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Player Dominic Solanke

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If he gets a goal or assist in the final he will equal the record for most points by an English player in a EL season.

He's also now on 15 goals and 8 assists in all competitions this season. So his points production is actually staying steady this season, only spread out over multiple fronts rather than just in the league.
 
Richy been back and pushing Solanke has helped both of them.
Huge bonus having them both fit.
well they both actually press and hustle defenders properly. if its just one of them with the likes of son and johnson then it must be super deflating for them. at least when together they know they aint fighting their back 4 on their own. that eventually causes the oppo defence to have cracks, its not an easy game for them. son and johnson on the wings and they can relax far more, playing against a couple of meek little pussys.

both of them are physical units that dont mind getting into a dog fight. we need to just get them both in the box and flood it. we cant play good football anyway, especially without the likes of maddison. the midfielders we are left with are more workmanlike than actual creative sparks.
 
well they both actually press and hustle defenders properly. if its just one of them with the likes of son and johnson then it must be super deflating for them. at least when together they know they aint fighting their back 4 on their own. that eventually causes the oppo defence to have cracks, its not an easy game for them. son and johnson on the wings and they can relax far more, playing against a couple of meek little pussys.

both of them are physical units that dont mind getting into a dog fight. we need to just get them both in the box and flood it. we cant play good football anyway, especially without the likes of maddison. the midfielders we are left with are more workmanlike than actual creative sparks.

Fair points
 
well they both actually press and hustle defenders properly. if its just one of them with the likes of son and johnson then it must be super deflating for them. at least when together they know they aint fighting their back 4 on their own. that eventually causes the oppo defence to have cracks, its not an easy game for them. son and johnson on the wings and they can relax far more, playing against a couple of meek little pussys.

both of them are physical units that dont mind getting into a dog fight. we need to just get them both in the box and flood it. we cant play good football anyway, especially without the likes of maddison. the midfielders we are left with are more workmanlike than actual creative sparks.
I agree to the point but the amount of space and chances for Richie to do something and he just kept breaking down attack after attack was not fun to see.

I think if son is fit and shows form next couple of games before the final, have Son LW with udogie going outside like he has been as son can cut in and be a goal threat, kulu RW as when he's fit we know he has actual quality in and around the box and again can cut in with porro going outside. Play a 3 of benta biss sarr, let sarr arrive in the box late but try to dominate midfield with legs. Let the fullbacks and that front 3 try to create something
 
I agree to the point but the amount of space and chances for Richie to do something and he just kept breaking down attack after attack was not fun to see.

I think if son is fit and shows form next couple of games before the final, have Son LW with udogie going outside like he has been as son can cut in and be a goal threat, kulu RW as when he's fit we know he has actual quality in and around the box and again can cut in with porro going outside. Play a 3 of benta biss sarr, let sarr arrive in the box late but try to dominate midfield with legs. Let the fullbacks and that front 3 try to create something
son and johnson are as useless as richy with the ball at their feet outside the box too. you want richy in there and porro putting crosses in. get richy and solanke near each other in the box and the oppo are going to be panicking then. both actually show bravery, they wont be ducking out of headers like the rest of our forwards.

lets be honest our football is utter shite! and without berg and maddison we have no flair at all now. our only weapon is two big units up top and force the game to be played in their box and physical, we can do that due to having a player like porro who has the technique for it.
 
How many headed goals has Solanke scored this year?
He's genuinely good in the air. I remember seeing 3 headed goals in quick succession (maybe even consecutive weeks) for Bournemouth last year and a couple of them would have been contenders for header goals of the season. Ridiculous strikes.

Saying he's not good suggests only watching him this season, and ignoring the complete lack of service
 
It was a decent goal - but he is still a very limited player - and a major reason we have been so poor this season and such a hard watch.
He would be ok as a squad player - but as an automatic starter you are asking for trouble. Especially if Johnson is also part of the three

Yes - he will get 12/15 pl goals if the team is creating lots of chances - but so would any other mediocre pl striker.
He's got 15 goals and 8 assists in a team that doesn't create many good chances... We're currently 11th for big chances missed. Not exactly pulling up trees in terms of creating good chances

a 1 in 2 G/A is decent. (Most of these actually came against the better teams and in cup games)

You want 20 goals you need 100+ shots, Solanke is operating at around 60 shots for the season.
 
He's got 15 goals and 8 assists in a team that doesn't create many good chances... We're currently 11th for big chances missed. Not exactly pulling up trees in terms of creating good chances

a 1 in 2 G/A is decent. (Most of these actually came against the better teams and in cup games)

You want 20 goals you need 100+ shots, Solanke is operating at around 60 shots for the season.
I actually had no idea he'd scored/assisted so many. Way better than I thought.

The guy's a workaholic on the pitch. Strong as an ox.
 
It was a decent goal - but he is still a very limited player - and a major reason we have been so poor this season and such a hard watch.
He would be ok as a squad player - but as an automatic starter you are asking for trouble. Especially if Johnson is also part of the three

Yes - he will get 12/15 pl goals if the team is creating lots of chances - but so would any other mediocre pl striker.
15 prem goals combined with his work rate and all round game wouldn’t be too shabby
 
He's got 15 goals and 8 assists in a team that doesn't create many good chances... We're currently 11th for big chances missed. Not exactly pulling up trees in terms of creating good chances

a 1 in 2 G/A is decent. (Most of these actually came against the better teams and in cup games)

You want 20 goals you need 100+ shots, Solanke is operating at around 60 shots for the season.

He's genuinely good in the air. I remember seeing 3 headed goals in quick succession (maybe even consecutive weeks) for Bournemouth last year and a couple of them would have been contenders for header goals of the season. Ridiculous strikes.

Saying he's not good suggests only watching him this season, and ignoring the complete lack of service

You are cherry picking his one good goal scoring season with Bourmouth - and I am doing the same with this year.
His goal scoring stats are in 1 in 4 - throughout his career . last year he did 1 - 2 - this year 1 - 3

This year he has eight in 25 and three assists - average or below average for a Pl striker .
He is not terrible player - far from it . Just not good enough as an automatic starter for a top 8 PL team.
 
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