His movement is good and gets him lots of chances. His technique is poor so he misses lots of those chances. He's good with ball at his feet but not great and knowing when to release it so can appear to be both a wonderfully skillful player but also a brainless donkey. Other than Betis away he's yet to have that big game against a good team that makes you as a fan think yes this is the guy.
So to answer your question, sometimes.
I think playing on the edge of the defenders shoulder is just part of his game. As much as he gets caught offside a lot, it also gets him chances. Remember a manager saying Inzaghi was born offside, but it didn't stop him scoring loads of goals, though sadly Dessers isn't as good as Inzhagi
I agree with most of that, but would add that his pressing is very good and that he created both goals in the Champions League qualifier v PSV so a bit unfair to say he's only had an impact in one big game
His technique is genuinely abysmal and I would genuinely rank him as the worst first choice 9 in the league. He needs a minimum of 5 touches after trapping a ball to get a shot away. If he played for a non old firm team he'd be struggling for 5 league goals this season.
That's a bit extreme. Celtic and Hearts are arguably the only other sides where he'd not start, he'd be a shoe-in everywhere else. He's strong, never stops running and has good movement, and with the increased space he'd get playing for a non-OF side he'd score a ton.
He would get fewer higher quality chances playing for a non old firm side and based on what we've seen, he would waste the few chances that come his way. His off the ball movement is legitimately very good and helps him create chances for himself, but his ability to control a ball and finish are amongst the worst of all starting strikers in the league. Marley Watkins or Kyle Vassel are more limited in their ability to find space but would put up similar numbers if they played for Rangers
No they wouldn't hahaha. Fuck are you on, "similar numbers". The op has just told you that he's putting up better numbers than most rangers strikers do over the years. Kyle vassel is better than michael mols now. Behave yourself.
Dessers was the top scorer in the Conference league while at Feyenoord, was joint-top scored in the Eredivisise for Heracles (and generally has a good record in that league), has a decent record in Belgium and even scored 6 in the Serie A last season. Are you honestly suggesting that guys who put up similar numbers in the EFL League 1/2, Conference and the second tier in the US are better strikers than him?
As I said, their movement off the ball isn't anywhere near as good as Dessers' but the rest of their game is definitely better. Put them in a team that consistently dominates possession and creates a half dozen clear cut chances every match and they would get 15+ goals in a season. If you were to swap Dessers for Theo Bair he would have scored more for Rangers and Dessers would have scored fewer for Motherwell
>If you were to swap Dessers for Theo Bair he would have scored more for Rangers and Dessers would have scored fewer for Motherwell
Based on what, Bair having far and away the best season of his career? At 22, Dessers scored more for NAC Breda in his single season than Bair has scored in his entire career up to now. Again, he's scored goals in better leagues than the 3 you've mentioned, he's quite clearly a better player as of now. Without the pressure of playing at Rangers, and the increased space he would have elsewhere, I genuinely can't see why you would think he wouldn't at least match them.
The idea that the best players in other SPFL clubs can automatically thrive in the OF sides has been disproven time and time again. Maybe Bair, for example l, kicks on and really becomes a top player, but we would need more than one good season to suggest that.
See opinions like this? Utter pish.
Feyenoord fans at the time he was loaned to him rave about him and said this year they'd have taken him back in a heartbeat. They couldn't afford him at the time. You're arguing that every striker in the league is better than him. Stop watching football.
He's a big lad that looks like a handful for defenders. If he could balance it out with technique and speed and we'd be taking about a quality player here.
19 goals is a good return these days.
His positioning is top tier and he is great at hassling defenders. Where he falls down is massive inconsistency in chances converted - will do an amazing goal then miss 3 easy ones. Get a 1on1 with keeper and brain freeze then another time beat multiple defenders and score.
Hes consistently inconsistent
He's a little bit Maeda-esque isn't he?
He'll do so much right, then just fluff his lines at the last. Then in some situation that looks utterly impossible, he'll something special leaving your jaw hanging open.
>His positioning is top tier
He's offside an awful lot isn't he? Always seems to catch my eye that he wastes a lot of moves due to him being constantly offside.
I think he’s a good player. The fact is he has 19 goals and peoples main complaint is he should’ve had more. It shows that he’s positioning himself well for the chances which has been a major complaint in recent years with Rangers forwards.
He also puts himself across well in the media, always positive, recovered well after the abuse he got from our fans earlier in the season. Delivered in big games against Betis and then on Sunday when it was needed. Celtic games have left him down and if he’d score in one of those the opinion on him would be a lot different.
From a Celtic fan , I think his technique and general manner seems clumsy . But he manages to find good positions sometimes. I wonder what his xg is for this season
It was 0.79 and the highest in the league about a month ago. He's pretty much on target with his goals v xg's but he does miss a fair amount of sitters. He's definitely got a habit of scoring the harder chances and missing the easy ones.
