he was way off it yesterday but we didn’t play to his strengths at all.
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There was a time in the first half where Son and Kulu was wide open in the penalty box...all richarlison had to do was make a simple pass....instead shoots it way off target...
Another time when Son makes the sense across the entire pitch was...wide open in the penalty box...instead of passing it to maddison who can play the ball the son....he passes to ball straight to the wolves player.
Anybody protecting this man is delusional...these are mistakes a championship level player would not make.
What we could have done with a fit Perisic this season.
Is there an equivalent to a peak Perisic out there and available this summer? Somebody who can thread that needle from the wing with pinpoint accuracy.
Let’s be honest,we are all happy he’s turned his form around from early season and has got some really important goals but I’m sure most agree he’ll not take us to where we all want to be. He’s just not good enough. I think we’ll see Sonny back at centre forward soon because he offers more there than he does wide. The whole front line needs replaced but that won’t happen. Sonny is going to end up a player that comes off the bench for us and the rest in my eyes just don’t do enough consistently over a period of games and consistently enough in the 90 plus minutes. If we don’t fix the front player issues we will always be flirting with a challenge to the top 3 but never get there.
Regarding sloppyness... well on this level I think this one-touch and two-touch football is just his level.
He is not the kind of player who comfortably takes the ball under control, holding off two opposition players and then drops a shoulder and sets up a winger with angled pass.
But... like... there are VERY, EXTREMELY small number of players in the world football who can do that against EPL level defenders. Prime Lewa and prime Zlatan come to mind. Nowerdays - Haaland can do it. To SOME extent Isak can do it. Most of the time Kane could do it, though lately he kept dropping deeper to do it. And I'm most likely forgetting some, but these are only 3 strikers who I see could have done some REAL difference in the way we performed against Wolves as a team.
I find it highly unreasonable to expect that Richie would perform on the level so few ever could.
He did not do good, but we played really shit football as a team, so singling him out feels unfair to me tbh.
I agree with Richie part, but I disagree with Madders part.
Yea, he was not on his season-start level quite yet, but "diabolical" is too much. He was pretty much only player trying to actually MOVE and open up and get the ball moving faster when most others felt comfortable STANDING around Wolves box, hoping for a miracle.
Again - not saying that Richie wasn't bad in Wolves game.
But if you have any critical thinking ability in you, you would understand that the bold part is bullshit.
Such "easy passes" are being missed by players like Son, Kane, Haaland, Foden ... etc. So these are mistakes that championsip and crowned champions, even multiple golden-ball winners do. It is beyond absurd to say they never misplace passes like that, sorry.
Trust someone on this forum who thinks there's no middle ground between Richarlison and Prime Lewandowski, Jesus Christ lmao
Your asking a footballer to do the very very basics of hold up play and passing and he's extremely sloppy at both, that's just a fact. I'm not asking him to be prime Vieri - all he has to do is cut down on the sloppiness when he has the ball.
Ivan Toney can hold the ball up a million times better than Richy, so can Ollie Watkins, Dominic fucking Solanke is better at using the ball than Richy for God's sake
Madders was the one who was trying to make it happen and some of his runs in the first half were excellent. I was surprised he made as many as he did because only Porro really has the ability to find those runs.
Quite a revealing way to view things...... Childish even (much like your prior puerile "Why are his fans not praising him this weekend" crap)............. Makes sense.
Calling out your bollocks doesn't not equate to "protecting" the player.
Certain criticism is fair; whereas most of what you post on the subject is just blinkered hating and strawman internet 'wah'.
I think he is done...
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Serious question...when have you ever seen a good player in Richarlison...? He was average at best at everton...that is childish...? LOL.
Just read again what I wrote.
And look how we played. No one spread the game. No one took on opposition defenders.
Wolves defense and midfield could comfortably just pack around Richie in this game. Toney, Watkins, Solanke - neither of them would have done absolutely nothing in such situation. Absolutely nothing.
I am not saying that there is no middle ground between prime Lewa and Richie.
I am saying that in this game, the way we played, it would have required level of prime Lewa or prime Ibra to do something against 2 or 3 defenders, all alone, with 0 room created by the whole team.
Blaming the forwards for us not winning is like blaming a machine gunner for not killing enough of the enemy and ignoring that nobody supplied him with bullets.
Sarr and Bissouma are ok going forwards but traffic cones in defence.
Madison and Richie were getting balls played to them when they were surrounded and consequently got robbed by the numbers.
Sarr and Bissouma looked amazed that the ball was coming straight back at them accompanied by a stream of fast moving people in red shirts.
Sarr and Bissouma are ok going forwards but traffic cones in defence.
Madison and Richie were getting balls played to them when they were surrounded and consequently got robbed by the numbers.
Sarr and Bissouma looked amazed that the ball was coming straight back at them accompanied by a stream of fast moving people in red shirts.
Should end the season on 14 or 15 goals which is his peak. Never scored more than 13 I believe .
So would be a good time to sell in the summer off that back of that
Good return and I like him but his all round game is severely lacking in terms of hold up play, and passing.
Alternatively if he's happy to be a bench option then I'd be happy with that
So would be a good time to sell in the summer off that back of that
Good return and I like him but his all round game is severely lacking in terms of hold up play, and passing.
Alternatively if he's happy to be a bench option then I'd be happy with that
He had a 44% passing accuracy and lost the ball 14 times, with all due respect what the fek are you on about? There should be no excuse for that level of mediocrity and I don't know why you are excusing it.
Read properly and grow up.
Do you maybe happen to watch the game too, not just numbers?
That is what I am saying - he was constantly surrounded by multiple Wolves defenders. Our wingers and other teammates offered no movement or help. You literally need a generational talent at their peak to produce anything in such situation.
For millionth of time - I did not say that Richie had superb game. I am saying that literally all of our players had awfully shit game. Richie among them. But he as ST got 0 service, 0 help to create room, nothing.