Wilfried Bony

[ArsenesNO1Fan]

Bony is horrific when Swansea are building play, absolutely horrific, never seen a successful move go through him, it's always ruined. Would be excellent for a club like West Ham though.

In that case no way will Wenger sign him unless he's free, which he won't be. Giroud and even Chamakh at least linked up well.

 

[Dokaka]

Bony is horrific when Swansea are building play, absolutely horrific, never seen a successful move go through him, it's always ruined. Would be excellent for a club like West Ham though.

.. What? He started out completely out of sync with the team but since he found form he's been great.

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Not sure how that's horrific. Now you've seem successful moves go through him at least

He hasn't done enough to match the asking price though, even if they bought him for around £12m. Could be a purple patch for all we know.

 

[Wouterus]

@Wouterus

Not that they're identical but I just feel like he doesn't address the problems we've had with Giroud. One of the main threats in his game is in the air and although he has more pace than Giroud he isn't a guy who's going to be making runs in behind frequently. Same story with Mandzukic, I'm not saying all big men are the same kind of player but these guys won't solve the problems we've had with Giroud the last 2 seasons.

Fair enough, although the lack of runners could be solved by the return of Walcott and signing a pacy LW as well, as there seem to be more top class wide forwards available than strikers. Bony would solve one problem I have with Giroud though, which is the fact that he isn't clinical enough and never looks dangerous against other top teams.

Mandzukic is a no for me as well, and the Africa Cup Of Nations is a definite drawback of signing Bony.

 

[BobP]

Bony is horrific when Swansea are building play, absolutely horrific, never seen a successful move go through him, it's always ruined. Would be excellent for a club like West Ham though.

.. What? He started out completely out of sync with the team but since he found form he's been great.

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Not sure how that's horrific. Now you've seem successful moves go through him at least

He hasn't done enough to match the asking price though, even if they bought him for around £12m. Could be a purple patch for all we know.

How do those vines show a successful move going through Bony? all I see is a ball being sent up to him and him getting past a defender with a nice trick. I'm talking about holding up the ball and being able to contribute in general to team play and not just standing up front detached from the build up, Giroud does that to an extent however I'm yet to see that from Bony at Swansea so far.

 

[North5]

Steamfried Bony, Batterfried Bony, Deepfried Bony, Stirfried Bony.

 

[Jury]

Creamed Bony, Raw Bony, Poached Bony, Peppered Bony.

Smoked Bony.

Am I doing it right?

 

[Suave Gooner89]

No way - apparently his buy out clause is 25 million?

Not interested - not the calibre, nor the type of striker we need.

Would much prefer Remy and that's not saying much; plus, Bony will miss a large chunk of the season when he departs for the AFCON.

 

[Anzac]

TBH I'd be looking to sign both.
Remy used as a utility forward whilst Bony would be an upgrade on Giroud whilst still retaining the current style and roles.
I'd then add an attacking AM type to replace Cazorla as a Di Maria/Draxler/Firmino type who can take defenders on with the ball and score.

If you buy 2 decemt but not outstanding strikers you lose your chance to get 1 in the future. Remy and Balotelli would make much more sense. Remy can play up front or wide right. Balotelli is a risk that could be world class or get lazy but if he doesn't perform you bench him for Giroud or Remy.

Agreed - hence why I said in the initial post that I'd consider bony as an alternative to Mandzukic IF we weren't 'in' for Balotelli.

 

[Anzac]

No way - apparently his buy out clause is 25 million?

Not interested - not the calibre, nor the type of striker we need.

Would much prefer Remy and that's not saying much; plus, Bony will miss a large chunk of the season when he departs for the AFCON.

The article in the link I posted says that the release clause is 19m.

As for the AFCON we've done it b4 re Greedy?

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[truth_hurts]

He's pretty good but think there are better options.

 

[Jury]

As for the AFCON we've done it b4 re Greedy?

We've won **** all before too.