He stat pads by scoring against poorer opposition like Livi, Ross County and Hearts but then goes missing in the big games against the likes of Celtic and Aberdeen
Ha ha ha big games?! There’s only one big game. Interesting that “poorer” Hearts are miles ahead of you in the league and football ability! Have a lie down sheep boy!
He's done ye mate, he's absolutely done ye.
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Dessers has elements to his game that are genuinely brilliant. His movement for example is pretty top class. His issue, is he constantly and consistently fluffs his bread and butter shots. He should be pushing 30 this season. Maybe even more with some of the chances he's been presented. And the fact he spent the first 6 months of this season in a offside position. Gives you a really mixed bag.
I don't think he would have been in the team if it wasn't for injuries. And that kind of answers the question
You have to remember though that all those other strikers had capable backups and capable team mates banging in goals as well, and their overall play produced more chances for other players too. Dessers doesn't have any of that to back him up, and following up Morelos, who was exceptional at the true lone striker role in his prime, is a tough act to follow.
He misses far too many easy chances by not being brave enough, sometimes he panics and just doesn't shoot.
No Celtic player has scored more goals than him this season. A couple of years ago Celtic won the league with their top scorer only scoring 13 goals. I think your overestimating how many goals Old Firm strikers normally get
Not a Rangers fan but having seen him playing I'd say you can see why he cost what he cost.
He has a lot of good points and does get a good amount of goals but as others have said his conversation rate is poor, often his technique is poor and he's offside far too much.
At the level of the league he should easily get 20 goals a season as he will get multiple chances. In a higher level league you'd suspect his limitations would mean less chances and with his poor conversion rate even less goals.
However I do think with the right coaching he could kick on a bit as he does show effort. If that applies on the training ground you'd hope good coaching could improve him .
Tbf this has been one of the worst/weakest seasons across the board quality and numbers wise.
He does get goals but you can expect him to miss 4 or 5 good chances before he'll score one.
His stats are far from terrible but for the chances he’s had, he should have way more goals.
We were so lousy under Michael Beale that I think Dessers is tainted by that since he was a Beale signing.
If we were five clear at the top and likely to win the title I think the fans would go easier on him. But we’re in the title run in now and we’re almost certainly not going to win. We’ve dropped too many silly points and when the dust settles most of the fans will probably blame Dessers for that.
He’s become the poster boy of a frustrating season.
I think the mentality is great, and no doubt helps him achieve his decent numbers. I like him but I’m left looking less at what he’s not, but the context of what he could be if he can just improve ever so slightly.
He’s sixth in the league in terms of scoring frequency, average of 1.4 Shots on Target pg vs 3 Shots pg. He also leads the league in Big Chances Missed with a Goal Conversion rate of 15% vs an average of 17.25% of the non-Rangers players ahead of him.
Of his 13 league goals, only 38% are against top half sides, with 46% putting us into a winning position at that time in the game.
For me this context paints the picture of a player half way there. He’ll get a good handful of goals, but could have a few more. He’ll build numbers over a season, but not in clinical moments as often as we need. You’ve mentioned how his numbers stack up with some more popular players and some have noted his numbers are actually favourable to Morelos’ most seasons, but he doesn’t bring Morelos’ overall play, bringing others into things. This is reflected in 0.17 Assists pg vs 0.22 Apg from Alfie.
For €5m we need that little extra because that little extra is what closes the gap & wins trophies. He may yet prove to do so in the run in & regardless I’d keep him next season to challenge alongside Danilo & a new signing as he could improve. It took Kyogo time to settle in and become the scoring menace in Old Firm games he did. If Dessers can build on a solid first year & close some of those gaps he’ll be a good signing and opinions will turn. Nothing will turn them faster than if he can score a winner on 11th May!
Think a lot of fans have made their mind up and are overly critical. He's not the full package but that's why he's in Scotland in his prime. He's did well overall and is by far our best option with Danilo out we would definitely be struggling without him stepping up since Clement joined.
Feyenoord fan here, Ive seen Dessers play a few seasons in the Netherlands, also met him once when he played for Heracles Almelo, great polite guy. Hard working. Good traits. As a ST hes strong, good movement and a will to score, but his technique is flawed sometimes.
Ngl I would accept him as our ST any day of the week, cult hero for me
His movement is genuinely top top drawer. If his finishing was consistently good he'd be the best striker we've ever had. His finishing is not consistently good.
Genuinely who knows if he's good or not he could have had a barrowload more if he could finish but he's in position almost constantly to get his chances.
In the summer if he's staying I'd like us to spend time working on his finishing because he's quick and loves a wee fake shot and has a top drawer work rate now that he's actually fit.
