🇪🇸 Álvaro Morata

[BlueSunshine 672]

He took his goal well, but i noticed something else during the match that i find far more important and i am surprised noone else has mentioned it.

There were 3-4 instances where he could have easily thrown himself on the ground, like he has done all season, but instead he opted to stay on his feet and try to hold the ball like every normal player. This shows what many people have been saying, that his antics are not down to him being physically weak, but rather him having poor mentality, something that is affecting his whole game, including his (in)ability to score.

Now, i am not saying that this is a clear indication of him deciding to turn a new page, i am just hoping it is a sign of him working towards that direction.

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

He seems to be hitting the gym.

plays well even when his finishing is way off. Great finish vs Leicester, finally.

not a bad goal ratio considering his injury and time to fully recover & first season.

looking forward to next season and expect a vast improvement from him.

the squad needs more players scoring goals, like William has been doing lately. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

I never gave up on him and still won't mainly because we will be stuck with him for a few years anyway now given the sum he has paid. He took his goal well even though everyone expected him to fuck up again

10 hours ago, Mana said:

v. Arsenal 2-2 game says hi.

To those saying "people are getting impatient", we should be and there is no problem with that. Let me remind you:

- Morata was suppose to replace Costa
- We paid 70-FECKING-million for the guy
- We are 5th in the league (I'm aware that this is not entirely his fault, but Morata DOES take some blame for this, even though it's like 10%)
- He is 25 years old. He is getting close to his prime years and hasn't done anything solid in the past 2 years.
- On top of Chelsea could be the only top 6 team playing Europa next season
- He is producing awful after awful performances. He is more consistent being awful then good.
- Morata is our "starman", and he is the worst top 6 starman in the league (however United's Sanchez may take that title away from him)
- Did I mention we paid £70m for him?

 

people have all right to be impatient. but it is not that only because he is 25 he will not be a better striker for us in the future. sure, he will not become much quicker or more technical now he has hit his physical peak. but mentality is imo the major reason he has sucked so far. not being composed enough in front of goal is often a confidence issue. and going to ground easily is also a habit he can stop at any age. he has to get used to how strikers are dealt with by most pl defenders. if he is settled he will improve albeit he will never be a 70m striker but we arleady knew that.

[Polo7 3,496]

People have to be forgetting that he has had injuries. He started the season well. I think we will see a better striker next year.

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, Mana said:

People are forgetting that he had 2 months to recover after his first injury when we played Arsenal. 

Looking at that chart, the claim of Morata giving the most points in the PL is incorrect.

Think the fella meant for us...

P.S. Knew you would 'bite'!  

[robsblubot 3,595]

3 hours ago, Jason said:

 

not bad considering striker is, by far, the most dependent position in the squad. People keep blaming the squad on hazard thread, which I find very ironic tbh...

Now IMO Morata would have a far stronger claim that the (overall quality of the) team hasn't helped him enough.

 

[manpe 10,861]

39 minutes ago, Robguima said:

Now IMO Morata would have a far stronger claim that the (overall quality of the) team hasn't helped him enough.

You should watch him miss sitters, fall down at every chance and collect dumb cards again, nothing to do with the squad not being supportive enough.

[LAM09 7,054]

You should watch him miss sitters, fall down at every chance and collect dumb cards again, nothing to do with the squad not being supportive enough.

The Arsenal away game alone was bad enough

[manpe 10,861]

17 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

34 minutes ago, manpe said:

You should watch him miss sitters, fall down at every chance and collect dumb cards again, nothing to do with the squad not being supportive enough.

The Arsenal away game alone was bad enough

It was bad, but would be understandable if it were an isolated case. It was not, therefore I don't blame anybody but him. Hazard has a stronger case of the team not playing to his strengths.

[LAM09 7,054]

It was bad, but would be understandable if it were an isolated case. It was not, therefore I don't blame anybody but him. Hazard has a stronger case of the team not playing to his strengths.

We knew after the first few weeks of the season that his finishing was lacking despite a handful of goals against the likes of Burnley, Stoke, etc. Have to give him props for not being a static CF, so our lack of creative isn't as evident with him leading the line.

