He dragged it quite badly, made me think at the time he was already visualising his hat trick in front of the kop before making sure he had scored
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He dragged it quite badly, made me think at the time he was already visualising his hat trick in front of the kop before making sure he had scored
He should have used his other foot. There seems to be an awful lot of players these days who are totally one-footed. Salah did it last week, clean through and just blasted it straight behind.
Anyway, he's still great.
His finishing is what has pleasantly surprised me, and most others. His clips at Frankfurt always showed lovely technical ability, strong link play, pace and physical presence, but his finishing looked inconsistent. He had plenty of attempts and respectable numbers, 19 in 37, yet nothing that felt exceptional, especially given how the Bundesliga can flatter attacking players.
Since arriving, though, it is as if his finishing has developed dramatically over a single summer. He is heavily involved in most of our positive play while also scoring different types of goals each week. I suspect if the club had half an inclincation he was as good as he's been, that Isak money would have been put to better use, but that aside, the club do deserve some credit for this deal. We all accepted the striker market was a) overvalued and b) fraught with risk. Well, we've signed a gem that's on the path to doubling his value in no time at all.
Woltemade has been decent for Newcastle, but them watching Ekiktie live must have made the Geordies feel a little sick.
Since arriving, though, it is as if his finishing has developed dramatically over a single summer. He is heavily involved in most of our positive play while also scoring different types of goals each week. I suspect if the club had half an inclincation he was as good as he's been, that Isak money would have been put to better use, but that aside, the club do deserve some credit for this deal. We all accepted the striker market was a) overvalued and b) fraught with risk. Well, we've signed a gem that's on the path to doubling his value in no time at all.
Woltemade has been decent for Newcastle, but them watching Ekiktie live must have made the Geordies feel a little sick.
And Torres was a brilliant header of the ball - something distinctly lacking in Eki. I hope they are working on that.
Ditto the unopposed header from 7m out that wasn't even on target ! He could easily have had a hattrick. Disappointing because it felt like he deserved it.
And Salah did it again THIS week.
He had all the fundamentals of a top player.
Isak has the same, albeit less explosive and less physical but a better finisher/shooter.
I do wonder how we can get them both in the same team when Isak is back. 4-2-2-2 with Isak replacing Salah?
442 diamond - its the way. We do need water carrier DM if it is to work though IMO, as we need the full backs to be covering a lot in the final third for that to work
Ali
Frim / Bradders
Konate
Virgil
Kerkez
DM / Grav
Szob / Jones
Grav Macca
Wirtz
Isak
Ekitike
Someone (@Momo ) might suggest all of Wirtz, Isak & Ekitike prefer to drift left. But this is the future of the team IMO. And if we wanted to bed it in, we should use Mo & Gakpo as those positions and grow into the formation.
I imagine he would have gotten to 10 goals a lot faster if he had been played/started consistently while Slot was trying to get Isak some match fitness.
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