1 hour ago, RMH said:

According to the Spanish sports newspaper As, it was the saddest celebration that Morata has ever done, and apparently a journalist asked Sarri about it in the presser after the game, and his response was that if Morata wanted to cry after every goal he scored, he was hoping to see Morata crying very often.

https://as.com/futbol/2018/10/05/uefa/1538720054_925037.html

simple FYI: I posted the interview in the match day thread

@robdog sorry, I had not seen it and since they were discussing here Morata's "celebration", I thought it was appropriate to paste it here.

3 minutes ago, RMH said:

@robdog sorry, I had not seen it and since they were discussing here Morata's "celebration", I thought it was appropriate to paste it here.

no need to apologize mate, I just wanted everyone to know that a vid was up w/ that statement - Don Maurizio covered a lot more than that in his presser too - so no worries - again just a simple FYI

 

Edited October 5, 20187 yr by robdog

I want us to bring a new striker, a real goalscorer who will lead that team to glory.

But after him scoring that winning goal, I'd say play him against Southampton as well. Maybe it will help him to gain some confidence and raise his form.

Two games and two goals.

That’s more like it. Thought he looked quite sharp when he came on. Was unlucky with the first chance I thought, got it on target and worked the keeper and then when the next chance came his way he finished it confidently.

Still a long way from looking a player we’ve paid £60m for but deserves praise when it’s due and he’s scored a couple of goals now, is getting into good positions so hopefully continues this upward swing in form.

You can only ask a striker to score, if he scores job done, doesn't matter if its the winner, your immune to any critic when you score. Saves me typing a long post anyway.

 

I wasn't able to watch the match, so when I saw his name pop up when the 3rd goal was scored on the Score Centre, I was genuinely delighted. I know some people have their minds made up with him already, but I really do think that he can be a title winning striker for us. All he needs is confidence, he has the ability.

Giroud has had a decent run of starts in the league and while he fights for every ball, he never gets on the end of anything, or looks like scoring. 

Giroud's link up against Cardiff was world class, but since then, what has actually contributed? 

We all know morata's flaws, but his movement is very good, and chances always seem to fall his way. Now he is back in the goals, I think he should be ahead of giroud in the pecking order again, give morata a run of league starts and see if he hit some sort of form.

It's a tough situation with neither striker being really good enough.

16 minutes ago, big blue said:

Giroud has had a decent run of starts in the league and while he fights for every ball, he never gets on the end of anything, or looks like scoring. 

Giroud's link up against Cardiff was world class, but since then, what has actually contributed? 

We all know morata's flaws, but his movement is very good, and chances always seem to fall his way. Now he is back in the goals, I think he should be ahead of giroud in the pecking order again, give morata a run of league starts and see if he hit some sort of form.

It's a tough situation with neither striker being really good enough.

Giroud will do a job in small doses, but his role will have less and less of an effect the longer he starts. He's definitely not a long term solution. Morata will need to come in eventually and we will just have to hope he can take the chances he get's.

I was close to finally giving up on him recently, but absolutely delighted to see him scoring again. Long may it last, there's certainly a lot of talent in there.

I have to confess that I celebrated Morata's goal the loudest, even if it was the most inconsequential in terms of the result.

I don't know why I like him so much, I used to slate Torres and he put in far more of a shift effort-wise. I'd say it's maturity but I spent most of the pub quiz last night farting in the midst of my team-mates then laughing about it. Food for thought...

24 minutes ago, PloKoon13 said:

I have to confess that I celebrated Morata's goal the loudest, even if it was the most inconsequential in terms of the result.

I don't know why I like him so much, I used to slate Torres and he put in far more of a shift effort-wise. I'd say it's maturity but I spent most of the pub quiz last night farting in the midst of my team-mates then laughing about it. Food for thought...

I muttered "yeah right" at the word maturity, but howled when I read the rest   No maturity, you just love Morata's hair better than the alicebanded Torres hairstyle 

I think he's an absolute dogsh*t striker but i find it hard to dislike the bloke too much. Relieved to see him score yesterday. Happy for him. 

I'd start him against United. Two goals in his last two games must have done wonders for his confidence and he's got loads of goalscoring potential at the very least.

29 minutes ago, Sindre said:

I'd start him against United. Two goals in his last two games must have done wonders for his confidence and he's got loads of goalscoring potential at the very least.

Plus United are leaking goals all over the place at the moment, so it should be a good opportunity to keep his streak going.

On 08/10/2018 at 09:12, RIP Mourinho said:

I think he's an absolute dogsh*t striker but i find it hard to dislike the bloke too much. Relieved to see him score yesterday. Happy for him. 

I just hate his bottle, as a bloke I think he's a top lad, when watching him interviewed and that. 

It's just the strikers mentality is not there when the going gets tough. 

The thing about Morata is that he was most effective as a super-sub with Real Madrid/Juventus simply because his pace was an asset against tired legs.

I suspect Sarri knows this and is using him accordingly, except when he thinks that the opposition will give us space in behind from the off (ala Emery's Arsenal). 

It's become apparent, however, that most sides will defend deep and look to counter from the outset because they're scared of getting ripped apart.

In those cases, a target-man like Giroud is typically most effective because of his hold-up play and ability to win aerial duels (his good first touch helps as well).   

Agree that Morata's fragile psychological makeup resembles Chelsea-era Torres, although to be fair to Morata he at least looks to try and get himself into a position to score more often than his older compatriot did.

If he goes away and does well for Spain, start him against Man U. I still remember fondly his Dave assisted header from last season that won us the game. If he can get back to being that Morata then fantastic. 

This is fun to watch, shooting drills, Morata V Pedro V Zappacosta. 

Pedro really is a sublime finisher. Morata did well actually but Davide was poor, obvs

 

2 hours ago, Blueblur said:

Pedro really is a sublime finisher.

Yes, amazing. So casual - and yet it's within a couple of inches from the post every time.

2 hours ago, Blueblur said:

Morata did well actually

All we need to do is wait for the opposition to bring on their dummy defenders and he'll be alright.

20 minutes ago, coco said:

All we need to do is wait for the opposition to bring on their dummy defenders and he'll be alright.

Didn't someone on here say he couldn't score against dummy defenders !. 

8 hours ago, Blueblur said:

Morata did well actually

Well, with no one around him to spook him, its not surprising a he did as well as he did. If only he didn't get scared by all the people watching him and being around him

Just now, chiefBlueCFC said:

Well, with no one around him to spook him, its not surprising a he did as well as he did. If only he didn't get scared by all the people watching him and being around him

dammit i didn't see @coco comment until after i posted .... damn way to go me! 

Good to see they have these drills as some times I do wonder ……………..

Agree on this showing Pedro looked sharp.