ChicagoBlue
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I think this game was crying out for Nunes, to give us something different and allow us to break at pace.
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19 | Julian Alvarez - 2023/24
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Bluewars
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His performances in midfield are as bad as Sterling's latter performances on the wing for us, where they are basically ineffectual. We'll that's just my opinion (assist was lucky, as was the goal)He's nowhere near Sterling bad! Sterling was damn awful and that's what opened the door and Foden displaced him.
Has any one of our players truly displaced Julian even though many are rightly saying.. the door is open for another person to take that position and make it their own?
Gven the assist today.. he has a clear vision of goal and assists. That's exactly what Pep wants from him.. a new KDB type player who has goals and assists and vision from midfield and Pep will stick with him like he stuck with Stones to get the midfield role correctly.
That's probably why he still plays every game!
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BlueMoonz1977
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Unfortunately, it seems that Pep see's Alvarez as the same type of player as in the way he utilised Jesus
Can we 100% say that Alvarez will be happy with this situation to continue, and not want a move at some point to play in his preferred position
Can we 100% say that Alvarez will be happy with this situation to continue, and not want a move at some point to play in his preferred position
B\connellblue
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Nunes is another crazy buy. Clearly Pep has already noticed this too and rarely plays him.I think this game was crying out for Nunes, to give us something different and allow us to break at pace.
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Spot on.It really is quite baffling. Pep is normally one for rotation & saving legs for certain parts of the season but it’s clear Julian is out of form & more importantly looking knackered out there for the continuous shifts he’s put in.
As others have mentioned he really isn’t good enough to drop in midfield & pick out a pass. His strengths are in & around the box & banging goals in.
Putting Kovacic or even Nunes there would have penned Brentford back even further & accelerated our short creative passes to either Phil or Big Erl.
He also seems to be running himself into ground as whilst I admire his chasing down it’s often fruitless unless everyone follows suit at the same time.
At least he was hunting down a Brentford break and stopped the cross in our box. Not many players do that. Pep surely loved it.
I was thinking something similar, Pep reinventing him and giving him plenty of time to learn how to carry it out.He's nowhere near Sterling bad! Sterling was damn awful and that's what opened the door and Foden displaced him.
Has any one of our players truly displaced Julian even though many are rightly saying.. the door is open for another person to take that position and make it their own?
Gven the assist today.. he has a clear vision of goal and assists. That's exactly what Pep wants from him.. a new KDB type player who has goals and assists and vision from midfield and Pep will stick with him like he stuck with Stones to get the midfield role correctly.
That's probably why he still plays every game!
Last night it was as if he was trying to be KDB but a stars in your eyes version but nobody can pull that one off without looking bad at times.
Pep may think at 24 he can get him to a level to replace KDB who at 32 won't be around for to much longer and money won't buy a ready made replacement of what KDB has been for us.
Pep is seeing something or has a plan and patience is the name of the game whatever it is.
Don’t talk wetTin hat on… can anyone see us making a hefty profit on him in the summer?
GX Blue
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It was always clear he wasn’t elite level from the start. I know this upsets some, but it’s true.
He won the World Cup and we won the treble.
He’s young. We signed him….
Pretty much every positive a player could get when it comes to a media push.
When you have posters providing different excuses about him that should raise red flags for anyone.
‘Played too many games’.
‘Needs a rest’.
‘Not playing in his correct position’.
‘Gets good stats though’.
Me and one other person said he wasn’t good enough at the start and we got hammered but people who watch football can clearly see he’s just a good player, not elite, which is what we are.
He isn’t technically good enough. Works hard, has a decent shot. He just does a job for us.
Just like Jesus did.
His stats massively cover up his deficiencies.
The fact he gets an assist stat, for a poor pass, a player slipping, Haaland then running 40 yards is a great example of kids looking at stats and not the game.
He won the World Cup and we won the treble.
He’s young. We signed him….
Pretty much every positive a player could get when it comes to a media push.
When you have posters providing different excuses about him that should raise red flags for anyone.
‘Played too many games’.
‘Needs a rest’.
‘Not playing in his correct position’.
‘Gets good stats though’.
Me and one other person said he wasn’t good enough at the start and we got hammered but people who watch football can clearly see he’s just a good player, not elite, which is what we are.
He isn’t technically good enough. Works hard, has a decent shot. He just does a job for us.
Just like Jesus did.
His stats massively cover up his deficiencies.
The fact he gets an assist stat, for a poor pass, a player slipping, Haaland then running 40 yards is a great example of kids looking at stats and not the game.
As many goals/assists as Foden: 15/10.
Yet if you read this forum you'll think Alvarez is painfully average and Foden is the best player in the world.
Of course, Foden has been better, especially over the last 2 months, but Alvarez has contributed in raw numbers the same amount of goals as Foden, while providing arguably more in terms of pressing and defending.
The reason why Pep plays him is that he can appreciate his qualities better than random guys on the internet. Which is surprising, to be fair.
Also, Pep plays him so much now, because hw knows he has to bench him in some (big) games later. Of course, Pep doesn't know as much as some guys on here. How could he possibly know better whether, when and where to play Alvarez???
Yet if you read this forum you'll think Alvarez is painfully average and Foden is the best player in the world.
Of course, Foden has been better, especially over the last 2 months, but Alvarez has contributed in raw numbers the same amount of goals as Foden, while providing arguably more in terms of pressing and defending.
The reason why Pep plays him is that he can appreciate his qualities better than random guys on the internet. Which is surprising, to be fair.
Also, Pep plays him so much now, because hw knows he has to bench him in some (big) games later. Of course, Pep doesn't know as much as some guys on here. How could he possibly know better whether, when and where to play Alvarez???
merz
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what is elite level? messi?It was always clear he wasn’t elite level from the start. I know this upsets some, but it’s true.
imo he is an elite level striker being played out of position. pretty sure every top club would be more than happy to have alvarez as their starting no 9.