He's missed less games in the last 6 seasons than Haaland has and the entire Newcastle team was injury riddled so we can't discount that there may be something going on there that is contributing to the slight uptick.
Olise? I love that guy. He'd be a huge signing for us.
His game looks to clicking under Iraola’s guidance.
Calvert-Lewin had a similar season two years ago. Solanké needs to establish himself for one more year to prove he fits bigger clubs.
That’s great news tbh, no long drawn out saga.
The stats support what I've seen myself. His passing is downright poor, no penetration at all and despite that he tends to lose the ball quite a bit. His entire game outside of goals is based around flicks, as soon as he has to do something with the ball at his feet he doesn't look good.
He's not a bad player but he's not CL standard, far from it IMO. If his overall game was that good you'd see big clubs lining up to sign him right now, given the relative dearth of strikers.
Worth noting he's played almost every minute of football available to him this season so, despite scoring 19 goals, his goal contribution per 90 is actually quite low. Look at the players around him in the G/A per 90 metric:
He's a prime example of why looking at total goals/assists can be a trap. Again, doesn't mean he's not a decent player, but he's being outperformed goal contribution wise by 30+ other players which isn't great considering his game outside of goals.
If you look at just goals per 90, which obviously benefits him as he doesn't do anything else, he's still behind players like Mateta, Adebayo, Wood, Muniz etc.
Scoring goals is the hardest thing in football. To score 19 league goals for a club like Bournemouth and someone bring up well his penetration passing is low is perfect example of modern day football fans. Solanke gave our defence fits in the home game. Clearly a very good strikerThe stats support what I've seen myself. His passing is downright poor, no penetration at all and despite that he tends to lose the ball quite a bit. His entire game outside of goals is based around flicks, as soon as he has to do something with the ball at his feet he doesn't look good.
He's not a bad player but he's not CL standard, far from it IMO. If his overall game was that good you'd see big clubs lining up to sign him right now, given the relative dearth of strikers.
Worth noting he's played almost every minute of football available to him this season so, despite scoring 19 goals, his goal contribution per 90 is actually quite low. Look at the players around him in the G/A per 90 metric:
He's a prime example of why looking at total goals/assists can be a trap. Again, doesn't mean he's not a decent player, but he's being outperformed goal contribution wise by 30+ other players which isn't great considering his game outside of goals.
If you look at just goals per 90, which obviously benefits him as he doesn't do anything else, he's still behind players like Mateta, Adebayo, Wood, Muniz etc.
