Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - 'We will not be there.' - Pep Fraudiola

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If you not seeing someone who has improved his all-round game season upon season and doing everything people said a ‘donkey’ couldn’t, if you can’t see the dirty work and sacrifice he’s made for the team today and has all season and the drop off from what he’s always been a natural at which is getting and creating high quality chances which he’s always been consistent at while never being a focal point I don’t know what to tell you :manny: every single good thing Momo has done tonight both him and Dom have been involved :manny:

I've seen a lot of ppl say the bolded but I think it's an after the fact justification. He was bought to score goals and he doesnt do that :yeshrug:


“Do I want Darwin to play like Bobby Firmino in the same position? No, not at all. It makes no sense. We are talking about a False No.9 and a No.9. That is the difference."

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He has great attributes but he's just gonna frustrate you. You're chasing the title..crucial game...one on one chance...do you really want that chance to fall to Nunez?

 

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still no trophies tho....:lolbron:


Yh I checked to see if they won one during those years but nothing. Then you see Juve with Zidane, Edgar Davids, Deschamps, Del Piero, Inzaghi, young Henry

Every team had stars

90s Seria A the goat league
 

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Yh I checked to see if they won one during those years but nothing. Then you see Juve with Zidane, Edgar Davids, Deschamps, Del Piero, Inzaghi, young Henry

Every team had stars

90s Seria A the goat league



I was watching some R9 clips and saw Baggio passing to him. I don't remember Baggio playing for Inter at all.

Inter's attack in 1999 was CRAZY. Prime Ronaldo, Baggio, Zamorano, Vieri and Djorkaeff :mindblown:



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I've seen a lot of ppl say the bolded but I think it's an after the fact justification. He was bought to score goals and he doesnt do that :yeshrug:


“Do I want Darwin to play like Bobby Firmino in the same position? No, not at all. It makes no sense. We are talking about a False No.9 and a No.9. That is the difference."

:francis:


He has great attributes but he's just gonna frustrate you. You're chasing the title..crucial game...one on one chance...do you really want that chance to fall to Nunez?


When I say creating chances, I mean down to his movement and positions he’s getting into rather than in a Bobby sense. I mean part of why the misses are so numerous is the amount of chances he gets, his first 2 seasons he was averaging almost 5 shots/90, like I don’t think nikkas realize how difficult and elite that is, that’s almost halved this season due to what he’s being asked to do.


Look he cost a lot of money, especially for us with how stingy FSG are and ultimately he does need to score more there’s no 2 ways about it. What he’s good at you can’t teach and is hard to find, yes some misses have been egregious but I think he’s had some real bad luck, I’ve never seen somebody hit the woodwork like he has. Mental and staying calm is his biggest issue rather than ability which he’s shown is there imo and I do think that can be worked on and I do think that strikers of his profile take a little longer for it to all click a la Drogba.


Again he does have to start scoring more, I can give him the first season in the league, I think how well Haaland came in obviously makes it look worse. I would say first half of last season he was our best player and the whole team fell off second half :francis: and he’s being asked to do something different this season, which I think he’s done very well but again end of the day he has to score more I’m not denying that.


He’s one of the first names on the teamsheet for me I want him playing as much as possible and it’s always disappointing when he’s not starting because he affects the game and is a nightmare for defenders and works his ass off :dame: even when not scoring. He’s come up clutch plenty, Newcastle, Brentford, Forest, Bournemouth in the cup off the top of my head, so yea when it’s crunch time I want that nikka on the pitch.


I don’t think we’ve ever really played or setup in a way to get the best out of him, I don’t think that will ever happen while Momo is here and I don’t disagree with that. I think it’s also probably a fair argument if nikkas say well what has he shown for us to do that but I would disagree and think he can be that guy if/when we start to do that :manny:
 
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