He’s a great player but it’s just such a hard position to fit him into. He’s been good at arsenal but they obviously need a 9 (personally think they should try trossard more) but it’s becoming obvious why City sold him. He’s too good not to play but he also is hard to fit into a system unless you have two very good inside forwards (I’m talking Salah and mane sort of levels)
Him in a two striker partnership would be really interesting like at Inter
Tbf it’s because he’s world class at pretty much everything else. Just his finishing lets him down.
I grew up watching R9 bulldozing elite clubs and national teams with ease and putting up insane numbers despite suffering potentially career-ending injuries, it’s actually sad to see the state of Brazilian strikers in recent years.
lmao imagine your star striker saying this
Kind of true though, was the same when he was at City too.
He’s a false nine and scoring goals isn’t the most important aspect of that role, much like Firmino at Liverpool.
That being said, he does need to turn up with a few more goals if he’s going to stand a chance in this Brazil side, especially since Richarlison is injured.
Firmino had a stint where he was scoring a good number of goals for Liverpool
Isn’t false nine just another way of writing not good goal scorer?
No
Bobby was a good goal scorer though. He may have not been elite, but he was a reliable goal scorer.
have a bit of self confidence my man
“I am so shit” -
Tammy AbrahamGabriel JesusGreat thing to say as a forward
Well feckin work on it then
I’ve said it since arsenal signed him, he’s not the player they need in the position he wants to player
Arsenal should go all out for toney in Jan, he’s a difference make for arsenal (hopefully they fail in Their pursuit)
As if Arteta needed any more reason be on the phone to Ivan Toney in January
Why does he turn into R9 against us then ffs
Cuz r/fuckyouinparticular
We look so good when he’s our striker. He doesn’t need to score goals. He allows the team to build through the middle and maintain possession - which is huge for the style of play Arteta wants.
With that said, he wasn’t bad yesterday, helped created some good chances. Yeah, I would love to have a goal machine, but since we don’t have one, I rather play Jesus than Richarlison.
LMFAO, imagine the N9 for Brazil saying this, just fuck my shit up im fucked up
I mean if you played in a system that actually utilized him well with guys like vini and now Martinelli plus others you guys would be walking goals into the back of the net but your defense and midfield also need to step up
He would ghost for months at City too.