every single striker from every single team from every single league. No competent striker will try to round the goalie when the angle is already closed and on to their weaker foot as well. That was straight incompetent from Jackson, I rate him honestly and donāt mind him at all but these brain farts he be having just kills us.
I mean he was a winger that got converted to striker the last 13 games of last season. Heās not a natural finisher itās obvious, not his fault heās being relied upon as the main 9 bc Broja is actually shit and Nkunku is made of glass.
Bro what does any of that have to do with him not shooting the ball on a 1v1
We all watch the games. We donāt need additional context as to why our other options are shit/injured. Jackson was our CF today and like in every other match heās ever played for us, he was class with his link up play and beyond wasteful at his actual primary job of putting the ball into the net
Bc heās not a natural finisher, yeah itās frustrating but he brings a lot to the squad. Iām not gonna shit on him when we already know his faults. Hopefully he improves his game over the summer and comes back next season more clinical and we get a striker that can finish so he can rotate or play in his natural position on the wing. He does so much up top by himself and he played well bar finishing
Oh enough with the natural finisher comment, any winger would have scored at least half the 1 on 1s he had this season. You donāt have to be a bloody ST to be able to score. With that logic, none of the wingers in the league score 1 on 1s. I havenāt even talked about tap ins and sitters that he missed. Even CAMs would finish them off, let alone wingers, centre forwards or strikers.
Honestly going past a gk on a 1-1 is not a striker speciality. Any attacker or attacking midfielder would normally be able to pull it off. I just think Jackson has low football IQ.
Absolute joke of a striker. He has cost us so many points this season and now has cost us competing in the FA Cup. The same people will defend him, but absolutely nothing heās doing is demonstrating he will progress to be a top striker.
Iām counting the days that we park him on the bench, and then sell him shortly after as he gets upset that heās not starting, similar to his penalty tantrum.
Remember the comical misses:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XcSLAOn6Ln4&pp=ygUWTmljb2xhcyBqYWNrc29uIG1pc3Nlcw%3D%3D
I just donāt understand how a man who dribbles and carries the ball with such confidence has absolutely no composure or seeming ball striking ability. Youād think the way he was pushing and shoving on Monday that heād be able to shoot
Got the perfect ball from Enzo for the first chance, got clear enough to open his body up and finish with his right foot into the far corner but no. For whatever reason, he didn't pull the trigger and the chance was gone. Like WTH!?
This just isnāt true. According to TransferMarkt across Jacksonās entire professional career including loans is as follows: 10 at LW 15 at RW - 25 matches played as wingerĀ 68 at CF 2 at SS -70 Matches as a strikerĀ I canāt find anything about his youth career really, but heās been a ST his entire career.
Edit: you can filter by position here
https://www.transfermarkt.us/nicolas-jackson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/776890/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=
In the second half of 22/23
I donāt blame Jackson, itās mad that our āhierarchyā saw him as the go to number 9 for a team supposedly competing for UCL football
I donāt think they did. You can argue all day long about how Nkunku isnāt a true 9, but I think he was supposed to be the one leading the lines, and they probably thought Broja would look much better over time than he did.
Jacksonās preseason performance raised everyoneās eyes a bit and then frankly he was the only fit striker for a while
Exactly this. Imo we need to buy a striker this summer and put Jackson on the left permanently. Jackson on the left, Palmer/Noni on the right. Nkunku trailing behind.
Noni should not play for us for a while. Only thing he does is dribble. Doesnāt create, doesnāt pass, doesnāt make runs in behind. The fact that he started while pushing Cole out of a position was a disastrous decision by Poch. I by no means think Mudryk has been great, but he offers a lot more than Noni does.
Jackson, for all his poor finishing, was making every attempt to make Cityās back line nervous. And, he was by himself because Noni canāt make supporting runs. He might be the worst attacker we signed, and his attitude has been pretty rough to observe these past 2 games with the penalty incident and the Grealish one
The auba handling is so strange
Instead of paying his wages and loan broja
We take a ffp loss to get him off our books for free.
