Álvaro Morata

[The Skipper 20,609]

1 hour ago, Rekin said:

No I did not. I even gave the example of someone who has a high football IQ based on his skills without the ball. Did you read what you responded to? 
I gave examples of hold-up play, skills with the ball and then skills without the ball. I gave an example of someone I thought played smart with the ball (Morata), someone who played smart without the ball (Makelele) and then someone who I felt was in between (Costa). 

I think Lukaku is in between (using your theory) like Costa as well personally. If you get Romelu into the box for example - he's an absolute killer and will finish off chances. His "IQ" in the box is one of the reasons why he scores a lot. You could say that Romelu is more intelligent in the box than Morata, whereas it's the other way for Alvaro for example. Would that be a false statement? The term is too broad imo. There are areas on the pitch Romelu is smarter in than Morata too. 

[Polo7 3,496]

3 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

Any chance of this happening tonight? 

I read tomorrow somewhere.

[Barbara 15,149]

 
Would you say Romelu's ability to read the game is poor? 

Totally not my point, I didn't assess him.
He's poor in some of the things I listed, decent in others, but his best skills IMO have nothing to do with being a smart player.
He knows how to use his body and strength well, his positioning is good, but far from special, but his decision making lacks in certain circumstances, his technique too (and while having this doesn't make any player smart, players using theirs in a special way certainly does).
He rarely spots a player, a run, his link up too is okay, nothing smartly special. He does the basics very well, but no, in my concept of smart player, he isn't. He's just okay (not saying he's stupid).

[Jase 43,479]

6 minutes ago, BluesMadLad said:

Any chance of this happening tonight? 

Read the 4th post above yours.

[Jase 43,479]

What does Alvaro Morata bring to Chelsea and is he a better option than Romelu Lukaku?

[YorkshireBlue 3,264]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Read the 4th post above yours.

Sorry nothing was showing up for me on your posts, they was blank. My bad

[The Skipper 20,609]

Just now, Barbara said:

Totally not my point, I didn't assess him.
He's poor in some of the things I listed, decent in others, but his best skills IMO have nothing to do with being a smart player.
He knows how to use his body and strength well, his positioning is good, but far from special, but his decision making lacks in certain circumstances, his technique too (and while having this doesn't make any player smart, players using theirs in a special way certainly does).
He rarely spots a player, a run, his link up too is okay, nothing smartly special. He does the basics very well, but no, in my concept of smart player, he isn't. He's just okay (not saying he's stupid).

I agree with this. My problem however is - if you watch the video of that interview, she tries to insinuate that Romelu is a dumb footballer and doesn't have that intelligence. I'm disputing it - he has smart aspects to his play, especially in the box. 

[quickpassnmove 924]

1 hour ago, DYC. said:

I agree with your overall point. But I have to ask about that final part, in which areas does Ozil lack intelligence?

Do us all a favor and avoid discussing this underwhelming player on this forum. How nice it is that we have Fabregas and not him; we need not bring him up. 

[Weckerz 3,781]

Excited for the season, finally a striker who can combine with our attacking mids

[Barbara 15,149]

29 minutes ago, Jason said:

What does Alvaro Morata bring to Chelsea and is he a better option than Romelu Lukaku?

@The Skipper
this article is brilliant and the author also qualify Morata as having "huge intelligence"

[Barbara 15,149]

Sorry nothing was showing up for me on your posts, they was blank. My bad

For me too. All tweets don't appear in tapatalk, I have to go to web view to see them. A pain in the arse if you ask me

[Barbara 15,149]

I agree with this. My problem however is - if you watch the video of that interview, she tries to insinuate that Romelu is a dumb footballer and doesn't have that intelligence. I'm disputing it - he has smart aspects to his play, especially in the box. 

Tbh I read quotes from the video on Facebook but didn't watch

[Jase 43,479]

1 minute ago, Barbara said:

For me too. All tweets don't appear in tapatalk, I have to go to web view to see them. A pain in the arse if you ask me

No wonder.

[Barbara 15,149]

3 minutes ago, Jason said:

No wonder.

Is there a configuration to make them appear in tapatalk? The forum still doesn't have an app for Android, right? 

[Jase 43,479]

4 minutes ago, Barbara said:

Is there a configuration to make them appear in tapatalk? The forum still doesn't have an app for Android, right? 

Some of the members have mentioned the issue in the Feedback thread. Jim should be looking into it soon. Not sure about the app though.