There were a couple of moments when he definitely wanted to. I specifically remember one at the end of the first half where he was trying to fashion some space for the shot and he ended up over dribbling and lost it and there were a couple of occasions in the 2nd where the same thing happened so I don't think he's unwilling, just struggling to find the space to do so.
I feared that might be the case, massively embarrassing for our fans if true.
this system needs to change. son is top class but is angeball? we need set up and shoot from outside the box more. son can score from inside and outside the box ( and so can kulusevski). Son will score twice more if ange varies play a bit more.
Then other players have to take those positions. Son plays to his strengths, and so should the rest of the team. If Son was asked to change how he plays, he'd be a lesser player, and less effective.
Love Royal and Richy song at the end!
YES! I had an epiphany last night, Maddison is the free floating 10, he should be dovetailing with Sonny to do the opposite i.e. one goes in tight and one goes to the pen spot.
That would depend on the situation! In established attack, opposite movement is very effective, so Son moving outward and whoever is in a position to move into a dangerous area, where the ball is likely to end up, moves there, in opposite direction of the forward, or whoever is/was in that position.
Messi has scored over 800 goals yet he's rarely ever in the Penalty box, especially at the start of attacking moves. Depending on your playstyle a number of players can rotate into the attacking space.
Barcelona in their prime played the same way. It was even a meme "Pro Evo goals". So again I'll say the same thing you can score a ton of goals from low passes into the box without having a CF, or by having a very mobile CF. The system just has to compensate with movement, there's a reason Messi was also the top assister, because his teammates would move into the space he vacated (along with his ridiculous creativity
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Barcelona in their prime played the same way. It was even a meme "Pro Evo goals". So again I'll say the same thing you can score a ton of goals from low passes into the box without having a CF, or by having a very mobile CF. The system just has to compensate with movement, there's a reason Messi was also the top assister, because his teammates would move into the space he vacated (along with his ridiculous creativity
It’s because we don’t have a cf
Thing is, and this isn't based on todays terrible display I'm not sure how much longer he will feasibly be a first team starter for us under Ange.
