Andone is the odd one out, he's been brilliant as a striker. Izzy and Ali J were playing on the wing, where they got some time to get into a game, as Jurgen has in the last couple of games. Earlier, however, he was isolated up front, and struggling. Not that he was awful from the off, he scored...
Presumably after his dodgy performance against Athletico? Propper would have had the same, as he also took a couple of games to settle. The difference with those two, is that we had no real choice but to play them. Locadia got a small chance, and was soon dropped for the in-form Murray and Gross.
I don't think people are saying 'told you he was great' because, like you say, they didn't. I think they're simply saying 'told you not to write him off', which many did.
Sure, but it's not his fault we broke the transfer record to get him, and that was more to do with current prices and the...
Every year they're proved wrong, and they never change.
For my part, I was doubting whether Locadia was good enough, but I didn't slag him off because someone needs to be a really lazy **** for me to slag them off while they wear our shirt. I simply hoped (and wrote) that he'd prove me wrong...
For all our progress, it's disappointing to learn we still don't have different sized shirts for our players.
Watching the full Arsenal game again, I didn't see him make a mistake until after 70 minutes, when one of his passes went awry.
Agreed, he looks like a nightmare to play against. He...
He was better than ok against Everton. I'm not claiming he was MOTM, but he was decent, and scored. Again. Against Arsenal he was MOTM. You didn't see it, so no, of course you are yet to see what others have seen. Adding 'wishing to' is just a bit silly.
Agreed, Izzy is faster and when he's on...
I've watched them a few times, you're talking nonsense. He took his goal well. Had he made the same shot from the half-way line, he'd have been wide of the corner flag.
Good decision.
Yet some were ready to write him off after about 30 minutes.
And I disagree that it means nothing. Sure he might not be able to regularly repeat the level he's at now, but it shows he is capable of putting in the hard work defensively, shows he's got good vision, and shows he can take chances...