He's fucking dreadful. That is all.
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Player Dominic Solanke
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So true. The ones we buy are never going to be anything more than 7/10 player. We just stockpile them.
DCL is twice the player, just been unlucky with injuries his whole career.
Solanke is just utter gash. And a weird bloke.
I wasn't and I wasn't on the forum back then either... The guy had one good season at Bournemouth and that was it...
He just ain't good enough and levy spent £120+ million on two bang average shyte forwards.
And not even given our promising youngsters a chance... Didn't give Veliz a chance.
I didn't want Solanke. That's on record but I think he is okay, just not as good as a few others believe. I think his mentality is his weakest element.
Ultimately the issue is a collective one and it's not on one or two players but the whole group, principally the managers.
A lot is going to have to happen whether we stay up or get relegated. A lot.
At the time we got him, I was talking to my mate, and said it was shyte signing, as we didn't need a striker, our biggest problem was creating really good chances for our players.
We are abysmal at creating chances, still are to be honest.
A bit like most of our big signings, we clearly overpaid. He's just a mid-table striker who had a hot season.
He's not shit - he's had good games for us and is a competent enough player. But he's inconsistent and lacking in that real top-level quality. If we played a system like Bournemouth's that got the absolute best out of him, maybe he's worth the money, but he's clearly a guy that needs the system to suit him to flourish at all.
We've done this a lot over the years - paying premium for "proven PL quality" but choosing the wrong guys. Solanke, Richarlison, Kudus, Johnson, Gallagher, Sissoko...that's pushing 300m quid and averaging almost 50m per player.
They're all mid-table guys. And when we've gone big abroad for players like Lo Celso, Ndombele and Xavi we've also managed to get it wrong.
This is the main reason we're in this mess. Poor squad building and financial mismanagement. The squad has been poorly assembled and we've spent way too much money on average players for a squad that doesn't make sense.
He's not shit - he's had good games for us and is a competent enough player. But he's inconsistent and lacking in that real top-level quality. If we played a system like Bournemouth's that got the absolute best out of him, maybe he's worth the money, but he's clearly a guy that needs the system to suit him to flourish at all.
We've done this a lot over the years - paying premium for "proven PL quality" but choosing the wrong guys. Solanke, Richarlison, Kudus, Johnson, Gallagher, Sissoko...that's pushing 300m quid and averaging almost 50m per player.
They're all mid-table guys. And when we've gone big abroad for players like Lo Celso, Ndombele and Xavi we've also managed to get it wrong.
This is the main reason we're in this mess. Poor squad building and financial mismanagement. The squad has been poorly assembled and we've spent way too much money on average players for a squad that doesn't make sense.
Dogshit player. Should never have signed.
I agree with your post, but I do think Xavi will come good, he's just lumbered with shit managers, and personally would love him to get a chance with a good manager and football club around him.
The poor sod is surrounded by shyte.
And when he has played, he has hand plenty of good games, young, and has time to develop,
Yeah fair - jury's still out on him unlike all the others I listed. Think there's defo a chance he comes good.
Not sure he’ll bag many in the championship either. One we can easily sell for big money to help rebuild the squad once we go down.
Who will pay big money for a striker who can’t score many in the championship?
Mate
DCL was very athletic before his injuries but nowhere near Solanke technically. His peak was 16 goals, Solanke scored 19 in the PL alone.
As of the injuries, there’s a reason DCL just left the England camp and Solanke looks well set to make the plane.
He scored an absolute fuckload down there for Bournemouth - 29 goals in their promotion season - so think if we're playing a functional system under a reasonable manager he'd clean up at that level.
I think he is one we need to keep if we want to come straight back up.