If Morata scores 20 minimum in the Premier League next year, then he would have done his job. He's a piece of the attacking puzzle. Martial, Rashford, Pogba, Mata, Mkhitaryan all must step up....collectively, these five players scored 24 Premier League goals! Morata scored 15!
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If Morata scores 20 minimum in the Premier League next year, then he would have done his job. He's a piece of the attacking puzzle. Martial, Rashford, Pogba, Mata, Mkhitaryan all must step up....collectively, these five players scored 24 Premier League goals! Morata scored 15!
If anything the mins as a sub on stats go against you because he scored 75% of goals as a starter and obviously it's much harder coming in with 20 mins left then starting consistently. I'd be interested to see the MPG ratio when used only as a starter. Probably a few minutes better even.
I think it (primarily featuring as a sub) probably has a positive effect on goals/assists/dribbles per 90 minutes, yes. I do not expect Morata to score at a higher rate than Messi next season, for example, despite the fact he has done this season in Spain. However, it is worth noting that most of Morata's La Liga goals (11/15) came in games he started in.
I agree. They are looking the point of view that Morata has to do it all on his own. The others have to perform substantially higher than they did last season. I would be expecting a lot more goals from them.
We are not talking about the other players though. We didnt spend 70m on them. If we are spending 70m on a player and he isnt like a 18 or 19 year old, and he is going to be #1 striker for us, then there is no way I would be happy with him scoring just 20 goals. It doesnt matter how many goals the rest score. Zlatan scored 28 but he missed around 17 chances if Im not mistaken. Your job as the main striker is to score goals and Im afraid 20 wont be enough.
As previously said, 11 of his 15 goals in the league came from the start
Didn't Iheanacho have a goals per minute of like 1/60 two seasons ago? poachers always seem to score a lot of the bench come to think of it.
Exactly, but also we will have to fix the missing piece in the midfeild for that which would solve many problems.
to be fair, its not as easy as you are making it sound. Even if he was being a sub, the fact is he makes an impact whenever he came on. There are very few strikers who can do that. Chicharito, Dzeko and Morata and the former 2 seem to be doing very well being the main striker. plus he supposedly won real more points with his 15 goals than any other player at RM after CR7. So he didnt score meaningless goals
No, just stating that I really want him to do well and be proven wrongly. Even though I dont rate him that much.
Why? I'm pretty sure that is just the acronym for team of the season, which if Morata has a good one he could well make as the #9 IMO.
Then we need all of Pogba, Miki, Martial, Herrera to step up in goal output at once. Would be great if it happened. They have seemed capable of it previously in there careers so lets hope.
Which is why we don't value him for more than 70 m euros. It's Madrid inflating the market.
Hmm I have a slight feeling his performance thread will be the most popular one next season if he joins. Lots of split opinions on this guy, similar to Zlatan.
Ah fair enough then, didn't know that! Still, I think it's difficult to compare goal tallies from different leagues, especially if you go from the free flowing attack at Real to the struggling one at United, although he is of course supposed to be the solution to that. It's definitely an encouraging sign for you guys yeah.
Yeah like I said, it works both ways. It wasn't a slight on Morata, just that I think it's not a representative stat. He does seem to make an impact whenever he plays, agreed on that.
I myself wished we kept Ibra for one more season and try with Rashford the first few months. Other than that, I think there are more (better) options than Morata myself available. Icardi, Lacazette, Aubameyang and even Lukaku would I prefer above Morata. But Morata is better than Marcus and Tony though, no doubt.
Perhaps, but if you look at the stats Morata scored about 75% of his goals from starting games.
I think he could have a Torresesque (at liverpool) effect for us.
Agreed.
Most of them were against the minnows really. Zidane rarely lets him start against high ranked sides. His starting goals came vs Leganes, Alaves, Grenada, Espanyol, Deportivo and Celta (good side). It's not a dig on him, well done for still doing that but let's not take the context out of it. The amount of clear cut chances real create in these matches in insane. Even more than in our draws these season with 25 half chances and like 5 good chances mostly.
people seem to forget the service madrid did provide to him, can we provide the same for a £70million bench warmer 'target man' ?
Someone on RAWK went into a bitterness overload and called morata another borini 
Anyone who saw our frustrating draws in the first half of the season will say yes.
Someone on RAWK went into a bitterness overload and called morata another borini
VVD deal failure is still hurting. I feel pity for them.
Good stuff
He has a reputation for doing it in big games, it's not his fault Zidane has a fetish for Benzema.
I was thinking of that comparison. I remember liking Torres at Atletico, but around that time felt perhaps his first touch could let him down and that he'd struggle in England so was fairly happy we didn't launch a serious bid for him despite being linked for over a year. I was wrong. I thought the league was a lot harder at that time to adapt to than it is now and Spanish seem a lot more at home in England.
Icardi feeds on service same with abamyang and lukaku , they don't bring the best out of fellow attackers which we have.lacazatte is not a aerial presence in the box. While icardi lukaku will cost even more having been proven more, morata is more creative of the lot and have it all.
Abamyang is a more proven goal scoring version of rashford .
He also has a very good strike ratio too. Based on last season much better than any of our players.
He is not a striker who necessarily feeds on service. He is a creative striker himself who can make goals without service yet also be a aerial presence in the box.
Weather we can deliver the service too? Well that's what mkh is there for and we are targeting another wide winger.
Yeah Zidane is the stupid guy.Good stuff
He has a reputation for doing it in big games, it's not his fault Zidane has a fetish for Benzema.
Serious lack of Squawka comparison matrix in here.
Icardi creates more for others than Morata does I think, he isnt super technically gifted but has excellent link-up play and vision on the field, racked up a nice amount of assists too. Aubameyang is far more proven than Morata, big variety of finishing, super quick, runs down the channels and always proves to get a lot of goals. Also a great counter player. If he moves to PSG I'd also rather try Cavani than Morata.
Lacazette does miss the aerial presence but I actually want to move away from that Mourinho ideal, it hampers the team at times I think. It's a bit outdated the view that a striker must be big and strong.
Doubt Icardi would cost more, around the same. Lukaku would cost more yes. Not a huge fan of him but a bit more proven.
I hope he can adapt to being the starter and the guy upfront, always having to perform. Hunting on another guy who's starting is slightly different. Huntelaar can tell you all about that.
He said 20 premier league goals, not all competitions. 20 premier league goals would be the equal 4th best in the league this year, and 3 more than Zlatan achieved.
20 Pl goals in your debut season would be a great return.
By the way we struggled to score against minnows only who parked the busses narrow and deep.
Kane scored how many and Spurs won feck all.
Fair enough.
Again Kane didnt cost Spurs 70m.
Just had a peek. Griezmann was kind of shite a few weeks ago now he's World class again and apparently Pogba is still the worst ever.Someone on RAWK went into a bitterness overload and called morata another borini
Shouldn't be surprised this is the lot that thinks trophies = regression and year after year of nothing = dominance on the way.
80 million, Oh God
for that money he should score >35 goals
and cut the OT grass every week.
for that money he should score >35 goals
and cut the OT grass every week.
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