To be fair there are plenty of world class players that miss control a ball , look at De Bruyne , missed an open goal from a couple of metres the other day . Happens all the time .
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Player Dominic Solanke
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It seemed like everyone's legs were feeling it already by that point (and it has been a long season) so it seemed to me a bit like tired legs more than anything else.
Naturally expect our team to all be a bit crap due to a lack of confidence, as per the general form and feeling around the club in the league, but we had a couple of chances like that which were just missing a better delivery
Next season is pretty big for him isn’t it?
Needs over 15 PL goals at a minimum I think. If not then I’d probably look at moving him on. Out of today’s England squad. Replaced by Toney who’s been kicking over sand castles for a living the last year.
Needs over 15 PL goals at a minimum I think. If not then I’d probably look at moving him on. Out of today’s England squad. Replaced by Toney who’s been kicking over sand castles for a living the last year.
He looked absolutely exhausted in the second half. We can fault his touch for that Udogie pass, but we can't fault his effort.
Unbelievably I even missed a couple of sitters in my Sunday games , didn't even have tired legs as an excuse . Shit happens .
Hard to score 15 goals a season when the team doesn't really play to your strengths , I'm happy with him , I'm sure he would want better returns as well but he didn't have a lot to work with .
Here lies the problem, his work ethic is fantastic but his end product (the main expectation of a striker) is severely lacking. 8 leagues goals in 26 league games is pathetic, especially for a £60m signing. 1 goal in at least the last 9 EPL matches he’s featured in.
Good post. Yep, agree. It's not talent but mentality or probably fairer, strength of mind.
He has to believe he belongs, and I think that's what separates him from that top group of today's strikers, with Kane, as far as English forwards are concerned, another level again.
Yeah I think expecting a striker to be turning up in such a huge game, with everything that's been going on before then, is a bit much considering he probably had as many shots on target as Kane did in 3 or 4 finals for us combined.
On the other hand he's scored 15 goals in all competitions.
So his goal involvements haven't dropped that much compared to last season. It is just more spread out over multiple fronts. Obviously he needs to get some more league goals next season but he's actually produced decent numbers all in all.
Strange call, I don’t think Toney is a clear improvement on Solanke.
I dont rate him, wasnt happy when we bought him. Sorry. Not for me. We need a proper striker to replace kane.
Everyone knows who the best available strikers are....
Gyokeres, Osimhen, Boniface, Sesko, Openda, Ekitike, Vlahovic. Pick one and put some money down.
Everyone knows who the best available strikers are....
Gyokeres, Osimhen, Boniface, Sesko, Openda, Ekitike, Vlahovic. Pick one and put some money down.
I'll come back to the point that has to be the obvious one: how many sitters does he miss? How many chances do we create for him?
He messed up the pass from Udogie which I'd have bet the house on to have scored from with a better first touch. No other criticisms on the night.
And btw goals scored have not been the issue this season. We've scored loads.
He messed up the pass from Udogie which I'd have bet the house on to have scored from with a better first touch. No other criticisms on the night.
And btw goals scored have not been the issue this season. We've scored loads.
I wuldnt pick now, not because he's not good enough but he needs the Summer to recover. He'd be half dead on the pitch, like Kane was a lot of the time during Summers. I really think Tuchels thinking is along those lines.
Are you even Spurs? Johnson scored our first and only goal in a final since Jonanthan Woodgate, that goal led us to win the game, yet you are already cunting him off? Give it a fucking rest
he messed up a dog shit pass?
I see what you did there.
I agree he looked tired, and he works his socks off. Its just imagine if that cost us? the narrative is very different. You cant waste huge chances like that
Watch it again it isnt a dogshit pass at all.
I was thinking its an absolute madness leaving Solanke out for Toney.
But then I realised Henderson is in the squad ahead of Wharton and realised the squad is a joke and I'm not going to let it bother me.
Deuterz Are you still a big Tuchel fan? Seems like some odd selections!
Solanke has 8 goals in 26 league games. I'm not surprised he's being left out for England. He's a fan favourite for us because grafting and passion during a cup win is enough. I like him, I rate him but in terms of forcing his way in to England he probably needs to score more.
I don't agree with his replacement being Toney.