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Bigfooty Legend
Or they'll make comparisons to the general populace of good players, not the freaks..
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Or they'll make comparisons to the general populace of good players, not the freaks..
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
He had a poor season when you take out that 3 game burst when he scored 7 and everyone thought he was a god. Since then he's been Championship at best.
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
SM
Bigfooty Legend
He's better than DCL... but that's not hard
I said good players.
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I can only assume the squad will have to be tested again before the match
TheGreatBarryB
Hall of Famer
Would have thought other players would need to isolate and test again
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Yeah I didnt get the comparisons. It was just controlling the narrative. Why not compare him to a 22 year old Owen, Fowler, Rooney? Well because that doesnt suit the narrative does it.
Apparently the excuse was that Owen has pace so doesnt count. Err.. yeah ok.
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Because no one is saying that hes some generational talent coming through. Cmon no one has said that.
Just that hes not crap and when compared to similar aged strikers he is progressing alright.
No one is saying hes some WC striker, just as a young 22 year old striker hes had a decent first full season with us and theres something to work with.
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Oh I totally agree with that.
What I didnt agree with was the narrative that was being shown about other top strikers at that age. That was just dumb.
But I absolutely agree he had a pretty decent season, he's young, plenty to work with there, less pressure next season on him too as Werner will take the mantle as your top striker which can free him up to just play his best football. A pretty decent second or third option for you guys who could kick on and become really good, or could stay about where he is which would be ok too.
moomba
TheBrownDog
IIRC Ian Wright was playing non league football at 21/22.
It really is a pointless exercise comparing footballs at similar ages and expecting development paths will follow suit.
For me Abraham has a lot of talent but probably won't make it at Chelsea.
It really is a pointless exercise comparing footballs at similar ages and expecting development paths will follow suit.
For me Abraham has a lot of talent but probably won't make it at Chelsea.
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Loonerty
TheBrownDog
This wasn't the point of the exercise though.
It was to say that we shouldn't write him off yet because he still may turn out to be a high quality striker, given the paths of those other high quality strikers.
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
Or he could go the way of Benteke who scored slightly more at Villa as a 22 year old.
Loonerty
TheBrownDog
Of course he could
moomba
TheBrownDog
Hard for anyone outside the comp to compete with anyone inside it.
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
BBC are so desperate to keep Liverpool visible they used last years CL Final photo for this years article.
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Being champions isn't visible enough for you?
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
Former Champions.Being champions isn't visible enough for you?
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Champions of England though.
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
One constituent of a larger country, congrats.
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
Neymar is such a choker. He will never take a team himself to a CL final.
Bradesmaen
TheBrownDog
Same, except he hit the Santa Justa Lift.
