Popular Post PromDeAnglais 5,446 Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 Don't want to make a thread bashing another player. But I've have noticed something regarding Colak. He's not a lone striker in my opinion. Quite simply put. 4-3-3 or 5-2-3 with 2 wides is not going to work with him. Let's look at his stats: Rijeka, 38 goals in 76 games. "Rijeka usually play with two forwards and then get the width from their wing-backs. On paper, their attacking formation will often look something like a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-1-2 with an attacking midfielder, two strikers and full-backs who serve as wing-backs and even wingers when in possession." Source: https://totalfootballanalysis.com/head-coach-analysis/simon-rozman-rijeka-201920-tactical-analysis-tactics#:~:text=Rijeka usually play with two,even wingers when in possession. PAOK: 3 goals in 25. Formations: 4-3-2-1 (22 games), 3-4-2-1 (8 games) Source: https://www.footballcritic.com/paok/formations/1494/45922 Malmo: 22 goals in 41. UCL formation: 3-5-2 Source: https://onefootball.com/en/news/ucl-stats-gallery-chelsea-vs-malmo-ff-xg-aerial-duels-and-more-33950119 Malmo v Rangers: We've signed someone who flops up top on his own but excels in a 4-4-2 formation (or tactics with 2 up top). Either Gio changes his system once Morelos and/or Roofe are back fit or this guys career at us is as good as over already. Boyd in his prime was never a lone striker. He needed a Miller type to link up with. This is very similar in my opinion. Either Gio had told Ross Wilson he'll change his system once our other strikers are back fit or this transfer is extremely poorly researched and makes no sense in regards to our formation for the last 4 seasons. He looks lost in the two games so far. KingKaiJohansen, RangersMedia, HG5 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertN 386 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Question is why the fuck did we go for him if he can't fit in our plans Juniorsparkie, BlueAvenger and PromDeAnglais 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 70,781 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 We don't play 2 up top. Leighton loyal, PromDeAnglais and BigBearButt 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GaryMc 2,394 Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 He's not very good. Seen these threads before making excuses for a player. Herrera, Itten etc. Either he changes to suit our system or we bench him and sell in January. The whole team ain't changing for a shite player. Alfie or Roofe play tonight and they make sure they get involved. Poor signing. REM 1690, BlueAvenger, its_an_extender and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leam_baw 166 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 He couldn’t get a game for an average Greek side. Not saying he is woeful, but he was signed as a back up striker Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueKnight87 17,242 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just now, RobertN said: Question is why the fuck did we go for him if he can't fit in our plans Same question you can ask of the last couple of strikers we've signed. We've got a setup that's dependent on morelos strengths up top. Under 2 managers now we still expect other players to do what morelos does. SeparateEntityMyArse, BlackpoolBear1952, PromDeAnglais and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromDeAnglais 5,446 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, The Godfather said: We don't play 2 up top. This signing makes absolutely no sense then. Took me 10 minutes to work it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sco22y 280 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 5 minutes ago, PromDeAnglais said: Don't want to make a thread bashing another player. But I've have noticed something regarding Colak. He's not a lone striker in my opinion. Quite simply put. 4-3-3 or 5-2-3 with 2 wides is not going to work with him. Let's look at his stats: Rijeka, 38 goals in 76 games. "Rijeka usually play with two forwards and then get the width from their wing-backs. On paper, their attacking formation will often look something like a 3-5-2 or a 3-4-1-2 with an attacking midfielder, two strikers and full-backs who serve as wing-backs and even wingers when in possession." Source: https://totalfootballanalysis.com/head-coach-analysis/simon-rozman-rijeka-201920-tactical-analysis-tactics#:~:text=Rijeka usually play with two,even wingers when in possession. PAOK: 3 goals in 25. Formations: 4-3-2-1 (22 games), 3-4-2-1 (8 games) Source: https://www.footballcritic.com/paok/formations/1494/45922 Malmo: 22 goals in 41. UCL formation: 3-5-2 Source: https://onefootball.com/en/news/ucl-stats-gallery-chelsea-vs-malmo-ff-xg-aerial-duels-and-more-33950119 Malmo v Rangers: We've signed someone who flops up top on his own but excels in a 4-4-2 formation (or tactics with 2 up top). Either Gio changes his system once Morelos and/or Roofe are back fit or this guys career at us is as good as over already. Boyd in his prime was never a lone striker. He needed a Miller type to link up with. This is very similar in my opinion. Either Gio had told Ross Wilson he'll change his system once our other strikers are back fit or this transfer is extremely poorly researched and makes no sense in regards to our formation for the last 4 seasons. He looks lost in the two games so far. Never a lone striker and think we could score an awful lot of goals if we pair him with Alfie. PromDeAnglais 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number5 2,096 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Ahhh one of those? Needs to be played in a 2 up top. Save him for the 1% of the games we do this. Said it early doors. Not what we need. Ivybank and PromDeAnglais 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Still early and i thought he looked a player just like many