Callum Hudson-Odoi

[Pizy 18,856]

2 hours ago, Tomo said:

Cliche but I'll rather wait until he's had a proper run in the team before declaring that. I'd understand him not getting one if the other attackers are producing but despite everything he's still looked better than Pulisic with fewer chances.

The closest he's had to one is this Autumn and (finishing aside) he was excellent and unless you count the wingbacks as such our best attacker during our best run of form performance wise for quite a while.

His problem for sure is consistency. A problem that sadly all of our attackers have. But even at his best level in his best form I don’t think he offers enough at a club with title ambitions to be in the best XI. Almost never scores goals and is infuriatingly frustrating with his decision making  in the final third.

Like, for those wide positions I don’t think Cal’s best form is close to Pulisic’s or even Timo’s. Both of the latter can score and assist. As I mentioned in the match day thread the other day against Brighton, CHO is basically a poor imitation of Willian. Doesn’t score, doesn’t assist, runs around a lot, frustrates the hell out of us when he’s in the final third. But what Willian had that CHO doesn’t is the ability to consistently beat players 1v1 and drive into dangerous areas. 

 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

5 hours ago, Jase said:

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this stat but CHO has scored only 4 goals (FOUR!) in 71 Premier League games. 

But majority from the bench tho. He played minutes equal to 35 games. Still bad.

He's more of a creator.  10 open play PL assists in 3202 minutes.

Mount for example has 6 in 7112 minutes.

Edited January 21, 2022 by NikkiCFC

[Tomo 21,751]

I know he has to do it more consistently but today shows exactly why I am on his 'train' so to speak.

Ziyech's goal will get headlines but it was his quality that created the situation.

Edited January 23, 2022 by Tomo

[Beigl 1,387]

I agree with Tomo. We should not give up on him, even tough he is very frustrating to watch sometimes. There is certainly a player in him. 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

He still has age and time on his side but it was apparent he needed to be told to take on a slower fullback tonight. With his experience he should know that himself 

just needs to get his confidence up. We need 1vs1 players and him to realize he is one 

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

 

[robsblubot 3,595]

Grealish lol
Pretty much interchangeable with any other player City already had in the final third.

Odoi's best season by far tho -- finally showing something we've expected from him.

Edited January 31, 2022 by robsblubot

[MoroccanBlue 5,375]

Hard to really believe those metrics considering he constantly fails the eye test. Frustrating and one dimensional 80% of the time. 

[robsblubot 3,595]

reminder he's 21 😉 

[LAM09 7,043]

1 minute ago, robsblubot said:

reminder he's 21 😉 

Similar tune was sung where RLC was concerned. What happened there?

[robsblubot 3,595]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

Similar tune was sung where RLC was concerned. What happened there?

I think 21-24 is the time footballers define how good they will be.

Seen players who looked like little Maradonas at 20 who turned into nothing, and players who were nothing at 20 and turned into excellent footballers.

My point is to not be so quick in affirming what a player will be at such an early stage. Scouts make a lot of money out of it and still get it wrong fairly often. We could get rid of him and then he pulls a Salah elsewhere.

[LAM09 7,043]

2 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

I think 21-24 is the time footballers define how good they will be.

Seen players who looked like little Maradonas at 20 who turned into nothing, and players who were nothing at 20 and turned into excellent footballers.

My point is to not be so quick in affirming what a player will be at such an early stage. Scouts make a lot of money out of it and still get it wrong fairly often. We could get rid of him and then he pulls a Salah elsewhere.

That's what buy-back clauses are for. Salah might have been raw, but he showed what he could do against us at the highest level at the same age.

CHO has been living off potential for some time, which even resulted in the club giving him a bumper contract. If he is still here come September, he has to drastically improve his end product should he have any desire to flourish at the top level.

[Milan 17,955]

What the hell happened to this guy? Has he broken his leg or what? I swear I cannot remember the last game he played for us. Not that he is a world beater, but still..

[Vesper 30,090]

1 minute ago, Milan said:

What the hell happened to this guy? Has he broken his leg or what? I swear I cannot remember the last game he played for us. Not that he is a world beater, but still..

Achilles

[DDA 9,924]

Got an assist on his debut. Well done lad. 👏