Player Watch Player Watch: Richarlison

[ralphs bald spot]

Yep. But you know he scored 12 goals for Everton so that must equate to 20 for a better team, and you know his work rate...

or more likely the reason that Everton finished where they are is that Richarlson is the quality of player that they had- he is nowhere near a 20 goal season striker

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

I think he’s a good squad player who can play as a forward across the front line, come in, work hard and cause teams problems.

BUT

We spent £60m on him and he doesn’t have stand out attributes. He can’t really dribble or beat his man, isn’t quick, touch isn’t great etc.

More importantly he’s never going to be a 20 goal a season striker imo, so there’s no way he can replace Kane as first choice, or we will be in massive trouble. He’s scored 5, 13, 13, 7, 10 and 0 PL goals across the last 6 seasons.

I do want to see what a better coach can do but I just think he lacks standout attributes and finishing ability to play striker and he doesn’t have the explosiveness, dribbling, touch or creativity to play wide for a team trying to compete in the top 6.

 

[HildoSpur]

Ok the miss was bad but other than that he did well and was a big help to the team. I think we just write off this season for him to be honest. I really like him as a player personally and hope we will see the best of him next season under a new manager.

 

[bigfrooj]

I think he’s a good squad player who can play as a forward across the front line, come in, work hard and cause teams problems.

BUT

We spent £60m on him and he doesn’t have stand out attributes. He can’t really dribble or beat his man, isn’t quick, touch isn’t great etc.

More importantly he’s never going to be a 20 goal a season striker imo, so there’s no way he can replace Kane as first choice, or we will be in massive trouble. He’s scored 5, 13, 13, 7, 10 and 0 PL goals across the last 6 seasons.

I do want to see what a better coach can do but I just think he lacks standout attributes and finishing ability to play striker and he doesn’t have the explosiveness, dribbling, touch or creativity to play wide for a team trying to compete in the top 6.

Not what I saw in the World Cup.

 

[Mr Pink]

Not judging him until the end of next season.

Still think he'll come good.

 

[daryl hannah]

I look at him and think he is useful. 2 goals and 4 assists in 1223 minutes (all comps). He’s had a number of goals rightly or wrongly ruled out, had a World Cup year with injury, and only about 762 minutes in the prem - that’s hardly anything - often appearing as a sub. It’s a season to forget for him, but I have a good feeling about him. Don’t often say that about a player.

I agree he may not score 20 a season, but then if he had Maddison or another creator behind him, you never know.

I think he can take on a player when playing off the left for what it’s worth.

 

[stevensthfc]

He's essentially a £60m squad player, good to have but a crazy purchase considering we have glaring holes in defence and midfield. I guess he was an opportunistic buy as Everton were in such a mess.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

Not judging him until the end of next season.

Still think he'll come good.

apart from blind faith why do you think he will come good -I think he is ok but for 60 million pound ?? would you in all honesty if Kane was to leave want to pin your hopes on him as your main goal scorer

I think he is a probably a streaky player in that a lot of his game is built around confidence and he does try but is that really enough? He is very similar in style and playing strengths to Chris Armstrong who was a better goal scorer and quicker as well though if they had VAR then his career would have been over, offside seemed to confuse him at the best of times

 

[Yiddo1982]

He's essentially a £60m squad player, good to have but a crazy purchase considering we have glaring holes in defence and midfield. I guess he was an opportunistic buy as Everton were in such a mess.

You cannot consider him "opportunistic" if we paid over market value for him.

He has scored 10 league goals since the start of LAST season.

That being said, I'm ahppy to have him. I think he will get better. However, he's probably a £40m player tops. Arsenal signed Zinchenko and Trossard for less than Richie.

 

[FITZ]

Bought as a Kane replacement, but pretty much a Moura replacement.

 

[agrdavidsfan]

He was actually pretty good when he came on I thought

 

[Styopa]

Not judging him until the end of next season.

Still think he'll come good.

Yeah. It's virtually impossible to judge anyone based on this season.

By way of comparison, Kulusevski, Romero and Son have also looked very poor this season.

 

[bubble07]

He has had such an unlucky season. When he was fit he wasn't being picked when Son was shocking then gets injured. He offers fight and does have technical ability. Him not scoring obviously is affecting him but that missed header was shocking

 

[SUIYHA]

Ivan Toney has scored more PL goals for Brentford this season than Richarlison has scored in the last three seasons put together. He might chip in with a few more if given more game time but he's never going to be prolific.

For me - a bare minimum requirement for anyone playing in attack for Spurs has to be an above average level of technical skill. Whether that translates to good finishing, chance creation, an ability to dribble past defenders, they've got to have a good touch and be able to produce a moment of magic with the football. Physical attributes like pace, height, strength and stamina are then a bonus. I can't really pick out any real outstanding attribute for Richarlison. His finishing is inconsistent, he doesn't terrify the opposition by dribbling past them, he doesn't stretch defences with extreme pace, he's not a big powerful target man, he's a jack of all trades but master of none - which is fine for a squad player but for the price paid for him with other areas of the team so deficient then it's bad business.

At the time we were linked with Isak, Raphinha, Jesus and Antony amongst others who went for similar sorts of transfer fees - now whilst some may not have been realistic signings given the competition we were up against I feel that Richarlison has easily the least ability amongst them. Honestly I don't see how we'd have been any worse off if we'd kept Bergwijn and used the £35m odd surplus to invest in one of the other areas of the team that's badly lacking.

 

[Dazzazzad]

You cannot consider him "opportunistic" if we paid over market value for him.

He has scored 10 league goals since the start of LAST season.

That being said, I'm ahppy to have him. I think he will get better. However, he's probably a £40m player tops. Arsenal signed Zinchenko and Trossard for less than Richie.

That was my criticism at the time. I said I would be amazed if we look back at his signing as good value for money.

Still hope I'm wrong and he kicks off next season.

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

Not what I saw in the World Cup.

Dangerous game to play judging players on a World Cup. Loads of players have scored goals in international tournaments only to struggle at club level.

Nothing about his all round game really stood out in terms of attributes like I mentioned. He scored 1 fantastic goal but it was a completely instinctive strike. Ball flies up, he reacts brilliantly and produces a moment of magic. Superb goal but it doesn't mean he's a superb goalscorer or top class player.

That isn't to say he's rubbish either, he isn't but he hasn't shown any signs of being a top class striker for a team who want to challenge for the top 4 and he hasn't shown he's a top class wing forward for a team wanting to challenge top 4 either imo.

As I said, I think he is probably a squad player but the issue is we've spent £60 million on him and we need more than a squad player for that money.

 

[Trix]

Not judging him until the end of next season.

Still think he'll come good.

So do I but I don't think we will really see it until next season tbh.

 

[TPdYID]

At the time we were linked with Isak, Raphinha, Jesus and Antony amongst others who went for similar sorts of transfer fees

Hindsight being a wonderful thing…

Nobody from memory (at the time) were really sticking their necks out and asking for the players you mention over Richy.

It was met with (mostly) universal praise that a player of Richy’s calibre was signed (and early).

Most on here we’re excited to have signed Brazil’s no9 to support the rotation of Son & Kane.

 

[ralphs bald spot]

He was actually pretty good when he came on I thought

he does alright but the key moment was the header and it was a terrible miss

 

[SirHarryHotspur]

he does alright but the key moment was the header and it was a terrible miss

Reckon Sandra would have scored .