Even when he has shot from the edge of the box it's been a huge drop off from his shooting of a couple of years ago.
Sonny is shooting from the edge of the box
He is still shooting from outside the box, it's just not as effective as it was, so it's not just down to Ange. He set ridicously high standards for it in previous years so the drop off stands out more for him. Big chances created is about as useful as assists as a stat. It can be a simple 2 yard pass like Jan for Son to beat 5 or 6 players agains Burnley or it can be a VdV running the length of the pitch and putting it across the goal face for a tap in. They are both counted the same.Yes, I do believe he can adapt, his output for his national team has nowhere near the drop off.
His shooting has been affected by, 1. He's been told that Ange perfers to play into box (he said so last year at some point), 2/ Ange's system cause so much congestion in the places he would likely want to shoot.
Look at the numbers below, that's this season, in this brick side ... modern players who's bodies are still good can play later and later with some adaptation. Son can still see the assist/pass, still two footed, still can run into space and we know there is a lethal finisher in there.
You have a hard on every day for whinging about all things Ange. Here's a newsflash, not everything is down to him - the facts are he has been on the decline for sometime. He is visibly slower, not as sharp and it was his speed and sharpness that allowed him to create a half yard of space to get his shots off. Now he doesn't have that sharpness he is more predictable and doesn't get his shot off as much, and when he does his shots aren't what they were.Yes, I do believe he can adapt, his output for his national team has nowhere near the drop off.
His shooting has been affected by, 1. He's been told that Ange perfers to play into box (he said so last year at some point), 2/ Ange's system cause so much congestion in the places he would likely want to shoot.
Look at the numbers below, that's this season, in this brick side ... modern players who's bodies are still good can play later and later with some adaptation. Son can still see the assist/pass, still two footed, still can run into space and we know there is a lethal finisher in there.
Indeed. I think it's a bit weird. Especially how positive Sonny is viewed amongst the group.
Who said the entire side is brick? We are discussing Son and he's no longer good enough for where we want to be. Hes not a CF, so he either plays on the wing or not at all. He's not good enough anymore for us to just accommodate him and play him wherever suits....
Both can be true, the player can have dropped off, no longer be of the required quality as a starter, and at the same the manager is crap.
Stop projecting, no one has said any of those players are brick - just that they aren't that good. Last night highlights it, Romero and Bentancur were great - they are capable of great games but then don't do it consistently and they were the same before Ange came along.
Get the impression Son is way more targeted since Kane left because if he is allowed space he is lethal.
I think a lot of players benefitted from the space Kane created for them.
Funny thing is I was in the pub with a pool fan and Everton fan and they think son is still great
That’s not because he wasn’t there though
But it is on Ange for not realizing this is the case and continuing to play him on the wing when he's just not suited to that role anymore and especially not in the Ange system.
