Diego Forlán - ST - Atletico-Madrid (4 Viewers)
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We were always falling for the one time wonders. But lets not go as far, as buying such an old player, right at the peak of his max price tag, when we dont need him.
We need a young scoring machine, our forward line is already overcroweded with similar choices and Forlan is not much younger, or prolific, than the players he is bound to replace. Better keep our money, meld it with next year's budget and make a prorer, permanent and wiser acquisition.
We need a young scoring machine, our forward line is already overcroweded with similar choices and Forlan is not much younger, or prolific, than the players he is bound to replace. Better keep our money, meld it with next year's budget and make a prorer, permanent and wiser acquisition.
? Nahh i mean Forlan is quit an injury prone player is he not?
I think you mixed him up with someone.
In his last 6 years in Spain, out of possible 38 matches in a season he played: 38, 32, 36, 36, 33, 33. He missed only 20 league matches in the last 6 seasons. That means that he played 91% of the matches in the last 6 seasons. That's an average of 3.3 matches per season missed. On some of them he might have been rested.
And in the last 6 years he scored 147 goals for Atletico and Villarreal (not counting the Uruguay NT). That's also a great average of 24.5 goals per season. In 2 of these 6 seasons he was the top scorer in Europe and won the golden boot.
He's a goal machine AND a player with vision, who assists goals. Support striker who scores lots of goals, like Del Piero.
In his last 6 years in Spain, out of possible 38 matches in a season he played: 38, 32, 36, 36, 33, 33. He missed only 20 league matches in the last 6 seasons. That means that he played 91% of the matches in the last 6 seasons. That's an average of 3.3 matches per season missed. On some of them he might have been rested.
And in the last 6 years he scored 147 goals for Atletico and Villarreal (not counting the Uruguay NT). That's also a great average of 24.5 goals per season. In 2 of these 6 seasons he was the top scorer in Europe and won the golden boot.
He's a goal machine AND a player with vision, who assists goals. Support striker who scores lots of goals, like Del Piero.
I do not actually. Stats are helpful to confirm an opinion or to prove an opinion wrong, but they are useless on their own.
For example, I think one could find that some other players will have same or similar stats as Forlan, but if you watch them all you will see that he's head and shoulders above them all.
For example, I think one could find that some other players will have same or similar stats as Forlan, but if you watch them all you will see that he's head and shoulders above them all.