Lmao at the people complaining about the club saying “we need to make our academy more accessible for the community we represent,” which is a perfectly valid criticism.
Like, did you read the article? They didn’t say “sorry everyone is white, we’ll do better next year.” They acknowledged a shortcoming at youth level.
Please enlighten me on how he is a different profile then, since it doesn’t sound like he provides much different from what we already have other than being a bit bigger
Is he a different profile? He’s a center forward whose game is based around holdup play, physicality, and defensive intensity, and his record from open play suggests he is not a particularly good finisher when the ball falls to him in the box.
Sounds like he’s a pretty similar profile, which explains why we would be interested but not at £70 million.
Sure it’s not perfect, but I don’t think having to play a few games with Eddie Nketiah over the season explains a consistent 20 percentage point difference between the two, either
I mean the whole point of plotting pass completion against expected is to account for those differences. Play style might explain a difference in the number of difficult/low-expected completion passes attempted but it can’t really explain away differences in completion rates of similarly difficult passes.
What does this have to do with style of play?
I don’t understand the discourse around players “justifying the price tag” or whatever. The transfer fee should only ever matter if it’s preventing the club from adding improvements long-term. If it isn’t, then the only thing that matters is if the player is effective or not.
I think he’s still getting used to the system and playing a little conservatively to not lose possession/control.
Seems to be a pretty common issue for players getting acclimated to our style—it makes sense, a big part of it is down to knowing where your teammates are supposed to be and trusting them to be there. It can take time to develop those relationships.