Alvaro Morata (61 Viewers)
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but then plot twist:
damn you I did change my mind the more I watched him. I never saw him as a world-beater but I have always seen him as having the potential to be a very good player. I backed his purchase.
At first I over-estimated his flair and assumed he could dribble better than he actually does. The more I watched him getting game time the more I realized he is more hard-work than flair or skill.
So yeah my opinion of him has evolved. You have to take context into consideration. Sometimes I say he is very talented when the general talk here is that he sucks or when he is mentioned in relation to someone like Zaza. Other times when he is being compared to Raul or the doomsdayers are saying Madrid will buy him back I say he lacks natural talent or he lacks potential. So my opinion has changed yes but not from EXTREMELY TALENTED to AMAURI as the quoted material here makes it seem.
All one has to do is watch him play. His football intelligence and positioning is almost as good as I have ever seen in a 22 year old forward. He's always in the right place, and he's pretty much always aware of where his teammates are. Also, his passing is excellent.
Three things he has the talent to become world class in:
Positioning
Awareness
Passing
Finishing could be added to this, dependent on a bigger sample size. I haven't seen enough to make that judgment yet. He was pretty skittish his first couple months here, trying to do too much to prove himself. Now that he's settled in, his finishing has been very good lately, as has his passing. He's also almost always making the right choice now of whether to shoot or pass, after spending the first bit always going for goal, and then the second bit always passing, the last half dozen games he'd found the balance.
Three things he has the talent to become world class in:
Positioning
Awareness
Passing
Finishing could be added to this, dependent on a bigger sample size. I haven't seen enough to make that judgment yet. He was pretty skittish his first couple months here, trying to do too much to prove himself. Now that he's settled in, his finishing has been very good lately, as has his passing. He's also almost always making the right choice now of whether to shoot or pass, after spending the first bit always going for goal, and then the second bit always passing, the last half dozen games he'd found the balance.
