Alessandro Matri (28 Viewers)
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Who cares? Youtube vids. Ooooh, I am impressed 
I'd rather a consistent goalscorer, than one who bags great goals and does $#@! for extended periods of time. I know Quag can score great goals, but he doesn't score quite enough to be considered an elite or top level player.
I'd rather a consistent goalscorer, than one who bags great goals and does $#@! for extended periods of time. I know Quag can score great goals, but he doesn't score quite enough to be considered an elite or top level player.
It isn't like I posted up a highlight reel, but some specific examples of goals and shots that highlight my point that Quags is a superb finisher, and Juventus are lucky to have a guy capable of scoring such goals. Only Del Piero, and perhaps Iaquinta on his day could match or exceed Quag in that department (I haven't seen a great deal of Trez's goals, and I know he was more a poacher than anything, so I won't comment). Matri, Bendtner, Giovinco and even Vucinic cannot hold a candle to our Quag when it comes to finishing and converting those kind of chances..
He is a scorer of great goals, not a great scorer of goals.
I don't rate, and never rated Iaquinta. I don't care how many awesome goals a player scores. It's how crucial or important these goals are. Cavani and Falcao don't always score great goals, but they can be relied upon to come good when need be. The came can't said be for Quag and Iaquinta. Del Piero is obviously on a whole different level, and an exceptionally talented footballer.
I disagree regarding Vucinic. Gio is still young, and the comparison is somewhat unfair. Regarding Matri and Bendtner, it's fair to say that they aren't exactly world beaters, and Quag should definitely be ahead of them in the pecking order. However, him being our first option of the bench is testament to how poor our attack is, more than a true barometer of Quag's ability.
I don't rate, and never rated Iaquinta. I don't care how many awesome goals a player scores. It's how crucial or important these goals are. Cavani and Falcao don't always score great goals, but they can be relied upon to come good when need be. The came can't said be for Quag and Iaquinta. Del Piero is obviously on a whole different level, and an exceptionally talented footballer.
I disagree regarding Vucinic. Gio is still young, and the comparison is somewhat unfair. Regarding Matri and Bendtner, it's fair to say that they aren't exactly world beaters, and Quag should definitely be ahead of them in the pecking order. However, him being our first option of the bench is testament to how poor our attack is, more than a true barometer of Quag's ability.
93rd minute of the world cup, on the precipice of elimination, executing a glorious chip to make it 2-3? That goal against Chelsea? and then nearly winning for us minutes later? Quag can deliver when it counts, maybe not all the time, but his self-belief and imagination give him that edge in those scenarios..
Nearly winning it, and actually winning it are not the same.
Zidane's sublime volley in the CL final against Leverkusen, Baggio single handedly carrying Italy to the Final in WC 94, Maradona's amazing goals against both England and Belgium, that is what I call or define as greatness, and those are true difference makers
Zidane's sublime volley in the CL final against Leverkusen, Baggio single handedly carrying Italy to the Final in WC 94, Maradona's amazing goals against both England and Belgium, that is what I call or define as greatness, and those are true difference makers
Nearly winning it, and actually winning it are not the same.
Zidane's sublime volley in the CL final against Leverkusen, Baggio single handedly carrying Italy to the Final in WC 94, Maradona's amazing goals against both England and Belgium, that is what I call or define as greatness, and those are true difference makers
Zidane's sublime volley in the CL final against Leverkusen, Baggio single handedly carrying Italy to the Final in WC 94, Maradona's amazing goals against both England and Belgium, that is what I call or define as greatness, and those are true difference makers
For the record though, in that WC game, he set up a goal that was wrongly disallowed, he and Pirlo single-handedly transformed Italy in that match, if only Lippi realised sooner... :/