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Where's Dele's thread disappeared to?
Where's Dele's thread disappeared to?
bus-conductor
- team play is part of the clinical execution that Pochettino regularly refers to - but Kane and Son are clearly players that justifiably have confidence in themselves.Exactly. Success rate plays a big part in forgiving the selfishness. They’re not like Andros, shooting on site at some distant car park because he once miss hit a cross into the net.
I appreciate the sentiment of
Park Lane Mark Twain
, them having 3% better shot accuracy than a couple of others who are in the 50's doesn't justify every act of stupidity. It's irrelevant to what I'm saying. Even If they had 90% accuracy it doesn't excuse, for example, taking a shot with a tiny percentage chance rather than making a pass to someone who would have a much, much better chance.
If I was saying they should never be selfish, that would be fair, but I'm not, I'm just saying there are odd occasions when it crosses an acceptable line IMO.
And
Which is why we saw Eriksen bollocking Son for what he did in a game at the back end of last season, it crossed a line into stupidly selfish to the cost of the team, and the very bottom line is, it's always the team that comes first, not any players personal quest for glory or success.
And, again, I get this is a somewhat grey area, the line can be blurred, but every once in while it's not, it's just stupidly selfish to the detriment of the team. Of course it's more forgivable when it's a player who scores 30 goals a season, but what if Son is thinking more selfishly as a result of Kane's selfishness rather than putting him in sometimes, that actually back fires on Kane doesn't it, and again, ultimately us, especially when, as you say, we have forwards with good accuracy, surely we want them giving each those better xg chances, not taking the tiny xg chances?
bus-conductor
's "what if Son is selfish because of Kane" scenario is a) self-indulgently far fetched and b) would only serve as an indictment on Son anyway.Indeed. Positionally, Son & Kane are different, so I'd suggest Son shouldn't be basing his behaviors on what Kane does or doesn't himself do anyway. There is more emphasis on Son to create and I'd like to think he would respect this. There's also Poch to set him straight in that scenario too.
This is why I think
D- fiction. Do better next term.
Initially I was going to give this a "funny." I mean, it made me chuckle. But upon further reflection and analysis, it lacked a certain structure I would expect from one of your responses. It was funny. But it could have been funnier.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humour. You're doing yourself a disservice.
I've been drinking, so maybe it's not clear. But I'm poking fun of the
bus-conductor
and his over analysis and ridiculous critique of Kane. His approach would take the fun out of football for me. I feel some shame in having to explain this.
