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Iaquinta turned out to be another excellent transfer. His goal per minute ratio is 1 goal on every ~120 minutes which is amazing for a player who's not considered world class striker and who came off the bench in half of the matches he played for us.
He scored tons of important goals. He regularly scores both in serie A and CL, he doesn't mind sitting on the bench (actually, it motivates him even more) and we bought him for only €11 million. He's totally worth the money we paid. Actually, he's worth even more than that.
People mention Sissoko, Amauri, Diego, Melo when they talk about the good deals our directors made.
I'm officially adding Iaquinta on that list.
He scored tons of important goals. He regularly scores both in serie A and CL, he doesn't mind sitting on the bench (actually, it motivates him even more) and we bought him for only €11 million. He's totally worth the money we paid. Actually, he's worth even more than that.
People mention Sissoko, Amauri, Diego, Melo when they talk about the good deals our directors made.
I'm officially adding Iaquinta on that list.
And they were right.
But it doesn't change the fact that he was scoring a lot. Eto'o is missing a lot too, tons of strikers are missing a lot of chances too.
The quality of these strikers is that they know how to find their way into scoring position. That's one of Iaquinta's qualities too. He's not a fox in the box type and he's getting into goalscoring positions with lots of hard work, lots of running and by using his physical strength and aerial power.
Iaquinta was never blessed with a Ronaldinho, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Zidane, Kaka or Seedorf playing behind him so he always had to work 2 or 3 times harder than Eto'o and Inzaghi in order to score.
I really wonder how much was he gonna score if there were players behind him who'd knew how to get something useful from his runs into space.
I'm far from saying that he's in the same league as Eto'o or Inzaghi but i feel that not being a fancy striker has made people to always see an average player in Iaquinta.
I bet the defenders don't think the same because the guy is a real pain in the ass for the defenses.
But it doesn't change the fact that he was scoring a lot. Eto'o is missing a lot too, tons of strikers are missing a lot of chances too.
The quality of these strikers is that they know how to find their way into scoring position. That's one of Iaquinta's qualities too. He's not a fox in the box type and he's getting into goalscoring positions with lots of hard work, lots of running and by using his physical strength and aerial power.
Iaquinta was never blessed with a Ronaldinho, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Zidane, Kaka or Seedorf playing behind him so he always had to work 2 or 3 times harder than Eto'o and Inzaghi in order to score.
I really wonder how much was he gonna score if there were players behind him who'd knew how to get something useful from his runs into space.
I'm far from saying that he's in the same league as Eto'o or Inzaghi but i feel that not being a fancy striker has made people to always see an average player in Iaquinta.
I bet the defenders don't think the same because the guy is a real pain in the ass for the defenses.
This you mean?
Something i'd definitely like to see being tried. Tough midfield that will give us chances to win the center and give our AMCs more of the ball possession. Also, Camo can always drop a little deeper to help if we're having problems with the ball control and possession.
Even if it won't work, one substitution will be enough to completely change the formation to 4-3-1-2 or 4-4-2
Something i'd definitely like to see being tried. Tough midfield that will give us chances to win the center and give our AMCs more of the ball possession. Also, Camo can always drop a little deeper to help if we're having problems with the ball control and possession.
Even if it won't work, one substitution will be enough to completely change the formation to 4-3-1-2 or 4-4-2
I like Amauri alot. But Amauri first needs to start scoring, otherwise he will just be another burden. He has zero competetive goals since February, Thats almost 8 months.
And the Iaquinta that never gets credits carried us 2nd half of last season, since february, scored I think 8-9 goals in League (Alen can verify, but 12 overall league goals, think 8 was in 2nd half), 1 CL (Chelsea), scored 5 goals with the NT since then too, plus the 3 goals in the League so far, and 1 CL goal. Thats an estimate of around 18 goals since February. While Amauri pretty much has non.
And the Iaquinta that never gets credits carried us 2nd half of last season, since february, scored I think 8-9 goals in League (Alen can verify, but 12 overall league goals, think 8 was in 2nd half), 1 CL (Chelsea), scored 5 goals with the NT since then too, plus the 3 goals in the League so far, and 1 CL goal. Thats an estimate of around 18 goals since February. While Amauri pretty much has non.
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