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2 years ago i thought to myself, if Eddie can improve from where he is now then fair play we got a good backup striker.
Problem is he hasnt, he has actually regressed.
Against spurs and city there were stretches of 20-30 min where literally every time there was a battle with nketiah and another defender for the ball, no matter the circumstance, eddie would lose out.
And then the exact same thing happened when he came on as a sub against Sevilla. Literally watch eddie whenever he is in a 50/50 duel, he just loses, over and over and over again.
He has no technical offensive abilities that threaten the defenders, he has no physical abilities that threatens the defenders. Centerbacks literally know they have an easy day on the job when he plays.
It is just bad, it is painfully bad. I would almost go as far as to say he is playing as badly as last season Lacazette, but atleast Nketiah can somewhat run even though his pace is poor and his pressing has been severely lacking.
Its just not good enough, thanks for the memories Eddie, you had some fantastic clutch goals and helped us when we needed it against Chelsea, United twice etc, but its over.
He is what he is, he’s a poacher and works hard off the ball. He doesn’t have greay linkup and just isn’t magically going to develop that. His goalscoring rate is actually fairly solid for the minutes he plays and his role in the team but the whole team looks worse with him on and we use him more than we would like because Jesus is injured too much