Nobody would deny that Bamford is a very good frontman, it's just that his finishing isn't top drawer. Last season his conversion stats weren't good, in a team creating masses of chances he should have scored more goals.
Indeed it's impressive that he's stepped up and become a more reliable scorer
Still not convinced Bamford is a technically a very good player. But he works his arse off and suits this Bielsa system so well, the fact he plays 90 mins every week is testament to that.
I still can't work out if this is the same guy who seemingly needed 6 chances to score a goal and managed to only score 16 despite playing every game in a dominant Leeds side who won the league easily.
His improvement has been phenomenal, if he was a sprinter or a cyclist i'd be calling for a drug test!
Still not convinced Bamford is a technically a very good player. But he works his arse off and suits this Bielsa system so well, the fact he plays 90 mins every week is testament to that.
I still can't work out if this is the same guy who seemingly needed 6 chances to score a goal and managed to only score 16 despite playing every game in a dominant Leeds side who won the league easily.
His improvement has been phenomenal, if he was a sprinter or a cyclist i'd be calling for a drug test!
One word "confidence". It could go as easily as it came. It's the reason why some players, having been prolific scorers at one club, "freeze" in front of goal following a big money move. They forget what made them successful usually because they stop doing do things instinctively causing them to delay by that split second or overhit the ball. One also cannot underestimate what the backing of a Manager who plays you week in week out, come what may, does for you.
Bamford still misses his fair share but certainly not to the degree he was last season and he is playing in a team that does create. Only the top 4 teams have scored more goals and I would imagine that he would struggle to be as successful at say Burnley or Sheffield United - but there again so would most strikers.
I’d also add though, how did VAR decide the penalty was definitely outside the box? Didn’t look clear enough to me to overturn a decision. And they don’t have those funny lines down there either.
Liverpool will drop to 6th if Chelsea and West Ham win
Doesn't really matter.
Under the new rules UEFA, Real Madrid, Man Utd, Liverpool etc etc are cooking up for qualification for the Champions League (or whatever they are going to call it) Liverpool will still qualify for it under some formula that ensures clubs like Liverpool will always qualify.
As for Leicester, well it can't be right that they exclude the superpowers like Liverpool and Man Utd from the champions League. So that's why UEFa want a qualification procedure that will exclude upstart clubs like Leicester.
(PS Lord knows what UEFA will do when we qualify for the Champions League in a few years time).
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Indeed it's impressive that he's stepped up and become a more reliable scorer
His improvement has been phenomenal, if he was a sprinter or a cyclist i'd be calling for a drug test!
Trending all over social media right now...ahem cough
May just be coincidence that the video has been leaked less than 24hrs after slating Arteta on French TV but somehow I doubt it...
One word "confidence". It could go as easily as it came. It's the reason why some players, having been prolific scorers at one club, "freeze" in front of goal following a big money move. They forget what made them successful usually because they stop doing do things instinctively causing them to delay by that split second or overhit the ball. One also cannot underestimate what the backing of a Manager who plays you week in week out, come what may, does for you.
Bamford still misses his fair share but certainly not to the degree he was last season and he is playing in a team that does create. Only the top 4 teams have scored more goals and I would imagine that he would struggle to be as successful at say Burnley or Sheffield United - but there again so would most strikers.
A shame as he might have made the Euros squad
Or as the great Jimmy Greaves said:
It's a funny old game
3-1
Because no one touched the ball despite the forward having a swing at the ball
I’d also add though, how did VAR decide the penalty was definitely outside the box? Didn’t look clear enough to me to overturn a decision. And they don’t have those funny lines down there either.
excellent
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Under the new rules UEFA, Real Madrid, Man Utd, Liverpool etc etc are cooking up for qualification for the Champions League (or whatever they are going to call it) Liverpool will still qualify for it under some formula that ensures clubs like Liverpool will always qualify.
As for Leicester, well it can't be right that they exclude the superpowers like Liverpool and Man Utd from the champions League. So that's why UEFa want a qualification procedure that will exclude upstart clubs like Leicester.
(PS Lord knows what UEFA will do when we qualify for the Champions League in a few years time).
I'm happy Liverpool lost but that decision is a joke.