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Toney at his age, is not something that levy would go with.
People keep saying that Eze can go by players on either foot yet every time I've watched him and going by all the compilations he cuts inside.
Anyway so the difference with Olise is that he's comfortable going both ways utilising the wide area of the pitch and attacking where the space is.
This goal for example, look where he takes the ball and where he takes his man on before cutting inside and shooting, guy created that opportunity for himself all by isolating the full back and gong round the outside and using his right foot.
View: https://youtu.be/tKp9HLdQ1vU?t=91
I'd say he's less predictable than Eze as well, his body orientation isn't so obvious on where he wants to go, I just think that Eze maybe harder to stop because of his strength/size but Olise is a bit more unpredictable in his wing play.
Football of course doesn't work like that but I'm just looking out for the best interests in the team and how to get the best out of Ange's system, we've literally seen the same system when Pep had City playing this style but he had 2 traditional wingers on the touch line who had so much joy isolating their full backs because they constantly attacked the space.
It’s not exactly Gullit, Vanbasten & Rijkaard
How can he refuse when you ask so nicely?
He's had 1 serious long term injury and one less serious - both times his hamstring.
| Season | Injury | from | until | Days | Games missed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/24 | Hamstring injury | Feb 3, 2024 | Apr 3, 2024 | 60 days |  8 |
| 22/23 | Hamstring injury | Jun 26, 2023 | Nov 8, 2023 | 135 days | 13 |
| 21/22 | Inflammation of the sole of the foot | Apr 1, 2022 | Apr 13, 2022 | 12 days | 2 |
| 20/21 | Rest | Sep 14, 2020 | Sep 16, 2020 | 2 days |  1 |
| Season | Days | Injuries | Games missed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23/24 | 60 days | 1 | 8 |
| 22/23 | 135 days | 1 | 13 |
| 21/22 | 12 days | 1 | 2 |
| 20/21 | 2 days | 1 | 1 |
If Toney is an upgrade then strictly speaking you can't say your theoretical window "wouldn't improve us"- by your own words it would.
To challange City over 38 games we'll need a something approaching world class players in a few positions around midfield and in our front three. Son is a world class finisher, and nearly 32yo. Udogie and our cb's have the makings of that quality imo, not sure any others do.
If I had to choose ONE between Eze, Toney or Gallagher, it would be Eze every time!
Remember Ange talking about only wanting players who WANTED to join US...?
Toney was flashing his knickers at Woolwich not so long ago,
...and EVERYONE knows where Gallagher's heart lies...
Eze clearly likes the idea of Tottenham... and I like the idea of Eze!
