Where will the goals come from?

Looking at this season, Rashford doing well, Bruno the only other player in double figures (all comps).

League goals:
Rashford 16
Bruno 6
Sancho 5
Antony 4
Martial 4
Fred 2
Garnacho 2
Casemiro 2

Terrible level of firepower. Struggling to see success with this lot if things don't change.

New signings.

The goals will come in the same way they have this season, to get us in the position we’re in.

Next season, we’ll have some new players and ETH will have another year under his belt.

Victor O

Get a lethal goalscorer and Bruno will win the Ballon d'Or nqat

Sancho on 5 is weirdly impressive considering how little he’s played.

Top striker

Not just in terms of goals for themselves but surely they’d create space for others too?

Originally Posted by ak14

top striker

not just in terms of goals for themselves but surely they’d create space for others too?

woahhhhh

Bruno and Rashford score on sunday.

Shaw

Hang on which end?

His Ajax side wracked up 120 league goals in a season. So, clearly, he knows how to set up an attacking team.

That said, barring any ridiculous feats through the final games, our Goals Scored this season would typically place a team 7th/8th (the Leeds / Leicester sides that came there in the past 2 seasons both wracked up c. 15 more goals than we've got currently).

To state the obvious, a lot riding on central striker recruitment; need another wide player then to replace Sancho + Elanga and actually contribute goals.

Needs another couple of athletic midfielders that can break forward and create, solidify the middle, win the ball back quicker and keep possession and allow us to build pressure, move the ball quicker and take more risks going forward without being terrified we’re wide open. Then stick a couple of forwards desperate to score in the mix and it improves no end.

Needs to work on the patterns when attacking though. A good pre-season and a schedule that’s not bordering on criminal should help there though.

Originally Posted by dunk

Needs another couple of athletic midfielders that can break forward and create, solidify the middle, win the ball back quicker and keep possession and allow us to build pressure, move the ball quicker and take more risks going forward without being terrified we’re wide open. Then stick a couple of forwards desperate to score in the mix and it improves no end.

Needs to work on the patterns when attacking though. A good pre-season and a schedule that’s not bordering on criminal should help there though.

You can see why we spent so long courting De Jong.

It doesn’t worry me because we’re still relatively early on in this process.

Our attacking options are Rashford, Antony, Martial, Garnacho, Sancho and Weghorst. He’s signed two of those. One is a stop gap who is leaving. One has been transformed into a 30 goal striker and one is a 20 year old kid who has progressed far more than most expected in 12 months.

Every man and his dog knows we’re getting a number 9 this season. That alone will take us up another notch.

It’s not just the forwards either. Martinez, Casemiro and Eriksen bring so much more to our attacking play contrasted with the usual shit@#%&!s who are rubbish on the ball. He’s still ‘making do’ with a lot of players.

Fundamentally, this isn’t yet his team. I’d be more concerned if we’re seeing the same issues in 12 months.

We clearly don’t score enough for where we want to be, but it should be just enough for this season to get top four, a trophy and meet an objective that none of expected to at the start of the season.

Goals will come when our manager is allowed to spend the best part of a billion overhauling this dogshit squad and Sign 14 players in 3 transfer windows like lord genius pep was when he got his foot through the door.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Goals will come when our manager is allowed to spend the best part of a billion overhauling this dogshit squad and Sign 14 players in 3 transfer windows like lord genius pep was when he got his foot through the door.

Yep.

A top forward, midfielder and a new keeper at £75-100m a pop is what new owners should be all over.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Goals will come when our manager is allowed to spend the best part of a billion overhauling this dogshit squad and Sign 14 players in 3 transfer windows like lord genius pep was when he got his foot through the door.

They spend 611 million euros. 146 more than us in that three year period.

Originally Posted by believe

They spend 611 million euros. 146 more than us in that three year period.

and?

Originally Posted by Sparky***

and?

Just pointing out that what you said was a load of hysterical nonsense as usual.

Harry Kane.

Originally Posted by believe

Just pointing out that what you said was a load of hysterical nonsense as usual.

Oh right ok then. Nice one.

Originally Posted by Dr Stranger

Yep.

A top forward, midfielder and a new keeper at £75-100m a pop is what new owners should be all over.

Spent over half a billion on a squad that already had De Bruyne, Aguero, Sterling, Fernandinho in it and was champions 18 months before he took over.

How much do you reckon we're going to have to shell out to replace the absolute dross we've allowed to accumulate over the course of a decade in order to get anywhere near challenging them?