Sergio Aguero - 2017/18 performances

[Jesus Cheekbone]

Kuns main threat is that goal he scored against Swansea last week. Its his trademark move and no one does it better but compact and better defenders cut it off.

Yep. But he's nowhere explosive and fast enough now to do it regularly. That's why better defenders, fast and explosive enough easily stop it.

Kun is still capable striker and in this team less capable will score lot of goals but he lost loads of stuff that made him little genius before and it's sad to see at times how is he not able to dribble pretty much anyone, taking too many touches to control the ball perfectly and stuff like that. I don't know how people just don't understand that as much of the legend he was and as much of the good striker he still is, he is nowhere close to what he was, nowhere close to have guaranteed play time and nowhere close to be irreplaceable.

Jesus is way out of the form currently too, he's far away from finished product but the fact is we just play better with him. Give me that or playing Kun for any reasons, specially emotional ones, I'll take us playing better 100 of 100 times.

 

[Dax777]

Because one older poster stated it from the off as he may go to every match but his football knowledge is firmly entrenched in the 70’s.

Yeah, I know someone stated it. Just don't understand its relevance to a discussion about the validity of a substitution made in a game.

Mind boggling stuff here.

 

[domalino]

Are you always this arrogant?

The worm has certainly turned in here hasn't it. Some people are becoming very spoilt

Oh I'm so sorry, did I not respond to that instance of (irrelevant to the conversation) abuse with enough humility?

 

[SWP's back]

Some people are becoming very spoilt

How is that remotely relevant to the discussion of Kun being substituted?

 

[PepInYourStep]

So the answer is clearly yes, good to have that confirmed

Comments like this are just so, so shit.

I'd say the same about posters who write crap like that

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Disrespectful motherfuckers.

 

[Maldeika]

The bigger problem is that Sergio was a 25 league goals a season man in a team scoring 80 goals a season.

Now he's in a team that could score 120 and he's still looking like a 25 goal striker.

Pep's shown at Barca & Bayern he has no problem with scoring dominated by 1 player, but in a team that creates so many chances, that 1 player needs to be getting 40-50 in all comps.

At Bayern:
13/14 Müller 26, Mandzukic 26, Robben 21, Götze 16, Ribery 16, Pizzaro 11
14/15 Lewandowski 25, Müller 21, Robben 19, Götze 15, Ribery 9
15/16 Lewandowski 42, Müller 32, Robben 7, Vidal 7, Coman 7, Costa 7, Götze 6

At Bayern there was not a domination from one player - the 15/16 season was special because of the injuries.

 

[domalino]

At Bayern:
13/14 Müller 26, Mandzukic 26, Robben 21, Götze 16, Ribery 16, Pizzaro 11
14/15 Lewandowski 25, Müller 21, Robben 19, Götze 15, Ribery 9
15/16 Lewandowski 42, Müller 32, Robben 7, Vidal 7, Coman 7, Costa 7, Götze 6

At Bayern there was not a domination from one player - the 15/16 season was special because of the injuries.

And at Barca Messi outscored everyone 2:1

So he's shown he's ok with both.

 

[buckshot]

Maybe Pep is trying to do something special and win multiple trophies and realizes that you can't rely on just one player to do it.

 

[FCBarca]

While I think Pep has had some reservations about Aguero from day one i do think he's tried to meet him half way and given him every opportunity to keep himself integral to the team going forward - and there's still a chance that something will permanently click with Aguero over the next six months. Pep couldn't be any more clear about what he expects of Sergio and we've seen he's capable of playing that way when he really wants to. He's not being forced out of the club but equally, Jesus will continue to get the nod ahead of him if he's showing signs of not being fully on board.

Some reservations, sure. Kun is a known entity from his time in Spain, the knock was never about his ability but whether he could be counted on. I said this during the Monaco tie last season, I believe Pep lost trust in the player and already envisioned his departure. The failure to land Alexis only delayed the inevitable from summer but it's still coming IMHO