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For fuck sake, england. I didn’t mean crash and burn that badly.Is it bad that I want England U21s to crash and burn in this tournament to speed up Sessegnon?
For fuck sake, england. I didn’t mean crash and burn that badly.Is it bad that I want England U21s to crash and burn in this tournament to speed up Sessegnon?
It hurts a bitAnyone got any reliable updates on the reported hamstring injury he suffered in the U21-match against Romania?
Let’s just hope it’s not seriousWe could have done without that !!!!
If we don't sign him and he ends up joining another club for a reduced fee next year I'm going to start calling that Pulling a Barkley.We could have done without that !!!!
I’m assuming JJ means the hammy and not Inters purported interest.
It's not, he walked offLet’s just hope it’s not serious
I’ve never seen anyone stretched off that I can think of with a hamstring injuryIt's not, he walked off
I’ve never seen anyone stretched off that I can think of with a hamstring injury
Yeah but if it's serious you normally have a physio on either side and the player looks in pain.I’ve never seen anyone stretched off that I can think of with a hamstring injury
We could have done without that !!!!
Don't really see what the big deal is about a 19 year old having a hamstring injury if we're being honest at the time we're trying to buy him. If all goes well he'll be here for 5+ years, who cares about a couple months on the front end of that?If I’m not mistaken, a muscle injury would not stop any potential transfer. Medicals usually involve looking for deeper rooted problems e.g. organ problems, dodgy knees etc.
I *think* JJ’s post is opinion more than anything, well I hope so anyway.
The PL stats website has him down as creating 6 "big chances" last season.
The only Fulham players who ranked higher were Bryan (8) and Seri (7), both of whom didn't change position anywhere near as often.
For comparison, our "chances created" stats were as follows:
Eriksen: 10
Trippier: 8
Kane: 7
Alli: 6
Son: 5
Davies: 4
Other big players in the league were as follows:
Fraser (BOU): 28(!)
Hazard (CHE): 18
Salah (LIV), D Silva (MCI): 16
Robertson (LIV): 15
Digne (EVE), Jimenez (WOL), Maddison (LEI), Wilson (BOU): 13
Sterling (MCI): 12
TAA (LIV), De Bruyne (MCI), Luiz (CHE), Sane (MCI), Sigurdsson (EVE): 11
Does go quite a long way toward explaining why we struggled to score anywhere near as many goals as in previous seasons - we just didn't create the chances.
Also demonstrates that Ryan Sessegnon isn't that far behind any of our existing senior players for chances created, especially given he was played in a multitude of positions and in a team which struggled to keep hold of the ball.
(*Edit: these stats are for big chances created but not converted. Actual assists are additional to these, and we only had one player who out-performed Sessegnon on assists - Christian Eriksen with 12 compared to Sessegnon's 6.
No Fulham player registered more assists than Sessegnon.
Our second-highest assister was Son Heung-Min, who got 6, the same as Sessegnon)