2nd season syndrome for Alexis.Originally Posted by Kano
He's still explosive but opponents have smartened up against him. He needs to mix it up, the cutting in on the right trick won't work anymore. It's not just that either, his final ball has gone to shit as well. Really disappointed with him since his return from injury, his failure to find his form is a very big contributor to the collapse. You need your star guys to pull you through but ours have done the opposite. Minus Ozil.
He was on a hell of a run of form so maybe this sort of dip was inevitable, who knows. Any team going for a major trophy needs their big players to step up and his form crash came at the worst possible moment. Could have been a different situation we are in right now if we had him scoring while Giroud went into hibernation. That may sound like I'm placing the blame on Alexis for our problems but I don't mean that at all.
He seemed a far greater threat when he was moved on to the right side and was much closer to goal for it. Unlikelly he'll be played there as a matter of course though.
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As for Alexis, like I said last week I don't think position matters as much as what he is tasked to do. He is a finisher. Put him closer to goal and keep him away from the build up.
But even when he has been in front of goal of late he's fluffed his lines. He's just preforming mainly poorly of late.
He's living off last season TBH, Alexis since he's come back has been putting in sub par performances every week, he's been horrible, pretty much all the aspects of his game have gone to shit.
He's not the only one, basically the whole team really bar Ozil, Cech and Welbeck in his few performances have been in bad form for a good few months, we've basically tossed the league away through a succession of really bad performances.
The season is dead now, we're not fighting for PL in this form, if anything we'll be fighting to stay in the top 4.
Pretty much!
That stuffing we received at Southampton seemed to be the Catalyst, but I'm sure there had been warning signs before that, just can't remember.
Losing 8-2 at OT?
Second half of our 3-0 win over Utd was a big warning sign. Showed the manager and the players didn't understand what it means to press home an advantage in the most ruthless manner. We slacked off and saw the game out. Never acceptable in my book because it allows for less than 100% and that should never be acceptable. It's difficult to operate at that level and you'll never always achieve it, but you must always try to achieve it or else you are guaranteed to fail.
The the Liverpool Surrender sealed it. That was a scandal. Not just because the points were thrown down the drain through an act of cowardice but because a large segment of the fan base actually celebrated losing those vital points. And that told us another thing, we have fans at this club who don't remember and maybe don't understand at all what sporting excellence is all about.
The club is starting to rot right through. From the owner all the way down to the lowliest of low Ty creatures.
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I'm okay with it because he gets a lot of shots.
He needs to be closer to goal instead of running from deep and attempting to do something.
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