Stinker in front of goal
He was pretty decent otherwise.
He was pretty decent otherwise.
Stinker in front of goal
He was pretty decent otherwise.
All the best strikers miss. Aguero used to miss a lot too but the best strikers always keep going. Would rather have a striker like that than one who can't fashion any chances for themselves.To be fair, to those of us who watched full Reims matches on BT Sports, the chances he missed today are exactly the kinds of chances he missed for Reims.
People have this perception that he scored 20+ goals so he must be lethal, but that chance he got from the Lewis-Skelly through ball is a perfect encapsulation of Balogun...
He can get 4 of those identical chances across 4 games. He'll score 2 of them and look like a cold blooded killer. And he'll miss 2 of them exactly like he did today and look like a 21-year old still finding his feet.
Yeah. He finished well under his xG last season. It's a bit of a surprise for me as Balogun has always been ice cold in front of goal but I expect his finishing to even out. His movement today was fantastic.To be fair, to those of us who watched full Reims matches on BT Sports, the chances he missed today are exactly the kinds of chances he missed for Reims.
People have this perception that he scored 20+ goals so he must be lethal, but that chance he got from the Lewis-Skelly through ball is a perfect encapsulation of Balogun...
He can get 4 of those identical chances across 4 games. He'll score 2 of them and look like a cold blooded killer. And he'll miss 2 of them exactly like he did today and look like a 21-year old still finding his feet.
Like what for example?Your talent id is obviously **** then. Balogun did stuff today that I haven't seen from an Arsenal striker since RVP.
Balogun has more potential than Eddie IMO, but he's also a much more sellable asset.
At the end of the day I don't see anyone taking Eddie, who has scored a max of 5 goals in the league once, with his 100k wages.
At least with Balogun a team would be able to negotiate a better contract.
I think that it would make a lot of sense to have Balogun in next season's squad. He had a great season playing in Ligue 1 and he would be a nice option to add some depth to the squad. He could play in the cups and have some minutes in the Premier League once in a while.
Jesus will always be first option, and then we have some alternatives that are not exactly pure strikers (Havertz, Trossard). Balogun wouldn't have the pressure and we could benefit from having him continue his development in the club.
Based off v little but he looks better than Eddie imo.
I can see why the club would prefer to loan him because I’d be looking to swap them this time next year.