Gabriel Jesus 2018-19 performances

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I have no idea why anyone has been concerned about him. Don't get me wrong, there are plenty of gobshites out there who couldn't spot talent if it bit them on the arse but a shite international tournament last summer seemed to dramatically change people's opinions of him. A couple of decent games for Brazil this summer and opinion is changing again.

Ultimately, I think his worth will be defined by his form at club level and he will absolutely fucking smash the goals in when given a run of games.
 
People make judgements about Jesus based on end product, but often miss the side of his game where he unselfishly works the space for other players to benefit.

Some games last season, Jesus would work his ass off, pulling defenders out of position to make space for others to run into, yet because he didn't provide an assist or score a goal he was a waste of space in some eyes, even though his positional play without the ball creates chances for other players.

Jesus is a great team player, and end product will come. Right now I think he's doing the right things and he will eventually start banging in chances regularly.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
People make judgements about Jesus based on end product, but often miss the side of his game where he unselfishly works the space for other players to benefit.

Some games last season, Jesus would work his ass off, pulling defenders out of position to make space for others to run into, yet because he didn't provide an assist or score a goal he was a waste of space in some eyes, even though his positional play without the ball creates chances for other players.

Jesus is a great team player, and end product will come. Right now I think he's doing the right things and he will eventually start banging in chances regularly.
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He does bang in chances pretty regularly imo.

I think the fact he is a brilliant & hardworking footballer, means that he should not have to score 30 goals a season in order to be rated as a top player.

But he probably will anyhow, if he plays enough.
 
ws01 said:
Nope - he's got a lot more room move, which allows him the freedom to play his creative game
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On the evidence of his perfomamces at Copa America playing out wide, that argument has got some merit. That said I personally think his outstanding performances have more to do with his taking his game to another level rather than his switch from playing upfront to wide attack.

He was just on a different level compared to what he has been doing recently. Finnese, skill and confidence were sky high.

Who won player of the tournament?
 
He does all the hard work and link up play that Firmino does, but he's got a lot more flair and dribbling skills as well as being a better finisher.
 
Sky News just now, “Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino setting up Jesus”. Now call me paranoid but there was no mention of Everton’s first goal being “set up” by Jesus which was a brilliant 20 yards pin point cross from Gabby. Firmino’s set up was a 1 yard pass with Jesus finishing well picking his spot. Liverpool and Roberto, not Manchester City and Gabriel. Then “this clumsy foul by Jesus earned him a second yellow” was followed by an almost identical incident which led to a Brazil penalty and was merely called “ a foul”. Nitpicking certainly but the agenda is clearly there.
 
hammocity said:
Sky News just now, “Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino setting up Jesus”. Now call me paranoid but there was no mention of Everton’s first goal being “set up” by Jesus which was a brilliant 20 yards pin point cross from Gabby. Firmino’s set up was a 1 yard pass with Jesus finishing well picking his spot. Liverpool and Roberto, not Manchester City and Gabriel. Then “this clumsy foul by Jesus earned him a second yellow” was followed by an almost identical incident which led to a Brazil penalty and was merely called “ a foul”. Nitpicking certainly but the agenda is clearly there.
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don't forget the small fact that Arthur set up Jesus. :-)
 
The sending off bugged me because the ref didn't have the sense to call over Jesus and his captain for a word of caution after the initial bad foul on Jesus. Anyone with half a brain knows that after such a foul the "victim" will be seething so it a word with them that you should have, not with the "perpetrator". Some good refereeing could have avoided the whole situation.

But then again any captain should recognize this too. They've only been playing since about 5 and have seen this happening at least a couple of times in each competition they've played in since.

But then again Jesus should know this too.

And then there's the fact that as far as revenge tackles goes it was fairly harmless. It wasn't even a yellow imo.
 
oakiecokie said:
So you see nothing wrong with knocking the VAR equipment over ??
Deary me take your fucking blue tinted glasses off.
He`ll be in shit street the idiot.
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Think you're being overly harsh on him. Unfortunately lost his head at another questionable decision but he made the difference yesterday and any ban for the national team will be good news for us.
 
"From now on I will be boring and obedient. I want to apologize, especially for the children who saw it. I could have hurt someone and am relieved that that didn't happen."

"I was very angry and emotional after the red card that I thought was wrong. We were winning, but my red card still made it difficult for us in the final phase. Fortunately we won anyway."

https://www.tellerreport.com/sports...ed-in-the-copa-américa-final-.SJmhggFl-H.html
 
Tugay One Cup said:
Think you're being overly harsh on him. Unfortunately lost his head at another questionable decision but he made the difference yesterday and any ban for the national team will be good news for us.
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Tugs don`t get me wrong mate.The lad has had a wonderful tournament.
However his silly petulance after the sending off and towards the VAR equipment will land him in hot water.Its OK (well its actually not nowadays,to kick a water bottle) to show displeasure at being sent off,but to then go too far,will land him in trouble.
Can you imagine the outrage on this very forum had it been Pogba doing the same thing in a European competition ?
Maybe,just maybe the South American Footballing Authorities will be a little easy on him.Unfortunately I think not.
 
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Tugay One Cup said:
"From now on I will be boring and obedient. I want to apologize, especially for the children who saw it. I could have hurt someone and am relieved that that didn't happen."

"I was very angry and emotional after the red card that I thought was wrong. We were winning, but my red card still made it difficult for us in the final phase. Fortunately we won anyway."

https://www.tellerreport.com/sports/2019-07-08---jesus-apologizes-for-misconduct-after-the-red-in-the-copa-américa-final-.SJmhggFl-H.html
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Fair play to the lad.
 
oakiecokie said:
Tugs don`t get me wrong mate.The lad has had a wonderful tournament.
However his silly petulance after the sending off and towards the VAR equipment will land him in hot water.Its OK (well its actually nowadays,to kick a water bottle) to show displeasure at being sent off,but to then go too far,will land him in trouble.
Can you imagine the outrage on this very forum had it been Pogba doing the same thing in a European competition ?
Maybe,just maybe the South American Footballing Authorities will be a little easy on him.Unfortunately I think not.
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I just think some people will take issue with you calling him an idiot but I totally agree with what you're saying.
 
Gabriel Jesus on punching the VAR monitor after being sent off last night: "I want to apologise. I could have avoided it and I also need to grow up a lot."

“It was a moment of anger, right? It was a mixture of emotions and anger, from my point of view, at the red card. I could have hurt someone and I’m glad I didn’t. I was wanting to help the team and that moment could have hurt.”

“We were winning, playing a good game, and the referee makes the wrong decision... I do not want to shut people up. I am aware of my quality, my football what brought me here today. Criticism, as well as praise, will come.”
 
Great to see Jesus playing with more confidence again. Fully expect him to start a few games up front alongside aguero next season as well as a significant amount instead of aguero. It’s his time.
 
22 yr old adrenaline filled,and very passionate, kid unable to control his emotions.....whatever next!

He'll learn....and his recent comments suggest he already has.I don't want him to lose that passion and desire,it just needs a lid periodically.
I have no doubt he is gonna be a star.
 
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