Hate admitting this but

Soldodo looks like a poor signing to me. I can understand he has not had good service but for his price tag I struggle to see what he offers. He is not blessed with great pace, he does not have a great first touch, he does not have great vision. he does not look that good in the air, or at dribbling, or very skillful, he does not hold of the ball to bring others into play.
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Neither was pippo inzaghi - but he actually had some proper service to work with.

sandy_

What the feck is your problem with Soldado?

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My problem is he has only scored 1 goal from open play from 10 league games (9 starts) and we have only scored 6 goals in total from open play with him spear heading our attack.

Is that enough for starters?

I have watched Soldado this season very carefully and i think his movement is actually very good, even against Everton, if you watch him throughout the game he made good runs but no one played him in, our tactics of passing the ball and keeping possession only work if the players take max 2 touches, our problem is the players are all taking 3-5 touches beofre passing the ball, this allows the opposition to get back into shape and then shut us out. We have 2 of the quickest wingers in the league that are ineffective because of the pace we are playing at. Soldado is NOT a poor striker, Linekar didn't do much else except score but he had lots of service, Soldado needs the same.

Also to call a player poor because he doesn't go out wide every 2mins is not a very good argument. Ade spent all his time away from the box, hence when the ball was played in, no one was there, we now have a box striker but have stopped crossing balls into the box.. this is an AVB error in my opinion, he should start with orthodox wingers who throughpout the game can swap wings if needed.

Anyone would think he is missing sitter after sitter with the post on this thread. First give him the service, if he still fails to score on a regular basis then fair enough, but until that happens i think it is silly to write him off. Watch him in our next game and tell me he has no movement, i'm sure you'll find he has great movement but is not getting the ball enough.

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Part of me would be happier if he was missing sitters - but he doesnt seem to be getting himself into the positions to.

He never seems to take a gamble, run inbetween players, or help the creative players play a diagonal ball.

I know one thing for sure, if Ade or Defoe had the same 'goals from open play' record that Soldado has, there would be "NEW STRIKER" article after "NEW STRIKER" article.

I hope he improves, but there is no doubting he has been a flop so far.

Part of me would be happier if he was missing sitters - but he doesnt seem to be getting himself into the positions to.

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yes he is. service from Andros "I always shoot" townsend, and aaron "I don't do much" lennon, and lewis " I am much better off the ball than on it" holtby, is woeful

Chronic, that's my point, if you watch him play, i mean even off the ball, he actually make intelligent runs, i'm suprised not many people have noticed this.

fullback. I remember when he first came over I remember the first time I saw him I thought, wow this guy is lively. he movement was exceptional compared to the strikers we had last year. we never played him in though. we never ever played him in so he probably doesn't even bother making half the runs any more anyway. instead he comes looking to feet like he did v everton.

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Chronic, that's my point, if you watch him play, i mean even off the ball, he actually make intelligent runs, i'm suprised not many people have noticed this.

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I'll have to watch more closely as i certainly haven't witnessed these runs. Are you sure its plural?