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Foden on the right is a much better footballer than Kulu. Ask any fan of any other PL club who they’d rather face out of the two and I’d stake my life savings it wouldn’t be Foden.
He’s just a lot more talented.
My bad, forgot.
Foden is left footed and plays both.
He's a left footer (can use his right though) who nearly always played AR at Leverkusen. 31 starts as RW, 6 as LW.
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he is right footed but is pretty two footed and so far this season has started more RW than left (6v5) according to TM. In France nearly always played RW.
Like Kulusevski consistent?
Left footer who's played 7 games as RW, 1 game as LW this season.
Diaby FFS! And while we're at it I'd take Bailey (Diaby has taken his position 2x at 2 diff clubs) over Kulu as well...just way more threat. That's right, a guy from Villa's bench over our 'starter'.
I’d take Deki over Foden on the RW.
Diaby hasn’t played wide right in the prem.
I meant Palmer. Bowen is ahead right now.
He obviously is not poor. Anyone suggesting that Kulu would be straight out "poor" or "bad" - those people have no understanding of football at all.
BUT he 100% has to change his game a little bit. On scale of "possession-oriented player" to "being end of goal-scoring/assisting opportunities" he is currently drifted too far to possession side. And I get it - without nr 9 player him holding up the play is part of how we as a team have adjusted. But once in a while he has to play even riskier, even more direct passes. And at times he has to speed things up, put in an early-ball instead of cutting in, setting the ball to cross and then pass it back / to the side.
Or short summary - amount of direct danger from Kulu have to increase. It is needed for our attacking play.
lennon bale they were exciting wingers because they had speed and the ability to beat men
i miss us having a winger like that
i miss us having a winger like that
Not much difference between Lennon and Solomon.
Unrelated to Kulusevski but it's pretty clear the player we are missing now is that 1v1 specialist that has starting 11 quality for a team that wants to challenge.
Solomon is the Lucas Moura squad player. Johnson is likely the long-term heir to Son in the middle. LW we need a fucking rapid, 1v1 killer that can cross and finish....
One could stay fit.
johnson is meant to be that isnt he? although in this system with the team pushed up high to squeeze the oppo the wingers shoulnt have to be pace merchants. kulu is fine unless we are on the counter where he cant leave the man hes just beat, there should be ways round that tho if you have son out there too.
Honestly think Johnson is a #9 in this system.
as son backup?
Rotation.
Son is 31/32. Next season we hopefully have Europe. No way Son can play twice a week at this intensity, without injuries and drop off.
Johnson can play any of the front 3 positions as well so will naturally get plenty of games but I'd expect him to be pushing Son to start as a #9 by end of next season at the latest.
Johnson doesn't really do much in the way of beating a man, or sharp touches to create shooting opportunities for himself. More of an off-ball runner, decent finisher, good cut-backs, showing some good ability for one-two combination plays. Don't really think he'll be the starting LW in a top challenging team though tbh.
i do think when we are on the front foot we need a 9 whos actually going to be good in the air. when teams camp in its the hardest thing for them to deal with if you have the right quality.
teams can have 11 men in their box against city but if they got kdb pumping balls in towards haaland it doesnt matter, they are going to get through.
Saying that Johnson is "long-term heir to Son in the middle" is quite a stretch, given that Son in the middle is just temporary solution, born from experiment itself
. It is clear for everyone to see that in order to fit Son into CF9 position we have had to alter Kulusevski role.
So no, Son there is temporary option and we will not be looking his "long-term heir" there. We are most likely trying to see what (if anything at all) comes from Veliz and Richie. If neither can be trusted to play no 9 we will try to sign ST in Jan or in the summer.