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dustybin said:
Don’t think it’s hate, hopefully adds something these lasts few games. Long term though he’s not the answer. Disjoints pass and move football. Good teams don’t have a player like Kudus playing for them.
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He's not the finished product and he has been playing Frank ball, judging him on that nonsense is pointless.
 
Shadydan said:
He's not the finished product and he has been playing Frank ball, judging him on that nonsense is pointless.
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Totally agree. I'd give every attacking player a free pass under Frank. Frank had no possession based plan. His whole model was sit deep and take no risks and hope we nick a goal from a set peice or a throw. His whole game plan was winning 1v1 duels because because we were not risking any overloads.

Kudus was our star attacker and double marked for the entire period under Frank. Often he had 3 or 4 players around him and no back up because Porro would be instructed to stay in his own half.

Anyone judging Kudus negatively on his form under Frank is just an idiot. Either an idiot or else they think Frank was good and the players let him down by not winning these duels where all our attackers were always outnumbered! I don't think Yamal, Mbappe or Halland would look good under Frank where in these rotten 3v1 scenarios with no help all game.

Kudus will be brilliant under Tudor. Look at all the spade and chances Tel has had the last few games? Imagine Kudus in them scenarios! He will feast
 
Don Pedro said:
Totally agree. I'd give every attacking player a free pass under Frank. Frank had no possession based plan. His whole model was sit deep and take no risks and hope we nick a goal from a set peice or a throw. His whole game plan was winning 1v1 duels because because we were not risking any overloads.

Kudus was our star attacker and double marked for the entire period under Frank. Often he had 3 or 4 players around him and no back up because Porro would be instructed to stay in his own half.

Anyone judging Kudus negatively on his form under Frank is just an idiot. Either an idiot or else they think Frank was good and the players let him down by not winning these duels where all our attackers were always outnumbered! I don't think Yamal, Mbappe or Halland would look good under Frank where in these rotten 3v1 scenarios with no help all game.

Kudus will be brilliant under Tudor. Look at all the spade and chances Tel has had the last few games? Imagine Kudus in them scenarios! He will feast
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Don’t get me wrong he can be a bit head down at times but that’s clearly something that was never coached out of his game. In fact I can’t think of a single player who genuinely improved under Frank which is a tale tale sign.

One thing that always frustrated me was how Kudus would receive the ball with his back to goal, by the time he turned he’d already be closed down with no space or momentum to drive forward...Instead of being coached to receive on the half-turn which is a simple, obvious adjustment, he kept doing the same thing over and over.

And that’s the bigger issue it wasn’t just him, it was systemic players weren’t developing and picking up bad habits and the same problems kept repeating week after week with no real signs of correction. If people are willing to admit that Frank was a bad fit for the club and our players didn't then why isn't Kudus spared any sympathy?
 
Shadydan said:
He's not the finished product and he has been playing Frank ball, judging him on that nonsense is pointless.
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You can still see how players receive the ball, if they attack the space, if they can see the pass and play it at the right time. How he plays is the only way he’s comfortable playing, don’t think that changes with another manager. He was the same at West Ham. You can’t change a players fundamentals like that.
 
dustybin said:
You can still see how players receive the ball, if they attack the space, if they can see the pass and play it at the right time. How he plays is the only way he’s comfortable playing, don’t think that changes with another manager. He was the same at West Ham. You can’t change a players fundamentals like that.
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You're describing Sterling pre Pep and Rashford pre Flick
 
dustybin said:
Don’t think it’s hate, hopefully adds something these lasts few games. Long term though he’s not the answer. Disjoints pass and move football. Good teams don’t have a player like Kudus playing for them.
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Yeah they do. Look at some of the attackers playing for the team top and tell me they’re all world class.

Kudus is good enough for a top 4 side. He’s a bit brainless but he provides directness and occupies opposition players. We’ve missed him a lot.

Perfect is the enemy of good in this scenario - kudus is far from perfect, but he is a good premier league winger.
 
Deuterz said:
Yeah they do. Look at some of the attackers playing for the team top and tell me they’re all world class.

Kudus is good enough for a top 4 side. He’s a bit brainless but he provides directness and occupies opposition players. We’ve missed him a lot.

