19 | Julian Alvarez - 2022/23

[WestGorton]

Lets all do a go fund me page for Kun to tutor Julian and Erling on the first touch!



Best first touch I've ever seen to set up a goal!

You forget how good he was

 

[Agueroooo9320]

the reason he was so good yesterday was because there was no KDB to occupy his space. pep should keep playing him even if means keeping KDB out. in this current state KDB hinders us when playing higher up.

 

[bluemoon32]

Hell of a telented kid & his work ethic is brilliant, puts some other players to shame

 

[bluespider]

Lets all do a go fund me page for Kun to tutor Julian and Erling on the first touch!



Best first touch I've ever seen to set up a goal!

Julián needs no lessons on first touch, I believe.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

Julián needs no lessons on first touch, I believe.

exactly his first touch is very good. not sure what the other posters are thinking. he just takes the wrong touch sometimes like trying to put the ball on the opposite foot and run away with it, not thinking how physical the defenders are in the PL compared to other leagues. he gets eased out of the ball physically a little bit easily. needs to develop his core strength like aguero who was impossible to shake off the ball.

 

[upb78]

Each player has his strengths and weaknesses, i really don't understand the constant need to compare them.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Needs to find some consistently now but that only comes with regularly games and will be get that?

 

[River Plate]

Lets all do a go fund me page for Kun to tutor Julian and Erling on the first touch!



Best first touch I've ever seen to set up a goal!

 

[FantasyIreland]

Needs to find some consistently now but that only comes with regularly games and will be get that?

I suspect not.I said earlier in the thread that i expect him to experience a very similar stay to Gabby.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Feel sorry for him .When he comes on as sub the team take this as the nod from Pep to down tools or Pep then strips the team out so Alvarez has the B Team around him. Not getting a fair crack imo.

 

[Agueroooo9320]

needs to be patient. will take a year for pep to trust him fully every week. in the meantime he can keep improving certain parts of his game.

 

[WallyA]

Down the line he has to be part of the future starting attack (players under 30), this would me a great 5 man attack in the future:

ST - Haaland

LW - Grealish -------> Grealish and Foden interchange at will
LAM - Foden
RAM - Alvarez ---------> Mostly a central player, but can go wide to cross to let Palmer cut inside,
RW - Palmer Wouldn't rotate as much as other side I assume

DM - Rodri

LB - Ake
LCB - Dias
RCB - Stones
RB - Lewis ------> Lewis tucking in to make a 3241 attack, or overlap against low blacks to make a 3151 attack

 

[wolviedinho]

needs to be patient. will take a year for pep to trust him fully every week. in the meantime he can keep improving certain parts of his game.

Patience as you said is required. Pep is in the process of building a new 11. It will take time to make the change from false 9.

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Love Alverez - very energetic - and able to score. No problem at all if he starts.

 

[sir baconface]

Bloke still uses slip briefs in 2023 ×D

Have we had @kaz7 ’s official verdict on how he compares to Merlin In terms of physical attributes?

 

[Paul1970]

Down the line he has to be part of the future starting attack (players under 30), this would me a great 5 man attack in the future:

ST - Haaland

LW - Grealish -------> Grealish and Foden interchange at will
LAM - Foden
RAM - Alvarez ---------> Mostly a central player, but can go wide to cross to let Palmer cut inside,
RW - Palmer Wouldn't rotate as much as other side I assume

DM - Rodri

LB - Ake
LCB - Dias
RCB - Stones
RB - Lewis ------> Lewis tucking in to make a 3241 attack, or overlap against low blacks to make a 3151 attack

Like palmer and he has done great to get were he has but I don’t think he will ever be a go to player for us .

 

[kaz7]

Have we had @kaz7 ’s official verdict on how he compares to Merlin In terms of physical attributes?

i have resisted lol, my first thought was to comment !

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

He is the SPARK PLUG that makes this team run at the moment.

We had almost nothing happening till he came on and then out of nowhere, bang hit the post and it created a goal.

He needs to be playing with Haaland and should be in our first team. They complement each other very well!

 

[OrigamiNinja]

He has got to play. There just isn’t enough quality coming from those around him to justify keeping him out of the side.

 

[Damien10]

Let’s face it he’s not going to start next game is he. Every time he’s played and done great pep drops him next game anyway.

Cracking player but Pep would rather please the old guard.