Enzo Maresca likes his goalkeeper to be a ball participant, however not solely making brief passes, making little dink passes as much as the ahead as effectively. He additionally likes his striker to be good on the ball, concerned with construct up, serving to preserve possession and linking in different gamers.
I’ve been preaching the necessity for Chelsea to signal a focus up high for a very long time, as a result of I genuinely imagine we haven’t had a high choice doing that since Diego Costa, and we’ve got actually suffered due to that.
Tammy Abraham deserves a shout out as a result of for some time beneath Frank Lampard, he did look good and there was some perception that he might have stuffed that void, however that quickly pale out along with his type dropping, after which he was bought.
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The significance, for my part, to usher in a focus up high must be absolutely the precedence for this staff this summer season, because it ought to have been for the final three switch home windows however has been ignored. We want a confirmed goalscorer however one that could be a true and full 9.
Nicolas Jackson is a superb prospect and has improved vastly all through the season. I feel he can push on too regardless that I’m nonetheless a bit cautious on him. However for me he’s at all times going to be extra of a second striker or a large striker, that’s his strengths and qualities. I feel he ought to play off the left truly, as I’ve stated many instances earlier than. I see his profile like Nicolas Anelka.
He isn’t ok within the air, and he doesn’t fairly have the bodily profile that I imagine we’d like from our quantity 9. And never solely all of that, we’d like TWO striker choices anyway, and Christopher Nkunku will not be a 9, he’s a ten. Sure, he can fill in as a false 9 when wanted, however we should play our gamers of their greatest positions the place they’ll take advantage of impression. It’s additionally solely honest to them too.
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Chelsea want a powerful and bodily 9, one who is sweet within the air and may maintain the ball up when Maresca’s type of play is asking the goalkeeper to make that lobbed go ahead to him. The subsequent striker we signal must be an all rounder.
We will’t have a look at strikers who’re simply good at operating in behind, or who’re simply good at holding the ball up, we’d like a striker who does each actually, or who can do each. I’m fairly positive they exist, no!?
Don’t ask me to call some names, there are individuals at this membership who receives a commission a HECK of much more than what I do to FIND these names.
And once more, I repeat myself, however we shouldn’t be ignoring the necessity to usher in a longtime participant on this crucial place. I’m all for signing younger gamers, however I’m equally all for signing steadiness and never ignoring the significance of bringing extra established and prepared made gamers.
Get the subsequent largest factor coming by way of, positive, however accompany that with one or two extra established gamers too. Stability is SO vital, in soccer and in life.
Give me a presence up high once more. Give me a participant who will bully defenders all sport whether or not it’s within the air, with the ball at his toes, or off the ball. It’s all so vital.
That is THE place we have to get proper this summer season, and though I price Mar Guiu and assume he’s an excellent participant, having him alone as our solely striker signing this summer season can be utterly naive and never smart in any respect.
