Player Watch Player Watch: Richarlison
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mark87
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And how many penalties has Saka scored?
BorjeSpurs
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Saka has 3 non penalty goals in the league this season. Same as Romero.
Westmorlandspur
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Especially with Sonny go to the Asia Cup, apparently from 2 Jan .
IfiHadTheWings
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I am a fickle bastard so all that badge thumping he done after his goal done it for me.
good lad Richy.
good lad Richy.
ultimateloner
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It was just an observation and for me underlies why he isn't a prolific goalscorer.
Porro's ball was about as good as it can get. Any Europe-level striker would have made that goal look easy. The CB wouldn't have had a chance to even get close.
A good first touch is a necessity for a decent CF in the PL. It's something he can work on.
fishhhandaricecake
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Just shows you really don’t know what is exactly going on with players.
He showed yesterday the quality he can produce. Lets hope he keeps playing like that as if so then we have a lovely £60mil top quality player on our hands
JayB
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I've been extremely critical of him and remain doubtful that he will be a long-term success with us, though I certainly hope he proves me wrong.
There's never been any doubting his work rate, desire, or general ability to make a nuisance of himself to opposing defenders. His work off the ball is excellent, which is so important for Ange's high pressing style. What has let him down repeatedly has been his finishing, which on the whole has been genuinely awful during his time at Spurs. But there's no doubting he's a likeable player who, if he were finishing chances at even an average rate, would be a welcome member of the squad.
I had previously been under the impression that his finishing rate was average or below-average for most of his career but I see now upon closer inspection that I was mistaken. Looking at his FBRef profiles for all of his seasons in the Premier League, the big thing that jumps out is that he's massively inconsistent, not that he's consistently poor. His finishing rate has fluctuated between being significantly above the median and significantly below the median, with three seasons above the 75th percentile and 4 seasons (including the current season) below the 35th percentile, and none in between. Taken over the course of his career it probably washes out to him being roughly average, but he clearly goes through long spells where he's clinical and long spells where he can't seem to find the back of the net.
Finishing can be a fickle thing for a striker and is heavily influenced by confidence -- clearly that's the case for Richarlison. His physical and mental health problems have been well-documented, hopefully they're behind him now and he'll recapture his best. There's no doubt that he's a confidence player so hopefully bagging a brace will do him a world of good. We desperately need a consistent scorer other than Son, and a period of good form from Richarlison could be massive for us with the matches coming fast and thick and the Asian Cup on the horizon. Now would be a perfect time for him to go on one of those runs of clinical finishing.
There's never been any doubting his work rate, desire, or general ability to make a nuisance of himself to opposing defenders. His work off the ball is excellent, which is so important for Ange's high pressing style. What has let him down repeatedly has been his finishing, which on the whole has been genuinely awful during his time at Spurs. But there's no doubting he's a likeable player who, if he were finishing chances at even an average rate, would be a welcome member of the squad.
I had previously been under the impression that his finishing rate was average or below-average for most of his career but I see now upon closer inspection that I was mistaken. Looking at his FBRef profiles for all of his seasons in the Premier League, the big thing that jumps out is that he's massively inconsistent, not that he's consistently poor. His finishing rate has fluctuated between being significantly above the median and significantly below the median, with three seasons above the 75th percentile and 4 seasons (including the current season) below the 35th percentile, and none in between. Taken over the course of his career it probably washes out to him being roughly average, but he clearly goes through long spells where he's clinical and long spells where he can't seem to find the back of the net.
Finishing can be a fickle thing for a striker and is heavily influenced by confidence -- clearly that's the case for Richarlison. His physical and mental health problems have been well-documented, hopefully they're behind him now and he'll recapture his best. There's no doubt that he's a confidence player so hopefully bagging a brace will do him a world of good. We desperately need a consistent scorer other than Son, and a period of good form from Richarlison could be massive for us with the matches coming fast and thick and the Asian Cup on the horizon. Now would be a perfect time for him to go on one of those runs of clinical finishing.
mil1lion
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He looked more like the Brazil number 9
Stav
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Thats's a very good post. Thanks mate.
carpediem1906
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Richie playing at his best = not needing a centre forward back up who can press, high work rate, can hold the ball up and bully defenders with some theatrics n shithousery thrown in + allowing us to rotate Son n Richie as #9 depending on opponents + centre forwards are notoriously expensive + so we can channel our funds towards centre back + our south american contingent are bonding v well + Richie just has a “I will prove you wrong” type of personality
So yes hopefully Richie keeps this up!
So yes hopefully Richie keeps this up!
Great post. I've always looked at him as an oddball that has extraordinarily high potential because his ability to get into scoring position is far better than most players. In one way that hurts his reputation because he gets to some of these places slightly out of control. His upside still is massive if he can flip that last switch. But there's certainly no guarantee of it. But if he does I hope he's here when he does it.
Frozen_Waffles
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I've felt for a while that Bissouma and Richarlison were great signings, Bissouma has finally started to show his class this season and hopefully this is the turning point for Richarlison.
He's always been a bit unlucky at Spurs, a bit like Johnson so far. I just feel it has to click (for both) and when it does it'll be a thing of beauty.
I'd actually add Kulusevski to the unlucky list, maybe a bit more confidence with him but I feel all three are starting to turn a corner.
I expect a glut of goals coming in the next few games.
He's always been a bit unlucky at Spurs, a bit like Johnson so far. I just feel it has to click (for both) and when it does it'll be a thing of beauty.
I'd actually add Kulusevski to the unlucky list, maybe a bit more confidence with him but I feel all three are starting to turn a corner.
I expect a glut of goals coming in the next few games.
Montalbano
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Don’t think we’ll ship him in January unless we’re really going big for striker. He’ll get his chance leading the line while Son’s away with Korea
easley91
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F Wilson and Antonio for their ridiculous podcast comments. Seeing Richarlison score 2 and Wilson get tackled by Romero was karma for that.
Keep saying it but footballers are still human beings and get affected mentally just like the rest of us. Just because they have a lot of money and kick a ball for living it doesn't mean they can't suffer depression and anxiety. I hope this is the start of Richarlison sticking it to everyone of the doubters and haters.
Keep saying it but footballers are still human beings and get affected mentally just like the rest of us. Just because they have a lot of money and kick a ball for living it doesn't mean they can't suffer depression and anxiety. I hope this is the start of Richarlison sticking it to everyone of the doubters and haters.
