It was a great union, one that was blessed with 16 goals in 16 outings. I am not a fan of polygamy, but I can't help but admire what DD did with Senderos, Toure, Djourou and so many other concubines whose names have been withheld.
bigkesh: Bashing Morata for losing physical battles is like bashing Fabregas for not winning his duels........You know their strengths,play to it.
Trying to let him battle Mustafi and co is like crossing for Dybala......Makes no sense
Fixed the midfield, dominate the game and Morata will do the rest.
Simple
It's not that simple homie.
Same 'build-up play' excuses were made for Nando in the past. We had to even set-up the Mazacar - of which the tiki-taka is the archetype, just to see that Nando started scoring but alas, it would turn out that his case was that of an old witch holding him back in Madrid and not the system.
The system doesn't stop you from standing your ground as a forward. Morata has not been standing his ground, the frailty in his game needs immediate attention.
Our dominating of play would count for nothing if our focal point is always picking himself up from the ground every now and then. It's akin to calling a sexy ebony chick over to your place to have her rimmed hard from behind only for you to notice that your third leg is refusing erection. At that point, the up-through pass from the chick who visited just got wasted.
Morata has to stay strong to start scoring more. If he can't stay strong, then he should stay smart.
Stay smart by running circles around defenders. He can't score much goals playing our games with his back to goal, receiving the ball and forcing a straight run at goal. He doesn't have the strength to see that out. I can trust Drogba with that, I can trust Costa with that, I can trust Torres with that if we are playing against Hull City. Morata hasn't given me reasons to have faith in his ability to peel off defs and run at goal. He makes himself easy to mark, which also gives him less time on the ball.
Instead of trying to hold-up play and falling awkwardly at a slightest marking, he should start running circles around defenders. He'll have the edge if he is constantly moving.
If you've noticed, I distanced myself from any Morata arguments here. I am not against the lad, neither am I a strong fan. I just wanted to take my time to follow his game closely and believe me, what I've seen so far is worrisome.
He is technically good, million miles ahead of that Congolese up north but he can only mutate into a beast if he starts giving defenders something to worry about.
MaziOmenuko: We have seen how peaceful they are. Obviously they need more peaceful people to join them, so what are you doing at the comfort of your home with your phone posting in nairaland? Why not go and join their peaceful burning of police stations?
You know nothing about these chaos, do you?
The confrontations by the IPOB members are nothing but reprisal attacks. That group have remained peaceful until the government decided to engage them.
If you attack your enemy's village and cause lots of damage, expect a reprisal. It's the compensation for earlier loss, an average Aba mind thinks in that line.