In a heartbeat at a reduced fee.
He's been inconsistent this season but its much to do with him as it is to do with Napoli as a whole. He has tried to carry them but at times he's the whole attack and its taken a tollApparently he was rubbish last night but a poster commented he’s tired
Tbf theyre down to 10 and who are his teammatesCompletely anonymous in a huge game for Georgia. Not ready yet for a move.
Needs to impose himself more.
They aren't down to 10. It was a bench player who got red.Tbf theyre down to 10 and who are his teammates
Oh right fairThey aren't down to 10. It was a bench player who got red.
His numbers are better(?) than last season, but all I'm hearing is he's worse.Not a particularly good performance, but i don't think anonymous is a good description as to me that implies a barely involved effort where the player hides from their responsibilities. He worked hard, didn't hide from duels and covered a lot of ground in the Greek half. They had to put a lot of work into containing him, which they did well, and when they didn't, they used some effective tactical fouls. He did create a couple of dangerous moments that could have produced goals with better reactions and timing of runs from teammates in the box. Overall, too many attempts to start/finish attacks off with his own dribbling; he should have mixed in more one-two's and playmaking when it became clear the Greeks were handling the individual attempts well. Timing and first touch seemed off quite often. Tactical role has changed over the last 4-5 games into being part of a front two.
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Inconsistent. It started at the end of last season where he was getting double teamed and was mostly nullified.His numbers are better(?) than last season, but all I'm hearing is he's worse.
Haven't followed him or Napoli at all this season, so have no frame of reference - how is he actually doing?
Thanks for the update!Inconsistent. It started at the end of last season where he was getting double teamed and was mostly nullified.
This season he's carried the attack due to Napoli falling off a cliff. He got moved to the middle and picked up his form. He's getting better as the season is going but last season was definitely a lot better.
Napoli have had some incompetent coaching this season with Garcia and Mazzarri, both taking him off when Napoli needed a goal
Makes sense and interesting to think about that perspective. Do you think he'll have to leave Napoli for growth and development, or do you think he can realise his potential where he is?I've not watched as many full napoli games this season, but from what i've seen i'd agree with Lay. Overall, i'd say in terms of it being a difficult follow-up season to a breakout one, it could be a lot worse. Being from a small country that loves football and has a solid history, but that hasn't produced international/elite quality players for quite a long time, he has a different sort of intense individual attention and pressure on him than an equivalent attacking talent from a bigger, more successful nation would at this stage. One that i would say is actually tougher to deal with until the player from the traditional big footballing country becomes really established as a leading player at a big club, or a true world star. He seems to deal with it quite well so far, but you can see in a more unique game like this that pressure to be the leader and match-winner often outweighing good decision making and pacing.