#9 | Gabriel Jesus - 2020/21 Performances

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bondsman said:
Blue tinted specs? Surely those are yours re: Jesus. Aguero has missed most of the last year with injury. You are right over the last decade we have relied on Aguero. God help us if we are relying on Jesus from hear on in fucking hopeless against the good teams in big games oh except for that Madrid game I’m sure you’ll reference. Brazilian Dickov at best the lad though not sure he’d have scored the crucial goal Paul did
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Not at all. You will find all I am talking about is Jesus putting a shift in and trying his hardest. Have I said he's a top finisher, world class at dribbling or the best passer? No.

I have literally said Pep plays him to try and pull teams around to create space and allow others to create and score. You can argue all you want if that's what we should be doing but that's what it is. Jesus will get his share of goals, the tap ins, the 4th in a 4-1 win etc. Then you get perfect storms like the Madrid game. That being said, does Jesus score them two Sterling missed. Probably. But then again he probably wouldn't have even been in that position.
 
domalino said:
I'd put more money on him winning another pair of CL games for us like he did vs. Real.
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Don’t forget the goal he scored against Southampton in the 91 minute
I find it very hard to accept your defending of a Brazilian no9 by referring to a chip over the keeper goal. If it hadn’t been the goal that took us to 100 then it wouldn’t get a mention, and as for the Madrid game away was that header really clinical or a goalkeeping error?
Let’s just stop the tiresome defending of him now and let’s move him on and bring in a CF
 
I appreciate all that he does to move people around, create space, clever layoffs, and his work on the press - but when he’s on the break or gets a solid feed he almost never drives straight at the goal, nor does he set himself up in the first place with a good angle to do so. It’s maddening. And esp in big games against opposition that will actually venture to play, we may have opportunities ourselves on the counter and he (and a few of the others) look hopeless in those situations.

it’s why, for all the virtues of jesus, I think people are justified in wanting a truly lethal striker. Sometimes you just need someone who can dominate the space and put their laces through it with the one or two chances that will fall to them and them alone. It’s why they’re such decisive players.
 
I don't know what his true position is, but he isn't a 20 goal a season striker. Think he needs someone next to him. He doesn't have the positional awareness of Aguero which makes KDB a waste of time.

I think Jesus is vital for champions League away games or big away games in general though.
 
A few people have mentioned that Madrid away game... he played as a left forward in that game, not a #9. Bernardo played at #9.
 
mccity said:
I know most City fans despise the fella, and take every opportunity to point out how bad he is, but I'm grateful the club are more level headed and understand the value he brings to the team as we push for success on multiple fronts this season.
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“Most City fans?!” “Despise?!” Seriously?!
 
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