others. When you are not in the game you have got to get involved so drop a bit deeper and graft , Morelos even does it. The guy is lazy and expects the ball to come to him. Hopefully it changes but right now he looks another crap signing striker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromDeAnglais 5,446 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, leam_baw said: He couldn’t get a game for an average Greek side. Not saying he is woeful, but he was signed as a back up striker You can blame a system for that. If he doesn't fit the formation or tactics then it'll end poorly. Better players than him have flopped due to this. Look at Lukaku in Tuchels Chelsea for example. But for us to then sign him in to a similar formation, after watching him do well in a 2, and expecting something different to happen is inexcusable. BlueKnight87 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RFC55 107,780 Posted August 2, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 2, 2022 It’s no the boys fault he got no service. would van nistelrooy have done better with the same service? Albion, SPWF, Blue Rino and 6 others 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 We signed him to be an option off the bench if we need a goal IMO Perhaps we didn’t expect Alfie to be out so long or we thought we wouldn’t be able to get Alfie to sign a new contract if we signed an identical player to him, I don’t know Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromDeAnglais 5,446 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just now, sco22y said: Never a lone striker and think we could score an awful lot of goals if we pair him with Alfie. Requires a total reshuffle from our current tactics. Also not sure what we do with all our wingers plus Tav/Yilmaz if we have 2 up top. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 minute ago, sassaaaa said: Still early and i thought he looked a player just like many others. When you are not in the game you have got to get involved so drop a bit deeper and graft , Morelos even does it. The guy is lazy and expects the ball to come to him. Hopefully it changes but right now he looks another crap signing striker. The one time he dropped in and got the ball played in to him he actually had a really nice 1-2 with Scott Wright who almost went in on goal, it’s crazy we didn’t try that more often The No.9 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast 9,121 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 We'd of been better buying that big lad who played up front for Livi at the weekend. At least they'd have known they had been in a game. STRUTH82, VERITAS VOS LIBREBETS and Ivybank 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Specky Forum Organiser 63,954 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Easrly signs are he will need to be fairly prolific to have an impact because he has struggled badly to get involved in anything at all so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromDeAnglais 5,446 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 minute ago, RFC55 said: It’s no the boys fault he got no service. would van nistelrooy have done better with the same service? Absolutely agree. I just find it strange that he's basically proven in a 4-4-2, done shit in 1 up top. Yet we went for him and expected something different? RFC55 and rbt1548 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkytfp1 18,479 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just now, The Beast said: We'd of been better buying that big lad who played up front for Livi at the weekend. At least they'd have known they had been in a game. Fucking hell JackAlex93 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 He legit got no service, that's immediately playing a striker wrong. With Morelos we expect so much more because we know him as a player, but yeah Gio needs to look at our style/formation when Colak plays because he rarely even touches the ball. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westenclosure2008 787 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 His movement is non existent. Couldn’t tell who was marking who. We’re not going to play 2 up so makes no sense signing someone that can’t play as a lone striker. Ivybank and Bydo 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,548 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 minute ago, The Beast said: We'd of been better buying that big lad who played up front for Livi at the weekend. At least they'd have known they had been in a game. Fuck sakes. Time to log out for the night. Malkytfp1 and chris182 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 107,780 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 1 minute ago, PromDeAnglais said: Absolutely agree. I just find it strange that he's basically proven in a 4-4-2, done shit in 1 up top. Yet we went for him and expected something different? I agree way you mate if it’s not his strength then the same way as itten how is it their fault? pretty gutted the night tbh PromDeAnglais 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkytfp1 18,479 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 No sure he's a great signing but think it's a bit early writing him off. Technically scored in his last two games against spurs and Livingston which was wrongly chopped off. Even with Morelos dropping short and running channels tonight, not sure he woulda done too much with passive sideways play. The No.9, Laudrupsleftfoot and HG5 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassaaaa 11,406 Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 We cannot afford the luxury of a player who rarely touches the ball the whole 90 minutes. Main problem is the zero creativity from the midfield and it has been for years. its_an_extender, Colin Traive, HG5 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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