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Dominic Solanke

Bishop said:
If you look at the goals Johnson is scoring they are all pretty much the same goal. Usually Son gets a bit of space on the left hand side of the opposition box and plays a low cross along the box, Johnson run ing in front the side taps it in. Its quite a specific type of goal and one that's possible because Solanke will make the first post run that draws the defenders to him leaving space for Johnson to latch on to the pass. If Solanke attempted to wait for that pass it would instead get blocked by the defenders who are shadowing him.

Think of it another way, how often does Solanke receive a pass in the box? In space? Or to run on to? They happen so rarely you can problem remember the majority of them. I don't think he's great by any means and I do think he can be improved upon, I just don't think a better striker is the actual solution to the problem. Kane just scored at a ridiculous clip of you lok at his accuracy and xG figures, even if Solanke were taking as many shots as him he wouldn't score half as many because he's not as good a finisher as Kane, I mean pretty much no one is.

Look at the wings they create nothing other than that one transitional counter with the low cross from Son to Johnson. That's it, other that neither side presents anything to the striker.
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Solanke only gets a pass in the area when we’re banging it long and panicking
Our issue for Solanke js the passing through the middle. We don’t do it
 
Bishop said:
If you look at the goals Johnson is scoring they are all pretty much the same goal. Usually Son gets a bit of space on the left hand side of the opposition box and plays a low cross along the box, Johnson run ing in front the side taps it in. Its quite a specific type of goal and one that's possible because Solanke will make the first post run that draws the defenders to him leaving space for Johnson to latch on to the pass. If Solanke attempted to wait for that pass it would instead get blocked by the defenders who are shadowing him.

Think of it another way, how often does Solanke receive a pass in the box? In space? Or to run on to? They happen so rarely you can problem remember the majority of them. I don't think he's great by any means and I do think he can be improved upon, I just don't think a better striker is the actual solution to the problem. Kane just scored at a ridiculous clip of you lok at his accuracy and xG figures, even if Solanke were taking as many shots as him he wouldn't score half as many because he's not as good a finisher as Kane, I mean pretty much no one is.

Look at the wings they create nothing other than that one transitional counter with the low cross from Son to Johnson. That's it, other that neither side presents anything to the striker.
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Sure, I'm not passionate enough on the subject to debate this to be honest - I will accept that being the reason. I do think we haven't created enough chances for him, but at the things a good goalscorer does to get a lot of their goals he could be better at.....
 
The way we play
For whatever reason
You have to think of Solanke as the punchbag
The player who gets kicked and prodded but is there to keep the CBs occupied
So many times we have seen, when others have tried to play CF, how easy it is for opposition CBs to stride out and step up
They don’t do that when he plays because he keeps them “honest” (to use a cliche)
 
Bedfordspurs said:
The way we play
For whatever reason
You have to think of Solanke as the punchbag
The player who gets kicked and prodded but is there to keep the CBs occupied
So many times we have seen, when others have tried to play CF, how easy it is for opposition CBs to stride out and step up
They don’t do that when he plays because he keeps them “honest” (to use a cliche)
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Yes, he works his socks off and it helps, or at least it should if we had a coach that was more capable of creating chances for his forwards not just based on everyone running together into the penalty area willy nilly
 
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Benny_Lad said:
Said after about 10 game he wasn’t the grade (on this thread). You don’t need stats, you can see his skill set. Everything is a tiny bit slower than it should be. And for his size he’s also never close to scoring headers.

If we want someone to work hard, you can pick grafters up for £10m.

Delap is an upgrade - much much sharper.
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We should go all out for Delap. Rather him if its a choice to spend big on one player, over say Dibling.
Delap already looks top class.
 
The guy works so hard to pressure opposing teams into mistakes, obviously it would be great to see him score more but he is such a good player and one who works his socks off.
 
Daisuk said:
Bobby Zamora, the fisherman? I thought I saw him on a beach in Sweden last summer, but was probably just a lookalike.
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Never knew Zamora had become a celebrity fisherman! Only remember him hitting fans in Row Z every time he attempted a shot on goal!

 
Dom does some great running off the ball But
I have to admit I would prefer a forward who is good at running with the ball.
He is a 1 in 4 goal scorer and a low assist maker for a reason. Anyway you break it down - he is pretty limited.

When he and Johnson played well and very predictable and easy to play against.
Ball across the box for a tap in.
 
SteveAWOL said:
Never knew Zamora had become a celebrity fisherman! Only remember him hitting fans in Row Z every time he attempted a shot on goal!

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Haha, yeah, I saw him on Discovery or wherever by chance some time ago and found it funny. Better at fishing than finishing one must hope!
 
Yes Solanke works hard. For me he is a back to goal, hold the ball up player.
Never going to be a prolific goalscorer.
Id much rather a striker who attacks the defense and gets shots off, like Mbuemo or Semenyo for example.
 
Welshspur60 said:
Yes Solanke works hard. For me he is a back to goal, hold the ball up player.
Never going to be a prolific goalscorer.
Id much rather a striker who attacks the defense and gets shots off, like Mbuemo or Semenyo for example.
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He scored 19 league goals last season.
 
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