Vip

[Whaleoilbeefhooked]

It just goes to show that if you play him in the right system, he’s a different player when he plays for Wales.

 

[Neath_Jack]

This Vip discussion appears to be similar to what Celtic fans feel about Idah.

 

[Itchysphincter]

This Vip discussion appears to be similar to what Celtic fans feel about Idah.

Agreed.

Vip came into a poor side, playing poorly and managed poorly by a poor manager. Starved of service there isn’t a striker in world football who would have thrived in that set up. Things have changed, the system is tweaked and there is more quality on the ball now, let’s see what he can make of it.

 

[Londonlisa2001]

No. No he wasn't. Not in goals scored when playing upfront, which are, after all, the raison d'etre of a striker. The figures are pretty clear on that. A 5/6 week purple patch when he wasn't even playing upfront seems to have convinced a lot of people otherwise. Including you it would seem.

Cullen has been, to be charitable, not very good as a striker for as long as we've tried him there. He wasn't very good four years ago when he had Joel Piroe supporting him and Morgan Whittaker kicking his heels on the bench instead, and he's not very good at it now.

The difference in the way the team has played this season with someone competent leading the line has made the difference so obvious I'm kinda surprised that anyone is arguing to the contrary.

Yes he was.

Not sure what figures you are talking about given Cullen was top scorer last season but that doesn’t actually matter to the point.

I’m not remotely convinced Cullen is a good striker. I don’t believe he is. But with the exception of the past week or so, Vipotnik has also not been a good striker. The difference in the two last season was that Cullen was contributing at least something to the team in terms of effort, work rate, some ability to retain possession, and Vipotnik was doing none of that.

Quite why you’ve decided that a couple of goals and two much better performances now makes Vipotnik a stand out striker that was woefully underserved last season is beyond me.

I hope he kicks on and does much better this year, but for you to repeatedly rewrite history about his almost always inept performances last year, to the extent that you’ve declared a few times you’re happy with our attacking choices even without signing anyone else, is silly.

Cullen is not what we need up front. To date, Vipotnik is not what we need up front. Presumably that’s why we are signing a striker. Between a new striker and. Vipotnik (if he continues on his current trajectory) and Wales if he is any good (and we haven’t seen either way as yet) maybe we will get nearer to what we need up front.