Morata was a young player last year in his first season as a "sort of" starter. Many of those 29 Serie A appearances were late game subs during the first half of the year when Llorente was starter. Ridiculous to say 29 games and 8 goals. He started 11 matches in Serie A last year. That's it. He played 1321 minutes in Serie A last year, with 8 goals-5 assists. That's phenomenal. A goal or assist every 100 minutes. Very misleading and manipulative of stats for you to say 29 appearances and 8 goals. Ridiculous even.
He has 3 goals in 14 games this year because he isn't playing CF. He's played a good 75-80% of his minutes this year as a Left Wing Forward, and been asked to basically track back and play defense all the way to our box. He hardly sniffs the opposing team's penalty box with the role Allegri has him playing in.
Until Allegri allows him to play as the CF in either 4-3-1-2 or 4-3-3, one can't really judge him. He grew into that role last season. And his per minute stats, even in Serie A were phenomenal. And this year, the one match in Serie A he played as a clear CF, against Bologna, he scored, got an assist, and won a penalty.
Morata has the potential to be one of the best CFs in the world. Mandzukic does not. Morata is the future, and it's depressing that Allegri is stalling the great development he made last year by playing him as a LWF.
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Plus, as I showed above. He only started 11 Serie A games last year, and played 1321 minutes. So 8 goals-5 assists in that many minutes is phenomenal. It's very misleading for Scottish to say 29 games and 8 goals.