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He had two chances. Did excellent from a difficult header and was unlucky not to score. Then did awful from 6 yards, a poacher puts them away.

 

The bigger issue is that he only had two chances. Nothing is created for him.

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Still have a feeling there could be a player in there, his all round game is good in my opinion. I know not everyone is going to see it, but I like his touch and how he looks to play in those around him. The main concern is still that he doesn't seem to strike the ball very well.

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He had two chances. Did excellent from a difficult header and was unlucky not to score. Then did awful from 6 yards, a poacher puts them away.

 

The bigger issue is that he only had two chances. Nothing is created for him.

To me a £40M player should score that 1 in 2 chance.

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He had two chances. Did excellent from a difficult header and was unlucky not to score. Then did awful from 6 yards, a poacher puts them away.

 

The bigger issue is that he only had two chances. Nothing is created for him.

To me a £40M player should score that 1 in 2 chance.

 

5-10 years ago a £40m player does.

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Playing injured apparently according to Bruce. Had to play him at Everton because there were no strikers on the bench. Yet also suggesting we wont need a striker as Carroll, Gaye, Muto might be fit after the Norwich game when we have a two week break.

 

Regardless Joelinton is like it or not our best striker. Hopefully he gets a rest at the weekend.

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Playing injured apparently according to Bruce. Had to play him at Everton because there were no strikers on the bench. Yet also suggesting we wont need a striker as Carroll, Gaye, Muto might be fit after the Norwich game when we have a two week break.

 

Regardless Joelinton is like it or not our best striker. Hopefully he gets a rest at the weekend.

 

I'm not sure about him being our best striker like... He's our most likely striker to be fit, that's about as high praise as I can give him.

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He's not a no.9 and he's certainly not a target man yet we persist in trying to play him like one.  If we insist on playing hoof-it-at-the-strikers-head-and-hope-it-bounces-somewhere-useful-ball then play Carroll up top and rotate Almiron, ASM and Joelinton around him.

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Playing injured apparently according to Bruce. Had to play him at Everton because there were no strikers on the bench. Yet also suggesting we wont need a striker as Carroll, Gaye, Muto might be fit after the Norwich game when we have a two week break.

 

Regardless Joelinton is like it or not our best striker. Hopefully he gets a rest at the weekend.

 

I'm not sure about him being our best striker like... He's our most likely striker to be fit, that's about as high praise as I can give him.

Pretty fair.

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Still have a feeling there could be a player in there, his all round game is good in my opinion. I know not everyone is going to see it, but I like his touch and how he looks to play in those around him. The main concern is still that he doesn't seem to strike the ball very well.

 

I agree with this completely. You'd have to think the striking issue will solve itself if they find a role for him and he gets some confidence back.  Needs to play as a false 9 imo.

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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.

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