Talk of Icardi coming to the club shouldn't even be up for discussion if a WC playmaker isn't added to our ranks in the summer. Cesc used to fill that quota but he's clearly past it to be a regular.

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5 hours ago, manpe said:

You should watch him miss sitters, fall down at every chance and collect dumb cards again, nothing to do with the squad not being supportive enough.

I’ve already seen all of it and think some is definitely caused by the team not producing enough chances.

manyn of those chances he created himself via his own dribbling and sprints like against arsenal. That kind of work rate takes a toll on a striker and can affect his finishing.

on the lack of physicality and difficulty with the pl, that I already commented on before: all fixable even short term as it has been done many times before. Even finishing varies a lot depending on a number of factors and can be improved on.

what you can’t change is technique and he’s a good player.

he hasn’t showed us nothing shocking (like say bakayoko) to make us this desperate... at least I don’t see it that way.

[the wes 7,212]

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, 29, will force through a move to Real Madrid this summer. Chelsea's 25-year-old Spain international Alvaro Morata is one of the strikers the German giants are lining up as a replacement if they lose the Pole. (AS - in Spanish) 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

On 30/03/2018 at 0:09 AM, the wes said:

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, 29, will force through a move to Real Madrid this summer. Chelsea's 25-year-old Spain international Alvaro Morata is one of the strikers the German giants are lining up as a replacement if they lose the Pole. (AS - in Spanish) 

Yet people think he’s shite. Says it all. Had a good first half and got a decent goal. 

[OneMoSalah 8,886]

5 hours ago, Mana said:

But had a shite second half. I know most players did to (and I'm getting to them in their threads) but Morata in the 2nd half was shockingly poor. Well not shockingly because we should know by now how he normally plays. Shite.

True. Funny pattern we seem to go missing in second halfs of big games. Not good enough for a club like Chelsea.

[manpe 10,861]

23 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

True. Funny pattern we seem to go missing in second halfs of big games. Not good enough for a club like Chelsea.

It used to be the other way round lol.. shit in 1st, resurrected in 2nd.

[the wes 7,212]

Juventus want to explore the possibility of bringing Alvaro Morata back to the club this summer, claims The Daily Telegraph.

[Special Juan 28,141]

I really don't know on the bloke, I mean it is his first season and I'm thinking I am bit hasty to be critical, but, he just looks broken everytime he sets foot on the pitch.

 

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

I really don't know on the bloke, I mean it is his first season and I'm thinking I am bit hasty to be critical, but, he just looks broken everytime he sets foot on the pitch.

 

I feel his general play has improved in the last couple of games, he has seemed more motivated to compete and stay on his feet far more.

There is definitely a good footballer in there, but there are question marks over his attitude in my opinion. But again, it's first season, some players take to it and others take a much longer process of settling in (Drogba!). I don't think it's a coincidence that he dropped off completely around the time when he would be usually used to having a winter break whereas over here the games come even quicker. Add to that at the time, Batshuayi wasn't fancied so there was far more reliance on Morata and from what has come out he's been playing with an injury.

I think there is such a huge job this summer that unless somebody truly world class is available on the market to replace him or he makes noises he wants out, we should stick with him and give him a chance.

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, Superblue_1986 said:

I feel his general play has improved in the last couple of games, he has seemed more motivated to compete and stay on his feet far more.

There is definitely a good footballer in there, but there are question marks over his attitude in my opinion. But again, it's first season, some players take to it and others take a much longer process of settling in (Drogba!). I don't think it's a coincidence that he dropped off completely around the time when he would be usually used to having a winter break whereas over here the games come even quicker. Add to that at the time, Batshuayi wasn't fancied so there was far more reliance on Morata and from what has come out he's been playing with an injury.

I think there is such a huge job this summer that unless somebody truly world class is available on the market to replace him or he makes noises he wants out, we should stick with him and give him a chance.

As annoying as his attitude/behavior has been this season, especially in 2018, I'm still willing to give him another season for reasons that you have already pointed out. I'd also argue that the current striker role he's asked to play doesn't maximize his strengths. Though he has good technique and decent link-up play, he's essentially been deployed like a target man, to play like how Costa, Drogba used to do for us and that's not his strengths.