This year, people arrived in the European region. Except for the first few rounds of the League Cup and the FA Cup, basically we did not miss a single game in our factory. I watched them all. After that, I summarized my own evaluation of the main players in each position and tried to remove the subjective filter as much as possible. The evaluation standard for new players is their predecessors or competitors, and the evaluation standard for others is themselves last season, without comparison with players from other teams.
Let’s start with the new players, and we’ll update them later:
Zhe Kai is a big fool who is hardworking and as strong as an ox. His touch and skills on the ball may be the worst among our main forwards in the past twenty years, and his ability to cooperate in small spaces is almost zero. However, his advantage is that he is diligent, strong and powerful, and has a certain accuracy in shooting. It would be better if he can improve his confrontation skills in the Premier League. If the price factor is not taken into account, he will be a pretty good addition to the lineup.
Souby is the best No. 8 position in the Tazi era (yes, I did make a mistake). Within the 35m area, his ability to develop with the ball and move forward without the ball is the best in the team. At the left 8th position, he is better than Xhaka, Ha Zi, and Rice. However, due to playing the 6th position for a long time, his shortcomings are also very obvious. The protection at the top of the penalty area is extremely poor, it is difficult to release the ball when under pressure, and his ability to wash the ball and advance is not as good as Thomas.
Aize is an enhanced version of Smith Rowe, who will make his opponents feel threatened as long as he kicks off. His most suitable position is the left winger. When the right wing is on the strong side, he will roam on the weak side and always pose a threat to the goal. However, Lambo's injury caused him to play a lot in the right 8th position. Obviously, he was unable to replace Lambo's role in this position, and the tacit understanding with Brother Saka was also quite poor.
Yinka is a god-like presence on the defensive end. No striker in the Champions League or Premier League can benefit from him. His attendance rate is much higher than that of Coffee. However, on the offensive end, his forward performance was very positive, but the thunder was loud and the rain was small. This may also have something to do with the left winger's overall sluggish state. Overall, he can be said to be the best transfer player of the season.
It can be expressed as follows: Brother Gun is the kind of player with clear boundaries between advantages and disadvantages. His advantage lies in his ability to make extraordinary breakthroughs, but his disadvantage is that he only has the ability to make extraordinary breakthroughs. In the Champions League, he did make contributions on his own, and he also shared a considerable part of Saka's playing time. Compared with the right winger who previously served as a substitute, he was much better.
Nolgao, in his limited playing time, proved that there is a big gap between himself and Rice Souby. Compared with the weak bird who was previously a midfielder substitute, he is also very different. He is indeed not worthy of regular rotation playing time in the league.
Dauman said that this year marks his first year in the first-team rotation, so he was written with the new players in mind. He is only 16 years old, but he already possesses the best ball-breaking ability in the first team. A quick observation shows that he has innate talents in ball sense, balance and rhythm. However, apart from dribbling, I did not notice that he has very reasonable ball-handling abilities. The actual ability displayed on the court is inferior to that of Gun. Fortunately, he is young and has unlimited potential.
Here are the old faces of the team:
Rice is the best midfielder in the team. He has super running ability, a large midfield coverage area, excellent confrontation hardness, and unparalleled defensive effect among all others. On the offensive end, in addition to having first-class set-piece attributes, he has many surprising performances with the ball in the first half of the season. However, unfortunately, this kind of performance is basically not seen in the second half of the season due to physical limitations, and the closer he is to the opponent's penalty area on the offensive end, the weaker his presence. From this point of view, the No. 6 position may still be more suitable for him.
Saka is still the team's number one star and the most threatening presence in the frontcourt. Once he holds the ball, he will inevitably be defended by many people. His explosive power has declined compared to his previous state, and his efficiency is quite low in the eyes of the Chinese. It was originally thought to be a permanent decline caused by injuries. However, his recent performance after his return made people feel that his explosive power has returned again. Lambo's long-term absence also leaves Saka without a capable helper. Whether it is Aize or Hazi in this position, there is no tacit understanding with Saka.
Odegaard, this young man has been plagued by injuries this year. However, in November last year, he was in good condition when he first returned. He was very decisive when handling the ball. He showed strong offensive power when taking long shots from outside the penalty area or through balls. The home game against Villa was considered a representative performance of this season. After he came back for the second time, he didn't even dare to shoot. Just like the situation when he passed the ball to others in the away game against Manchester City, he was hesitant throughout the whole process. I really don't know what he ate bad things while recuperating. Except for what I just mentioned, his other performance is no different from last season. If you want to say that he is particularly good, that would not be wrong, but there is really no one else in the team who can take his position.
The person Zhang Lu said was right was Little Martin. He played football very slowly and wanted to imitate Saka and rely on rhythm to surpass others. However, the result was that he was imitating others and might as well just kick the ball. However, if Subimendi can play on the left 8 for a long time and feed the ball, we can still expect his performance to improve.
Ronaldo's performance in the first half of the season was nothing short of stellar. I personally feel that his offensive contribution exceeded Saka's for a period of time. He is the team's offensive engine. After the New Year, I don’t know what happened (perhaps it was because the contract was not renewed, so it started to falter? Or is it to save energy for the World Cup), but the difference between his performance on the court and Jesus is just one number.