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.
Sorry but you must be thinking of a different player. Jesus is fully capable of striking the ball cleanly(he does it often), he doesn't always need much backlift to get his shots off(that's not his problem) and he has shown variation to his strikes(long distance, chipped shots, curling efforts, smashing drives, we've seen it all at points). Has he shown Aguero levels of power and lack of backlift? No but Aguero beats most strikers on those merits, that doesn't mean Jesus' ball striking isn't good though.I just don't see this confidence you have in terms of his goalscoring ability. He is not a clean striker of the ball, he's can't generate alot of power in his strikes meaning he has little variation in his shooting technique in general. Compare Jesus' technique to the best strikers in the world and you'll see the stark difference; prime Aguero being able to generate power with little back-lift was because he was an exceptional striker of the ball. Jesus has not 'lacked confidence' in 160 games since he was last confident; he was just a young player that had a great period of form when he arrived. He's not 19 anymore, he turns 24 in a couple of months it's far beyond a confidence thing. This is just the player he is (or has become) who has his strengths but being a natural goalscorer is certainly not one of them.
His saving grace on this specific front is that he has very, very good movement off the ball. In previous seasons when he was used as more of a traditional forward he was generating a high xG due to his ability to get on the end of chances. For instance the chances he missed tonight as well as one near one from a Mahrez cross were off the back of his movement.I still think Jesus could be a 20+ goals a season player for us eventually. It's easy to look bad when you're already worried about missing, snatching at shots because you never feel like you have enough time or constantly overthinking your decisions in front of goal/second guessing yourself. Even the very top strikers go through spells like that, it's just a matter of how long those spells last.
Sorry but you must be thinking of a different player. Jesus is fully capable of striking the ball cleanly(he does it often), he doesn't always need much backlift to get his shots off(that's not his problem) and he has shown variation to his strikes(long distance, chipped shots, curling efforts, smashing drives, we've seen it all at points). Has he shown Aguero levels of power and lack of backlift? No but Aguero beats most strikers on those merits, that doesn't mean Jesus' ball striking isn't good though. So I don't know where most of what you say is coming from, it's like you're inventing problems to convince yourself you know the future. I'm not saying we don't need another striker, we do and I hope we get Haaland infact(but I doubt we will) but I do think Jesus has another gear to find all the same.
Like I said, time will tell. 24 is still young for a striker by most peoples standards. You say it's poor technique when he misses, I say what about the times when he finds the top corner or curls it around the keeper masterfully?... He shouldn't be able to do it at all by your logic. Or is it really you that's bringing luck into it, as in: "that was just lucky that time"?
I say the fact that he has shown all of the above, says it is a confidence thing but I do think to be considered among the best the key is consistency. Maybe he never will be that consistent, or have that amount of confidence against the top opposition often enough to put it another way. To say confidence doesn't often play a vital part in it or that he simply doesn't have the ability in the first place though. I'd have to disagree with you.
I conceded there wont be examples up there with Aguero, so too with the back lift which he beats most strikers with but you said he's not a clean striker of the ball. You constantly bringing Haaland into it, is almost like you think everyone must agree Jesus is shit at finishing or we wont get Haaland. To that I'd say we might not get him anyway and we're going to get a striker regardless of how good Jesus is or isn't.Can you provide many examples of Jesus striking the ball with venom?
Which is just plain wrong.he has little variation in his shooting technique in general
I conceded there wont be examples up there with Aguero, so too with the back lift which he beats most strikers with but you said he's not a clean striker of the ball. You constantly bringing Haaland into it, is almost like you think everyone must agree Jesus is shit at finishing or we wont get Haaland. To that I'd say we might not get him anyway and we're going to get a striker regardless of how good Jesus is or isn't.
How many examples I can show of him "hitting the ball with venom" has more to do with the physical traits than it does the technique where top players are concerned. Obviously some players will have to put more effort into a shot to get the same result, Haaland is a big powerful unit, Aguero has famously large leg muscles for his size.
You also said:
Which is just plain wrong.
Anyway I stand by what I said, although he doesn't have Aguero levels of shot power:
a) That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Jesus shot power
b) It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with his technique and that's not the reason he's been missing chances.
c) He has plenty of variation to his shooting. More than that, he has variation with both feet.