Karoy didn't miss too much of Pre-Season either when he was involved last year was he? - From memory he went to the Gold Cup and was back pretty much for the start of summer for Charlton - So will be a great experience for Tyreece (and Kaheim, although he's not as important to the First-Team) ahead of next season.
How on earth has Antonio been called up? Bloke nearly died in a car crash 6 months ago and hasn't played a single minute of football since. It doesn't say much for their other striker options.
How on earth has Antonio been called up? Bloke nearly died in a car crash 6 months ago and hasn't played a single minute of football since. It doesn't say much for their other striker options.
There's videos of him already fully integrated into the West Ham training by the end of the season, which is remarkable really
How on earth has Antonio been called up? Bloke nearly died in a car crash 6 months ago and hasn't played a single minute of football since. It doesn't say much for their other striker options.
You have to realise Steve McLaren is their manager.
"Tyreece don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright" Singing, "Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright!"
Was doing a bit of stats digging (feel free to ignore rather than comment if you think stats don't matter) to compare TC with Tanto and noticed that TC's 7 goals last season came from an xG of only 3.57 according to FotMob. That seems incredibly low but suggests that if he can get into better positions, maybe even learning off Tanto, then his finishing could cause real issues for opposition keepers
Was doing a bit of stats digging (feel free to ignore rather than comment if you think stats don't matter) to compare TC with Tanto and noticed that TC's 7 goals last season came from an xG of only 3.57 according to FotMob. That seems incredibly low but suggests that if he can get into better positions, maybe even learning off Tanto, then his finishing could cause real issues for opposition keepers
I can see that in TC. The majority of his goals have always been good finishes, I struggle to think of any scrappy goals or tap ins he’s scored.
I think in terms of scoring more often, the challenge for him is to get in more goalscoring positions, make good decisions and keep composed to score more of his typical goals.
He can then add to that by gambling more with making runs, and consistently making more intelligent runs to score more of those simple goals that he so far hasn’t shown in his game. Players like Godden and Berry must be able to help him with that.
Was doing a bit of stats digging (feel free to ignore rather than comment if you think stats don't matter) to compare TC with Tanto and noticed that TC's 7 goals last season came from an xG of only 3.57 according to FotMob. That seems incredibly low but suggests that if he can get into better positions, maybe even learning off Tanto, then his finishing could cause real issues for opposition keepers
I can see that in TC. The majority of his goals have always been good finishes, I struggle to think of any scrappy goals or tap ins he’s scored.
I think in terms of scoring more often, the challenge for him is to get in more goalscoring positions, make good decisions and keep composed to score more of his typical goals.
He can then add to that by gambling more with making runs, and consistently making more intelligent runs to score more of those simple goals that he so far hasn’t shown in his game. Players like Godden and Berry must be able to help him with that.
It's something Stevie Brown has long been (constructively and proportionately) critical of TC for during his CAFCTV matchday summarising. He feels TC is on his heels a bit too often and doesn't anticipate/read the game as well as he might. Perhaps a trait that contributed to accusations of him being lazy or hiding earlier in his career. Brownie's take is that when TC is at his best that goes away a bit, probably a bit chicken and egg - does he play generally unconsciously more alert when the confidence is flowing or is it when he's consciously pushing himself to be on his toes and thinking ahead that he looks better and more confident?
Eitherway, I think it's fair comment from Brownie (interesting that the stats bear that out). I agree that if he can improve it he will become a better player and get more goals. We know he can strike a ball and stay composed when shooting.
It doesn't even need to be that the runs are that "intelligent". I'm not sure you can teach the kind of instincts and movement someone like Godden has, just maybe polish it. What you can coach and keep drumming into him is the general way he should react when the ball is in certain areas - Gillesphey is about to launch one at Miles/Tanto, then that's TC's cue to start running off their shoulder and gamble on receiving a flick on; or our right wing back is about to try and go past their left back and put a cross in, that's TC's cue to get in from the left wing and make a run towards the far post, try and arrive a bit late a catch a defender off guard. That sort of thing. It's pretty basic stuff, but effective. Someone like Frank Lampard made a very successful career out of just continually making those runs and capitalising on the few times the ball would drop for him. I think Bowyer spoke about the same thing (maybe in relation to Forster-Caskey?) and that it was how Bowyer scored most of his goals, just making so many runs that the law of averages dictated he would have to get a certain number of clear sights on goal.
