Yep. Goals lacking all over the place .
But If you were GP (and some suspect you are) would you play maupay next game ?
For me , we would have little to lose by replacing him with Connolly
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[Albion] Neal Maupay...SIGNED FOR EVERTON.
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Yep. Goals lacking all over the place .
But If you were GP (and some suspect you are) would you play maupay next game ?
For me , we would have little to lose by replacing him with Connolly
Farehamseagull
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Yet he's only got 1 assist and only created 4 'big chances' all season despite the level of possession and chances we create every match. He is our main attacker and yet in the area we need him most - creating and scoring chances - he's just not contributing enough at the moment.
Like you, I'm a big Potter fan and I feel he is being let down by Maupay's actual contribution at the moment. Not his effort, but his actual return.
I would play both of them, generally I think they look dangerous together.
There's no real options as I see it, other than linking up Maupay with Connolly (I dont believe in Connolly as a lone center forward), starting Welbeck is close to playing with 10 men ( https://fbref.com/en/players/ce5143da/scout/10728/Danny-Welbeck-Scouting-Report ) not to mention that both his goal convertion and goals per 90 minutes are worse than Neals, and Zeqiri/Tau are both long shots.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Er, YES. Burn crossed from the right (wtf?) and Neal headed wide again. Burn is criticised for poor heading but I'm afraid Neal is poor in the air.
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Ah, what a pair. Tbf Nelson had one blinding season of goals (30+ wasn't it?) but that was a blip. He played out wide before that season and was later moved back out wide and scored only a few after that. But the 87/88 season, wowee. I could have done without seeing them in their pants though.....
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Also, i believe Potter is playing Maupay every game due to lack of alternatives (in the role Maupay plays). In future, I believe we will see Potter being ruthless again and Maupay upgraded.
Sometimes one good season is enough to make you a legend.
Although nels had his moments the following year..
What a season that was. It’s the one that got me hooked.
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clockend1983
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Very little at the moment. CMS like in my view
Let’s hope for some improvement.We have seen
some good stuff from him like the winner v Arsenal
towards the end of last season.
Let’s hope for some improvement.We have seen
some good stuff from him like the winner v Arsenal
towards the end of last season.
Not his strong side but considering he is 171 cm - probably about 15 cm shorter than the average striker - he obviously got decent timing in the air considering he often wins headers against defenders about twice his size. Scored a couple of nice headers last season. But would be nice with a monster in those situations. Was a nice cross from BDB though.
Badger Boy
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He is very poor outside of the box, that's become my thought throughout the season. He overhits simple passes and really doesn't have much vision of what's around him. He's a very strong finisher when given a good chance in the box but otherwise I think he's underwhelming. Either he needs to change his game to become more effective for the team, or the team needs to get back to basics and think about how to generate the type of chance at Leeds he's absolutely deadly with.
ifightbears
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This was my biggest concern tbh, he only had 2 shots of the 25 we had which seems very low for the main striker. Is he playing too deep?
GT49er
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Yeh, and the longer Andone doesn't play, the better he'll get. Give him another 12 months on the injury list and he'll be better than Messi!
Once he actually plays,of course ............................
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
You can’t seriously say he doesn’t work hard for the team, but his awareness of those around him seems to be a weak point along with snatching at chances. I think our main frustration with him is also a frustration he and the team share to be honest. Probably the best thing is to rest him for a few games, and let one of the others take that burden off his shoulders and be used as a substitute for a few games. He clearly has talent and without doubt does try and does care, which is important. I would stick Welbeck and Zeqiri together to try and form a partnership against WBA at least.
Zeqiri is very similar to Maupay and works hard for the team like Maupay, where Webeck can finish better with more game time.
Zeqiri is very similar to Maupay and works hard for the team like Maupay, where Webeck can finish better with more game time.
Possible he is a horrible League 1 standard passer etc. but only 10% of PL strikers got better passing accuracy than him with no real signs that he is making easier passes than others (only 22% of the strikers make more key passes, only 17% make more passes into the final third and so on).
Seasidesage
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Bloody [MENTION=38333]Swansman[/MENTION] ruining a perfectly good slagging off of a player by introducing facts into the argument...
Badger Boy
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Yes yes, the usual stats. Stats, stats, stats. Ignore your eyes, everyone! Much like what happened with Ryan, ignore your eyes! Well, eventually the obvious was obvious to everyone. Watch Maupay, when he gets the ball outside the box. He rarely knows what to do with it, and frequently overhits a pass into touch or makes it a 50/50 for the intended recipient. I don't really care too much for statistics, I prefer to rely on watching the game and forming my opinions on watching the matches.
My opinion on Maupay is pretty low at the moment, he needs to get back to doing what the team needs from him. And it isn't trying to create things outside the box - we have plenty of those types and nobody to stick the ball in the net. Maupay needs to score goals, that's what the team requires right now - can anyone disagree with that?
My opinion on Maupay is pretty low at the moment, he needs to get back to doing what the team needs from him. And it isn't trying to create things outside the box - we have plenty of those types and nobody to stick the ball in the net. Maupay needs to score goals, that's what the team requires right now - can anyone disagree with that?
GT49er
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I would go for Welbeck, with Connolly to do the running for him. Maupay or Tau could come on if Connolly needed replacing, while the more obvious replacement for Welbeck, should 90 minutes be beyond him, would be Zeqiri - he's a bit bigger (so hopefully slightly better in the air) than our other tiny scampering forwards.
Okay, so according to your gut feeling Maupay is a bad passer but according to statistics gathered in the real world he is a pretty good one. Gotcha.
As for Ryan, his statistics says "he is shite" so it looks like your gut feeling took a ride to information land on that one.
Uh_huh_him
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Possible he is a horrible League 1 standard passer etc. but only 10% of PL strikers got better passing accuracy than him with no real signs that he is making easier passes than others (only 22% of the strikers make more key passes, only 17% make more passes into the final third and so on).
It's entirely possible that I am just being totally reactionary about Maupay.
But in my view his problem is not with failing to complete passes, more he (seems to) frequently delay the pass, or play the ball slightly behind the attacking player.
Sure he completes the pass, but it doesn't stop it from being a poor decision, quite often.
The pass behind Wellbeck yesterday was a prime example, delayed and behind.
He does this quite often.