There is no room for passengers full stop.
You would be as shit bus driver.
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There is no room for passengers full stop.
There is no room for passengers full stop.
We both know the reasoning for the qualification of your statement.Lazy players can survive if they can score every other game though
We both know the reasoning for the qualification of your statement.
Big Sam's done alrightYou would be as shit bus driver.
I'm not disagreeing about Soldado, it was simply a question, as he has different players behind him.The reasoning is that Soldado does not shoot, therefore he doesnt not score. Therefore, it would be nice if actually made an effort to help those around him.
Also, funny how Ade is called lazy and shit, but Soldado is all about the poor service. LOL....its the same team. Does Ade have Ronaldo and Bale behind him?
I'm not disagreeing about Soldado, it was simply a question, as he has different players behind him.
But I will say this, I dont see much of Soldado laying on the floor, picking himself up slowly and subsequently being offside when the ball comes back.
Ade may be our most prolific striker at present, but lets not pretend he is a paragon of hard work.
The most noticeable thing Ade did was to face AWAY from the oppositions goal just inside the penalty area and he headed the ball to the opposition, that's just real commitment!Ade has his ways but he still contributes, with or without scoring. Soldado is exactly the same no matter who is behind him.
If we use Kane as an example, the entire "poor service" argument goes out of the window, because Kane also plays in the "b team", with the same players as Soldado, behind him.
Last night what was the excuse for Kane being on fire and Soldado being shite?
Its got the stage where people are just making up reviews of what he did. I could just as well write about how tireless and hardworking Paulinho was last night, and all the runs he made off the ball....its just nonsense.
Zero shots, yet again. No hold up play. No crossing. He made one single run with the ball (his first ever for this club)
I think he still did just about as much as Ade did in 11 minutes.
The most noticeable thing Ade did was to face AWAY from the oppositions goal just inside the penalty area and he headed the ball to the opposition, that's just real commitment!
Can't argue with much of that, but I'd say in Soldado's favour that he is the kind of player that only wants one touch finishes, crosses from the byline that he can hit first time, which we dont provide.
He's a very niche player, relying on specific service to ensure he scores goals, if we cant give it to him, then there isn't much point playing him.
Re: Kane.... he should get a game ahead of Adebayor, not just for the hard work he has put in, but to show the younger guys that you can break into the first team off the back of the cup game performances.
I love his commitment but this is pretty damning:
http://www.football365.com/f365-says/9500203/F365-Says
sometimes it just doesn't click...
A failure to have a single shot, the fewest touches (29) of any starting outfield player, and the fewest successful passes told the story of Soldado's evening. As predictable as it was disappointing.
Odd that some people thought he played a blinder. Really, really odd.
It has been an utter calamity. Soldado has played 1,970 Premier League minutes for Tottenham and has scored two goals from open play. He has taken 51 shots and managed just 17 on target. That shooting accuracy (33%) compares unfavourably to Jermain Defoe (57%), Adebayor (70%) and Kane (71%) over the same period. A conversion rate from open play of just 3.7% marks a startling drop from 20.5% in his previous La Liga season.
And even more odd that some people think he should be first choice
He did a good job when his team involved him. What the stats doesn't show is the number of times the player made good runs into great positions without getting the ball. If you watch the game over again, and pay special attention to Soldado, you'll find quite a few of them.
He needs the likes of Lamela and Eriksen setting him up, and they need the likes of Soldado, rather than current form Ade, to set up.
Its a myth. Do you really believe that not playing with Eriksen and Lamela is the reason Soldado is shit?
What are all the amazing runs people are seeing?
He did a good job when his team involved him? How? He did not once take a shot in the entire game. He was the furthest man forward....not one single shot.
How come Kane plays well in the same set up?
Where are all these amazing through balls to Ade then from Eriksen...I could half understand if Ade was missing 5 sitters a game created from our amazing attacks.
The truth is that Ade and Kane come deep and work to help build the attacks. Soldado does not.
You say the stats dont show his runs....and the midfield is letting him down, yet they do tell us that he has had 51 shots in 1970 minutes of PL football. Nothing to do with the Besiktas game.
How is it the midfields fault if Soldado is too shit scared to shoot unless he is 1M from the goal, preferably with no one around him and no goal keeper (still missed twice in that situation, mind)...
How is it the midfields fault that he has scored two goals in open play from his 51 shots?
Or that only 17 were on target.
Its a shoddy argument because he wastes 90% of the chances he does get.
Check his stats before he came to Spurs.
irrelevant. he's here now, and clearly not up to snuff. So tired of seeing this stupid fucking defense.