to see us attack them more

for me i would love to see a 3-5-2 formation and attack teams, i would honestly rather win 4-2 playing attacking entertaining football than 1-0 in the league anyways...

europe is different and 1-0 wil do me rightly.. plus rafa knows his **** there so leave him at it

for me torres can do a pretty similar job to crouch except....

1... torres is more than likely better in the air cos for a man of 6'7 crouch really is bad and can never seem to get any power or direction into a header
2... torres is quicker and will attack defences whereas crouch would not run past my granny
3... torres can see that killler pass whereas crouch more often than not gets it and lays it off behid him (not bad but defensive imo)

so for me torres gets the nod above crouch every time with kuyt and the crow pushing for the second spot and crouch spending most of his time on the bench

AND Torres can create his own chances!

[REDSCOUSER]

You dont pay 20£ m for a player and keep him on the bench..FACT
Torres will be starting nearly every game because Rafa would want to prove he made the right choice and Torres will prove him right.
On form so far I will go for Voronin & Torres(for the above mentioned reason).

[Kopite_Colin]

On Pre-season form: Torres & Voronin

On goal threat: Torres + 1

On Prem Experience: Crouch & Kuyt

On movement Kuyt & Voronin

[Red Chilli]

---------------Torres----------------

Babel----------------------Kuyt---------


-----------Alonso--------Gerard---------

-----------------Masher-------------------

6 players up front?

[kop-al-74]

Huntelaar is better than Kuyt.

[gerbin11]

Torres is a Benitez player and will play the most, look at Morientes to back this up (along with the price tag of course). I think Kuyt will Be the best strike partner but I wont be suprised to see a three pronged attack with Babel included in the triumverate.

[El Jefecito]

Torres is a Benitez player and will play the most, look at Morientes to back this up (along with the price tag of course). I think Kuyt will Be the best strike partner but I wont be suprised to see a three pronged attack with Babel included in the triumverate.

Based on pre-season tho' the crow has offered everything that Kuyt has PLUS goals. I think the crow is going to be the stand out player this year (unless Sir Stevie gets his act together).

Rafa may want to play Kuyt but the crow will make it impossible

[Nicey]

Hatrick against Arsenal, winning goals against both Chelsea and United

I thought wrong it seems ... someone else said that ... As Shaggy world say


Nana naa caught me red handed nana in the grocery store

It wasnt me

[Kenneth]

Huntelaar is better than Kuyt.

Fascinatihg, but he doesn't play for us so probably shouldn't be first choice.

[dww]

Fascinatihg, but he doesn't play for us so probably shouldn't be first choice.

[stevie_gerrard_8]

Huntleaar is one of the worst players in Europe IMO. But probably the best finisher.

[JohnDoe]

Crouch and Torres are our best strikers and should be considered "1st choice".

I'm sure almost every manager in the league would agree, perhaps Martin Jol excluded, that stopping Crouch is a lot harder than handling Kuyt.

[Kenneth]

Huntleaar is one of the worst players in Europe IMO

wtf?

[stevie_gerrard_8]

wtf?

His all round play is terrible,but his finishing is outstanding.

[Kenneth]

His all round play is terrible,but his finishing is outstanding.

I see. Personally, I regard him as better than Jody Morris and Djemba-Djemba, and about 10,000 other professional footballers in Europe.