Murray hasn't proved himself in the Premier League - he really hasn't had the opportunity to. a couplue Of run outs here and there, isn't enough to prove himself.
I'd like AP to keep faith with Murray in the Starting Lineup - at least for the next 3 games. Problem is, the later it gets in the season the more we cannot afford to be hoping he Proves himself. Give him the opportunity whilst there's still time.

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Have to say I'm not convinced, certainly not for 6m anyway.

He's had one good year in the Championship, was poor there with Cardiff and couldn't make any impact at all in the Premier League in the early parts of last season.

Happy to be proven wrong but if we're only going to play with one striker I'd like to think we could do better than Gestede.

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Sorry but I'm not convinced that our midfield provide a good enough service to the players we have, and nothing I've seen to date convinces me that'll change anytime soon, we do not have a creative midfielder.

Our three goals on Saturday came from a run and shot from an attacking midfielder; a cross from an attacking midfielder put in that another midfielder nearly scored from which fell to a striker; and a cross field pass from an attacking midfielder.

Our goals against Tottenham came from an attacking midfielder beating his man, putting a cross in and an attacking midfielder scoring; from a midfielder being fouled for a penalty; and Murray missed a 1 on 1 having been put through by a midfielder.

We may not play defence splitting passes every game, but who does at this level? To say that we don't have a creative midfielder is off the mark. The ability is there but they were just being played too deep. It's no coincidence that we've suddenly scored 5 in 2 by putting our creative midfielders in advanced positions.

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You mean like Gayle ? If we wish to get another striker, unless we go for a journeyman PL player possibly pass their sell by date can't see how we will get one that isn't unproven ? Gestede looks the type of player that would fit in the team and is youngish, playing well, just like Gayle was when he bought him.

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I'll dump a bit of stats as courtesy of Opta.

Gestede vs. Gayle (normalized to per 90 mins)

Average shots: 3.9 vs. 2.6
Outside box shots: 0.5 vs. 0.1
Dribble attempts: 0.7 vs. 0.7
Aerials (and won): 18.9 (11.2) vs. 5.5 (1.9)
Passes: 31.3 vs. 21.4
Key passes: 1.4 vs. 1
Goals: 0.6 vs. 0.7
Attempted tackles: 0.6 vs. 1.2
Interceptions: 0.3 vs. 0.7
Clearances: 2.8 vs. 0.7

Of course, these stats are PL vs. Championship, so one should approach with caution, but judging by these figures, I think we can observe a few things:

1- Gestede is more involved in the work related to attacking than Gayle, although his hit rate is not higher. He shoots more, passes more and gets more key passes.

2- He looks like a proper target man and an average of 19 aerial duels is very impressive. Chamakh's per 90 mins is half of this and Jedi plays with 8. He is better than Andy Carroll, too.

3- Gayle is a more all around player in that he works hard to tackle and close down but Gestede is probably coming with some contribution to defensive set pieces judging by those clearances.

Stats is not the only thing of course and I didn't have a chance to see this guy other than a couple of Youtube videos, but he looks very good on numbers.