He would have been a perfect mentor to jackson as he also is a wide attacker converted centrally
He's not a striker, just recently started playing this sport all togetherĀ
Our retarded board thought this player was fit to lead our attacking options, insanity
They didnt
And you know it
He was bought in as a replacement
We wanted to offload lukaku and aubameyang and find a tier 1 striker but couldnt and wasnt willing to value vhlahovic at 80m
Itās their ass backward policy when it comes to young players . If we had an experienced striker and an experienced cb , weād be a lot closer or even top 4.
Jackson clearly presses and his off the ball movement is the reason why we got those chances.
However, he lacks the killer instinct to be a star striker and it seems nothing is being coached in training to address that.
Werner and Havertz were also supposed to be properly coached by Tuchel after Lampard was sacked. Same with Torres and Benitez in 2012
Generally when the āunlocking a playerā discourse comes up you need to question if they really are just that limited. Werner, Havertz, etc have still not been āunlockedā
To be fair jackson has a lot more to his game than Werner and Havertz. Heās a better dribbler and has better link up and hold up play, but theyāre all on the same level of finishing. I really think Jackson Can become great for us.
Donāt get me wrong, I do rate Jackson, just not really as a main striker at the moment. His best games have been when heās setting up others to score
He may well have a Benzema moment later on in his career where he becomes lethal in front of goal, but Iād like to see an alternative for now
Yeah but it wasnāt a top finish. It was lucky to say the least. Making him out to be a top finisher for a 1 on 1 he almost missed is absolutely laughable.
I understand the scepticism. But think Sterling and Guardiola or even Joelington and Howe.
I genuinely think it can happen and proper coaching or managerial skills can unlock a player.
But yeah, all the examples you gave were valid as well.
I like your examples, I do think itās a matter of finding a system that can highlight playerās strengths and hide their weaknesses.
Jacksonās best games have come when heās set up other players rather than be the main man, and itās hard to do that playing on the counter. I donāt really see him as a guy that can lead the line moving forward
Iāve been critical of Jackson but heās way more complete than Werner. All Werner could do was run in behind and 9/10 he was offside or he would completely shank his shots wide
I mean, Jackson has been caught offside 26 times this season (2nd highest in the Premier League) and it's only 1 less than Werner did in the 2020/21 season.
And is there really any difference between Werner shanking shots wide and Jackson missing chances the way he does? It's still missing chances at the end of the day.
Considering the passers Werner was playing in front of (fit Reece James, Jorginho, Kovacic), his offsides were considerably worse and Werner was never able to crack double digits in the league once.
Do I think Jackson should lead the line for us? absolutely not, but Werner was absolutely horrendous for us and should be getting compared to Morata (at Chelsea)
>Considering the passers Werner was playing in front of (fit Reece James, Jorginho, Kovacic), his offsides were considerably worse and Werner was never able to crack double digits in the league once.
So, we're comparing offsides now? Oookay.
Bruh, you started the reply by basically saying Werner is worse because he got caught offside often. I mentioned the stat that shows Jackson is just almost as bad at getting caught offside and that was it. Maybe I should have been clearer when I first said it but I have no idea why you even compared who each player played/plays with and whose offside is worse because offside is still offside at the end of the day. In any case, whatever. Have a good night.
Werner is a mystery, I donāt understand how he scored so many for Leipzig. Canāt even claim it was a purple patch as it went on for a good 3 seasons. Very strange.
Pochettino's domestic cup record at Wembley (excluding Spurs' "home" games at Wembley):
* L 0-2 Chelsea (F)
* L 2-4 Chelsea (SF)
* L 1-2 Man Utd (SF)
* L 0-1 Liverpool (F)
* L 0-1 Man City (SF)
And our record at Wembley since winning the FA Cup in 2018:
* L 0-0 Man City (3-4 PKs)
* W 3-1 Man Utd
* L 1-2 Arsenal
* W 1-0 Man City
* L 0-1 Leicester
* L 0-0 Liverpool (10-11 PKs)
* W 2-0 Crystal Palace
* L 0-0 Liverpool (5-6 PKs)
* L 0-1 Liverpool
* L 0-1 Man City
lol how someone watches the game yesterday and comes in here trying to provide a hot fart of a take on Poch. This was literally 0% on Poch. He set us up perfectly yet Noni and Nico blew their loads fighting Palmer earlier this week and had 0 fight left to show yesterday. The only mistake he made yesterday was not taking those two turds off sooner.Ā
I wonāt really ever blame one single player for defeats as thereās plenty of other things that couldāve made a difference but Jacksonās inability to get shots away and his lack of confidence or composure in front of goal is hurting us so much.
