Álvaro Morata

[Jase 43,479]

4 minutes ago, cfcs most wanted said:

I'm not saying that heading goals shouldn't be counted it's a great quality to have, but it's really problematic if your main striker is missing sitters due to his inability to sort his feet out and this fact shouldn't hide behind his ability to score headers

Don't think anyone is using it to hide anything. Merely gave some sort of perspective.

[Miguelito 459]

6 hours ago, Special said:

Will join Oscar soon.

 

 

 

Didn't notice this until now, but that is some terrible goalkeeping by De Gea.  What kind of positioning is that?  He's still currently the best keeper in the league on form, but things like this are the reason he makes spectacular looking saves. Poor positioning and feet at times.

[manpe 10,861]

6 minutes ago, Miguelito said:

Didn't notice this until now, but that is some terrible goalkeeping by De Gea.  What kind of positioning is that?  He's still currently the best keeper in the league on form, but things like this are the reason he makes spectacular looking saves. Poor positioning and feet at times.

Yup, as I mentioned, he showed too much of his near post. It's like he was expecting Morata to cut inside, but I doubt it. Only thing that saved De Gea there was Morata being a headless chicken, a top striker would have buried a simple near-post shot with DDG getting nowhere near it.

[Miguelito 459]

1 minute ago, manpe said:

Yup, as I mentioned, he showed too much of his near post. It's like he was expecting Morata to cut inside, but I doubt it. Only thing that saved De Gea there was Morata being a headless chicken, a top striker would have buried a simple near-post shot with DDG getting nowhere near it.

Ah yes, i now see your post mentioning that.  Very weird decision to stand there from DDG.  

I can forgive Morata for missing that chance with the game he had that day.

[The Skipper 20,609]

8 hours ago, Special said:

Will join Oscar soon.

 

The only bad one is the last gif. First one you had to go to his Juventus days to bring up (lol), 2nd gif is great goalkeeping. 

I agree that Alvaro has finishing problems (just look through this thread) but those are poor examples. 

[Hybrid Angel 2,130]

Like someone already said, our best players are allowed to have bad games (I don't think he was that bad against West Ham anyway) once in a while. People need to relax. This guy is doing great.

[Special 59]

4 hours ago, The Skipper said:

The only bad one is the last gif. First one you had to go to his Juventus days to bring up (lol), 2nd gif is great goalkeeping. 

I agree that Alvaro has finishing problems (just look through this thread) but those are poor examples. 

Great goalkeeping?! Hazard was behind him and he could easily pass to him. Hazard got mad at him after what he did. And there was another scene in that match that he ruined the opportunity and Luiz shouted at him.

These gifs were just some examples. Almost every match he is making big mistakes. Against Liverpool we were 3 against 2 on counter attack and Fabregas had a great space but he passed to Hazard and ruined the chance and both Hazard and Fabregas got mad.

How many times did Costa score from Fabregas long passes? Now when Fabregas sends long passes for Morata, either he doesn't move or the ball hits his back. Costa could score, Morata can't. So as I said before, Fabregas is not the best but he is still useful and is still sending great long passes. But the problem is we have a striker who can't find the ball.

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And those who say Morata scored goals, I know a player who scored goals for Chelsea, beautiful goals actually. But was weak and made us weak. And now he is enjoying the Chinese Super League.

 

[yuvala 2,167]

I think Morata is a good striker. He'll just never be one of the best in the world, IMO.

We need to accept this.. some things we can expect from him, others we can't.

[The Skipper 20,609]

8 hours ago, Special said:

Great goalkeeping?! Hazard was behind him and he could easily pass to him. Hazard got mad at him after what he did. And there was another scene in that match that he ruined the opportunity and Luiz shouted at him.

Hazard isn’t in the 2nd gif. The one that Hazard was in is the one I said was bad. 

His finishing is something he needs to work on. I’ve said this before. Including his balance/athleticism. I’ve said before if he works on these two things, and masters them, he’d be an elite striker. 

I also said that I won’t be judging/concluding my thoughts on him this season because I knew it’d take him awhile to understand and adapt to the game in England. He’s done better than I expected overall so far. 

[Special Juan 28,091]

20 hours ago, Beigl said:

People can post gifs of Moratas misses all day long- I still prefer him to Lukaku, who is having another absolute shocker against City right now..

I can tell which is worse out of the two right now.

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, yuvala said:

I think Morata is a good striker. He'll just never be one of the best in the world, IMO.

We need to accept this.. some things we can expect from him, others we can't.

Quite scary how football fans these days like to pass judgment after only first few months at a new club.

[DDA 9,924]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Quite scary how football fans these days like to pass judgment after only first few months at a new club.

Almost as frustrating as Roman sacking managers after not winning the league. Maybe that's where this kind of mentality stems from.