Saha steps from Henry's shadow

[patrick42uk]

http://sport.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2424317

Henry and maybe anelka have made it big. Saha has been restricted by the club he plays for, now his is chance to make it big. Will be interesting to see how he reacts to being a small fish in a big pond rather than vice versa.

 

[Gooner83]

Saha is ball greedy, Nistlerooy is ball greedy.

Thats gonna make alot of draws

 

[Mark]

exactly. i doubt van nistelrooy and saha will both play together at the same time. they're both the same kind of striker, it wouldn't work.

 

[n_henry]

Saha is ball greedy, Nistlerooy is ball greedy.

Thats gonna make alot of draws

Let's hope so..though I doubt it.

 

[laolu]

Saha is ball greedy, Nistlerooy is ball greedy.

Thats gonna make alot of draws

Let's hope so..though I doubt it.

I agree with n_henry

 

[JazzG]

I think he will do allright. He is a decent player, we will find out if he can cut it at the top now. Man utd are the type of team who need 2 out and out strikers to function properly.

 

[patrick42uk]

saha was signed for being ball greedy. not only can he play alongside ruud, with his pace allowing him to be creative, he can also play alone up front allowing ruud to be rested. i remember g.nevile saying that. As a football fan, i'm pleased a talent like saha is playing at a level he probably deserves. as an arsenal fan, i hope he breaks his leg

 

[Andrew]

Saha could come in handy if Van Nistelrooy's injured... But I doubt that a partnership between the two will work. I think it will just turn out to be something similar to Forlan working with Van Nistelrooy.

 

[goonerlove]

I hope he goes into a long drought during his first 5-10 games with ManUre...

I would love to see him start to squirm and get pouty now that he isn't the only star on a team...

Goonerlove

 

[Taozhe]

I see an andy cole or dwight yorke possible scenario

 

[jackycreegs]

I see an andy cole or dwight yorke possible scenario

what? you mean they're gonna win the treble?

 

[champs]

I see an andy cole or dwight yorke possible scenario

interesting statement
do you actually know how good cole & dwight were when they played together?

 

[Lord Dula]

Yeah they were pants last season.

To be honest I think it wont work between Ruud and Saha it'll be like Ruud and Kluivert for Holland.

Lets face it for a decent partnership you need a forward who can score and assist a la Henry.

 

[champs]

Yeah they were pants last season.

but they werent when they played together at man utd

 

[JazzG]

but they werent when they played together at man utd

They were good in your treble season and in the season after that. In the 2000/2001 season they were kinda poor so from then Fergie decided to get rid of them.

Also those 2 were proven premiership strikers when they joined man utd, Saha isn't proven at all.

 

[Wheelori]

but they werent when they played together at man utd

Also those 2 were proven premiership strikers when they joined man utd, Saha isn't proven at all.

it's uniteds first move for an unproven player in quite a while, even ronaldo came with an international repuatation at such a young age, but saha doesn't really have that.

 

[JGooner]

i'm worried about this. if manure weren't going to win the title this season, it would have been because of a lack of options up front. Signing Saha - who is a fine player - should solve this. Obviously any comparison with Henry is a joke, but Saha will make a big difference to their squad. He is not identical to RvN at all. He can play deeper, he is faster, and he is left-footed. He has scored more prem goals this season than anyone but shearer, RvN and Henry. Even he only makes 10 appearances this season and scored 4 goals, the league is so tight that that could make the difference between first and second.

Reassure me, someone.

 

[Wheelori]

nah defo not me old fruit, saha will be bollocks, ruud will continue to heat, and the mancs will continue to thieve, it's a downward spiral of society in manchester, signing saha was the worst possible move.

 

[JazzG]

Wasn't Forlan tipped to be great as well

Their problem isn't scoring goals, only if RvN got injured they were screwed. Also take a look here http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player?id=8892&cc=5739 We can see here which teams he has scored against. The only big teams there are Liverpool and Newcastle, I should also remind you that those teams teams had Biscan and Bramble playing for them

I don't really rate Saha tbh, he might cut it against the lesser sides but not too sure if he can do it against better ones. Against us he was rubbish.

 

[Mark]

i don't think he'll cope to well in the champions league either, as far as i know he has no experience playing in europe, but he is young and can get better. slightly overrated, but could still prove to be a good buy. we'll see.