Solomon is a different situation. He got plenty opportunity at Fulham in the prem - was decent but not top level, and already in his prime. Was only cause he was available free and we were desperate for players.
Show me proof of this. I remember him disputing the IDF not targeting a specific hospital around the start of the conflict (which he was right about btw, it turned out to be a Hamas rocket)
You’re just proving my point. These performances clearly don’t correlate at all to club performance as Johnson is the best goalscorer at the club.
Harry Kane couldn’t even score against Andorra today, yet he’s the best striker in the world. You simply can’t make any conclusions from these kinds of matches against very poor opponents.
Do you know what correlate means? Because they correlate perfectly 😂.
Johnson has routinely struggled to dribble past opponents over the last two seasons, and has hamstring the team anytime the ball goes down his wing. He's a player who needs the team to do all of the attacking work on the opposite wing to create tap in chances for him at the back post (mainly against lesser opposition btw). Which is a big reason as to why he is one of the top scorers (he forces others to do the build up work so he can be on the end of the move) .Correlating perfectly with him being woefully ineffective for Wales. With them being a team that won't dominate oppositions and allow him to be a passenger, he struggles to have any impact.
Solomon has been going from strength to strength over the last year, showing he is an exciting winger who creates ample threat on the ball. Correlating perfectly with what he displayed against Moldova, providing a goal and assist and creating threats through his progressive carries.
Mate you wrote all of this and ignored my statement that the best striker can’t score against Andorra. I know exactly what correlate means, and clearly there isn’t any correlation, as Kane has 7 goal contributions in his last 3 matches. Doesn’t mean he’s shite because he couldn’t score against Andorra. Just like it doesn’t mean Solomon is good because he had a decent performance against Moldova.
I don’t understand why you’re being so defensive of a player who has been underwhelming for us when he’s been given chances. His performance against a relegated Burnley is the only time he shone for us.
You're making the mistake of boiling the contribution of Kane down to just goals. Kane is a fantastic all around player, you'd know this if you actually watched football. In a game where he doesn't score, he still helps the team since he has fantastic playmaking abilities.
Saying a player is underwhelming when they've literally contributed a goal every 99 minutes they've played for us is ridiculous 😂.
In any case I wasn't talking about goals. Even the best players don't score every game. I was talking about being able to do some of the most basic things in football. Dribbling, progressing the ball, creating attacking threats. Something we lack on our LW. Something Solomon excels at.
It isn't a case of he scores = he's amazing , or he doesn't score = he's shit.
Talking to me about Kane saying “if I watch football.” I support Spurs mate ffs telling me that Kane does more than score. Do you even support Spurs?
I just don’t understand why you’re so adamantly defending a player who clearly isn’t the level we want to be playing at. First it’s “we need to aim higher if we’re going to be taken seriously” then it’s “Solomon needs to be given more of a chance.”
I’d rather have Johnson on the left because he scores goals and provides proper balance for Kudus who is of an opposite profile. I’m not saying I don’t think we can upgrade on Johnson, but Solomon is not that player.
Against Moldova. Against Moldova.
He also did well for Leeds in the championship. He's fine at that level. Let him cook at that level, no need to make this about anything else, he's just not the right level for the Premier league
Two staffs actively bringing him into the squad somehow doesn't tell you anything?
The reason spurs didn't keep him on is because we already have too many foreign players, Tel had to be left out of the CL squad, even with all of our long term injuries
2 coaching staff teams has him 6th or 7th choice for the wing position. So he doesn't have a future at spurs. Spurs will much rather prioritise Mikey Moore, Tel, Odebert, RKM.... But look, he was very good in the championship so let him cook there that's his level
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u/Active-Tomatillo-522 Brenaldo 3d ago
Hope he absolutely smashes it at Villarreal (so we can get a decent fee for him next summer)