Don’t get me wrong. I don’t think JSl has been a good buy. It’s just when we signed Johnson an empty taxi turned up at Selhurst and he got out.
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Willo
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A total of 18 goals in 72 PL appearances, the first 14 in 35 appearances in his first season at Wolves when he was on Loan from Celta Vigo. The deal at Wolves was a £2.5 Mill loan fee and a possible £23 Mill if the move was made permanent.Gary O'Neil signed him on loan for Wolves.I believe Vitor Pereira signed JSL on a permanent deal.
We've vastly overpaid for him.
Does that make me a bad supporter for pointing this out?
Well possibly.
For me he's like a combination of Chris Jones and Tony Mahoney - you know they are on the field and in a centre forward postion , but you're not entirely sure why.
The main times I noticed Larsen yesterday was when he was laughing and joking with Haaland at set pieces , and on the one and only occasion he did win a challenge he celebrated by punching his fists towards the fans as if he had scored a winning goal in a cup final.
Of course I want him to do well, but I just can't see it.
To compound the issue he doesn't even provide the nuisance value offered by other non scoring strikers.
It's almost like playing with 10 men.
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I put jsl, johnson and nketiah all in the same boat.
£15m on any of them as back-ups, ok (ish in johnson's case) prices but when you pay £48m, £30m and £35m for those three then it is really, really very bad business!!
(you could even put £26m on pino into that bracket also)
£15m on any of them as back-ups, ok (ish in johnson's case) prices but when you pay £48m, £30m and £35m for those three then it is really, really very bad business!!
(you could even put £26m on pino into that bracket also)
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4 in his last 37? It feels like that. One in 9. Gareth Tayloresque.
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The deal was £43 Mill rising to £48 Mill.
He has scored 3 PL goals for us in 15 appearances.
Simon Jordan labelled him a "Donkey" in the early part of this year.
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I can’t believe it hasn’t been said since the last post.
JSL has very much established himself as a good striker. I’m not sure Mateta walks back in.
JSL has very much established himself as a good striker. I’m not sure Mateta walks back in.
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agreed!! His link up play has been very good which has surprised me. Has quite a few assists throughout his career.
He has improved and goals obviously help his confidence. Ironically it's actually think it's his link up play which is still lacking. He still often fails to hold onto the ball when in a duel that he should win and when he does his lay off to another player is quite often poor... But there have at least been signs of this improving so fingers crossed.
He's got a huge task on his hands this weekend though against a very physical and organised Leeds defence (the rest of the team also have a huge task on their hands too).
He's certainly getting better.
He's got fire in his belly now. You could see it after his Ipswich goal, and even after being subbed on Thurs, he was walking down the front of the Hol with gritted teeth pumping everyone up.
There is clearly still improvement needed, but things are moving in the right direction.
He's got fire in his belly now. You could see it after his Ipswich goal, and even after being subbed on Thurs, he was walking down the front of the Hol with gritted teeth pumping everyone up.
There is clearly still improvement needed, but things are moving in the right direction.
Yep. 4 in 3 now I think.
Definitely improving.
Needs to keep it up and keep Mateta out of the team , when he’s fit.
If he goes back into his shell, when there’s competition upfront, he hasn’t got the character for it.
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At least whatever we say about JSL, that’s 8 goals since his arrival, some decent efforts and some good old fashioned centre forward headed goals, so at least we’re getting some return for the fortune we paid for him
mateta couldn’t head the ball if his life depended on it, so that’s one thing I’m enjoying about JSL, a good cross and he might actually get his head to it
mateta couldn’t head the ball if his life depended on it, so that’s one thing I’m enjoying about JSL, a good cross and he might actually get his head to it
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Mateta shouldn't see another game, he made his bed and now has to lie in it. Getting the understanding between Pino and JSL and whoever else plays in a forward position is key to future success.
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In many ways, JSL is this generation's Gabbiadini. He's not going to create much, can't go past players and his hold up play isn't great.
But he scores if you give him service very well. I have little doubt he will achieve double figures this season and that's if he is part of a heavy rotation with Mateta and Nketiah. Did we 'overpay?' Too early to say and difficult to quantify when prices for players are once again spiking towards even greater insanity.
But those who saw nothing good in JSL will be proven only more incorrect provided he stays fit and it's good to know we have a striker who can at least score double figures if given service. There's a few PL clubs that don't even have that.
But he scores if you give him service very well. I have little doubt he will achieve double figures this season and that's if he is part of a heavy rotation with Mateta and Nketiah. Did we 'overpay?' Too early to say and difficult to quantify when prices for players are once again spiking towards even greater insanity.
But those who saw nothing good in JSL will be proven only more incorrect provided he stays fit and it's good to know we have a striker who can at least score double figures if given service. There's a few PL clubs that don't even have that.
Another way of looking at this is that everybody now realises that it was the Abu Dhabi government who was sponsoring the side. Does that really matter? Given that Abramovic did the same for Chelsea? And the team itself didn’t cheat. And all the other teams could have bought all the top players if they had the means and inclination.
Calvin Andrew?
Aaron Wilbraham?
Dele Adebola?
Ade Akinbye?
Some would even make a case for Alan Lee though I personally thought he was strong in the air despite below average technical ability.
I would give Strand-Larson a chance with our best attacking/creating players around him for at least a run of ten games and then see where he is. He has not had that yet at Palace. Mateta has had support from Eze, Olise, Sarr, Munoz, Mitchell, Kamada and Wharton at one time or another and we still only got one good season out of him for goals.
I'm not saying JSL will be a bigger success than JPM. He might not work out at all but he has started getting in positions to score and has now got what? 3 goals? 4? in 6 appearances. At least 3 of those appearances he did not play the full game.
Strikers are confidence players. Goals tend to boost confidence making it more likely that he'll score, and so on.
For me right now you have to start him and be patient. Its not as if our alternative options are more attractive.
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Watching Norway last night you would be forgiven if you thought the guy that came on in the second half was their top striker . JSL's movement and willingness to get involved made the stationary Halland look like a poor mans Benteke .
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Alan Lee was an old-school combative striker who at one stage was no stranger to card.
He was all hustle and bustle and relished a physical battle.
His manager at Rotherham joked that Lee spent more time on the ground than Joe Bugner !
Neil Warnock signed him for our club.