i hear that, but as a #10 he needs players in front of him to work with. hes dealing with utter shit in front of him. if he had a competent front 3 and was doing nothing id agree. i think hes passionate about the game. its hard for him to look good when hes working with utter crap. its different for the defenders as they have a decent keeper behind them and a decent enough midfield in front of them. the midfield have a very poor front line to try and get things going with.
hes not gareth bale where he can burst past players and bang a ball in, hes a footballer that likes to play, you can only do that if you have quality around you.
I agree with this. From box to box we are decent but not enough up top with any of our front three. All our front players don’t offer enough to be a top team.
Sonny - on the way down,timid and can’t play with his back to goal. As a 9 he’s not brave enough and doesn’t get between the posts enough to sniff out chances. Will still produce but needs to be an impact player next season so definitely worth having around.
Richy- not good enough,just barges about and will hit wee hot spells but his overall game is pretty poor. Not great at anything and not quick enough to trouble decent defences.
Werner - something there but will let you down more than he produces because he can’t finish and goes through spells of looking dangerous then full of fear within minutes. We need brave wide players who are clinical. Don’t sign.
Johnson - enigma. Don’t ever know what we will get from him. Has no self confidence even when he’s going through a very good spell. His face when he makes mistakes shows that. Most of the time he’s 5 yards off the press but on the off occasion he’s up for it. We need miles more from £50 million player. Not clinical either and won’t score anything other than tap ins. We need a lot more from wide players.
Slowest fast player I’ve ever seen. Doesn’t want to use his main attribute enough.
Kulusevski- don’t know where to start with him. Up till today he’s been a disaster for about 6 weeks. I thought he looked back to his best today but we can’t wait 6 weeks for a player to be on form if we are to challenge for anything. He doesn’t score enough for a wide player and doesn’t mix his game up enough because he’s capable of going on his right and crossing or shooting because we’ve seen him do it.
I see all of these players as subs next season and hopefully the manager sees that too because these guys will only make us stagnate if they are first 11 players.
For us to get the best of Maddison we need clever players that can link the game with him as he will find the pass. All out front players are straight line players who can’t come in and play one twos,interchange with each other and create something out of nothing. That’s the type of front players we need when we play against low blocks because it’s difficult to get in behind.
Our recruitment in the summer must be spot on regarding signing front players. If not we will still be here next season in the same position. Its not our only problem but its one that changes the whole dynamic of the team.