Markovic has an assist for passing the ball to Coutinho when he smashed in that screamer v saints.. Assists need to be taken in context.
Well all goals could also be the ball hitting someone's arse and going in from a corner. Dismissing all goal stats would seem a bit strong in that instance. So I don't think him creating a goal every 4 games is irrelevant to the argument that he isn't involved in build up play and cannot create chances.
And if you're looking for a striker who can just stick the ball in the net and not get involved then fine. I'm not saying he's not good, I think Van Nistelrooy was one of best strikers in the Prem, deadly anywhere in the area, but he rarely got involved in build up play. He didn't need to because he had Scholes/Giggs/Beckham creating chances left right and centre for him. In our team, we have Coutinho and possibly Sterling as creative players and we aren't going to create loads of chances to just have a luxury striker to just stand around in 6 yard box and put the ball in the net (as proven by Balotelli being **** this season). What we need is someone who is going to help get involved in the build up play, link with the others, something I just don't see Higuain doing (as well as Benteke if played up top on his own to be honest).
The stats would suggest that you are also talking out of your arse, as he's got twice as many assists as Coutinho this season with 10
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IBWT, I think you should watch Higuain tonight and see how good his movement is and how much he contributes to the team. @InBiscanWeTrust @Treble
Linked with a move for Cardiff keeper David Marshall as competition for Mig in £5m deal. Lot of money for a champ keeper, but I did actually think he played well for them last year in the peen and was surprised no one went for him in the summer. Not it sure he's any better than what we have and he's not played at top level much
Let's look at the previous season then, when Coutinho was playing with Suarez...... When he got 7 assists to Higuains 11 Just accept the fact that you've made an incorrect assumption about the ability of Higuain in terms of his team play.
I'm a cardiff season ticket holder. I rate marshall highly, great reactions, good with crosses and commands his area well. His distribution is usually boot it up the pitch so I don't know what he would offer in terms of passing from the back or coping with forward players putting him under pressure, when he has the ball.
You've missed my point. I'm not talking about assists, I'm talking about creating his own chances. Assists could mean passing the ball 5 yards sidewards for someone to score, you need context to make a judgement on stats alone. From when I've seen him for Madrid and very briefly for Napoli, he doesn't seems to be the kind of striker that will create 10 of his own goals a season and instead relies on others to create him chances. All fine and in most teams that's not a problem, but in our team at the moment we need someone more than that. Put Higuain in Chelsea or City's team and he'll probably score shed loads of goals because I think he's a quality striker and finisher. But at the moment, we don't have enough creative players to compliment him.
RVP won them a league almost single-handed a few seasons ago. Past his best now, but never ****. Sadly.
I didn't miss your point at all, you said that you didn't see him as a player who would get involved in build up play - and you were completely wrong
