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Player Destiny Udogie
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Both him and Porro are defensive liabilities. They can't play in a back 4.
What did he do yesterday that qualifies him as a "liability"?
Reactionary nonsense.
Udogie had Saka in his pocket all game until he went off “injured” again.
Was a properly dominant performance down that flank. It’s not on him that our forwards aren’t clicking.
his crossing and final third play needs serious work, i can count on one hand how many times ive seen him drill the ball into the box. trent and robertsons crossing for liverpool was an absolute weapon when they was running hot.
physically hes solid, has a good touch and looks fairly clean technically at passing the ball, so the foundations are sort of there. but his decision making in the final third needs big improvement. hes been underwhelming to be honest, everyone was raving about him early doors but lets be honest hes been extremely plain for a long time. he wants to look neat and tidy and thats all well and good for the majority of it, but sometimes you gotta be ruthless and aggressive with the ball.
didnt watch him before, but is he even that sort of FB? he doesnt seem to want to cross the ball. at least porro will send one in every now and then.
His connection with Maddison is huge for us. The link up for the Kuluvski chance is what sets Udogie apart from pretty much any LB I can think off... How many out there can invert and essentially play as a CF and shield the ball and then play the 1-2 with Maddison. There is plenty with the touch but not the strength and engine to be there. There is plenty with the strength and engine to be there but not the touch. Maybe Alphonso Davies at Bayern is the other one?
Nice 45 from him today
think hes under threat from spence. i think spence offers us a lot more. hes decent udogie but shouldnt be nailed down starter.
Spence did do well but Udogie was excellent first 45. To be honest his playing in a more mature way this season. Not just bombing forward being caught out of position. That is partly due to Ange.
Ange is using him in a more orthodox manner and he looks good again. The inverted role isn’t for him and that’s ok.
He was as inverted as ever against United.
Its Porro who's more orthodox if anything.
Porro is the better technician & passer.
Udogie is the better dribbler and athlete.
It should have be the same dynamic as Trent & Robertson at Liverpool, especially when considering who is in front of them.
I'm not sure this idea of the FBs inverting less is actually the way people are seeing it as a tactical tweak to the system.
Seems more like players learning the system and being able to make reads based on the opponent. Each game the differences between where they re positioned seems to change based on what the defense is giving them. Maybe I'm wrong and Ange has told Porro to stay wider and invert less but Udogie looks very much inverted to me. Johnson seems to be closer to Solanke and Porro is swinging in more crosses so it could just be that they have found that chemistry and understanding as combo as opposed to the system dictating either way.
Fluidity between the FB/#8/Winger will ultimately be key........ Depending on whether the FB cuts in or stays wide (or indeed stays deep) the other two should be able to react accordingly.... Ideally there's a positional playbook for each instance.
If v you look at Solanke and Kulusevski heat Maps, the CF is in that fluidity as well