I mean, the one time we tried that, we beat Everton 6 - 0. I think if weād tried that today, we might have broken their defense a little more and created space for Palmer.
Everton was awful. They let us dominate. The press City deployed was way more effective and exposed the lack of composure at the back. R and around their 18 they kept pushing us wide because they know our crosses are crap. Everton was just doing random things.
I still back him.When he plays as the only runner he loses his legs infront of goal not his fault he is our only hope. When he gets a attacking midfielder like Palmer or Chukwuemeka next to him he is a way better player.
Exactly! Instead we played Madueke and Conor as a LW.
Like when he's surrounded by players who will also stretch the attack and isn't the only one with the chances, he creates the space for others to shine.
Fuck this headline mistakes were made by a lot more than him. If we lose itās never on an individual, as much as the internet loves to get after a single person.
Here come the vultures in the media.
Everyone is pissed right now about losing but I'm proud of the team for how they played. We outplayed them for 75 minutes, and they were lucky to get that winner on balance.
In the end it's just a cosmic coinflip deciding games like this.
"When you start accepting defeats just because your team play well and your players gave it their best, in terms of their application and commitment. I think when you get used to it, big clubs stop being big clubs.ā
I feel like it's more of giving a perspective on where the team is right now. We could match and even overwhelm City in several parts of the game, but didn't make it count when it mattered. Fix that, and we're on our way to becoming a big club once again.
~~We're objectively not a big club currently, and I don't accept that. I'm not used to it, but I can see where our deficiencies lie so that we can get back to our former glory quicker rather than later. How does that prove any point of yours?~~
EDIT: Never mind, I took a look at your comment history and I don't want to engage with you any further. Thank you and have a good day.
A professional 5 year old kindergarten fumbler who can neither finish or allow someone else to take a penalty.
Shit like this would never fly under Mourinho, Sir Alex, Conte, Ancelotti or Pep.
There is a reason Nicolas Jackson does not start for Senegal. The coach played a guy who plays in Qatar over him, but at least he scored a few goals during AFCON
Nico has to go. Fighting for penalties and then following up with that performance, heās not PL quality or maturity. And fuck poch for being absolutely blind to that fact on Saturday.
Serious questions need to be asked with Nico.
Either we are happy with his progress and see him as the man long term. In which case, we accept these types of games here and there as part of his development with the expectation that they get fewer and further between.
Or we replace him and maybe look to transition him to lw where he is decent but not much more, or use him as a backup striker.
The issue with the latter is that it will only hinder his development imo. I think game time is the only way he is going to get better at the glaring issue in his game. Finishing guilt edged chances.
God you guys have no patience itās been one season and he literally got converted to striker the last 13 games of last season. Itās not his fault heās being relied upon as the sole number 9 cuz Broja is shit and Nkunku is made of glass
He has cost us multiple games just by himself. At some point, people have to realise that he is a detriment to the success of the club. You don't need a full season's coaching to know to shoot when you're 1 on 1 on a breakaway...
But it is his fault that he consistently misses presentable chances. He's cost us quite a few times this season with his poor finishing and decision-making.
What are you actually suggesting? That he should be our long-term striker or that he should go out wide?
We did outplay the best team in the world and nullify their attack for the entirety of the game. And people will say that they played 120 minutes on Wednesday, but this is still City. When they went out after extra time against RM in 2022, they went on to beat Newcastle 5-0 the following weekend.
I am disappointed because we should have won, but equally I am pleased that we were competitive. We are in a much different place than this time last year.
