Important player, hopefully can stay fit.
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Player Dominic Solanke
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Staggers me anybody thought Shitarlison was better but plenty seem to.
Hard to know what’s an elite striker these days. There’s probably 2 in the world
Boys boys don't fight they are both crushingly average.
Well i think that’s harsh on Dom, he’s a better footballer than the Brazilian donkey by a mile. It’s not even close.
I’m not saying he’s great just that given a choice between the two we pick this guy every day and twice on Sunday.
Like a lot of recent costly ST imports (Nunez, Gykores etc.); ship Dom out to Italy, Portugal or wherever and he'd probably feast just like they did.
But to your point; people chuck around phrases like "top", "elite" etc. and for the most part they're hollow, relative tags.
The simple fact is most ST imports to the prem bomb.... Even a lot of the inter-EPL ST moves fall flat.
One of who we let go because we didn't show any ambition. Need to do that big-style if we want to keep VdV, Romero (who else we doing to get that's better?), and any others who come into form.
Callum Wilson and Gyokeres?
People keep going on about his 65m fee, but I genuinely don’t think he’s that much worse than some of the other forwards that moved clubs for big money this summer.
Doubt he’ll go on some insane goal scoring run, but the guy was starved of service all of last season, and has been injured the majority of this one. Let’s see how he produces after a run of games.
Doubt he’ll go on some insane goal scoring run, but the guy was starved of service all of last season, and has been injured the majority of this one. Let’s see how he produces after a run of games.
If both of them never played for us again, I'd be thrilled.
65m is also what you pay for an average striker now given football inflation.
And it is becoming a noose around a lot of players' necks. Expectations are sky high for players who are bought to be squad mambers rather than super stars.
Its just recency bias when you eat porridge only for months a cracker feels like luxury. They are both very basic players but that's all we have.
Really happy for his goal. And happy to have him back.
Some fans here are absolute and total scum with absolutely zero understanding of football.
To shit on Solanke who now has had 26 goal contributions over ~3600 minutes played. So that means he either has scored or provided an assist for every 140 minutes on field. On top of that he presses well AND helps to keep the ball upfield.
And there are some overweight balding cnuts who shit on him? Sad. Just sad for you.
I am not saying that he is some super-excellent striker or anything like that. Of course there are better strikers around. And it is possible to upgrade him. But whenever he has played he has contributed quite well.
Some fans here are absolute and total scum with absolutely zero understanding of football.
To shit on Solanke who now has had 26 goal contributions over ~3600 minutes played. So that means he either has scored or provided an assist for every 140 minutes on field. On top of that he presses well AND helps to keep the ball upfield.
And there are some overweight balding cnuts who shit on him? Sad. Just sad for you.
I am not saying that he is some super-excellent striker or anything like that. Of course there are better strikers around. And it is possible to upgrade him. But whenever he has played he has contributed quite well.
I think Solanke was done dirty by Ange last year, the whole set up just wasnt good for a striker.
He was the sacrificial lamb to make the rest of the team work.
At Bournemouth, when he had real form - he still pressed brilliantly but I remember an interview - Iraola made sure he stuck between the width of the posts, played in front of goal, and made sure he got opportunities.
And guess what? He did bloody well...
Ange used his excellent pressing (and underrated on the ball work) to good effect but never actually served him chances. He spent his whole time feeding on scraps
He was the sacrificial lamb to make the rest of the team work.
At Bournemouth, when he had real form - he still pressed brilliantly but I remember an interview - Iraola made sure he stuck between the width of the posts, played in front of goal, and made sure he got opportunities.
And guess what? He did bloody well...
Ange used his excellent pressing (and underrated on the ball work) to good effect but never actually served him chances. He spent his whole time feeding on scraps
Hahaha great analogy. Although I do love a cream cracker. Can't facing paying $20 for a pack though
Like Solanke the cream cracker definitely has its place but its not Michlen star level Fortnum and Mason Harry Kane waffers. We simply got spoilt.Hahaha great analogy. Although I do love a cream cracker. Can't facing paying $20 for a pack though
I never even commented on Dom, but boy did that sting. I'm undeniably bald, a little over weight, and admit to being a cunt, but on very rare occasions.