FrankDrebin
Don't call me Shirley
But, but he runs ...or something.
It’s this obvious pact from Neville and Carragher not to go after him which annoys me. Maybe it shouldn’t but there’s so many examples of bad finishing and terrible technique being waved away as it’ll be ok it’ll come / he mustn’t believe how unlucky he is that it’s now misrepresenting what’s happening on the pitch.I've never seen a player given more excuses for not scoring. Christ our own fans slaughtered Ronaldo for much of last year even when he was scoring the majority of our goals, AND we slaughtered Martial for years when he'd play perfect technical football but fail to finish chances. We seem to hate both, yet many of our fans rate Nunez for being a donkey that also doesn't finish well. It's the most bizarre behavior I've seen.
Antony has been approximately 400,000 times better than budget Andy CarrollAntony is the only thing currently stopping us putting the welly into Darwin more forcefully
Yep. Even the one today looked unlucky at first, but he shot straight down the middle of the goal.That’s why I don’t buy the narrative about how getting loads of chances mean the goals will follow. It’s not about snatching at chances. His problems go much deeper than finishing. He has a fundamental inability to kick the ball where he wants it to go, consistently.
That’s why I don’t buy the narrative about how getting loads of chances mean the goals will follow. It’s not about snatching at chances. His problems go much deeper than finishing. He has a fundamental inability to kick the ball where he wants it to go, consistently.
It's a different story though IMO because technically Suarez (first touch / passing etc was always good.Just keep in mind that Suarez also was very wasteful when he first joined Liverpool.
Disallowed?Great finish?
Diabolical goalkeeping more like.
Chaotic in every sense of the word.That’s why I don’t buy the narrative about how getting loads of chances mean the goals will follow. It’s not about snatching at chances. His problems go much deeper than finishing. He has a fundamental inability to kick the ball where he wants it to go, consistently.
That’s why I don’t buy the narrative about how getting loads of chances mean the goals will follow. It’s not about snatching at chances. His problems go much deeper than finishing. He has a fundamental inability to kick the ball where he wants it to go, consistently.
I mean when you take into account his age (23), first season in the Prem, the pressure of the fee and media, but he's still on pace for 20 goals this season in all comps, surely that says that the goals follow the chances regardless? Even if he finishes at a shit percentage of his xG, he's still putting up a stupid high xG per 90. No player finished that badly where that xG level doesn't turn into a high goal total.That’s why I don’t buy the narrative about how getting loads of chances mean the goals will follow. It’s not about snatching at chances. His problems go much deeper than finishing. He has a fundamental inability to kick the ball where he wants it to go, consistently.
Lukaku was atrocious in his first season at United, scored 20 but missed 20 more. Same can be said about Zlatan to aj extent.I mean when you take into account his age (23), first season in the Prem, the pressure of the fee and media, but he's still on pace for 20 goals this season in all comps, surely that says that the goals follow the chances regardless? Even if he finishes at a shit percentage of his xG, he's still putting up a stupid high xG per 90. No player finished that badly where that xG level doesn't turn into a high goal total.
Yup. And let’s be absolutely clear here. Nunez has not scored 20 goals.Lukaku was atrocious in his first season at United, scored 20 but missed 20 more. Same can be said about Zlatan to aj extent.
Darwin, until now, has been worse than Lukaku, especially when it mattered.
I called this and hope more people notice it. He cannot kick a ball anywhere but straight so it’s always straight at the keeper when he does get good contact. It why he fluffs it when trying to pick a corner, any sort of angle at all and he isn’t scoring because he can’t place it. One v one with keeper? Straight at him. The misses when coming in from wide? Miles past the targetThat’s why I don’t buy the narrative about how getting loads of chances mean the goals will follow. It’s not about snatching at chances. His problems go much deeper than finishing. He has a fundamental inability to kick the ball where he wants it to go, consistently.
Andrés VillancicoHe should be officially named "The Uruguayan Andy Carroll"
The coverage he is getting is insane.Enough of this shite about working hard and being unlucky. He got lucky v Leicester that should have seen them struggle to get a winner from a bad miss but it got thrown in for him.
Now he misses a glorious, early chance that would change the game but no. Sky gave him every excuse for the miss. These misses matter.
I'm not watching the game, how the heck did he miss that?
Can someone explain to me why they think this man will ‘come good’?
Because he’s not a real footballerI'm not watching the game, how the heck did he miss that?
I’ve never seen a CF that highly valued consistently incapable of cleanly striking a ballHe's dreadful. You dont drag a ball like he does if its bad form. The amount of times he slices the thing and misses both the target and the man in the box if frightening.
He’s not even a flat track bullyI thought he’d be useless against the big boys, turns out it’s practically everyone.
He wasn't though, he was good in his first season and not just because he scored 27 goals. That was even the consensus here.Lukaku was atrocious in his first season at United, scored 20 but missed 20 more. Same can be said about Zlatan to aj extent.
Darwin, until now, has been worse than Lukaku, especially when it mattered.
Based on what?I still think he’ll come good. Hope I’m wrong of course.
BINGO. It's the reason I refuse to believe he's all of the sudden going to become lethal in front of goal, this isn't some great technical footballer that's just snatching at it or getting unlucky. He's a geniune technical donkey with great physical attributes but 0 real technique in front of goal. Sure he'll graft his way to above 0 numbers no doubt because they create a bunch for him and again he's physically a pain for defenders to deal with given his pace/strength/work rate combo. He's basically an Origi replacement that's being talked about like he's a Haaland rival that's just been a bit unlucky.It's a different story though IMO because technically Suarez (first touch / passing etc was always good.