He's better in front of goal than what we're seeing thus far. Confidence is key, once he builds some in front of goal again I think he'll go on a goalscoring run.
When he arrived at City he was taking goals for fun or atleast making the keeper work. All I said, is he's better in front of goal than what we are seeing at the moment. So to the people saying he can't shoot, or he'll always be wasteful, to them I'd ask: Genuine question, did you even watch the player we bought before he came to City? He was scoring at league and international level consistently from what I remember and he didn't need many chances to score. That was a confident Jesus, I don't think we've seen a fully confident Jesus outside of the form he was showing to keep Aguero out of the team when he joined the club.Genuine question, has he gone on a goalscoring run before and for how many games? It seems like it always gets mentioned how he's on some sort of goal draught but I can't recall him ever being on a goalscoring spree.
When he arrived at City he was taking goals for fun or atleast making the keeper work. All I said, is he's better in front of goal than what we are seeing at the moment. So to the people saying he can't shoot, or he'll always be wasteful, to them I'd ask: Genuine question, did you even watch the player we bought before he came to City? He was scoring at league and international level consistently from what I remember and he didn't need many chances to score. That was a confident Jesus, I don't think we've seen a fully confident Jesus outside of the form he was showing to keep Aguero out of the team when he joined the club.
I could be wrong but I feel like there is another gear to find with Jesus and it starts with his confidence. Stones and Gundo should be lessons for all City fans to consider.
Time will tell. I don't think there is anything wrong with his ball striking ability on a technical level, he's a good striker of the ball and he has shown himself to be a natural goalscorer already. I never brought luck into it but I know goalscorers often thrive on confidence, it's happened to many other top goalscorers past and present. I'd also agree he's always giving plenty to the team whether he's scoring or not, which is his saving grace.I'm not sure I agree there when your reference point is his performances 4 years ago. It's far more likely that this is his level in front of goal considering we have such a large sample size (most big chances missed last season for instance) than the 2016/2017 season where he only scored consecutively 3 times. When you see the technique Jesus uses, it's not bad luck infront of goal, it's just a player that isn't particularly suited to being the final stage of a sequence of play. He isn't a natural goalscorer but definitely helps the team overall in other ways.
He has done it a few times for us though. Including a small number of key ones.Nice little lay off for Bernie.
However, if we were ever looking for a goal or chasing one, I wouldn’t be expecting him to be the man to pull it out of the fire, so to speak.
Time will tell. I don't think there is anything wrong with his ball striking ability on a technical level, he's a good striker of the ball and he has shown himself to be a natural goalscorer already. I never brought luck into it but I know goalscorers often thrive on confidence, it's happened to many other top goalscorers past and present. I'd also agree he's always giving plenty to the team whether he's scoring or not, which is his saving grace.
It is correct to say we haven't seen it in a long time consistently. So maybe this is the player he's become but it's just as fair to say maybe he will discover that magic in front of goal again and have teams fearing him, rather than the other way around, which is what it looks like at times.