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  1. Semenyo is not a striker they score goals

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    On 30/12/2020 at 08:16, Phileas Fogg said:

    Many on here, myself included, would've been very happy to sell Bobby Reid for £500k or less up until 2017 when he was 24 years of age. Young players need time. What's great about Semenyo is he has the untrainable physical attributes for the modern game. He's fast, athletic, tall and powerful. He has a decent footballing brain too.

    Composure and positioning can be trained and generally comes with experience. Semenyo doesn't have a typical academy schooling and it shows at times. It'll come. 

    A good comparison is Tyrone Mings. I've heard this from someone who used to coach at Chippenham and knows his family. He's a good comparison as he had a fairly similar trajectory. He was playing non league football until about 19 but had all the physical attributes for the top. Ipswich, and later Bournemouth, identified this. They knew they could train the footballing side, but what he had was the unteachable athletic advantages for the modern game. A few years later and he's a regular Prem player and has England caps. Bournemouth also signed Lloyd Kelly partly based on this who was identified as having perfect athletic/physical attributes for the modern game. 

    This desire to say "I told you so" about young players is strange. We've seen it this season with Morrell, Massengo and Semenyo.. it's also starting to creep in with Bakinson. Just give young players time to develop and improve. 

    Seymeno weekly update on ‘I told you so’ 

    Game 20 something goals = 0

    I told you so....  

  3. Semenyo is not a striker they score goals

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    2 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

    Well he played on the wing today. Not sure why he isn't a winger when he protects the full back well, and gets the ball wide and beats players fairly regularly.

    I think he is actually underrated by some. Some things he does on the ball is ridiculously good. I think he will go right to the top.

    I am sure his finishing can improve. He was very unlucky with that one which was blocked.

    Strikers can improve their finishing, especially from his age.

    I think back to Luis Suarez in his first season for Liverpool, he missed so many chances.

    I am sure there are other examples of players improving massively in their finishing ability. 

    Players generally improve in areas of their game as they get older. I don't see why Semenyo can't improve with more experience and more coaching.

    Wingers get wide and cross the ball. 

    I am pretty sure he did not do it once in 90 mins - so does me not a winger either

  6. Semenyo is not a striker they score goals

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    13 hours ago, marcofisher said:

    Semenyo is our most creative player and is not a striker. I can’t understand why he is being called out for a lack of goals when he is still learning his trade and is still our most creative player from the wing.

     

    Martin is actually a striker and currently offering neither goals or assists.

    Lack (No) of goals = Seymenyo, Martin and COD 3 of our front 4 at one point last night. 3 goals in 80 games....
     

    Hard to my finger out why we don’t score goals....  If only we paid a manger and multiple coaches to work that sort of thing out....
     

    Even wingers have to chip in with at least 6 a season if they can’t then we move them on and find ones who can. Otherwise we will never progress. 
     

     

  9. Semenyo is not a striker they score goals

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    15 minutes ago, Tipps69 said:

    So are you going to keep repeating yourself every time he doesn’t score? In the hope that you might convince everyone to think you that you might know what you are talking about?

    ”Not wishing to say I told you so but I told you so!”

    If I wanted to do that I would have posted last week, the week before and the week before that.... It’s an option rather knowing what I am talking about. It’s sort of how forums work. If you have a opinion on the subject please share it. If you need a bit of guidance look at how others have responded. See you on my post next week.... 

  10. Semenyo is not a striker they score goals

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    First thing is I am not saying his not worth his place in team at the moment.When I said on here that I just don’t think he will make it as a striker I got pelters. He has had a few good games and I got reminded of my post. But I still stand by my option he won’t make a championship  striker. I said he won’t get 10 goals a season and I stand by that call. Wide in a front 3 yes but he still has to score at least 6 a season. If he can’t then for me then we find someone who can. O’Dowda should have been let go for the same reason 2 seasons ago. So if he ain’t a striker then Wells has to play as one of the front 3. If we play with a 2 then for me it’s Martin. Goals win you games and we have to find the right mix of players that in a attacking 3 who get 10 games plus a season. If we don’t then we wont progress to the next level. So for me it’s simple he plays but if he ain’t scoring then we try someone else. For me it’s a bit like Massengo we all want the youngsters to be the answer and we have to give them time but eventually you have to make a honest judgment. Some times it does not work out. Bakinson is now way ahead of him and that was in just 12 months. Time will tale. I know I will get questioned for this post. I am sure I will be reminded of this post if he starts  to score goals. Hopefully I will. But honestly ask yourself is he a championship striker?

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