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Miguel Almirón (now playing for Atlanta United)


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I said earlier this season for us to push for top 7 we need Miggy and Joelinton to start chipping in with goals , we are half getting it .

 

This is in no way a pop at the pair of them , far from it , however it will make such a difference if they do . 

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14 hours ago, Thumbheed said:

 

3 down, 7 to go.

 

Don't think enough is being said about the fact he's doing so well in a brand new position as well. 

 

Must be a midfielders dream to play with like, always looking to run in behind.

 

 

It's not even a new position. He's had a lot of games on the right wing throughout his career including with us.

 

I think Howe and his team has done a tremendously good job at implementing their system within the team so Almiron knows when and where to make runs, and his team mates knows when and where to pass the ball. Some of the runs he makes now doesn't seem natural to how I am used to seeing him play. Now you see him passing the ball and then immediately curl his neck and run into space behind defenders. I can't remember him doing that before.

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6 hours ago, Nobody said:

Looks so much better with Bruno in the team. 

 

Yeah, Bruno is always looking to set him free, whether it's a first time ball to catch people out or something long to chase - makes a massive difference for Miggy as Bruno can actually pull it off.

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If Almiron was the player we wished he was he'd have been at Barcelona or Bayern Munich the past 5 years scoring 20 a season, not here.

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Love seeing him score, can’t take to much from the Fulham game though imo as they were amazingly shit after the red card. Would have been a nice little confidence booster for him anyway, and hes always come across as a bit of a confidence player.

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Now has the same number of PL goals as Jack Grealish over this season and last combined.

 

As others have said, I would love to see him improve his right foot a bit and use it for more than just standing on though. It's a learnable skill.

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16 minutes ago, Chris_R said:

Now has the same number of PL goals as Jack Grealish over this season and last combined.

 

As others have said, I would love to see him improve his right foot a bit and use it for more than just standing on though. It's a learnable skill.


If he hasn’t got a decent right foot at age 28, there's not much of a chance he’ll improve it enough now. At least not for it to be sufficiently useful at the elite level, unfortunately.

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3 minutes ago, McCormick said:


If he hasn’t got a decent right foot at age 28, there's not much of a chance he’ll improve it enough now. At least not for it to be sufficiently useful at the elite level, unfortunately.

Just willingness to use it would be a starter.

 

Glad he's scoring a few goals this season. And he has some really good attributes. I would like his replacement on the right to be left footed, pacy, high work-rate and good movement like Almiron has... but you know.... more quality. That's not easy to find.

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17 minutes ago, RodneyCisse said:


Didn’t you see his drunken rant at the end of last season?


Nope! I missed that bit of context.

 

The comparison is still misplaced given that Almiron has played 2.5x as many minutes this season. Grealish is quite clearly a better player.

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4 minutes ago, Tomato Deuce said:


Nope! I missed that bit of context.

 

The comparison is still misplaced given that Almiron has played 2.5x as many minutes this season. Grealish is quite clearly a better player.


I think we can all agree who’s better.

 

https://www.sportbible.com/football/jack-grealish-taunted-miguel-almiron-during-man-citys-title-parade-20220524

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There is obviously no doubt Grealish is a better footballer. But his comments last season were that of a shithouse with no respect for a fellow professional. Particularly as he had contributed so little to their title win. I would take wry joy out of Almiron outperforming him this season (which he has done so far).

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If Grealish doesn't turn things around quickly his transfer to Man City will be regarded as one of the biggest PL flops of all time considering his fee. That's his legacy right now so he needs to be focusing on himself

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His goal v City and the second one v Fulham are what give me confidence he'll get goals now in this setup. Can't expect goals like Palace and his first v Fulham all the time but it's reasonable to expect a tap-in at the far post every 4 games to get about 8 goals a season the way we play.

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