The guy can't deal with pressure, at all. Add that to his questionable touch and technique.
I felt the opposite with Torres, I felt his problem was more the fact he was so tactically brain-dead he barely got in the positions which led to weeks without a sniff. While ofcourse he had a few shocking misses the few times he got a clean chance I was usually comfortable thinking it would get tucked away, even in high pressure situations (ala Barca and Benfica).
As the saying goes "lies, damned lies and statistics".
Torres used to hide on the wing. At least werner keeps making the runs. The fecker would score a shit load if he just sorts his finishing out.
Fantastic post mate. I have nothing against Werner too and think he conducts himself very well in interviews, but context is needed when people bring up his statistics. He’s genuinely the only striker I’ve ever seen play in the PL who makes me think whenever he has an open goal: “he’s going to miss this”. I really can’t remember a worse finisher for a long while. Even duds like Soldado would put away the sort of chances Werner misses once every two games.
Morata never played in the Bundesliga
In my opinion you are reaching a bit to be honest. Having a striker so low in confidence, who is missing so many chances and scoring so few goals, is overall harmful to a team’s attacking style. It’s comparable to having a shaky goalkeeper, as we saw with de Gea when he joined (and perhaps currently too) - the defence doesn’t have confidence, and you can see the psychological impact on the team as a result.
I think you'll find he will have a compelling argument in the shape of a contract.
I actually think he's been contributing pretty well lately although ofcourse there will be a lot of fair banter about his goal record.
The level of the league and how easy it is to score there are two different things.
In my opinion you are reaching a bit to be honest. Having a striker so low in confidence, who is missing so many chances and scoring so few goals, is overall harmful to a team’s attacking style. It’s comparable to having a shaky goalkeeper, as we saw with de Gea when he joined (and perhaps currently too) - the defence doesn’t have confidence, and you can see the psychological impact on the team as a result.
It’s not just the fact of him messing up in games that Chelsea are winning. As a team overall, they will undoubtedly play worse in attack because they have a woefully out of form striker who does not look confident in front of goal. I’ve played football at a much lower level (obviously), and the same rings true there - in fact I’ve probably been the crap striker that people hesitate to create chances for
Of course you watch Chelsea more than I do and I don’t confess to knowing everything - but I don’t see much chance of downplaying or avoiding the fact he has had a dreadful season in terms of output.
For what it’s worth, too, I think he will gain confidence and score a lot more next year. He has a knack of finding excellent scoring positions so the goals will come.
Very tame shot. Shows a striker more concerned about getting it on target that actually finishing it.
