19 | Julian Alvarez - 2023/24

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upb78 said:
Come on, that's not true, he played pretty generally well against top teams, he even scored some goals and dished some assists.
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This season? In the number 8 role? I can only recall vs Newcastle. Againts Arse, Chels, Pool he was poor for me. Good player but I dont think he can consistently play the number 8 role. Foden deserves a chance to play that posistion especially in home games.
 
People calling him not good enough for us because he had a subpar game (or a few) are having a laugh. He has been critical for us this season (and last season) and is literally among the best young players in the world. He has played way too much football and is clearly tired. He needs an extended rest (a couple of weeks), IMO. We can't afford to give it to him, though. Hopefully, he will rest on Tuesday.
 
Nowhere near his best today and there could have been no complaints if he had been subbed (I thought Lewis maybe to add some bite in midfield).

That said he has LOADS in the bank already and he is an amazing buy. Great attitude, works his bollocks off even when it's not happening for him, as was the case today.
 
Haaland94 said:
People calling him not good enough for us because he had a subpar game (or a few) are having a laugh. He has been critical for us this season (and last season) and is literally among the best young players in the world. He has played way too much football and is clearly tired. He needs an extended rest (a couple of weeks), IMO. We can't afford to give it to him, though. Hopefully, he will rest on Tuesday.
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I agree. Clearly tired.
 
He was absolutely horrible today, though improved in the last half hour tbf
Would take him out for a few games, not only to give him a long overdue rest (probably his first for three years) but also to get an extra body into midfield
Shoehorning into the team has left us irresponsibly light back there and it shows
At the moment, if he doesn’t score then he’s a passenger. He looks sluggish and hasn’t even been pressing in recent games which is pretty much his USP
 
Bluewars said:
This season? In the number 8 role? I can only recall vs Newcastle. Againts Arse, Chels, Pool he was poor for me. Good player but I dont think he can consistently play the number 8 role. Foden deserves a chance to play that posistion especially in home games.
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He's playing behind haaland, his position is No.10, not No.8 (Foden is playing on the right side). I think that Julian's having some confidence issues, specially because he hasn't been scoring the past month (just like in the Argentina national squad), it happens.
 
He is still too young and immature to be playing regularly for this City team, especially in the big games.

Lacks a number of things and was the biggest liability for me today and against Chelsea.

One thing is to be a good / decent squad player, contributing a lot and etc. but another thing is to be regular player, which has its responsibilities and duties.

And I think Julian isn't ready for and there is nothing terrible about that. Still 23 years old, a lot of years ahead, it's not like that easy to be up to the standards for the best team in the world.

When KDB returns, he will switch to the bench anyway, but my point is, that even till KDB returns, we have better, more mature options..

Like

Foden Bernardo Kovacic Doku
Haaland

for example

or
Doku Bernardo Grealish
Haaland Foden

and there can be many variations...

Point is that, he shouldn't be that guaranteed to be playing regularly, even though KDB is injured. Cause numbers aint that good.

PS And that fucking first touch. Needs to be improved. Very unconvincing first touch for a City player.
 
He had a poor first half but did improve, although still wasted a very good chance.

He shouldn’t have been starting today after his travels across the Atlantic but lack of players necessitated him starting.

He is a talented player who is on an upward trajectory long term but he is not yet one of our best XI is all are fit and in form.
 
I just think that double strikers format does not work and the oppositions find us out now.
 
Blu1 said:
Does not deserve to be starting for me. I’d rather leave haaland up top & have another midfielder playing alongside Rodri
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Seems pretty clear that there was some validity to the rumors of Alvarez wanting more playing time in the summer. He started the season brilliantly and was due a bit of a dip but it still stands that if Phil or Palmer were playing as he has over the last month, they'd have been benched a long time ago.
 
To all those saying he needs a rest, which I agree with, he wasn’t supposed to be starting today until Jack came down with an illness at the last minute. So looks like Pep agreed with a lot of us
 
The lad is living off being part of a World Cup winning team. He's got no hope of playing his normal game as long as Pep keeps shoehorning him into an unnatural position.
He'll probably be surplus to requirements when KDB returns, and will be moved on at the first big offer in the summer.
Just another expendable profit making import on the Bergiristain conveyor belt, like Jesus.
 
No idea of his best position and I don't think Pep knows either. Needs to play up top on his own if Erling is ever out, but he won't weigh in with many goals, that's the problem. I put yesterday's poor performance down to him not getting back here until Thursday afternoon, zero time to train
 
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