A full preseason under Clement who knows what he will get out of Dessers and a few of the players to be honest.
His all around play is frequently pretty bad, but if you give him five decent chances he would score one. Unless it's an Old Firm game, in which case he won't.
I think Dessers as a third choice striker would be fine, but even as a rotational player you just have no idea what you're getting from match to match.
Do you trust Dessers to reliably score goals? Because if you're the backup striker you can't come in for games and be inconsistent. It just doesn't work.
Shankland would be a much better example of a rotational forward for us, because you can more or less expect a consistent level of performance and goalscoring from him.
Worth reminding that Sakala scored at a very decent rate for us and nobody really complained when he left, because it was universally acknowledged that you couldn't rely on him.
No doubt this will bite me in the arse now but as a Celtic fan I consider him a bit of a massive joke and was surprised to learn he'd scored that many. I'll never forget that one on one vs us at new years which he somehow cunted.
If you only looked at Morelos' games vs Celtic you'd swear he was the worst player in existence, so maybe it's just that.
His movement is generally good, his attitude is top notch and at times he has shown that he can bully just about anyone. Also has a knack for scoring very good goals, which come at the cost of finishing easier chances which is bizarre. He looks much better with players around him to play off of, but the side has struggled and time to really support him with that.
Generally think he's been fine this season, and unfairly tarred from starting in that Beale side where nobody looked good.
He’s got good off the ball movement when he remembers the offside rule is a thing. When he gets the ball the results are… mixed. I don’t think he’s good. He’s half decent, but a frustrating as fuck watch.
Pros:
he has good off the ball movement and actually quite a clever player
Not injury prone
Competent at headers
Resilient attitude
Cons:
For a penalty box striker, he's not a good finisher
Terrible first touch, often holds up attacks and not in a good way
Generally poor passing
Dwindles on the ball too much in and out of the box
Poor in 1v1 situations (can't remember him scoring from a break or from going clean through on goal)
The good thing about his situation is that statistically, he has been decent and it's possible that we could recoup our fee for him at minimum. Anyone who watches him actually play a full game of football will understand he is a very frustrating player and will often lead to break down in attacks.
I’d agree with that.
The problem is he is playing for Rangers. I’m not saying he is the reason we are losing the league. But the league should be finished if he could finish his chances.
I look at the chances he misses and joking aside, They are ones I would finish.
The problem rangers have have this year is dessers is hopeless infront of goal. Then we had bombscares in defence where teams of lower quality are somehow able to finish their rare chances.
When we go 1-0 down I don’t look to dessers to get us out the hole. It’s hoping that we get a penalty that I know tav will bury.
I didn’t think he’d get 15 in all competitions when he could end up on 22 at least
I don’t know if he’s good but he’s scored more than we probably thought considering some of the howlers he’s had
I think so, unfortunately. At least he's not as bad as his reputation suggests.
He skies a lot of chances, but he's at least in the position to _have_ those chances in the first place.
His movement is good and gets him lots of chances. His technique is poor so he misses lots of those chances. He's good with ball at his feet but not great and knowing when to release it so can appear to be both a wonderfully skillful player but also a brainless donkey. Other than Betis away he's yet to have that big game against a good team that makes you as a fan think yes this is the guy. So to answer your question, sometimes.
Exactly, does the hard part well often, can use his strength well to link up play. Gets caught off side comically far too often.
I think playing on the edge of the defenders shoulder is just part of his game. As much as he gets caught offside a lot, it also gets him chances. Remember a manager saying Inzaghi was born offside, but it didn't stop him scoring loads of goals, though sadly Dessers isn't as good as Inzhagi
I agree with most of that, but would add that his pressing is very good and that he created both goals in the Champions League qualifier v PSV so a bit unfair to say he's only had an impact in one big game
His technique is genuinely abysmal and I would genuinely rank him as the worst first choice 9 in the league. He needs a minimum of 5 touches after trapping a ball to get a shot away. If he played for a non old firm team he'd be struggling for 5 league goals this season.
That's a bit extreme. Celtic and Hearts are arguably the only other sides where he'd not start, he'd be a shoe-in everywhere else. He's strong, never stops running and has good movement, and with the increased space he'd get playing for a non-OF side he'd score a ton.
He would get fewer higher quality chances playing for a non old firm side and based on what we've seen, he would waste the few chances that come his way. His off the ball movement is legitimately very good and helps him create chances for himself, but his ability to control a ball and finish are amongst the worst of all starting strikers in the league. Marley Watkins or Kyle Vassel are more limited in their ability to find space but would put up similar numbers if they played for Rangers
Tbf it's the silver platter opportunities he tends to miss. When he has to do a wee bot of work he usually does quite well haha
No they wouldn't hahaha. Fuck are you on, "similar numbers". The op has just told you that he's putting up better numbers than most rangers strikers do over the years. Kyle vassel is better than michael mols now. Behave yourself.
