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Soldado is at breaking point but the supporters won't give up on him

slartibartfast

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My theory: like Torres, he's a sensitive soul, and he doesn't like English culture, which is crass and aggressive. He probably wishes he'd never come here, is upset by Tottenham fans who hurl abuse from the stands (not necessarily at him, but at any player), and feels like he can't be himself on or off the pitch. When you don't feel comfortable in your skin, you don't perform - simple as that.
Possibly but imo Torres was never the same after his injuries.
Its catch 22. If he's miserable he cant score and if he cant score he'll be miserable.
I don't think he's that pissed off with life and if he could start scoring he'd enjoy life a lot more.
We'll see.
 

Gaz_Gammon

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He hasnt scored goals, so he's failed in that aspect. But the job description of a striker is more than just scoring goals. It's also to create goal scoring opportunities for either himself and/or others. He has done that. He also gets on with his job, doesnt sulk and doesnt cause trouble.

If you're going to give me a choice between carrying on with him or carrying on with Ade, I am choosing Soldado 12 times out of 10.



Who said that Ade was the answer?

Why is Alterdore (or whatever his name is) heading back home, and being replaced by a 32 year old ex-Spurs player? Because he did not score goals. Why is Ballotelli on the bench at Liverpool. Because he has scored one goal since his arrival.

Answer me this, just who do we drop to make way for a non scoring striker? His "job" is to score goals, Levy didn't pay a reported twenty eight million for a pretty passer of the ball. Honest.

Look at it this way the following players with an eye for a goal have scored as many or more than our 26 million goal getting Soldado in the PL this season:

Chris Smalling
Kevin Nolan
Victor bloody Moses
Joleon Lescott
Niko Kranjcar (yes that Niko Kranjcar)
Paul Konchesky (boy, oh boy)
Alan Hutton (for cying out loud)
Joe fucking Cole

I mean seriously? Keep Soldado for his death defying runs? Ye Jest!

Next your'l be telling us all that we should have kept Bent because he reminded Redknapp of his wife.
 
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UbeAstard

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....... when he scores PLAY HIM FFS in the next league game, even if it puts 3pts at stake....
Easy to say when you are sitting in the comfort and there is no implication to your managerial career. You must think 3 points are so easy to come by. Apart from squad rotation for freshness and tiredness reasons I don't think any manager can think like that.
 

UbeAstard

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Point is that is not all Saldado's fault. He's a top class striker in a slower league that stresses refinement and technicality and less on physical power. In other words, he is ill suited to the EPL. Baldindi, Levy, or whoever is instrumental in paying £27M for him is guilty of bad judgement, pure and simple.

Don't remember you saying so at the time we bought him? Would love to hear your comments on suitability each time we buy a foreign player. If you ask me, a quality player should be able to adapt his game. Saying that however, I don't think we played to his strengths.
 

UbeAstard

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My theory: like Torres, he's a sensitive soul, and he doesn't like English culture, which is crass and aggressive. He probably wishes he'd never come here, is upset by Tottenham fans who hurl abuse from the stands (not necessarily at him, but at any player), and feels like he can't be himself on or off the pitch. When you don't feel comfortable in your skin, you don't perform - simple as that.

Torres was a MASSIVE success at English club Liverpool before his injury.
 

diamondlight

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Torres was a MASSIVE success at English club Liverpool before his injury.
True - injuries almost certainly were a factor.

But having grown up in North London and lived up North, and being a sensitive soul myself, I know that the North of England is a friendlier, more carefree place, with a gentler pace of life. I suspect this suits some people - Soldado and Torres perhaps - more than others. Just as Torres did at Chelsea, Soldado almost has a haunted look about him, the sort of look that gets wiped from your face if you take a stroll through the hills or along a windswept coast.
 

UbeAstard

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True - injuries almost certainly were a factor.

But having grown up in North London and lived up North, and being a sensitive soul myself, I know that the North of England is a friendlier, more carefree place, with a gentler pace of life. I suspect this suits some people - Soldado and Torres perhaps - more than others. Just as Torres did at Chelsea, Soldado almost has a haunted look about him, the sort of look that gets wiped from your face if you take a stroll through the hills or along a windswept coast.

Must be different personalities to Fabregas, Cazorla or Arteta then.
 
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