28 minutes ago, Remodez said:

This is why I always disagree with those who say he should be playing as a 10.

His finishing is simply too good to not have him playing upfront and his playmaking abilities are not good enough to make the sacrifice either

Factor in Palmer's two sublime passes. Regardless, quality finishes.

Palmer and Jow! Pedro have a good understanding. They play well together. I have always liked JoW! as a no.9 - he is a goal scorer and can hit from outside the box too! He has that JFH quality imho. JFH vibes. I feel that the 3 lads behind JP should be more fluid - switching wings, etc. The rigidity of the Enzo Era was not helping our attacks.

4 hours ago, dkw said:

Or what SidneyChelsea wrote, putting it much better than I did.

He's annoyingly good, isn't he?

1 hour ago, Liam said:

He's annoyingly good, isn't he?

A bit too good if you ask me....needs to calm himself down a bit with all these good takes on things. No one likes a smart arse 😅

3 hours ago, Liam said:

He's annoyingly good, isn't he?

But he's Australian.

14 minutes ago, dermott said:

But he's Australian.

Its a good point well made.

12 hours ago, dkw said:

Allowing him time on the ball from balls from midfield helps massively, something the clown simply wouldnt allow in his "system".

Or what SidneyChelsea wrote, putting it much better than I did.

Did Sydney call him a pierrot?

13 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

Palmer and Jow! Pedro have a good understanding. They play well together. I have always liked JoW! as a no.9 - he is a goal scorer and can hit from outside the box too! He has that JFH quality imho. JFH vibes. I feel that the 3 lads behind JP should be more fluid - switching wings, etc. The rigidity of the Enzo Era was not helping our attacks.

I agree. There was evidence of this in the Club World Cup last year but they really haven't had many opportunities to play in the same team this year. Hopefully both can stay fit and in form.

16 hours ago, Remodez said:

This is why I always disagree with those who say he should be playing as a 10.

His finishing is simply too good to not have him playing upfront and his playmaking abilities are not good enough to make the sacrifice either

I am confused, the two goals literally screamed why in the world you want to play Jp as st.

If your st want to drop then somebody need to play as st as what Garnacho did in the 2nd goal.

11 hours ago, loz said:

Did Sydney call him a pierrot?

Dont talk to me about those black and white bastards...pick a colour and stick to it, stupid ambiguous tossers.

Seems like the player we signed in the summer again

He is giving me confidence. He is also 5th in PL scoring charts with 9, behind Haaand, Thiago, Semenyho and Ekitike. We rarely have strikers in these charts, and considering zero penalty goals, this is promising.

Beyond that, he is 7th in PL for assists with 4, and most for us.

13 PL Goal involvements - could quite easily get to 20 with this form.

Edit - he's also won 119 duels, 10 more than our second place dueler, Caicedo. Most through balls as well.

Edited January 31Jan 31 by PhilH930

Scoring goals again, running a bit more and even squaring up to Traore.

Rosenior has worked wonders on this guy 😂

Thought he played well against Arsenal last night. And they have top quality centre-backs.

Edited February 4Feb 4 by just

Showing a lot more effort since Maresca left, looks a proper handful up top. Needs some support though, he gets nothing from Delap and Enzo last night.

2 hours ago, just said:

Thought he played well against Arsenal last night. And they have top quality centre-backs.

The ball stuck to him like glue and he remained a useful outlet throughout the game. I really hope he can keep up this good run of form

Has been pretty fantastic sine Rosenior took over. Arguably our best player in this period.

5 hours ago, just said:

Thought he played well against Arsenal last night. And they have top quality centre-backs.

He was our best player for me, really seemed to relish taking on their defence and was always on the front foot. Much better use of him than the clown who had him constantly coming deep, back to goal etc.

Edited February 4Feb 4 by dkw

Pedro and James are the only players with some grit and physicality. Caicedo and Fofana are too brash, Delap is an idiot and Cucurella is like a wild chihuahua, he'll either bite you or you'll kick the sh*t out of him before he gets the chance.

So much physicality lacking from this team with, and we don't have the attacking talent in the wings to make up for it.

Could we...have we....actually found ourselves our first top center forward since Giroud?

13 goal contributions in 8 games for Joao Pedro. Positive stats I like to see from our players for once.

Playing less like a number 10 and more like a number 9 and it’s paying off.

In fantastic form.

He's got everything. Wish the board would understand that this team has some players that are ready for big things (Joao Pedro, Palmer, Caicedo, James, Cucurella, Enzo), they just need that extra bit of quality and experience around them. A top center back pairing and a world class winger would totally transform this team.

He wants to be 🇧🇷 number one for the summer he will be going full pelt

I'm glad we can finally put the number 10 debate to bed. He has always been a striker and with world class composure in the box like his it would be criminal to put him anywhere else.