What the fuck?
Was almost our best player in the first half.
Yep. First half he was fantastic, a perfect wide player in Ange-Ball.
1. He reaches the far post, time and time again - he will score more from these situations as time goes by
2. He gives width,
3. Great rotations with Son, Udogie and Madders
4. And he presses wonderfully. I always knew he had the legs as at Everton and Watford he was a solo target man who ran channels for 90mins but now Ange has him pressing with Son and Madderson in a very specific way, really intelligent not just charging out to CB's and 'keepers, all designed for oppo to play the ball under pressure (poorly) for us to counter-press the 2nd phase (BOTH goals came from it last night).
Furthermore, he performs perfectly with his back to the goal, and actually does this better than Son (probably Son's only major weakness). And he has that pass from outside to inside towards the “undefendable zone” that has seen Udogie, Son and Madderson getting onto them.
His pressing was still very good in the 2nd half but as Ange points out as a collective on the ball we weren't good (still better than our opponent though).
I think we've all enjoyed watching Gill in his cameos since we bought him, me included, but it's starting to become clear why he's not getting onto the pitch, he can't press like Richy, he can't hold the ball up like Richy, even though Richy should have scored more goals now at the back stick, I'd bet on him scoring more than Gill would from the same positions based on his previous work with Everton etc...
