Álvaro Morata

[Stats 7,054]

On ‎10‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 11:36 PM, Jason said:

For all his troubles this season, worth mentioning that he has contributed 17 goals in all competitions this season (11 goals, 6 assists). That's way more than anyone else in the team, which I suppose doesn't say much given the squad's average-ness, but for someone in his first season in English football, that's a decent return.

You mean 11 goals in the league. All together 14 goals and 6 assists in all competitions. Hopefully can get to the 20 goal mark. Not impossible.

[DDA 9,690]

6 hours ago, Stats said:

You mean 11 goals in the league. All together 14 goals and 6 assists in all competitions. Hopefully can get to the 20 goal mark. Not impossible.

Swooping in with the stats there Stats. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Its funny he was prefered in national team ahead of Costa, despite being sub all this time. Now that he is ''starter'', he plays so bad that he got dropped from NT.

We realy know how to minimize the potential and ability of the players, dont we.

[The Skipper 20,593]

35 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

Its funny he was prefered in national team ahead of Costa, despite being sub all this time. Now that he is ''starter'', he plays so bad that he got dropped from NT.

We realy know how to minimize the potential and ability of the players, dont we.

Or maybe he just wasn’t that good to begin with...

[DDA 9,690]

25 minutes ago, Mana said:

I hate these stats because it doesn't tell the whole story. You can score 5 goals in one game for example and be shite for most of the season.

Morata hasn't shown he is good enough for the PL. Yesterday proved it even further. If he plays in the FA Cup semis, expect the same result of him getting bullied by Yoshida.

I'll give Morata one more season, but we need another CF badly this summer. I don't want to put my eggs all in one basket for a guy who had only one good season 3 years ago. He's 25 now, he isn't young and raw anymore.

Totally agree. He isn't good enough to play the lone striker role. I think he would suit a two up top system in all honesty. 

[LAM09 6,744]

Totally agree. He isn't good enough to play the lone striker role. I think he would suit a two up top system in all honesty. 

Played that role at Juve and the burden wasn't on him at Real. He simply doesn't have the characteristics

[Special Juan 27,424]

Luckily for him Giroud is recognized as a sub, yet Giroud has so much more to offer than this middle of the road performer.

Start Giroud at Wembley please.

[the wes 7,212]

Juventus’ plan to sign Morata revealed

http://m.calciomercato.com/en/news/juventus-plan-to-sign-morata-revealed-61505

Why don't we offer them Morata and £60m for Paulo Dybala 😃😃

[manpe 10,861]

1 hour ago, the wes said:

Juventus’ plan to sign Morata revealed

http://m.calciomercato.com/en/news/juventus-plan-to-sign-morata-revealed-61505

Why don't we offer them Morata and £60m for Paulo Dybala 😃😃

What would be the point? Dybala would never sign for us.

[LAM09 6,744]

What would be the point? Dybala would never sign for us.

Wouldn't be so crazy if Allegri were to takeover

[Thor 2,392]

Morata is more than good enough. Slagging him off when the whole team was playing like garbage isn't fair. 

Giroud comes on and Conte changes the whole formation and tactics to a far more attacking one... Of course we're going to produce more chances. 

Giroud is a great sub, but saying he is better than Morata is a joke. Just because our manager can't set up properly, don't take it out on the players. 

[manpe 10,861]

3 hours ago, LAM09 said:

9 hours ago, manpe said:

What would be the point? Dybala would never sign for us.

Wouldn't be so crazy if Allegri were to takeover

Yeah, it would be crazy. You must assume a player of his quality has some ambition.

[LAM09 6,744]

Yeah, it would be crazy. You must assume a player of his quality has some ambition.

Money talks before everything else for most players nowadays. Pogba joined a EL side

[El P. 1,354]

He is fucked up. He is not the best striker, but every solid striker would score chances like those. Difference is - he is fucked up. His head is, and always was messed up.

[Jase 43,479]

OKAY, I cannot defend Morata for that awful 1-on-1 miss - or the previous ones for that matter - but that aside, thought his performance was decent. Not great by any means but showed flashes he could flourish up top with another striker. On the larger point though, fans would obviously focus on that miss and call for him to be sold (again) but think that would be a mistake if we did so this summer. It's a cliche by now but have we not seen what happened with De Bruyne, Salah? Pedro is an example too. Okay, he's not WOW or anything but he struggled in 2015/16 - his first season in England - when we decided to be shit and became a vital player in 2016/17 when we were great and contributed to our title success. It's a similar situation with Morata now. Has he been great? Nope but he has shown what he can do this season, especially in the first half - his performances against United and Atletico in particular were excellent. Can he do better? No doubt about it - both in terms of his all round play and consistency. There is a good, solid striker in there. Just needs to be 'brought' out. Plus, I'd also argue that the striker role he's asked to play doesn't maximize his strengths. He's essentially been deployed like a target man, to play like Costa, Drogba and that's not his strengths. If he's still performing in this manner this time next season, then I don't think I would object selling him but we have far bigger problems in the squad to worry about at the moment than replacing Morata. 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[kobematabryant 400]

This guy needs his wages to be cut for this week, for the way he reacted after his substitution. 

[the wes 7,212]

When I fail, I get really angry - Morata apologises for tantrum

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/news/when-i-fail-i-get-really-angry-morata-apologises-tantrum