Martial - 28 games, 2320 minutes played, 8 goals, 5 assists, 290minutes per goal, 178minutes per goal involvement
Iheanacho - 18 games, 523minutes played, 8 goals, 4 assists, 65minutes per goal, 43 minutes per goal involvement
To be fair to Martial, Iheanacho does play in a team that tries to create chances and score goals though. It might skew the stats!
He reminds me of film I've seen of Pele as a kid. It was of course a different game then & different tactics, so we're not going to see Kelechi flicking & tricking his way around 6 modern day defenders at a time,like a kid in the schoolyard, like Pele was doing, but the moments of magic are there & imo ther are similarities. Imo Kelechi could have come straight from the U17 World Cup into our first team squad. Not as a regular starter, but off the bench etc, red tape made that impossible.
He is a potential genius & those on here saying stuff like 'that's the standard our kids need to be at in order to get a game' are talking ridiculous nonsense. In that case the only player in the team would be Aguero. Very few of our first team squad would have been able to come into a City team at 19 & do what Kelechi has done. If any. And no way was Aguero as sharp mentally, when he was 22 never mind 19, Aguero was super talented but a bit headless.
Kelechi doesn't just have skill (they all have skill) he has the mentality, intelligence & confidence to go with it, & will likely have the physique too & that's why he reminds me of Pele, rather than just ability. With Pep in charge during these crucial years to come, there must be a decent chance of him realising his potential, which is off the scale. There is much more to Kelechi's game than scoring tap ins etc & it will start to show.
What utter cack. He got a start in the premier league the other week and did well. Now he has a hat trick under his belt.Only if he's given game time mate.
I think what he's done so far has earned him a start in the PL. Can't see it happening.
One of the strikers needs offloading in the summer he's to good to play 3rd fiddle.
But I'll bet my house that he's the one who goes out of the 3
Only if he's given game time mate.
I think what he's done so far has earned him a start in the PL. Can't see it happening.
One of the strikers needs offloading in the summer he's to good to play 3rd fiddle.
But I'll bet my house that he's the one who goes out of the 3
Only if he's given game time mate.
I think what he's done so far has earned him a start in the PL. Can't see it happening.
One of the strikers needs offloading in the summer he's to good to play 3rd fiddle.
But I'll bet my house that he's the one who goes out of the 3
*yourDo you wanna make any other bets? And where is you're house?
Fair play! That was some call!
Yet more vindication of our academy and our player integration system, because psychology is part of their job.What impresses me as much as his football is the way he speaks. Every sentence either has "I am very grateful", "thank you to the manager" or "I need to work hard" in it. He's really well grounded I think. His play reminds me of Sturridge actually, but with a better character.
Not sure I agree with the Eto'o shouts tbh, even though Iheanacho can reach/surpass the same level.
Eto'o was more about electric pace and playing on the shoulder of the last defender, and didn't have a well rounded game until later in his career.
Iheanacho can play on the shoulder, but seems to enjoy dropping deep and play making too.
He's got it all and I'm not sure who you could really compare him too.
Natcho seemed to anticipate Micah's backpass and had started his run to before Micah made the pass.