Christian Pulisic

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Sadly I think you're right.

Honestly getting sick of this guy. He's a decent finisher (scaled for our standards) but the sheer amount of games he ghosts is utterly obscene.

As I said the annoying thing is I do think he has 'it'.

Whilst I think all of them need to become more consistent, especially if we're to show progression in our league form next season, at least Mount and Havertz have shown improvement and progression in their numbers and performances this season. Both have improved on last season. I haven't really seen the same with Pulisic, it just always seems to be one good game and then a couple of poor ones.

 

[Vesper 30,119]

sell this asshat yank fraud

fucking wuthless

one of my first comments was he was just a marketing buy

nothing has disproved that

he is a choker far too often

disastrous buys we have made since January 2017

Edited May 19, 2022 by Vesper

[Pizy 18,877]

8 minutes ago, Vesper said:

sell this asshat yank fraud

fucking wuthless

one of my first comments was he was just a marketing buy

nothing has disproved that

he is a choker far too often

disastrous buys we have made since January 2017

Genuinely wouldn’t be bothered if we did cut our losses. Truly the only attacking mids I’d keep no questions asked are Mount and Kai. CP, Ziyech. CHO, Werner are all poor.  All could go and I’d be happy.

[Dan Lee 47]

I hope he will leave this club like Abraham, Giroud. Look how the coach pick his team and let players such as Gallagher, Abraham, Giroud go. At the same time, he brought here Lukaku, Saul...

[King Kante 1,643]

Yeah, I am not sold on this we must sell Pulisic angle. For sure he is a confidence player but he is still relatively young and he does still have something about him as he does produce big moments and performances at times. 

My worry with selling him, in particular, is that he would go a pull an exponential increase in levels in the next 18 months. 

As for his misses, I think this is a little bit due to the overall anxiety in the forward line. I reckon if we find a killer in front of goal, that would raise the goals of everyone else as they wouldn't feel the pressure so much. 

Either way, there are players I would get shot of before Pulisic. 

[Tomo 21,751]

7 hours ago, King Kante said:

Yeah, I am not sold on this we must sell Pulisic angle. For sure he is a confidence player but he is still relatively young and he does still have something about him as he does produce big moments and performances at times. 

My worry with selling him, in particular, is that he would go a pull an exponential increase in levels in the next 18 months. 

As for his misses, I think this is a little bit due to the overall anxiety in the forward line. I reckon if we find a killer in front of goal, that would raise the goals of everyone else as they wouldn't feel the pressure so much. 

Either way, there are players I would get shot of before Pulisic. 

Problem is for me, we've seen the levels of potential exponential increase very very few times in the last two season's. Admittedly one of those times was a UCL semi but there's only so long even that can give you credit in the bank.

With Pulisic we're seeing major issues that very rarely get fixed with age. His vision is non existent and he has a real inability to see anything beyond 10-20 yards of him not to mention how often he fails to release the ball at the right time and that's if he's getting involved in the game atall (I have lost count in the amount of times I've forgot he was even playing). Players who have had those issues at a similar age just tend to go on an endless cycle of mini spells but largely flattering to decieve (Walcott, SWP, Willian etc).

[maxlev 54]

All I see is that this guy create chances but misses them. He also gets into scoring positions but misses the chances that comes. If I am his coach, I wouldn't think of selling such a player but instead correct that small error. Mount was doing same earlier part of the season but improved massively. This guy's potential is really huge. Just the right twerk is needed. I prefer to work on a player who create chances, steps into goal scoring positions but misses goals than someone whose game play hardly gets him into regular goal scoring positions.

[King Kante 1,643]

17 hours ago, Tomo said:

Problem is for me, we've seen the levels of potential exponential increase very very few times in the last two season's. Admittedly one of those times was a UCL semi but there's only so long even that can give you credit in the bank.

With Pulisic we're seeing major issues that very rarely get fixed with age. His vision is non existent and he has a real inability to see anything beyond 10-20 yards of him not to mention how often he fails to release the ball at the right time and that's if he's getting involved in the game atall (I have lost count in the amount of times I've forgot he was even playing). Players who have had those issues at a similar age just tend to go on an endless cycle of mini spells but largely flattering to decieve (Walcott, SWP, Willian etc).

I would agree but equally I would say that Ziyech, CHO and Werner suffer from these types of issues too but in more some ways than others. I do think 1 of them needs to go, maybe 2 but I am not sure Pulisic should be one of those 1 or 2. 

Edited May 27, 2022 by King Kante

[maxlev 54]

1 hour ago, King Kante said:

I would agree but equally I would say that Ziyech, CHO and Werner suffer from these types of issues too but in more some ways than others. I do think 1 of them needs to go, maybe 2 but I am not sure Pulisic should be one of those 1 or 2. 

If it comes to that, I did recommend Ziyech due to age. Others still have a chance to improve massively. Let's assume Werner, Pulisic and CHO takes 90% of the chances they get, their stats will suddenly look unreal. That is just the thin line btw these guys and the likes of Salah, Mane etc. Determination to finish chances and good precision in front of goal. The more u score the more confidence and composure u develop. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,803]

I know some big misses have caused some people to be down about Pulisic, something that didn’t happen with those big misses by Mount in the FA Cup. He is young and can still improve, I get the big game disappointment, but the numbers do not support the shit he has been receiving. 
 

 

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

12 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I know some big misses have caused some people to be down about Pulisic, something that didn’t happen with those big misses by Mount in the FA Cup. He is young and can still improve, I get the big game disappointment, but the numbers do not support the shit he has been receiving. 
 

 

21 and 19% are still rather poor rates. Our whole team is terrible in finishing no excuses

[MoroccanBlue 5,378]

18 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

I know some big misses have caused some people to be down about Pulisic, something that didn’t happen with those big misses by Mount in the FA Cup. He is young and can still improve, I get the big game disappointment, but the numbers do not support the shit he has been receiving. 
 

 

 

8 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

21 and 19% are still rather poor rates. Our whole team is terrible in finishing no excuses

Particularly compared to our competition...

Salah - 51%

Mane - 45%

Jota - 44%

Diaz - 40%

Firmino - 38%

https://one-versus-one.com/

 

I stand by saying we need two in and three out. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,803]

25 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

21 and 19% are still rather poor rates. Our whole team is terrible in finishing no excuses

For sure. 

[Superblue 6,372]

3 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

 

Particularly compared to our competition...

Salah - 51%

Mane - 45%

Jota - 44%

Diaz - 40%

Firmino - 38%

https://one-versus-one.com/

 

I stand by saying we need two in and three out. 

Surely those conversion rates aren't as high as that.

I thought I saw somewhere that Salah was relatively comparable, around 17-18%.

[Clockwork 1,794]

13 minutes ago, Superblue_1986 said:

Surely those conversion rates aren't as high as that.

I thought I saw somewhere that Salah was relatively comparable, around 17-18%.

Yeah Salah averages 4 shots per game, there is no way that is accurate.

Edited June 1, 2022 by Clockwork