Gabriel Jesus 2018-19 performances

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The hyperbole is impressive. We didn’t lose that game because Jesus didn’t start however much you bitch and moan to the contrary.

One post is hardly bitching and moaning.

It’s not about Jesus, it’s about a shape change where we don’t play our most balanced attack.
We have dropped 21 points since the start of last season, 19 of those points have been dropped when we’ve opted away from Sané, Aguero/Jesus, Sterling up front.
 
One post is hardly bitching and moaning.

It’s not about Jesus, it’s about a shape change where we don’t play our most balanced attack.
We have dropped 21 points since the start of last season, 19 of those points have been dropped when we’ve opted away from Sané, Aguero/Jesus, Sterling up front.
That`s a very interesting stat
 
I have a different and more important statistic for this PL season:

Time for a goal needed:

Jesus 1 goal in 507 minutes = 507 minutes for 1goal.
Sterling 8 goals in 1116 minutes = 140 minutes for 1 goal.
Sane 6 goals in 826 minutes = 138 minutes for 1 goal.
Aguero 8 goals in 965 minutes = 121 minutes for 1 goal.

Jesus is underperforming this season.
As a City fan I look for the positives rather than the negatives. Jesus has only started 4 league games this season in comparison to the others you mention above. A few minutes here or there is not going to help him get consistency. He does need to take his good chances better and that has been his downfall this season he has missed big chances, but I think this is down to being left out of the team, he probably feels Guardiola doesn’t trust him enough. Last season Salah missed 23 big chances more than any player but still went on to become top scorer in league.
 
One post is hardly bitching and moaning.

It’s not about Jesus, it’s about a shape change where we don’t play our most balanced attack.
We have dropped 21 points since the start of last season, 19 of those points have been dropped when we’ve opted away from Sané, Aguero/Jesus, Sterling up front.

I agree that Sterling/ Mahrez upfront didn’t work well yesterday but I assume that the games where we have dropped points are against our main rivals where we’ve sought to bolster the middle of the pitch. We have changed formation because we were worried about the opposition rather than dropping points because we changed the formation.
 
You don't become Brazil's number 9 if you are crap, and that superb Southampton finish last season to make us Centurions proves he has got the class to be in our team for years to come once Aguero goes back to Argentina.
Every time Aguero is out Jesus should start otherwise what sort of message is that giving him... no wonder he is short of confidence.
 
I agree that Sterling/ Mahrez upfront didn’t work well yesterday but I assume that the games where we have dropped points are against our main rivals where we’ve sought to bolster the middle of the pitch. We have changed formation because we were worried about the opposition rather than dropping points because we changed the formation.

To a point, I agree. A few shape changes have come against the better sides, but not exclusively. Wolves, Everton, Palace & Burnley off the top of my head we’ve dropped points against with a system change or rather an inverted winger.

At Liverpool where we’ve had a few hidings it makes sense, but Chelsea have been struggling, we nobbed them last season with Jesus, Sané & Sterling. Their defence is their main weakness.
We helped them whilst hindering ourselves with our shape.
In my opinion obviously.
 
Gabriel, like all payers at some point during their careers, is having a dip in form. I think he's thinking too much about his game when he has he chance to score. This is natural for one so young, however, if he wants to elevate himself to the top bracket he needs to return to his incredible work rate of last year. I noticed his pressing has dropped a tad - only slightly - but that makes a huge difference. He'll be fine in my opinion and, like a lot of our squad, will be helped when king Kev returns to spot his early runs.
 
I have a different and more important statistic for this PL season:

Time for a goal needed:

Jesus 1 goal in 507 minutes = 507 minutes for 1goal.
Sterling 8 goals in 1116 minutes = 140 minutes for 1 goal.
Sane 6 goals in 826 minutes = 138 minutes for 1 goal.
Aguero 8 goals in 965 minutes = 121 minutes for 1 goal.

Jesus is underperforming this season.
Has to be the most meaningless stat posted
 
I mean he played what, 25 minutes? I don't remember him getting any service and he still got our best chance from the GK mistake. If he got the service Sterling got in that 1st half, the story would be different.
 
A million times better than Sterling as a no 9 ... Dont know wtf Pep was playing at, other than trying to be too f*cking clever for his own good.

Sterlings finishing is hit & miss, he misses a lot of sitters, I would like to see Sane having a crack at playing no.9 if Pep doesn't fancy Jesus.
 
This lad gives 110% everytime .. what he needs is Peps backing. If aguero is injured he needs to be starting every game, don't think what Pep did yesterday helped the team or this lad.
 
A million times better than Sterling as a no 9 ... Dont know wtf Pep was playing at, other than trying to be too f*cking clever for his own good.

Sterlings finishing is hit & miss, he misses a lot of sitters, I would like to see Sane having a crack at playing no.9 if Pep doesn't fancy Jesus.
Raz goals and assists in recent times dwarf gabby's by a mile,everyone misses chances,having said that i wouldn't have set up like pep did,he over thought it and made us weaker,the whole thing was littered with mistakes from pep and the players,it's gone and we move on
 
Raz goals and assists in recent times dwarf gabby's by a mile,everyone misses chances,having said that i wouldn't have set up like pep did,he over thought it and made us weaker,the whole thing was littered with mistakes from pep and the players,it's gone and we move on
Those goals and assists came from the wing.
 
Goals per minutes is the only one i'm interested in
There is so so so much more to his game than goals. The movement creates all the space for sane and raz’s numerous tap ins. You really don’t rate him do you? I think you posted yesterday “well bringing on Jesus worked then!” Apologies if it wasn’t you but I just thought wow why would anyone blame him for yesterday! He’s not the player he was when he first came but he hasn’t suddenly become a bad player. I remember all the abuse and stick raz got in his first season and look how pathetic these ‘fans’ look now. Hopefully the same thing will happen here
 
There is so so so much more to his game than goals. The movement creates all the space for sane and raz’s numerous tap ins. You really don’t rate him do you? I think you posted yesterday “well bringing on Jesus worked then!” Apologies if it wasn’t you but I just thought wow why would anyone blame him for yesterday! He’s not the player he was when he first came but he hasn’t suddenly become a bad player. I remember all the abuse and stick raz got in his first season and look how pathetic these ‘fans’ look now. Hopefully the same thing will happen here
My entire point has been he is not the player he was when he arrived,he's just not,it's not that i don't rate him full stop,i just get annoyed at the he makes space for others after every game,he is a striker and should step up as such,make stuff happen for himself once in a while,pep is not playing him for a reason whatever that is,it's a worry when he is can't step up when sergio is out
 
My entire point has been he is not the player he was when he arrived,he's just not,it's not that i don't rate him full stop,i just get annoyed at the he makes space for others after every game,he is a striker and should step up as such,make stuff happen for himself once in a while,pep is not playing him for a reason whatever that is,it's a worry when he is can't step up when sergio is out
The making space for others thing you get annoyed at is absolutely vital to the way pep sets up to play. Surely you can see that?
 
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