Ten Hag's Ajax?Do we really wanna play like that, though?Endless crossing reminds me of... I don't even wanna say it.
Fair enough. Odd how he went for Weghorst who is an incredibly bad header of the ball if he wanted to play like that here
I guess we'll see in the summer who he wantsGoal poaching is still one of the most sought after ability in the game. Osinhem hold up play is different and better in other situation. His pressing is very good too.
Assuming we had all our players fit - Do you think we would beat Milan today?
A 6ft 6 bad header of the ball is still better than nothing I suppose, though opting to use him as a #10 in some games is perhaps telling in terms of what he has actually offered.Fair enough. Odd how he went for Weghorst who is an incredibly bad header of the ball if he wanted to play like that here
Oh I don't think he's worth 150m by any stretch of the imagination, but I think you're overstating what Martial does vs what Osimhen does. Their records speak for themselves and Martial has never shown he can be just as efficient in Osimhens strengths.
Not statistically, no. His dribble percentage is 39% and he averages 2.40 successful dribbles per 90.Kvaradona not one of the 10 best dribblers in Serie A??
Which puts him in the top 10.
Please prove the bolded part.
For wingers in Serie A, yes, but not for all players.
You don't use stats in good faith.
https://www.fotmob.com/leagues/47/stats/season/17664/players/won_contest/premier-league-players
Hmm, wouldn't be so sure. FBref says the same regarding Saka. 68th percentile for take-ons, and whenever I watch him, he doesn't really dribble a lot.
I won't claim I watched that many Arsenal game, but he's fairly one of the better dribbler (not just volume stat padding). Not gonna drag out you say, I say, so let's look at how fallible the algorithm this website can be:
The stats seem correct, but I agree with you that players with that small amount of minutes shouldn't be there. At the very least they should add a filter so we can choose "show only with 1000 mins played" or something similar.
To be fair no one gets on well with Antony as far as chemistry goes. He's not exactly the most selfless player
Also take on % kind of sucks as a stat for me because in any more possession based dominant team, every decent player is going to be looking to pass and move a good bit and not just take on a defender every time they get the ball. Even Vinicius, who is one of the best 1v1 players in the world, isn't sitting there running at people constantly.
Indeed. That said, I will still stand by my belief that you can see if a footballer is good at dribbling by having watched him play football regularly. Having to go and read whether a footballer you watch is good at dribbling will never not seem bizarre to me. You mentioned Vinicius for example. Any nonsense that says ‘he is in the 60th percentile for dribbling’ or ‘statistically he is a poor dribbler’ or whatever would instantly be disregarded by me, personally. I am certain that Harry Maguire is good in the air and Wan-Bissaka is good at tackling and I would expect any numbers to reflect that, but if they do not, then I will treat any such numbers as bollocks.
How many headed goals does Haaland have for City and how many headed goals does Osimhen have for Napoli in their respective leagues, start there.
Apparently he's a Drogba and I assume Chelsea fan. And Chelsea needs a striker as desperately as us.
It's more like people see Rashford as Ronaldo's lite. Would Ronaldo look better with Haaland or Benzema type? Which combo that makes the team hold the game better?
Using simple logic, a Ronaldo lite would require an upgraded version of Benzema which does not exist. Martial even at his best is still a Frankenstein downgrade version of Benzema, hence at their previous best, something still missing in Martial Rashford partnership. You still need someone like Cavani to show them how to do it another way.
We may watch different Son, because Rashford isn't anything close to Son.
Knew you would respond with stats. I use my eyes to judge dribbling ability.
Uh Kane, Watkins, Alvarez, Jesus, Muani, even Firmino at his pomp, Toney. Benzema and Lewi. There are players out there that haven't even mentioned.
Your eyes show you he's better than every other dribbler in Serie A then? You watch every single team in Serie A?
Prime CR7 was good even alongside Higuain who is nothing like Benzema.
I think Antony crossed far more at Ajax than he does here. When you see Anyony cut inside and go for a curler in to the far corner, at Ajax he used to cut inside onto his left foot slightly earlier, and curl it in to the bus for Haller to head home. At United, there is no target for him to aim for, so he has to shoot himself. Having a target man like Osimhen would allow him to mix it up, and I think he would provide loads of assets for Osimhen.
Exactly. It makes little sense. Its like the don't get the concept of having more room due to a mega goal thread occupying two players at all times centrally. Which is what a high end 9 would provide us. Especially one who does all the good things Wegorst does in terms of pressing, but just with pure pace and an actual hunger and eye for goal....