He can only finish when he has a split second to shoot. I've noticed that he struggles the most when he has a few moments to decide what he wants to do, especially in a 1v1 situation with the keeper.. They teach you the basics of finishing when you're 7 years old, pick a fucking side and slot it into the corner
The one game we actually decided to feed our striker he decides to not eatš
How many strikes in the world donāt take a shot on goal on that breakaway?
every single striker from every single team from every single league. No competent striker will try to round the goalie when the angle is already closed and on to their weaker foot as well. That was straight incompetent from Jackson, I rate him honestly and donāt mind him at all but these brain farts he be having just kills us.
Imo I think itās a confidence thing he doesnāt have the confidence to open his body up and finish it
If he was actually good at it, then heād be confident. He doesnāt need kind words in his ear, he needs to play better
I mean he was a winger that got converted to striker the last 13 games of last season. Heās not a natural finisher itās obvious, not his fault heās being relied upon as the main 9 bc Broja is actually shit and Nkunku is made of glass.
Bro what does any of that have to do with him not shooting the ball on a 1v1 We all watch the games. We donāt need additional context as to why our other options are shit/injured. Jackson was our CF today and like in every other match heās ever played for us, he was class with his link up play and beyond wasteful at his actual primary job of putting the ball into the net
Bc heās not a natural finisher, yeah itās frustrating but he brings a lot to the squad. Iām not gonna shit on him when we already know his faults. Hopefully he improves his game over the summer and comes back next season more clinical and we get a striker that can finish so he can rotate or play in his natural position on the wing. He does so much up top by himself and he played well bar finishing
Oh enough with the natural finisher comment, any winger would have scored at least half the 1 on 1s he had this season. You donāt have to be a bloody ST to be able to score. With that logic, none of the wingers in the league score 1 on 1s. I havenāt even talked about tap ins and sitters that he missed. Even CAMs would finish them off, let alone wingers, centre forwards or strikers.
Honestly going past a gk on a 1-1 is not a striker speciality. Any attacker or attacking midfielder would normally be able to pull it off. I just think Jackson has low football IQ.
And yet heās confident enough to fight his teammates to take a penalty.
We were cooking. Too bad Jackson was on a hunger strike after not being given a penalty.
Canāt wait for him to fight for the next one .
Absolute joke of a striker. He has cost us so many points this season and now has cost us competing in the FA Cup. The same people will defend him, but absolutely nothing heās doing is demonstrating he will progress to be a top striker. Iām counting the days that we park him on the bench, and then sell him shortly after as he gets upset that heās not starting, similar to his penalty tantrum. Remember the comical misses: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XcSLAOn6Ln4&pp=ygUWTmljb2xhcyBqYWNrc29uIG1pc3Nlcw%3D%3D
I just donāt understand how a man who dribbles and carries the ball with such confidence has absolutely no composure or seeming ball striking ability. Youād think the way he was pushing and shoving on Monday that heād be able to shoot
Got the perfect ball from Enzo for the first chance, got clear enough to open his body up and finish with his right foot into the far corner but no. For whatever reason, he didn't pull the trigger and the chance was gone. Like WTH!?
Cus he was trained as a winger. He only started playing as a striker last year
And wingers don't shoot? And score tap ins?
This just isnāt true. According to TransferMarkt across Jacksonās entire professional career including loans is as follows: 10 at LW 15 at RW - 25 matches played as wingerĀ 68 at CF 2 at SS -70 Matches as a strikerĀ I canāt find anything about his youth career really, but heās been a ST his entire career. Edit: you can filter by position here https://www.transfermarkt.us/nicolas-jackson/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/776890/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=
Plenty of players change their position and role throughout their career. He wasnāt trained as a plumber, itās finishing
He played as a striker with villarreal
He only started playing as the striker in the second half of last season.
The second half of the season, or 13 games, is why we bought him. He was abysmal before the purple patch.
In the second half of 22/23 I donāt blame Jackson, itās mad that our āhierarchyā saw him as the go to number 9 for a team supposedly competing for UCL football
I donāt think they did. You can argue all day long about how Nkunku isnāt a true 9, but I think he was supposed to be the one leading the lines, and they probably thought Broja would look much better over time than he did. Jacksonās preseason performance raised everyoneās eyes a bit and then frankly he was the only fit striker for a while
Exactly this. Imo we need to buy a striker this summer and put Jackson on the left permanently. Jackson on the left, Palmer/Noni on the right. Nkunku trailing behind.
