The Egyptian King

[Gerry_A_Trick]

I also think blanket ruling out penalties is missing something too, for two reasons.

If you're the person that won it, or are a big reason why there is a penalty, it's almost worth a goal itself. We've had more penalties received that anyone else, which is certainly mostly to do with having Salah.

Also, scoring one is not nothing, not everyone will score every single one (not that Salah does, nobody does).

 

[darkstarexodus]

I also think blanket ruling out penalties is missing something too, for two reasons.

If you're the person that won it, or are a big reason why there is a penalty, it's almost worth a goal itself. We've had more penalties received that anyone else, which is certainly mostly to do with having Salah.

Also, scoring one is not nothing, not everyone will score every single one (not that Salah does, nobody does).

Have to say too that my confidence in Mo taking a penalty is exponentially higher this year. Not once have I thought he was likely to miss.

He's been honing his craft.

 

[MomoWASright]

How many in our team would you trust on a pen?

Mac
Virgil
Trent
Slobby
Gakkers

So there’s a few he “may” have taken goals away from.

 

[darkstarexodus]

How many in our team would you trust on a pen?

Mac
Virgil
Trent
Slobby
Gakkers

So there’s a few he “may” have taken goals away from.

I'd feel pretty good about Jota and Kelleher (😲😲😲) too.

 

[Dreambeliever]

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[Fabio]

That can't be right, as I was told for 2 years that we didn't need a striker

 

[Dreambeliever]

That can't be right, as I was told for 2 years that we didn't need a striker

😀

 

[Farkmaster]

That's the silly thing though. I don't think we can have an out and and out striker with Salah in the team. We'd have to have an unbelievably gifted team right the way through the rest of the side to carry that.

If we had a gifted central striker, Salah would have significantly fewer goals. He might have a couple more assists.

 

[Squiggles]

It might be that opposition managers are preparing for a final with 4-5 weeks lead time and can really work on shutting Salah down. That is getting easier to so now he's not longer skipping past fullbacks anywhere near as often as he used to, but I do think that partly explains his numbers in finals. If teams can nullify Gravenberch and Salah through a combination of pressing, blocking passing lanes, and tight one on-on-one marking than they have been able to scupper us at either end of the pitch.

 

[Farkmaster]

It might be that opposition managers are preparing for a final with 4-5 weeks lead time and can really work on shutting Salah down. That is getting easier to so now he's not longer skipping past fullbacks anywhere near as often as he used to, but I do think that partly explains his numbers in finals. If teams can nullify Gravenberch and Salah through a combination of pressing, blocking passing lanes, and tight one on-on-one marking than they have been able to scupper us at either end of the pitch.

I think teams have definitely stopped some of the gravy through balls we'd been doing for the first part of the season.

I don't think it's that though. It's that Salah can't influence a game if we're not on the ball as much anymore, he doesn't really offer any remarkable threat if we aren't all up the pitch.

We've been playing some really negative fundamentally unsound football. We've just not been playing much football. We don't develop ideas, we don't develop attacks, we go long too much, we aren't confident on the ball, our passing tempo is slow as fuck, and our attackers are all wide apart from one another and can't play off each other. We've been completely shit.

And so has Salah. But if we were playing better maybe he'd have an assist or score a penalty, even if he was playing shit, and the blatant fact that he's playing shit would be buried under some new stat someone made up.

 

[peterhague]

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That's fucking bullshit. Mo Salah in 2024 has 17 goals, more than anyone apart from Mo Salah away from home. Diaz doesn't even make the top 5.

 

[rubans]

That's the silly thing though. I don't think we can have an out and and out striker with Salah in the team. We'd have to have an unbelievably gifted team right the way through the rest of the side to carry that.

If we had a gifted central striker, Salah would have significantly fewer goals. He might have a couple more assists

He had a pretty fearsome partnership with an old Dzeko at Roma from what I remember.
Not really true with Current version of Jota or offside Nunez. Before Gakpo got injured, both seemed to be assisting each other even if he wasn’t playing through the middle.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Outrageous that people think another world class player wouldn’t work with Salah considering our previous forward line.

It would only enhance Salah not take away from him or the team.

 

[Farkmaster]

Outrageous that people think another world class player wouldn’t work with Salah considering our previous forward line.

It would only enhance Salah not take away from him or the team.

Our previous forward line featured the most selfless false 9 I've ever seen. Any shit hot winger on the left who will also defend could work with Salah (and probably grow to resent him). A purpose built false 9 or somebody who is more disciplined defensively and intelligent in the build up, sure.

That's not we are talking about though. The question was about some out and out striker who is world class. That player isn't going to contribute defensively either.

 

[SummerOnions]

Buying better players than Salah is the goal and should always be the goal

 

[StevieM]

Buying better players than Salah is the goal and should always be the goal

Ryan Fraser might be available and there’s always ADAMA!!!!!!!

 

[Hansern]

That's the silly thing though. I don't think we can have an out and and out striker with Salah in the team. We'd have to have an unbelievably gifted team right the way through the rest of the side to carry that.

If we had a gifted central striker, Salah would have significantly fewer goals. He might have a couple more assists.

That logic doesn't work though. The out and out striker would obviously be a player that works hard off the ball as well. Not every out and out striker is walking around without doing any sort of defensive duties.
Salah wouldn't get less chances and he's already created the most big chances in the league this season and is 2nd in key passes.

We would buy the out and out striker that fits the team. Buying Isak or Ekitike would only complement Salah imho.

 

[King Binny]

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