Was doing a bit of stats digging (feel free to ignore rather than comment if you think stats don't matter) to compare TC with Tanto and noticed that TC's 7 goals last season came from an xG of only 3.57 according to FotMob. That seems incredibly low but suggests that if he can get into better positions, maybe even learning off Tanto, then his finishing could cause real issues for opposition keepers
I can see that in TC. The majority of his goals have always been good finishes, I struggle to think of any scrappy goals or tap ins he’s scored.
I think in terms of scoring more often, the challenge for him is to get in more goalscoring positions, make good decisions and keep composed to score more of his typical goals.
He can then add to that by gambling more with making runs, and consistently making more intelligent runs to score more of those simple goals that he so far hasn’t shown in his game. Players like Godden and Berry must be able to help him with that.
It's something Stevie Brown has long been (constructively and proportionately) critical of TC for during his CAFCTV matchday summarising. He feels TC is on his heels a bit too often and doesn't anticipate/read the game as well as he might. Perhaps a trait that contributed to accusations of him being lazy or hiding earlier in his career. Brownie's take is that when TC is at his best that goes away a bit, probably a bit chicken and egg - does he play generally unconsciously more alert when the confidence is flowing or is it when he's consciously pushing himself to be on his toes and thinking ahead that he looks better and more confident?
Eitherway, I think it's fair comment from Brownie (interesting that the stats bear that out). I agree that if he can improve it he will become a better player and get more goals. We know he can strike a ball and stay composed when shooting.
It doesn't even need to be that the runs are that "intelligent". I'm not sure you can teach the kind of instincts and movement someone like Godden has, just maybe polish it. What you can coach and keep drumming into him is the general way he should react when the ball is in certain areas - Gillesphey is about to launch one at Miles/Tanto, then that's TC's cue to start running off their shoulder and gamble on receiving a flick on; or our right wing back is about to try and go past their left back and put a cross in, that's TC's cue to get in from the left wing and make a run towards the far post, try and arrive a bit late a catch a defender off guard. That sort of thing. It's pretty basic stuff, but effective. Someone like Frank Lampard made a very successful career out of just continually making those runs and capitalising on the few times the ball would drop for him. I think Bowyer spoke about the same thing (maybe in relation to Forster-Caskey?) and that it was how Bowyer scored most of his goals, just making so many runs that the law of averages distracted he would have to get a certain number of clear sights on goal.
Being a great penalty box finisher is one of those skills which does seem hard to coach if you don't have the natural instinct. You see that with players who aren't natural "number 9s", they never seem to take up as many good positions in the box as the true goal poacher strikers, despite being top attacking players. Arsenal during the last few months of the season showed how important a true goal scorer is, as so often brilliant crosses went into the box where a natural goal scorer would have been, but there was nobody there.
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'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright"
Singing, "Don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little thing is gonna be alright!"
I think in terms of scoring more often, the challenge for him is to get in more goalscoring positions, make good decisions and keep composed to score more of his typical goals.
He can then add to that by gambling more with making runs, and consistently making more intelligent runs to score more of those simple goals that he so far hasn’t shown in his game. Players like Godden and Berry must be able to help him with that.
Eitherway, I think it's fair comment from Brownie (interesting that the stats bear that out). I agree that if he can improve it he will become a better player and get more goals. We know he can strike a ball and stay composed when shooting.
It doesn't even need to be that the runs are that "intelligent". I'm not sure you can teach the kind of instincts and movement someone like Godden has, just maybe polish it. What you can coach and keep drumming into him is the general way he should react when the ball is in certain areas - Gillesphey is about to launch one at Miles/Tanto, then that's TC's cue to start running off their shoulder and gamble on receiving a flick on; or our right wing back is about to try and go past their left back and put a cross in, that's TC's cue to get in from the left wing and make a run towards the far post, try and arrive a bit late a catch a defender off guard. That sort of thing. It's pretty basic stuff, but effective. Someone like Frank Lampard made a very successful career out of just continually making those runs and capitalising on the few times the ball would drop for him. I think Bowyer spoke about the same thing (maybe in relation to Forster-Caskey?) and that it was how Bowyer scored most of his goals, just making so many runs that the law of averages dictated he would have to get a certain number of clear sights on goal.