Viktor Gyokeres: Gyok Hard

[Batman]

Merino and White tried to find Gyok in the box... while Ødegaard and Timber will try to find Saka

I feel like Ødegaard to be fair has been making more sporadic attempts to find him and Saka made a couple of terrible ones as well today but yes, in general those 2 are more direct and more inclined to try to get him involved. His assist for Zubi was beautiful hold up play. I don't understand why we're not seeing more of that from the team. He's got that in his locker and it's something we should be looking to exploit far more often.

 

[Blood on the Tracks]

He played pretty well today and was in the right place for the goal, so credit to him.

But he's wasn't Motm today. That was a silly decision.

 

[dka1]

He played pretty well today and was in the right place for the goal, so credit to him.

But he's wasn't Motm today. That was a silly decision.

Meh, I'll tek it! Will be a nice little confidence boost.

 

[RandomHero84]

He played pretty well today and was in the right place for the goal, so credit to him.

But he's wasn't Motm today. That was a silly decision.

Goal and an assist. Pretty justifiable.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

I'm glad he scored but from his interview, you can tell he's underwhelmed by how things are going. Let's hope he goes on a scoring run from now until the end if the season.

 

[merciarsene]

You could see the drop off as soon as he went off. Strong, physical and direct player, focused on his position. Refreshing to see in this team where players are more known for their efforts outside their main role..someone is good at set pieces, someoneat leading the press etc

 

[teamsoutheast]

He played pretty well today and was in the right place for the goal, so credit to him.

But he's wasn't Motm today. That was a silly decision.

He got a goal and an assist though which turned out to be a decisive factor in the game.

 

[teamsoutheast]

Much better from Gyokeres tonight. This is the pre Burnley Gyokeres we've been seeing. He did really well tonight against two very physical defenders in Fofana and Chalobah.

 

[Tnegs]

A goal and an assist. Now that’s soldiering.

 

[dino bravo]

Real confidence builder, did some nice things outside the G&A too. Take this into Forest now.

 

[viktor]

gyokeres only scored against small team which is chelshit part of that

 

[1macca1]

gyokeres only scored against small team which is chelshit part of that

Have you done full u turn from fanboy to hater?

 

[viktor]

Have you done full u turn from fanboy to hater?

even i changed my avatar with patrick vieira lifting premier league golden trophy, so not use gyokeres avatar anymore

 

[viktor]

@OnlyOne come outside now


sesko high cealing completely ghosting against bum useless bankrupt club like grimbsy in carabao, i just saying

 

[grange]

Need to see Kai as left 8 serving up tap ins for Vik

 

[BBF]

Do that. Whatever he did, keep doing it.

Looked like a genuine poacher tonight.

 

[viktor]

Do that. Whatever he did, keep doing it.

Looked like a genuine poacher tonight.

that ass flick from him absolutely underrated when gave assist to zubi

 

[gunman90]

Need to see Kai as left 8 serving up tap ins for Vik

Havertz is absolutely terrible as an 8. No thanks.

 

[Synical]

You could see the drop off as soon as he went off. Strong, physical and direct player, focused on his position. Refreshing to see in this team where players are more known for their efforts outside their main role..someone is good at set pieces, someoneat leading the press etc

Came on here to say the same!

 

[RandomHero84]

I want to draw attention to something here. I've been increasingly critical of Gyok lately, but for me this is a common example of an ongoing problem.

Everyone has a strong foot and a weaker foot, but we can all see when to play this ball. Sure it results in a goal in the passage or play that follows, but it you aren't playing that ball to a number 9 then you aren't trying to play with a number 9.

A challenge I think with Gyökeres movement, which has been far from perfect, but with our team it is trying to second guess when we will actually release the ball.

I think it's clear to most people that there are clear cut times when the ball should be played. Apex moments when the striker is on the shoulder and the wide player gains a yard.

Where I have sympathy with Gyökeres is his instincts do not align with our other attackers behaviours.

Does he accelerate on the first, second, third or fourth saka direction change? Does he wait for Ødegaard to spin once or twice? Will ode release it when the space opens up? Or is he going to take 10 more touches? It's very hard to predict because they often make very sub-optimal positions in transition.

I am not saying he's elite and is absolved of responsibility, but even the pundits are starting to notice this.

I actually think it's this simple. If we simplify transition play, he gets a very respectable goal tally.