If my employee starts $#@!ing up at work consistently/not performing... I would fire him. I honestly don't care about how great a job my employees did on previous houses we build. If they $#@! up on the current ones. Gone. We had a foreman and his couple guys this year who cost us $15,000-$20,000 on $500,000 home (profit margin for our in the range of $50,000)... We fired him. He'd done very well for us in the past, but the mistakes he made on this job were disastrous and mostly due to carelessness. You don't base everything on an employees history. That's absurd. You take the past into account when making decisions, but overlooking the present just because an employee was a good employee in the past is just stupid.
And stop acting like Higuain has been setting the world on fire for years. He hasn't. This is his very first season where he's lit a league on fire like this... but if he slows down and finishes the season like last year on 1 goal per 200+ minute pace for the last 10-15 rounds, I'll say he choked down the stretch and was a major part of why Napoli couldn't sustain their title push.
I never once said he had to score in every game. Nor does he even have to score in 75% of his games... But as a world class striker, he can't finish off a season with 6 goals in 17 games, causing his team to fall out of CL places. He hasn't scored in 2 matches. Big matches. There are 12 rounds left in the Serie A season. If he doesn't score at least 7 goals (1 every other game for the 14 game stretch starting with Juventus), I'll consider him to have choked down the stretch. It's absurd to say anything else. He choked last season down the stretch run in Serie A, you can't even provide an argument otherwise.
And I'll absolutely hold Dybala to the same standard. But of course, more so in line with what Dybala has done over the first half of the season. I don't want to see more than a small variation. Dybala has 13 goals thus far... I expect 6-7 more goals in the last 12 rounds or I'll be disappointed and if we don't win the scudetto attribute part of that to him losing form at the worst time...
But Dybala has far more leeway because he's 22, he's not a 28 year old in his prime like Higuain. Same deal with the CL knockouts. Dybala is in his very first CL experience. I hope he scores, or I'll be disappointed, but I'll understand he's young and inexperienced. Higuain has played 20 CL knockout games and scored 2 goals. That's $#@!ing terrible, to an absurd degree. Almost unheard of for a player you call a "World class" striker.
Your argument is absurd.
Point 1: Higuain is a CL choker. Obvious. Even you have to admit that. Only a blind man could argue against the incontrovertible fall-off of his goalscoring there.
Point 2: Higuain choked down the stretch when Napoli were locked in a battle with Lazio and Roma for the CL places last season. He scored 6 goals in his last 17 Serie A matches, which is an incredibly poor rate for a world class striker.
To dispel his image as a choker, he has to finish this season strong. As in scoring regularly to help Napoli. If he scores 8-10 goals down the stretch, I'll say he performed well this season when the pressure was highest. Even if Napoli have a poor finish as a team. If he scores only 4,5,6 goals in the last 14 matches I'll say he choked down the stretch and was a big part of Napoli's failing.
Obvious. I'd do the same for any player. Juventus player or not.
I've admitted many times this season already that Morata is having an absolute stinker of a season so far. But he was absolutely clutch in CL knockouts last season with 5 goals in 7 games. He scored 2.5X the CL knockout goals that Higuain has in 20 CL knockout game career.
The person who can't be objective about players is not me, it's you. And why you would be so obsessed with defending a Napoli (and former Madrid
) player is beyond me. I love watching players on both those teams fail, and choke when the lights shine brightest and the pressure is on. It's quite amusing.
And stop acting like Higuain has been setting the world on fire for years. He hasn't. This is his very first season where he's lit a league on fire like this... but if he slows down and finishes the season like last year on 1 goal per 200+ minute pace for the last 10-15 rounds, I'll say he choked down the stretch and was a major part of why Napoli couldn't sustain their title push.
I never once said he had to score in every game. Nor does he even have to score in 75% of his games... But as a world class striker, he can't finish off a season with 6 goals in 17 games, causing his team to fall out of CL places. He hasn't scored in 2 matches. Big matches. There are 12 rounds left in the Serie A season. If he doesn't score at least 7 goals (1 every other game for the 14 game stretch starting with Juventus), I'll consider him to have choked down the stretch. It's absurd to say anything else. He choked last season down the stretch run in Serie A, you can't even provide an argument otherwise.
And I'll absolutely hold Dybala to the same standard. But of course, more so in line with what Dybala has done over the first half of the season. I don't want to see more than a small variation. Dybala has 13 goals thus far... I expect 6-7 more goals in the last 12 rounds or I'll be disappointed and if we don't win the scudetto attribute part of that to him losing form at the worst time...
But Dybala has far more leeway because he's 22, he's not a 28 year old in his prime like Higuain. Same deal with the CL knockouts. Dybala is in his very first CL experience. I hope he scores, or I'll be disappointed, but I'll understand he's young and inexperienced. Higuain has played 20 CL knockout games and scored 2 goals. That's $#@!ing terrible, to an absurd degree. Almost unheard of for a player you call a "World class" striker.
Your argument is absurd.
Point 1: Higuain is a CL choker. Obvious. Even you have to admit that. Only a blind man could argue against the incontrovertible fall-off of his goalscoring there.
Point 2: Higuain choked down the stretch when Napoli were locked in a battle with Lazio and Roma for the CL places last season. He scored 6 goals in his last 17 Serie A matches, which is an incredibly poor rate for a world class striker.
To dispel his image as a choker, he has to finish this season strong. As in scoring regularly to help Napoli. If he scores 8-10 goals down the stretch, I'll say he performed well this season when the pressure was highest. Even if Napoli have a poor finish as a team. If he scores only 4,5,6 goals in the last 14 matches I'll say he choked down the stretch and was a big part of Napoli's failing.
Obvious. I'd do the same for any player. Juventus player or not.
I've admitted many times this season already that Morata is having an absolute stinker of a season so far. But he was absolutely clutch in CL knockouts last season with 5 goals in 7 games. He scored 2.5X the CL knockout goals that Higuain has in 20 CL knockout game career.
The person who can't be objective about players is not me, it's you. And why you would be so obsessed with defending a Napoli (and former Madrid
) player is beyond me. I love watching players on both those teams fail, and choke when the lights shine brightest and the pressure is on. It's quite amusing.
And FFS stop it with the football patriotism and the outrage over defending another club or a player or coach who left. I defend him just because of how under rated he is here and it makes interesting conversation. Same thing with Vidal, Conte or Bayern. We are not kids ffs.
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