Perfect is the enemy of good in this scenario - kudus is far from perfect, but he is a good premier league winger.
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The other aspect is simply we don’t have anyone else like him. We have lots of strikers, Richarlison, Solanke, Kolo Muani, Tel (who can sort of play wing).

Our only wingers are Odobert who is talented for his age but badly injured and I would say not quite there yet consistently and Tynan Thompson a youth product who we have never used. So at top level Kudus is the only real winger we have and not having him creates an issue in terms of our attacking balance.
 
Deuterz said:
Yeah they do. Look at some of the attackers playing for the team top and tell me they’re all world class.

Kudus is good enough for a top 4 side. He’s a bit brainless but he provides directness and occupies opposition players. We’ve missed him a lot.

Perfect is the enemy of good in this scenario - kudus is far from perfect, but he is a good premier league winger.
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He’s not direct. When does he beat someone vertically and create separation. Against that Brentford CB playing out of position maybe is the only time I remember him doing that. They brought Rico Henry on and he was back to dribbling infield into traffic and holding onto it. He doesn’t occupy players in a meaningful way, he crowds himself out. He’s not like a Sterling , Rashford or Madeuke, they threaten in behind. If he could do that I’d accept the poor decision making. He’s good at holding it up back to goal when we’re under pressure that’s about it.
 
Stay up or go down the club has a lot of decisions to make regarding players. Our huge injury crisis and unbalanced squad covers the fact our squad is actually massive. The below including our better youth products a lot of them we will have to make a call on. Not far off 40 players who will be wanting some senior football with us, on loan or sold.

Goalkeepers (GK)

• Guglielmo Vicario
• Antonín Kinský

Full-backs (RB/LB/Wing-backs)

• Pedro Porro (RB)
• Destiny Udogie (LB)
• Djed Spence (RB)
• Souza (LB)
• Ben Davies (LB/CB cover)

Centre-backs (CB)

• Cristian Romero
• Micky van de Ven
• Luka Vušković
• Radu Drăgușin
• Kevin Danso
• Jun’ai Byfield
• Ashley Phillips

Midfielders (Central/Defensive Midfielders)

• Yves Bissouma
• Rodrigo Bentancur
• Pape Matar Sarr
• João Palhinha (loan)
• Conor Gallagher
• Archie Gray
• Lucas Bergvall
• Alfie Devine

Attacking Midfielders (AMs)

• James Maddison
• Xavi Simons
• Dejan Kulusevski
• Luca Williams-Barnett
• Jamie Donley

Wingers (LW/RW)

• Wilson Odobert (RW)
• Mohammed Kudus (RW)
• Tynan Thompson (LW)
• Mikey Moore (LW)
• Manor Solomon (LW)
• Yang Min-hyeok (RW)

Strikers/Forwards

• Mathys Tel
• Dominic Solanke
• Richarlison
• Randal Kolo Muani (loan)
• Will Lankshear
• Dane Scarlett
 
Too many players that are average. Xavi and tel to name some, even though it hought tel worked hard against atletico but at his level he should be shooting better.

Some academy players are shooting better.
saw sporting fc play the champions league, they have a young chap going top corner, so no excuse at this level

Xavi for example had also been very very poor.
Alex Scott should easily fit in with way more talent
 
dustybin said:
He’s not direct. When does he beat someone vertically and create separation. Against that Brentford CB playing out of position maybe is the only time I remember him doing that. They brought Rico Henry on and he was back to dribbling infield into traffic and holding onto it. He doesn’t occupy players in a meaningful way, he crowds himself out. He’s not like a Sterling , Rashford or Madeuke, they threaten in behind. If he could do that I’d accept the poor decision making. He’s good at holding it up back to goal when we’re under pressure that’s about it.
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He had the most assists in the league prior to injury. The issue was we were insanely one dimensional and the tactic was get the ball to him which made his worst inclinations even worse. There is absolutely a place for him - he is very physical, can beat a man and can create chances.

It baffles me that our fans can look at our current set of wide players and view Kudus as the one not good enough. He has the tools to play for anyone - he wouldn’t start every week for the top, top sides but he’d have a place. Odobert wouldn’t. Tel wouldn’t.
 
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