Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - New season, same old United

SubZeroDegrees

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Shameless gassing him dunking on some Iberians in pre season. :ufdup: You really wasted this bullet for a pre season match that doesn't even count to his stats :mjlol:

Be a 6'2 aggressive brickshythouse and only average 2 heades goals a season. Since 20/21. Its 9 btw. He was playing vs Portuguese journeyman twinks and players waiting to move on too a bigger club and he could only score 4 in 2 seasons.



The stats the video highlights and the analysis all said the same thing. :manny: .
Bro who cares about headed goals, just knock it in the net. :yeshrug: He's going be alright at Arsenal.
 

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Even if thats the case who really cares, on any given day we have around 6 players on the field that can score a header :mjlol:not exactly an area we lack in.

He looks great at bullying defenders once he has built up momentum after a 10-15 yard sprint. But you're thinking about set pieces thinking we have 6 on at anytime. What about open play crosses? Not every crossing situations youre going to have 4-5 players in the box sometimes its a transition and just the #9 and the wide man attacking the back post from. If he struggles to score headers in the box is it because he cannot handle physical contact in a short spaces i.e 1-5 yards? Or does he have poor footwork/movement when attacking the ball and needs more room? So does that also translate to being unable to handle contact outside of the box contested aerial duels you know the flicks on that Merino and Havmomentz win from Raya's long ball? And if he struggling with close contact from headers is he also going to struggle when he has no space to build up speed to bully a defender when he has to hold off the defender in a short yard sprint? He's now playing in a league where the defender are more athletic and are use to contesting physical duel both on the deck and aerially week in week out.

A team that thrives on aerial play and spending big money on a striker whose weakness is in the aerial department and who isn't a midget or physically undersized? Best believe the question has to be asked.
 
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