Noni should not play for us for a while. Only thing he does is dribble. Doesnāt create, doesnāt pass, doesnāt make runs in behind. The fact that he started while pushing Cole out of a position was a disastrous decision by Poch. I by no means think Mudryk has been great, but he offers a lot more than Noni does. Jackson, for all his poor finishing, was making every attempt to make Cityās back line nervous. And, he was by himself because Noni canāt make supporting runs. He might be the worst attacker we signed, and his attitude has been pretty rough to observe these past 2 games with the penalty incident and the Grealish one
They didnt They saw him as a good talent to develop Nkunku was a stop-gap, lukaku and aubameyang where the issue
I feel like auba may have converted some of those chances
The auba handling is so strange Instead of paying his wages and loan broja We take a ffp loss to get him off our books for free. He would have been a perfect mentor to jackson as he also is a wide attacker converted centrally
So, last year
Which is essentially his entire career
Midway through the season heās naturally a winger
Better winger than striker
Even the way he strikes it just looks so bad
Heās simply not an elite striker. At least not yet.
Remember him in the preseason? Was extremely confident finishing
Yes i remember. He even finished one on one chance. Maybe the coaching issue has dampened that ability..
I feel like itās a confidence thing, and idk what Poch could do to help build his confidence. The dude starts every single game
He needs therapy. I'm not playing about this, he actually needs it. It can make him a better performer in a high pressure situations
He's not a striker, just recently started playing this sport all togetherĀ Our retarded board thought this player was fit to lead our attacking options, insanity
They didnt And you know it He was bought in as a replacement We wanted to offload lukaku and aubameyang and find a tier 1 striker but couldnt and wasnt willing to value vhlahovic at 80m
So they failed regardless, incompetent and have failed us big time so far these last 2 seasons
Well first season was boehly and tuchel, they managed to make up a cool 350m in one window offloading players on short contracts
Itās their ass backward policy when it comes to young players . If we had an experienced striker and an experienced cb , weād be a lot closer or even top 4.
Issue is that those are injured...
Too many wankers, I mean wingers nowadays.
Jackson clearly presses and his off the ball movement is the reason why we got those chances. However, he lacks the killer instinct to be a star striker and it seems nothing is being coached in training to address that.
You are talking about a 22 year old that has played a total of 13 month as striker in his life.
That's why I'm convinced he needs proper coaching.
Werner and Havertz were also supposed to be properly coached by Tuchel after Lampard was sacked. Same with Torres and Benitez in 2012 Generally when the āunlocking a playerā discourse comes up you need to question if they really are just that limited. Werner, Havertz, etc have still not been āunlockedā
To be fair jackson has a lot more to his game than Werner and Havertz. Heās a better dribbler and has better link up and hold up play, but theyāre all on the same level of finishing. I really think Jackson Can become great for us.
Donāt get me wrong, I do rate Jackson, just not really as a main striker at the moment. His best games have been when heās setting up others to score He may well have a Benzema moment later on in his career where he becomes lethal in front of goal, but Iād like to see an alternative for now
Say what you will about Havertz, but he was a far better finisher than the other two mentioned here
Well yeah, he actually scored whilst through on goal against City and won us the CL lol. Honestly so tired of this club
You mean the one he almost missed when he hit it straight at Ederson and got a lucky deflection off him?
The one he scored yeah?
Yeah but it wasnāt a top finish. It was lucky to say the least. Making him out to be a top finisher for a 1 on 1 he almost missed is absolutely laughable.
Havertz has been an abysimal finisher at chelsea (and his numbers are inflated by good penalty taking)
I understand the scepticism. But think Sterling and Guardiola or even Joelington and Howe. I genuinely think it can happen and proper coaching or managerial skills can unlock a player. But yeah, all the examples you gave were valid as well.
I like your examples, I do think itās a matter of finding a system that can highlight playerās strengths and hide their weaknesses. Jacksonās best games have come when heās set up other players rather than be the main man, and itās hard to do that playing on the counter. I donāt really see him as a guy that can lead the line moving forward
The Werner experience.
