Fabio Quagliarella (128 Viewers)
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If he is kept it'll pretty much be based on not being able to get as much for him, mixed with his CL goals. I said at the time and before but he is more useful in Europe as defenders don't get so tight, and are normally leaving more spaces than our domestic opponents. His style takes advantage of that.
In terms of Serie A his record is not impressive at all. 5/9 of his goals came in two games, and only one against a 'big' team (Inter
). 2/4 of his assists came against Pescara, who had the weakest Italian defence since Operation Husky.
1159 minutes
129 minutes per goal
9 goals (Chievo 2, Pescara 3, Bologna, Genoa, Inter, Sampdoria)
4 assists (Pescara 2, Inter, Torino)
In short if he were to leave it would have minimal impact on us in terms of our Serie A campaign.
In terms of Serie A his record is not impressive at all. 5/9 of his goals came in two games, and only one against a 'big' team (Inter
). 2/4 of his assists came against Pescara, who had the weakest Italian defence since Operation Husky.1159 minutes
129 minutes per goal
9 goals (Chievo 2, Pescara 3, Bologna, Genoa, Inter, Sampdoria)
4 assists (Pescara 2, Inter, Torino)
In short if he were to leave it would have minimal impact on us in terms of our Serie A campaign.
Smaller teams have no reason to get him. He's not young enough for small teams to sign him up and hope to sell him in the future, and he'd be giving up way too much if he decided to leave because no team would afford him. He has hit that part of his career where he's just not good enough for the "richer" teams and not young enough for the small teams.
What can be calculated though, is 3 MOTM performances, 16 goals plus assists, second only to Vucinic, who is considered to be the greatest striker alive. With significantly less game time. Its also a little unfair to consider the goals against smaller teams a little inconsequential, because if you relook at that Chievo tape for instance, they were going home with a draw. Nobody could break the deadlock, but Quag's moment of magic did. Whether one sits and calculates points or doesn't. It is a fact that he proved to be useful, and had an impact in the majority of opportunities he was given. And that goal average would have looked even healthier had he actually ever gotten close to 5 games in a row at any point in the season, those numbers may not look good, but they are a bit more impressive when you see the lack of continuity.
Sell him or don't, but to say that it's because of the lack of buyers may not entirely be true, it could also be that he perhaps serves as a better bench option than the other strikers we may choose to sells head of him, if we do. It could be argued that he was our most effective striker this season.
Sell him or don't, but to say that it's because of the lack of buyers may not entirely be true, it could also be that he perhaps serves as a better bench option than the other strikers we may choose to sells head of him, if we do. It could be argued that he was our most effective striker this season.