KaKa Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 We could play with an 80 million striker and we still wouldn’t score. We create fuck all. He had an absolutely golden chance, clear shot at goal from ten yards out in the middle of the box, the ball not an especially awkward height - and he put it into the middle tier of the Gallowgate. I haven't watched as much as some this season but, based on everything I've seen, I can think of very few strikers we've had over the last couple of decades with less composure and instinct than Joelinton. For all the comparisons he doesn't get anywhere near Shola. Plenty of great strikers miss guilt edged chances. They get opportunities to score again continuously though, and improve. This poor lump of ours is on a hiding to nothing though. I pity him. Sorry situation all around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Some people want him to do well so badly they can't have anything bad said about him. Do we play great attacking football and create chance after chance for him? No. Would a better striker have scored a few more goals by now? Yes. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive. Put Rondon in his place, and he'd have scored more headers than Joelinton has goals in total. Put Demba Ba up there and he'd be able to make his own chances as he did under Pardew. People need to chill out and just enjoy the comedy value of this lad for the minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Muto or Gayle would almost certainly have scored more than 2 goals if they'd had as many starts as Joelinton. Hopefully one of our other strikers will recover from injury so Joelinton can get taken out of the side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Some people want him to do well so badly they can't have anything bad said about him. Do we play great attacking football and create chance after chance for him? No. Would a better striker have scored a few more goals by now? Yes. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive. Put Rondon in his place, and he'd have scored more headers than Joelinton has goals in total. Put Demba Ba up there and he'd be able to make his own chances as he did under Pardew. People need to chill out and just enjoy the comedy value of this lad for the minute. Oh I don't mind at all The guy is a disaster at the minute, but is he as bad as he looks currently I'm not so sure at all. The whole operation is laughable. I watch Solanke not manage to score in that Bournmouth team that for all it's defensive frailties, still get forward and threaten up the pitch and I think that it is easier to evaluate him as a striker in that situation. Just to use an example really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Some people want him to do well so badly they can't have anything bad said about him. Do we play great attacking football and create chance after chance for him? No. Would a better striker have scored a few more goals by now? Yes. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive. Put Rondon in his place, and he'd have scored more headers than Joelinton has goals in total. Put Demba Ba up there and he'd be able to make his own chances as he did under Pardew. People need to chill out and just enjoy the comedy value of this lad for the minute. Oh I don't mind at all The guy is a disaster at the minute, but is he as bad as he looks currently I'm not so sure at all. The whole operation is laughable. I watch Solanke not manage to score in that Bournmouth team that for all it's defensive frailties, still get forward and threaten up the pitch and I think that it is easier to evaluate him as a striker in that situation. Just to use an example really. Oh I do agree he's not as bad as he looks, I'm just enjoying the hilarity of it for as long as it cares to last. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Muto or Gayle would almost certainly have scored more than 2 goals if they'd had as many starts as Joelinton. Hopefully one of our other strikers will recover from injury so Joelinton can get taken out of the side. Yep, Gayle would be in the right positions to score where Joelinton isn't. He might need 10 chances to score a tap in, but he'd have more than 2 by now without a doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Muto or Gayle would almost certainly have scored more than 2 goals if they'd had as many starts as Joelinton. Hopefully one of our other strikers will recover from injury so Joelinton can get taken out of the side. Muto wasn't even considered when he was fit, presumably because he's not a 6 footer. Joelinton has started far too many games, partly poor selection, and partly spending money on crocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Joelinton isn't the main problem, the main problem is Bruce and the lack of support and chances Joelinton gets. He was decent today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Joelinton isn't the main problem, the main problem is Bruce and the lack of support and chances Joelinton gets. He was decent today. He wasn’t like. That’s a third division defence he’s playing against and they did him for offsides and he missed a strikers goal chance. He’s not a target man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 If he had buried that chance or been onside for either goal, I'd have said it was an excellent performance He held the ball up well and often pushed us further up the field. However, he didnt score and strikers have to score. Even if it's just 10 a season, they must get double figures and Joelinton just cant. Even our defenders can get them going in off their arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDamme Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 [sarcasm]Did well today, only £40 mill at a snip [/sarcasm] Couldn't score against a team in the same league as the mackems though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Utter shite, can't believe so many are still defending him! League 1 side at home. 2 goals all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Harder to score if ASM is passing to you 9 years after he should have mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 People say that Joelinton is isolated and the system doesn't suite the one striker but honestly when Carroll plays we look fine, Joe is not a striker, he can't strike for once and can't really bring other players into play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 someone need to be sacked for signing this waste Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 People say that Joelinton is isolated and the system doesn't suite the one striker but honestly when Carroll plays we look fine, Joe is not a striker, he can't strike for once and can't really bring other players into play. We don't look fine with Carroll either, he hasn't scored any goals at all. He's got a couple of assists, but the football still doesn't look good when he's playing. When you are recruiting, the striker is the one area where you have to buy goals. When you spend £40m on one, goals should never be in any doubt. Absolutely crazy to be thinking about resale value when survival depends on having an effective striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Started pre season well. Regressed as the season has gone on. Hasn’t shown any of the sort of play he gave to previous teams. Plays way too deep and hasn’t shown any sign of forging a partnership with the other forward players. I think it’s a case of him not being happy here. Not settled etc. Something isn’t right. You’d expect him to have developed an understanding with the other players after 30 games but it’s not there at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunce Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 To think we could of had rondon for 16mill? Just another bollock in a huge line of bollocks created by noone but the incompetents running the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Rondon wouldn't fix this team. It's rooted much deeper than just Joelinton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 both his offside goals were suprisingly well finished today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 both his offside goals were suprisingly well finished today. I am just watching that now, they were good finishes. I can understand why a scout might have thought there was potential there even if I don't understand why we thought we should spend £40m on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Nearly everyone saying he's a shit striker, the guy himself probably wouldn't argue. He's not a striker. He's also never worth 40m whatever role he's in but if he supports a real striker from deeper then I think you'd see a much better player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Imagine Danny Ings surrounded by Joe, Almiron and ASM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 I still shake my head and laugh when I think this guy cost 40m. If that's his valuation then Shola would be a 400m striker as hes 10x the striker this guy is We absolutely slaughtered the Hoss and hes light years ahead of this plank. Theres sunday league guys who are genuinely better than this guy and they play overweight pissed and with the lungs of a 60yr old Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 Unlike you to go over the top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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