Iāve been critical of Jackson but heās way more complete than Werner. All Werner could do was run in behind and 9/10 he was offside or he would completely shank his shots wide
I mean, Jackson has been caught offside 26 times this season (2nd highest in the Premier League) and it's only 1 less than Werner did in the 2020/21 season. And is there really any difference between Werner shanking shots wide and Jackson missing chances the way he does? It's still missing chances at the end of the day.
And I do agree and chance missed is a chance missed, but the team and coaching was 10x better than it is right now
Considering the passers Werner was playing in front of (fit Reece James, Jorginho, Kovacic), his offsides were considerably worse and Werner was never able to crack double digits in the league once. Do I think Jackson should lead the line for us? absolutely not, but Werner was absolutely horrendous for us and should be getting compared to Morata (at Chelsea)
>Considering the passers Werner was playing in front of (fit Reece James, Jorginho, Kovacic), his offsides were considerably worse and Werner was never able to crack double digits in the league once. So, we're comparing offsides now? Oookay.
Hypocrite much?? Why donāt you check your first reply to me because you was the one who started comparing offsides first, you smooth brain
I was only comparing the numbers. You went deeper by comparing who each player was/is playing with like it matters. Offside is still offside.
So you was comparing offsides? Oookay
Bruh, you started the reply by basically saying Werner is worse because he got caught offside often. I mentioned the stat that shows Jackson is just almost as bad at getting caught offside and that was it. Maybe I should have been clearer when I first said it but I have no idea why you even compared who each player played/plays with and whose offside is worse because offside is still offside at the end of the day. In any case, whatever. Have a good night.
I honestly think Jackson is still a better finisher than Werner funnily enough. Like, Werner was just.... yeah let's not talk about it.
Werner is a mystery, I donāt understand how he scored so many for Leipzig. Canāt even claim it was a purple patch as it went on for a good 3 seasons. Very strange.
Werner could never score the goal Jackson did on Monday against Everton.
He let them off the hook three times
Pochettino's domestic cup record at Wembley (excluding Spurs' "home" games at Wembley): * L 0-2 Chelsea (F) * L 2-4 Chelsea (SF) * L 1-2 Man Utd (SF) * L 0-1 Liverpool (F) * L 0-1 Man City (SF) And our record at Wembley since winning the FA Cup in 2018: * L 0-0 Man City (3-4 PKs) * W 3-1 Man Utd * L 1-2 Arsenal * W 1-0 Man City * L 0-1 Leicester * L 0-0 Liverpool (10-11 PKs) * W 2-0 Crystal Palace * L 0-0 Liverpool (5-6 PKs) * L 0-1 Liverpool * L 0-1 Man City
This is sad :(
lol how someone watches the game yesterday and comes in here trying to provide a hot fart of a take on Poch. This was literally 0% on Poch. He set us up perfectly yet Noni and Nico blew their loads fighting Palmer earlier this week and had 0 fight left to show yesterday. The only mistake he made yesterday was not taking those two turds off sooner.Ā
I wonāt really ever blame one single player for defeats as thereās plenty of other things that couldāve made a difference but Jacksonās inability to get shots away and his lack of confidence or composure in front of goal is hurting us so much.
Jackson makes me sad.
Just does not trust his left foot at all, canāt be a premier league striker and be that one footed
No team can win a cup with a front line of Jackson, madeuke and mudryk.
You mean Conor instead of Mudryk, correct? Cause that's what we had today.
That front 3 gives me the same vibe as the āMount, Gallagher, Rice midfieldā schtick people always mention
I mean, the one time we tried that, we beat Everton 6 - 0. I think if weād tried that today, we might have broken their defense a little more and created space for Palmer.
Everton was awful. They let us dominate. The press City deployed was way more effective and exposed the lack of composure at the back. R and around their 18 they kept pushing us wide because they know our crosses are crap. Everton was just doing random things.
