Gonzalo Higuaín (61 Viewers)

[MikeM]

He's the same player game in and game out. The only difference in output comes down solely to what service we can provide him.

It has to be said that Napoli did better in that regard. Our LW provides more assists with his head than with his feet and Dybala and Higuain link up once every 3 games because they are both goal scorers naturally.

Cuadrado will smash a thousand balls in the box and Mandzukic is the only one tall enough to get hit by them.

Our midfield doesn't exist in this current setup apart from Pjanic if he can manage to get on a ball in the opponent's half.

I don't understand why he has to play on the last man when the ball is in midfield. He's not a target man, he doesn't bring anything down and his teammates don't play those balls to begin with. Meanwhile, every time he finds a ball in between the lines he's like a boulder rolling downhill, it takes 2 or 3 men to take it from him. He either sets up a dangerous shot or plays a 1-2.

I think it's different if you have Insigne, Callejon, Mertens, Hamsik etc. who live to find #9s. But with us it's quite different.

He's actually our best attacker at breaking the midfield line I find.

 

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[DAiDEViL]

last time he got subbed in a game was on December 17th against Roma, last time he did not start a game was on November 27th against Genoa. Name me one outfield player that has been playing more in any team? Even Buffon gets rested more often. Maybe this is the only way to keep him from gaining extra weight?

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Lewandowski, old ass Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Hamsik, Callejon for example all have as many games as him.

 

[X Æ A-12]

Burger should get a rest or two when we have the chance in Serie A. Need to rotate our attackers whenever we can with this formation

 

[pitbull]

Lewandowski, old ass Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Hamsik, Callejon for example all have as many games as him.

Last time Higuain didn't play full 90 was on December 17th. Last time for Lewandowski March 11th, for Ibrahimovič March 13th, for Cavani March 1st, for Hamsik March 4th. Since we abandoned 352 Higuain isn't getting even a 5 minute rest.

I have to give you Callejon though, man is a fucking machine incredible

 

[Post Ironic]

He's the same player game in and game out. The only difference in output comes down solely to what service we can provide him.

It has to be said that Napoli did better in that regard. Our LW provides more assists with his head than with his feet and Dybala and Higuain link up once every 3 games because they are both goal scorers naturally.

Cuadrado will smash a thousand balls in the box and Mandzukic is the only one tall enough to get hit by them.

Our midfield doesn't exist in this current setup apart from Pjanic if he can manage to get on a ball in the opponent's half.

I don't understand why he has to play on the last man when the ball is in midfield. He's not a target man, he doesn't bring anything down and his teammates don't play those balls to begin with. Meanwhile, every time he finds a ball in between the lines he's like a boulder rolling downhill, it takes 2 or 3 men to take it from him. He either sets up a dangerous shot or plays a 1-2.

I think it's different if you have Insigne, Callejon, Mertens, Hamsik etc. who live to find #9s. But with us it's quite different.

He's actually our best attacker at breaking the midfield line I find.

This isn't true at all. Against both Milan and Porto, he had multiple good chances to score. His finishing let him down. He should have scored twice against Porto (the easy finish on the turn in the box, and the finish when he shot it basically straight at Pereira), and finished one of his several chances against Milan rather than missing the net.

He's been superb for us this season, but the last couple weeks his finishing has been undeniably poor.

 

[IliveForJuve]

He would've scored if Maxi Pereira hadn't blocked his shot with his hand. And no one would be complaining about Higuain now.

 

[enzo]

He would've scored if Maxi Pereira hadn't blocked his shot his hand. And no one would be complaining about Higuain now.

 

[Maddy]

Tiem for fatty boom boom to step up. Keep banging in goals in Serie A and be a game changer in CL.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

He would've scored if Maxi Pereira hadn't blocked his shot with his hand. And no one would be complaining about Higuain now.

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Tiem for fatty boom boom to step up. Keep banging in goals in Serie A and be a game changer in CL.

Fuck Snooze-A need him to fire up in the CEE-ELLE babbbyyyy

 

[Post Ironic]

He would've scored if Maxi Pereira hadn't blocked his shot with his hand. And no one would be complaining about Higuain now.

Of course he would have, but it's all the same a pretty poor finish seeing as he had most of the net to aim at. Worked out great for us. Even better than just a goal in the end. Can't help but wishing he had buried it to break his utterly appalling CL knockout scoring record.

 

[Hydde]

He would've scored if Maxi Pereira hadn't blocked his shot with his hand. And no one would be complaining about Higuain now.

Still, even if he scored that.. he has been failing a lot of chances in the last 4-5 matches.

Needs to step up. No 2 ways about it. No excuses

 

[IliveForJuve]

I do agree that his finishing has been Matri-esque, though.

I'm just saying that not as many ppl would be criticizing him

 

[MikeM]

This isn't true at all. Against both Milan and Porto, he had multiple good chances to score. His finishing let him down. He should have scored twice against Porto (the easy finish on the turn in the box, and the finish when he shot it basically straight at Pereira), and finished one of his several chances against Milan rather than missing the net.

He's been superb for us this season, but the last couple weeks his finishing has been undeniably poor.

The games where he sports 100% conversion is not the real Higuain either. No striker can have that average.

In total though, if you give him maybe 3 chances, at least one will go in. So work to get 3 chances and it's settled. Most games we can't even do that though.

Against Porto his finish was fine. He picked the right spot to target and the idiot blocked it with his hands. TBH, it works out better for us that way. The half turn chance is a classic striker's miss. He makes the chance himself and gets the shot through 3 bodies and narrowly misses. The next one probably goes in.

My point is basically that you would be shocked to see him not eat at an all-you-can-eat-buffet. He's the absolute very least of our worries. If we are expecting or even relying on something like 66% chance conversion then we are fucked to begin with.

 

[Zacheryah]

You just couldnt resist it could you

 

[DAiDEViL]

I do agree that his finishing has been Matri-esque, though.

 

[Mark]

vs farca,

these are the games to show up Pipita. DAI!

 

[DAiDEViL]

As ex-Madridista he better be hungry against Uefalona.

 

[sgjuveboy]

As ex-Madridista he better be hungry against Uefalona.

You guys worry too much about scoring goals. We really do not need that many goals to win games. Just one will do. Because we have a midfielder who can close lanes while wearing an invisible cloak. So that opponents don't have options to pass or score.

 

[CarloP]

vs farca,

these are the games to show up Pipita. DAI!

100% this, games like these are why we paid 90m for him. Especially with how fragile Barca's back line is, I want to see him score a brace in the first leg.

 

[Juvellino]

The games where he sports 100% conversion is not the real Higuain either. No striker can have that average.

In total though, if you give him maybe 3 chances, at least one will go in. So work to get 3 chances and it's settled. Most games we can't even do that though.

Against Porto his finish was fine. He picked the right spot to target and the idiot blocked it with his hands. TBH, it works out better for us that way. The half turn chance is a classic striker's miss. He makes the chance himself and gets the shot through 3 bodies and narrowly misses. The next one probably goes in.

My point is basically that you would be shocked to see him not eat at an all-you-can-eat-buffet. He's the absolute very least of our worries. If we are expecting or even relying on something like 66% chance conversion then we are fucked to begin with.