Diogo Jota

[El Rojo]

13 minutes ago, Razoray said:

For context, I think Gakpo is 185 minutes, and Diaz is 149 minutes. 

Would be interesting to know what Gakpo’s is from the date of his first goal, as he was initially understandably anonymous in a badly out of form team. He’s had a very good six months or so.

[Kevin D]

2 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Whisper it, but our current striking options are quietly eclipsing the Balotelli/Borini/Lambert axis.

Just letting that sink in.

[Razoray]

3 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Would be interesting to know what Gakpo’s is from the date of his first goal, as he was initially understandably anonymous in a badly out of form team. He’s had a very good six months or so.

He played 6 games - 500 minutes - without a goal or assist, before the Everton game when he got his first. 

 

He has a goal/assist every 143 minutes since. 

[El Rojo]

1 minute ago, Razoray said:

He played 6 games - 500 minutes - without a goal or assist, before the Everton game when he got his first. 

 

He has a goal/assist every 143 minutes since. 

 

Cheers - that's a pretty decent return since he found his feet. 

[Megadrive Man]

3 hours ago, El Rojo said:

Whisper it, but our current striking options are quietly eclipsing the Balotelli/Borini/Lambert axis.

 

I think you're getting a bit carried away! 

[Razoray]

2 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

 

Cheers - that's a pretty decent return since he found his feet. 

Yep, similar to Diaz.

 

We have 5 forwards who average over a goal/assist every 145 minutes. If three of them are on the pitch at all times, we will continue to score 3s, or more.

 

Lots of people (rightly) point to our failings in midfield last season but if we had Jota, Diaz and even Firmino available for the dark period last season, we would have scored ourselves out of trouble in a lot of games. 

[El Rojo]

Just now, Razoray said:

Yep, similar to Diaz.

 

We have 5 forwards who average over a goal/assist every 145 minutes. If three of them are on the pitch at all times, we will continue to score 3s, or more.

 

Lots of people (rightly) point to our failings in midfield last season but if we had Jota, Diaz and even Firmino available for the dark period last season, we would have scored ourselves out of trouble in a lot of games. 

 

Yeah, brilliant that we've that level of depth now. Doak is very promising but there's no final ball there yet - in previous seasons we'd be putting pressure on him to develop quicker. 

 

I actually had Diaz at a lower ratio than the rest in my head. Great that there's serious end product there from him now too. 

 

Of course, Salah is still the main man and even his presence creates more space and time for the others. 

[Anubis]

Mad how good Jota is in the air as well. Last night, minutes from the end, he outjumped a Foxes player at the back post to clear a corner.

[sir roger]

I've mentioned it somewhere before, but I have never seen another player who appears to run faster with the ball than without it like he does.

 

 

[No2]

1 hour ago, Anubis said:

Mad how good Jota is in the air as well. Last night, minutes from the end, he outjumped a Foxes player at the back post to clear a corner.

Hasn't scored a header in awhile according to my memory. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

9 hours ago, El Rojo said:

 

Cheers - that's a pretty decent return since he found his feet. 

It’s a very good return, not least considering the fact that he plays a completely different role than many of the others on those lists. Not on penalties either, which should be factored in.

[Kevin D]

Stepped up on Sunday and made the two goals last night. Really good signing.

[stringvest]

He's our most natural goalscorer.  What often goes unnoticed is his contributions in other areas of the pitch, even in defence.  And there's no-one better in the team at running with the ball.  He's strong, he's very clever, and he's got that little bit of cynicism in him.  

[Barrington Womble]

5 hours ago, stringvest said:

He's our most natural goalscorer.  What often goes unnoticed is his contributions in other areas of the pitch, even in defence.  And there's no-one better in the team at running with the ball.  He's strong, he's very clever, and he's got that little bit of cynicism in him.  

and our best player for shithouse tricks, which you need a bit of. he seems to bring needle to the game all the time.

[sir roger]

Proper Portuguese 

[Kevin D]

Brilliant performance.

[ZonkoVille77]

Excellent today. Just a little wasp, harassing the fuck out of defenders. 

[stringvest]

see my post above.

[The Midnight Rambler]

He only needs a sniff. Possibly the most underrated player in the Prem, mainly by our own fans. 

[Supremolad]

Had two shots all game and scored both. The Slotter.

[Jairzinho]

6 minutes ago, Supremolad said:

Had two shots all game and scored both. The Slotter.

 

He had three, to fair. Two goals and one assist... to himself. 

[Scott_M]

Brilliant 2nd half.

[TheHowieLama]

14 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

 

He had three, to fair. Two goals and one assist... to himself. 

 

Left two defenders standing still with that one though.

[Supremolad]

[SasaS]

15 hours ago, Jairzinho said:

 

He had three, to fair. Two goals and one assist... to himself. 

 

I think that was deliberate to beef up his numbers.