#9 | Gabriel Jesus - 2020/21 Performances

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nellyonthewing said:
Tonight sums him up for me , up against a couple of useless lumps and he had no impact. He's not a lone striker. I love the way he never gives up but bloody hell he needs to be part of a double act partnership.
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Or just play as LW.

Though, he has had some very good performances as lone striker.

His dribbling, strength on the ball, attacking drive, general energy, and exceptional pressing contributes so much to our success, regardless.
 
domalino said:
He did a press conference with Brazil before tonight's match and saw it reported on a Brazilian site he's said he's making goalscoring a bigger part of his game now, but I can't find any English sources reporting it.

I don't know if we've got any Brazilian users but maybe they'll have seen the story?
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Not seen it either , if it had been Firmino it would have been all over BBC and Sky with Klippety having his ten pence worth.
 
nellyonthewing said:
Tonight sums him up for me , up against a couple of useless lumps and he had no impact. He's not a lone striker. I love the way he never gives up but bloody hell he needs to be part of a double act partnership.
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Did you even bother watching the game? He was playing RW for long periods of it, and the commentators mentioned it incessantly so it would have been pretty hard to miss.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
I’d like to see him on them left of a front three with Aguero and Torres. It will mean sacrificing Sterling though. We need more firepower in the side currently and need to give the opposition more to think about when it comes to handling our strikers.
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He’s always played really well for us and Brazil when he’s played wide.

That would be a really interesting front 3!
 
He and Torres are like a mix of a pure striker or pure winger. Quite a few of our players don't fit well defined roles.

I think England's 343 with an attacking midfielder as one of the midfielders is a good mix for our players in that sense.

Jesus/Foden/Ferran/Bernardo/KdB/Mahrez <---- any of these in the narrow front 3, Mahrez being my last choice player

Mendy/Cancelo LWB, Cancelo/Walker RWB

Gundogan/Rodri---------KdB/Bernie in midfield 2 <----- KdB or Bernie in a potentially deeper creative role
 
SebastianBlue said:
Our just play as LW.

Though, he has had some very good performances as lone striker.

His dribbling, strength on the ball, attacking drive, general energy, and exceptional pressing contributes so much to our success, regardless.
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I'd really like to see Pep use him as a winger. Would give us the opportunity of having Aguero, Jesus and Torres/Sterling in the same frontline.
 
He needs to sort out his offsides, he puts himself out of play lots of time. That being said, I agree with other posters, he is a very good LW. He can come inside, dribble and shoot easily.
 
Missed a big chance. I think he needs to consistently score goals/assists or he will forever remain just a backup.
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
I'd really like to see Pep use him as a winger. Would give us the opportunity of having Aguero, Jesus and Torres/Sterling in the same frontline.
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I thought he was poor yesterday playing wide a lot of the time with Sterling in the middle.

Maybe it would be different if it was Aguero he was playing off but it didn't quite seem to work.
 
Craig said:
Back up to who? He’ll be our main striker this season
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Next season when we get a new striker! Let's be honest he is there and we are still missing Aguero and desperately want him to get fit and return.
 
Cityinmud said:
Next season when we get a new striker! Let's be honest he is there and we are still missing Aguero and desperately want him to get fit and return.
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Can we get a top striker for 60m! :) Was obvious we needed to spend big on a top class striker in the summer but instead we wasted time on the Messi wild goose chase.
 
Craig said:
Was obvious we needed to spend big on a top class striker in the summer but instead we wasted time on the Messi wild goose chase.
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You are right. We should have got a decent striker instead of wasting time on the messi situation . So Wasteful considering the amount of chances created. I hope goals return soon or it will be a difficult season. Screenshot_2020-11-26-16-28-18-919_com.android.chrome~2.jpg
 
It wasn't a good performance for him - after the last two goals I expected more consistency and courage from him to lead the team, especially in this situation when literally all the players fighting for the front five places are in a very bad form and nowhere near the level - top team expects from them..

Problem is lack of leadership - literally every one is afraid to take control and do something individually in the final third. Everyone tries to handle this responsibility to another and no one is ready to take it, except maybe Debruyne...
 
domalino said:
I thought he was poor yesterday playing wide a lot of the time with Sterling in the middle.

Maybe it would be different if it was Aguero he was playing off but it didn't quite seem to work.
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In my opinion he blew very hot and cold.

His good moments tended to happen when somebody was near him making a run. He's got a very creative side, so when someone is moving near him he can play a little throughball, a little flick, or even use the run as a diversion so he can dribble. It's not the highest quality example but his role in the goal was an example nonetheless.

When he's isolated, he's weaker on the right. He's not quite fast enough to go on the outside so he has to be clever, and last night he got sloppy out there (I don't think he was alone).

If he's going to be isolated you need him somewhere fairly central or left so he can hold up the play or dribble more directly, like against Tottenham.
 
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