No. He is picked on the right and cuts in from there which is exactly what we play (inverted winger) just in a different formation because Palace play 4-3-3 so he's one of the forwards and has 3 midfielders behind him
Not as many as he should have, thanks to our manager. He played as a mix between a 10 and a winger for Chelsea under Tuchel, a floating wide forward. I'm sure he can play there as back up for us.
Oh I dont disagree,as part of the front 3 and the main outlets the 2 of them have a lot of responsibility when they spring their counters to get on the ball and make progress up the pitch and create. But thats also the case with our players like Garnacho and Rashford, right? They get plenty of the ball and an oppertunity to counter attack from there
The manager clearly picks young players if they are good enough. The previous manager also didnt pick him much. Maybe its because he isn’t ready yet
You’d have him here in a ten Hag side?
Of course but as with any player it depends on the value of the transfer and how much that represents of our overall budget. He isn't going to do anything to help the spine of our team which is where we're conceeding 20-30 shots a game. Antony tracks back better which is one of the areas we are extremely weak defensively. So assuming we also bought a CB and a DM who arent willing to let players run past them and get shots away yeah. If it cost our entire budget just for Olise then no, just like no right winger would be worth our entire budget. Saka wouldnt change us not being in the title race. We'd be far above the 13th top scoring side in the league, but we'd still have all our problems defensively and be fighting for 3rd and 4th.
Yeah he did
he scored a collection of quality goals whilst producing the highest level of passing stats, ending up with PFA fan's player of the year. It took Mainoo and Garnacho over a season before they got a fair run of starts in our side, mainly due to Antony being in Brazil and Casemiro out with a long term injury, and they're incredibly talented players. We're just about getting there with Amad. He rushed Martinez and Evans back from injury, reinjuring them, and left with literally no other option before giving Kambwala a go. Then there's Kovar and Fernandez who performed well in pre-season but didn't get a chance, along with Mejbri not getting a sniff after a strong feature in the cup v Palace. It can be like getting blood from a stone with Ten Hag. If you're referring to Solskjaer then that's another can of worms. Amad scored vs Milan and then he froze him out for the rest of the season because he wanted to prove a point over needing Sancho, as Amad was chosen over him by our head scouts.I don’t know how he’d be able to replicate what he does in a ten Hag side, especially so with no #10 to play combination football with like he has there.
Plenty of players scored goals in the championship. He did not look out of place thereYeah he did
The best thing he does is cross a ball or switch the ball from the right to the left. Crossing the ball and trying to find the left winger in space is absolutely perfect for our team and getting the most out of Hojlund and Rashford/Garnacho on the left. Antony or whoever else is playing on the right wing gets more than enough of the ball on the side and able to come inside and play a long pass or cross, they just dont do it as well as Olise does.
That’s true, but you’re reducing him some there - you can’t omit the elephant in the room in how he plays off of Eze and creates opportunities because of it. Here, he’s not getting that from Bruno, and he’d be hurriedly played along rather than deftly set up as he currently is.
How many won player of the year?
I dont know what you're worried about. He can just receive a pass from our slow buildup down the right wing, come inside and cross the ball. Someone who can do that well and has a decent target like Hojlund and Rashford should be as strikers is going to find it hard to fail to have an end product. If they arent getting on the end of good balls then we have a different problem thats on them.
Because it’s reductive and cuts out a sizeable percentage of his current game. I do get what you’re saying, but if we are marginalising players, that begs the question of why seek that profile instead of someone who we can try and be fully expansive with?
I think we can be clever when we're good at the basics. When we arent good at the basics we need to build the foundation and start from there. The current team is as dysfunctional as it comes. It doesnt work and isnt going to work by doing more of what we're doing and it certainly isnt going to start working by trying to get the players to do more complicated and specialized things when they cant do the basics like running and putting in some effort for their teammate. All we can do is get the players in who should get the most out of our best players from the past few years. If we do that and they still arent playing well its time to say they arent very good and find someone else who wants to succeed more. I cant imagine the player you're thinking of who we would sign and they would suddenly transform the team from rightwing by doing more than putting good balls in to teammates to try and finish.
Worst thing is, your post is wholly logical. God, how far we’ve fallen.
And I already said in the original post you quoted we should sign a winger too. Just not for £60m, or whatever Olise would cost.
I didn’t say they were the same player, I said I get Sancho vibes from him. To specify, they are both players who play out wide, have a low motor, average pace and prefer the ball into feet as they are wide playmakers rather than forwards.
And this is the reason why I’m not totally against it. Olise has shown at the very least he can keep up with PL pace and intensity which is something Sancho struggles with. Also helps his game is a bit more rounded, can take set pieces and cross.
That mahrez kid didnt have pace and he seemed to do quite well I reckon ?
I don’t think anybody wants an Adama Traore type. But if you see the top teams they all have wide players who can take their man on, use the ball well and have lots / enough physicality. Mahrez, Mane, Salah, Saka etc That's what we have to aim to get - at least in terms of skillset.
Mahrez wasn’t express fast but he had good pace. A great team also makes up for its player’s weaknesses. On first impressions, Olise looks slower / more languid / more of an AM than him. You reckon he’s as good?
Plus you'd have to question the millions outlaid for Berrada/Ashworth/Wilcox if all their expertise can come up with is Olise, Branthwaite and Onana.
Olise (and Potter) I would sort of understand in chalking it up to the gardening leave guys not being ready, maybe Onana up to just a sheer desperate need for a midfielder who can cover ground and defend a bit (would make more sense if the idea is that replacing Ten Hag isn't going to happen for another year, which I don't really favor, but if you can't get De Zerbi or Nagelsmann it would make some sense I guess as opposed to bringing in Potter or another safe hand or promising young manager like Iraola or McKenna on a 2 year deal so they can be binned if it's a disaster).
I agree that Branthwaite doesn't seem anything special, but I think we need a CB to play on the left as Licha is not reliable. Also, I don't see many other managers using him as a CB in this league if they are planning on winning things.
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Why would Arsenal be interested? He plays in Sakas position
I would guess that he'd play in the role they thought Havertz would be playing before he became the centre forward. One of those 'so crazy it just might work' kinda things.
He has played centrally before prior to Palace. So I'd imagine if theres a slight amount of truth to it, that would be as competition for Odegaard as well as a fill in on the right
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As talent as he is, I would rather bring in a player like Trossard who can play more than one position, and is also happy to be a squad player.
