Son

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 45 minutes ago
We haven't played to his strengths for couple years. His average position this season is about 20 yards further up the pitch and we get the ball to him in space.

Love him.
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Disagree - we’ve played counter attacking football the last 4 years which absolutely plays to his strengths which is running in behind and finishing at pace in 1v1’s with the keeper. Son is tailor made for Joseball and Conteball, hence him winning the golden boot in 2022.

He was injured all last season, as was recently revealed, which explains his poor season. Issue now resolved (think he had surgery over the summer) and he’s scored 5 goals in 6 games. Class player.

Frustrates the hell out of me sometimes but I love sonny. One of my favourite players ever behind Hoddle and Gaza.

comment by 2-4-5 Trioxin (U22016)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by 2-4-5 Trioxin (U22016)
posted 7 minutes ago
Brilliant player who should be at a big club, let's hope he doesn't make the same mistake as Kane!!!
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Alright WNM

You saying we aren’t a big club


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Hi Palmer lol how are u Sir?
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All good fella

Have a week off work from tomorrow

How’s things?

comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 18 minutes ago
comment by 2-4-5 Trioxin (U22016)
posted 48 minutes ago
comment by palmers_spur (U8896)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by 2-4-5 Trioxin (U22016)
posted 7 minutes ago
Brilliant player who should be at a big club, let's hope he doesn't make the same mistake as Kane!!!
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Alright WNM

You saying we aren’t a big club


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Hi Palmer lol how are u Sir?
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All good fella

Have a week off work from tomorrow

How’s things?
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OK thank you

comment by 50 No longer trusting the process (U1147)
posted 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
comment by kloppites (U13373)
posted 2 minutes ago
Absolutely sh!te last season tbf
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And that matters how…? Hate to say it but closest thing to CR7
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Son is a good goalscorer but he is not a great footballer. His touch is often poor, he does not shield the ball well, his passing is average at best and half the time his brain does not work.

Having said all that he is pretty lethal when it comes to scoring with either foot and he is a great character so we are lucky to have him.

comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 4 hours ago
Son is a good goalscorer but he is not a great footballer. His touch is often poor, he does not shield the ball well, his passing is average at best and half the time his brain does not work.

Having said all that he is pretty lethal when it comes to scoring with either foot and he is a great character so we are lucky to have him.
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Well Son plays against a double team most of the time, especially since Kane is gone. Opponents know where the goals are supposed to come from.
That said, today's game was a total team performance. Everybody played well.
I give a special star to Sarr, who ran all 100 minutes and was instrumental in our counter attacks, and Romero, who had a nightmare (Own goal, Penalty, and booking) but was still stalwart in defence and counter attack. Maddison as usual is taking over the midfield general role that Eriksen used to play.
All-in-all a full team performance.
And finally, I'm sorry to say this,but.....if we had Kane we would have won. BTW, he has 7 in 5 games for Bayern now!

comment by grandspurs (U3810)
posted 9 hours, 46 minutes ago
Son is a good goalscorer but he is not a great footballer. His touch is often poor, he does not shield the ball well, his passing is average at best and half the time his brain does not work.

Having said all that he is pretty lethal when it comes to scoring with either foot and he is a great character so we are lucky to have him.
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Grandspur, his touch for both goals yesterday was top drawer. WTF are you waffling on about?

comment by ChArliE Big Bananas (U14461)
posted 19 hours, 32 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 45 minutes ago
We haven't played to his strengths for couple years. His average position this season is about 20 yards further up the pitch and we get the ball to him in space.

Love him.
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Disagree - we’ve played counter attacking football the last 4 years which absolutely plays to his strengths which is running in behind and finishing at pace in 1v1’s with the keeper. Son is tailor made for Joseball and Conteball, hence him winning the golden boot in 2022.

He was injured all last season, as was recently revealed, which explains his poor season. Issue now resolved (think he had surgery over the summer) and he’s scored 5 goals in 6 games. Class player.
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Its more subtle than that.

Yes we were a counter attacking team for a lot of it but that was not so much the case when we ended 4th and Son got the GB. We were a far more dominant team in that run in.

We also became so predictable in our counter attack that it became a weaker aspect of our game which was effective less often.

Added to that was that Son's starting position in our low block was so deep that he wasnt in position to make use of the space. He was also being asked to hold the ball up, back to goal, in our half.

These things are not to his strengths. If he had been left up field a bit more then yes he would have been more effective in a team effectively set up to defend and counter.

We now move the ball quicker so he can utilise this space, while being upfield already.

He’s at it again