When you have a player of such gifts, you accept that they will also have weaknesses.
We accepted that Kev had one of the lowest pass completion stats in the team because he was the chief creator.
We accept that Bernardo is the slowest player in the Premier League because he has almost unparalleled technique and work ethic.
What we don't need to do is to paw over the uneducated opinions of journalists who want to sell copy by creating a narrative to appease the fans of opposition clubs. What I see in Cherki is a player capable of creating a huge goal threat. He can pass, shoot, score, beat a man, unlock a defence, deliver key passes, and control the ball, with either foot, in tight spaces. That is a blend of strengths that will help the other players to deliver, so we do not need to obsess about what he doesn't do, or cannot do, because other players in the squad will have the strengths that he does not, just as he can do what they cannot.
We accepted that Kev had one of the lowest pass completion stats in the team because he was the chief creator.
We accept that Bernardo is the slowest player in the Premier League because he has almost unparalleled technique and work ethic.
What we don't need to do is to paw over the uneducated opinions of journalists who want to sell copy by creating a narrative to appease the fans of opposition clubs. What I see in Cherki is a player capable of creating a huge goal threat. He can pass, shoot, score, beat a man, unlock a defence, deliver key passes, and control the ball, with either foot, in tight spaces. That is a blend of strengths that will help the other players to deliver, so we do not need to obsess about what he doesn't do, or cannot do, because other players in the squad will have the strengths that he does not, just as he can do what they cannot.
