Was asking the same question but about Ekitike the other day. Too lazy to @grok it obv but it seems it all went to shit when Isak entered the picture
Florian and the (Slot) Machine
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Palace (CS) - Goal - Draw (lost on pens)
Bournemouth- goal and assist - won
Newcastle - goal - won
Arsenal - no G/A - won
Burnley - no G/A - won
Everton - goal - won
Suspended
Palace - lost
Subbed on
Southampton - Goal and red card - won
Chelsea - no G/A - lost
Man U - no G/A - lost
To counter that though, how often was he on the pitch when we conceded equalisers? The last minute winner thing kinda fucks up using goals as a metric with our batshit style of play.
It works both ways, and obviously part of the reason for my stat is that he hasn’t had the stamina to last 90 minutes. But what is relevant is that he was bought to help us unlock defences and he hasn’t been doing it, and as a team we’ve basically done it without him when we’ve won. I’m desperate for him to succeed, and I’m desperately disappointed that he hasn’t done so far.
Yeah I'm not overly defending him, more devil's advocate.
He should be influencing games a fuck ton more, but at the very least I've noticed when he doesn't play (or Ekitike doesn't start) we've got no one in-between the lines and we look bereft of creativity. Szob is great but that's not his wheelhouse.
I suppose he's kind of doing what thiago did; the pre-assist. Granted, that's another borderline made up stat, but it's also what Trent did (but with added assists)
This system doesn't work for us with 3 languid forwards, but we at least need someone who in theory can play the killer pass
He's underwhelming, but he's one of the few who can do it
