Enzo Maresca likes his goalkeeper to be a ball participant, however not solely making quick passes, making little dink passes as much as the ahead as nicely. He additionally likes his striker to be good on the ball, concerned with construct up, serving to maintain possession and linking in different gamers.
I’ve been preaching the necessity for Chelsea to signal a focus up prime for a very long time, as a result of I genuinely imagine we haven’t had a prime possibility doing that since Diego Costa, and we’ve really suffered due to that.
Tammy Abraham deserves a shout out as a result of for some time below Frank Lampard, he did look good and there was some perception that he may have stuffed that void, however that quickly pale out together with his type dropping, after which he was offered.
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The significance, for my part, to usher in a focus up prime must be absolutely the precedence for this workforce this summer time, because it ought to have been for the final three switch home windows however has been ignored. We’d like a confirmed goalscorer however one that may be a true and full 9.
Nicolas Jackson is a good prospect and has improved vastly all through the season. I believe he can push on too regardless that I’m nonetheless a bit cautious on him. However for me he’s at all times going to be extra of a second striker or a large striker, that’s his strengths and qualities. I believe he ought to play off the left truly, as I’ve mentioned many instances earlier than. I see his profile like Nicolas Anelka.
He isn’t adequate within the air, and he doesn’t fairly have the bodily profile that I imagine we’d like from our quantity 9. And never solely all of that, we’d like TWO striker choices anyway, and Christopher Nkunku is just not a 9, he’s a ten. Sure, he can fill in as a false 9 when wanted, however we should play our gamers of their greatest positions the place they will take advantage of impression. It’s additionally solely truthful to them too.
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Chelsea want a robust and bodily 9, one who is nice within the air and may maintain the ball up when Maresca’s model of play is asking the goalkeeper to make that lobbed move ahead to him. The following striker we signal must be an all rounder.
We are able to’t take a look at strikers who’re simply good at working in behind, or who’re simply good at holding the ball up, we’d like a striker who does each actually, or who can do each. I’m fairly certain they exist, no!?
Don’t ask me to call some names, there are folks at this membership who receives a commission a HECK of much more than what I do to FIND these names.
And once more, I repeat myself, however we shouldn’t be ignoring the necessity to usher in a longtime participant on this essential place. I’m all for signing younger gamers, however I’m equally all for signing steadiness and never ignoring the significance of bringing extra established and prepared made gamers.
Get the following greatest factor coming by way of, certain, however accompany that with one or two extra established gamers too. Steadiness is SO necessary, in soccer and in life.
Give me a presence up prime once more. Give me a participant who will bully defenders all sport whether or not it’s within the air, with the ball at his ft, or off the ball. It’s all so necessary.
That is THE place we have to get proper this summer time, and though I fee Mar Guiu and assume he’s an excellent participant, having him alone as our solely striker signing this summer time could be fully naive and never sensible in any respect.
