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Player Dominic Solanke
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Well I think I am, and my mother thinks I am too!
I'm sure your mum is completely and utterly amazing, but it's hardly an objective endorsement, is it?
Still running and doing fuck all now
He had a good first half, and faded in the second due to huge amounts of effort and no service. Thought that was pretty obvious, myself
I agree we need a 20+ goal centre forward but apart from kane and Haaland I haven't seen many and the most of the league needs one. Hopefully Solanke can add more goals when we are better as a team.
My point was Solanke couldn't be where Porro was because Solanke started the move
Good piece, and absolutely no one can fault his work rate. He also does plenty of good meat and potato stuff. I just think he’s just a little bit lacking in that ultimate quality at times. He’ll fluff a finish, not see a pass, or very occasionally miss control when holding up.
I like him though, like what he does for the team. What he does do is vital to the way we “want” to play.
Yup - fluffing finishes, not seeing passes and miscontrolling the ball - it seems to be The Spurs Way nowadays.
Worked hard, presses well, creates chances BUT doesn't score enough goals...however, not all down to him.
Agree with this 100%, but I also think it's a lot to do with lack of any proper service.
I have never known a team play with 2 wingers hugging the touchline who provide so little going forward.
He’s doing as well as I expected. It’s Dominic Solanke not Batistuta.
It seems to me most people disappointed in him thought we were getting a 19 goals a season for Bournemouth striker who therefore would be getting 20 plus goals a season for us. Disregarding the fact that one season was an outlier in his overall numbers.
He’s ok, nothing special. Would be helpful if he could stay fit but at least he’s not Richarlatan which is really his main asset.
It seems to me most people disappointed in him thought we were getting a 19 goals a season for Bournemouth striker who therefore would be getting 20 plus goals a season for us. Disregarding the fact that one season was an outlier in his overall numbers.
He’s ok, nothing special. Would be helpful if he could stay fit but at least he’s not Richarlatan which is really his main asset.
He doesn't score enough goals. Period. It needs to improve.
This is dumb. He's quite a good striker ... he's neither very bad not very good. Woolwich don't do better with a DM at striker, they struggle in a lot of low block type games because of it.
Solanke has elite hold up play and physicality but has really disappointed so far at other stuff. Remains to be seen if its system related or him. There have been clear flashes of quality. I think we can all safely say 65m was probably us overpaying for mid tier quality (again) but it doesn't mean he's rubbish.
I agree with that totally, his main job is to score goals and he simply isnt doing that, not even many shots per game.
I don't think you read this through before you posted.
It's incredibly rare that he gets played in on his feet. No one delivers him aerial service. No through balls to him except to chase out wide.
Our offensive play is horrific. Solanke is not a one-man offense kind of player. He actually showed some promising flashes of it yesterday as he saw nobody around him was doing anything useful. Might be the start of something new actually. Hope so.
He'll be much improved the day we get a new manager that can get him some proper service.
If you have a striker that can only really score from very good chances - and you are not making very good chances. There is little point in playing him . Instead d add another creative player. Like playing Kulu as a false nine. You are likely to create more chances that way.- and you may get a bt of magic - which you will not get from Solanke.
Everyone keeps saying we are not playing to his strength's ( creating easy chances ) that is not likely to change.
I would not say his hold up pay is élite - it's decent to average for a PL striker.
Overall most teams we have played this season have better forwards than Solanke
He needs to do better.
He's England's 5th choice striker for a reason