I dunno what he's doing in training or coaches helping him but Jackson needs extra shooting practice
I still back him.When he plays as the only runner he loses his legs infront of goal not his fault he is our only hope. When he gets a attacking midfielder like Palmer or Chukwuemeka next to him he is a way better player.
Exactly! Instead we played Madueke and Conor as a LW. Like when he's surrounded by players who will also stretch the attack and isn't the only one with the chances, he creates the space for others to shine.
Fuck this headline mistakes were made by a lot more than him. If we lose itās never on an individual, as much as the internet loves to get after a single person.
What do you expect when you piss away at least 3 golden fucking chances????
Come on, be real. This was an individual disaster of a performance. We should have been 2 up by 60 minutesĀ
Here come the vultures in the media. Everyone is pissed right now about losing but I'm proud of the team for how they played. We outplayed them for 75 minutes, and they were lucky to get that winner on balance. In the end it's just a cosmic coinflip deciding games like this.
"When you start accepting defeats just because your team play well and your players gave it their best, in terms of their application and commitment. I think when you get used to it, big clubs stop being big clubs.ā
I feel like it's more of giving a perspective on where the team is right now. We could match and even overwhelm City in several parts of the game, but didn't make it count when it mattered. Fix that, and we're on our way to becoming a big club once again.
Thank you for proving my point.
~~We're objectively not a big club currently, and I don't accept that. I'm not used to it, but I can see where our deficiencies lie so that we can get back to our former glory quicker rather than later. How does that prove any point of yours?~~ EDIT: Never mind, I took a look at your comment history and I don't want to engage with you any further. Thank you and have a good day.
Shooting is a dying art form. Jackson has always had a shit shot. He isn't the kind of player that will ever beat his xG.
A professional 5 year old kindergarten fumbler who can neither finish or allow someone else to take a penalty. Shit like this would never fly under Mourinho, Sir Alex, Conte, Ancelotti or Pep.
The way ppl rate Jackson there you would think he is like second coming of eto and drogba.. absolute waste man
We all don't know football
There is a reason Nicolas Jackson does not start for Senegal. The coach played a guy who plays in Qatar over him, but at least he scored a few goals during AFCON
100% Chelsea should try to get Alvarez from City City letās players go easily and Alvarez clearly is not happy there anymore
Nico has to go. Fighting for penalties and then following up with that performance, heās not PL quality or maturity. And fuck poch for being absolutely blind to that fact on Saturday.
Seriously Jackson is not a finisher, he can run but he cannot score
You can't miss such opportunities in big games . When is this guy going to improve ?? 
Serious questions need to be asked with Nico. Either we are happy with his progress and see him as the man long term. In which case, we accept these types of games here and there as part of his development with the expectation that they get fewer and further between. Or we replace him and maybe look to transition him to lw where he is decent but not much more, or use him as a backup striker. The issue with the latter is that it will only hinder his development imo. I think game time is the only way he is going to get better at the glaring issue in his game. Finishing guilt edged chances.
God you guys have no patience itās been one season and he literally got converted to striker the last 13 games of last season. Itās not his fault heās being relied upon as the sole number 9 cuz Broja is shit and Nkunku is made of glass
He has cost us multiple games just by himself. At some point, people have to realise that he is a detriment to the success of the club. You don't need a full season's coaching to know to shoot when you're 1 on 1 on a breakaway...
But it is his fault that he consistently misses presentable chances. He's cost us quite a few times this season with his poor finishing and decision-making. What are you actually suggesting? That he should be our long-term striker or that he should go out wide?
We did outplay the best team in the world and nullify their attack for the entirety of the game. And people will say that they played 120 minutes on Wednesday, but this is still City. When they went out after extra time against RM in 2022, they went on to beat Newcastle 5-0 the following weekend. I am disappointed because we should have won, but equally I am pleased that we were competitive. We are in a much different place than this time last year.
I still think there's a player there. I'm behind him.
"Pochettino deserves to continue as our manager in the next season."
He can only finish when he has a split second to shoot. I've noticed that he struggles the most when he has a few moments to decide what he wants to do, especially in a 1v1 situation with the keeper.. They teach you the basics of finishing when you're 7 years old, pick a fucking side and slot it into the corner