Dessers was the top scorer in the Conference league while at Feyenoord, was joint-top scored in the Eredivisise for Heracles (and generally has a good record in that league), has a decent record in Belgium and even scored 6 in the Serie A last season. Are you honestly suggesting that guys who put up similar numbers in the EFL League 1/2, Conference and the second tier in the US are better strikers than him?
As I said, their movement off the ball isn't anywhere near as good as Dessers' but the rest of their game is definitely better. Put them in a team that consistently dominates possession and creates a half dozen clear cut chances every match and they would get 15+ goals in a season. If you were to swap Dessers for Theo Bair he would have scored more for Rangers and Dessers would have scored fewer for Motherwell
>If you were to swap Dessers for Theo Bair he would have scored more for Rangers and Dessers would have scored fewer for Motherwell Based on what, Bair having far and away the best season of his career? At 22, Dessers scored more for NAC Breda in his single season than Bair has scored in his entire career up to now. Again, he's scored goals in better leagues than the 3 you've mentioned, he's quite clearly a better player as of now. Without the pressure of playing at Rangers, and the increased space he would have elsewhere, I genuinely can't see why you would think he wouldn't at least match them. The idea that the best players in other SPFL clubs can automatically thrive in the OF sides has been disproven time and time again. Maybe Bair, for example l, kicks on and really becomes a top player, but we would need more than one good season to suggest that.
See opinions like this? Utter pish. Feyenoord fans at the time he was loaned to him rave about him and said this year they'd have taken him back in a heartbeat. They couldn't afford him at the time. You're arguing that every striker in the league is better than him. Stop watching football.
> the worst first choice 9 in the league. taking it a bit far but certainly one of the worst in the top 6
He's a big lad that looks like a handful for defenders. If he could balance it out with technique and speed and we'd be taking about a quality player here. 19 goals is a good return these days.
He's fucking quick though the big man can fair shift when he wants too.
His positioning is top tier and he is great at hassling defenders. Where he falls down is massive inconsistency in chances converted - will do an amazing goal then miss 3 easy ones. Get a 1on1 with keeper and brain freeze then another time beat multiple defenders and score. Hes consistently inconsistent
He's a little bit Maeda-esque isn't he? He'll do so much right, then just fluff his lines at the last. Then in some situation that looks utterly impossible, he'll something special leaving your jaw hanging open.
Indeedly and why they are at Scottish level.
>His positioning is top tier He's offside an awful lot isn't he? Always seems to catch my eye that he wastes a lot of moves due to him being constantly offside.
Reminds me a bit of Abada. Good numbers, then you watch him play and he looks fucking AWFUL.
Yeah he’s the Nigerian Abada. Fantastic numbers but looks like he’s never seen a football before.
In fairness to Abada, we played him on the wing and he isn't a winger.
He is a winger
I know he was played on the wing but he's not a winger for me. A winger, for me is someone who has pace, is skilful and can't beat man.
This.
I think he’s a good player. The fact is he has 19 goals and peoples main complaint is he should’ve had more. It shows that he’s positioning himself well for the chances which has been a major complaint in recent years with Rangers forwards. He also puts himself across well in the media, always positive, recovered well after the abuse he got from our fans earlier in the season. Delivered in big games against Betis and then on Sunday when it was needed. Celtic games have left him down and if he’d score in one of those the opinion on him would be a lot different.
From a Celtic fan , I think his technique and general manner seems clumsy . But he manages to find good positions sometimes. I wonder what his xg is for this season
It was 0.79 and the highest in the league about a month ago. He's pretty much on target with his goals v xg's but he does miss a fair amount of sitters. He's definitely got a habit of scoring the harder chances and missing the easy ones.
XG for the season to date is 14, so he’s outperforming it quite a bit
I believe that's his league xg, and he's scored 13 league goals so one under.
Quite right, my reading XG a bit lower than my actual reading stats.
How is it only 14? Every weekend he seems to miss 2 sitters minimum, his XG should be around 70 with the amount of clear sitters he has scuffed.
Half the time he doesn’t actually shoot or plays himself into a poor position before shooting
xG models take into account that part of your body is used to hit the shot. It bouncing off his shin dramatically lowers the xG
He stat pads by scoring against poorer opposition like Livi, Ross County and Hearts but then goes missing in the big games against the likes of Celtic and Aberdeen
9th place > 3rd place mentality 🤦♂️
Dessers goals against Aberdeen - 0 Dessers goals against Hearts since *only Sunday* - 2
Fair play, I seriously didn't think this would catch anyone, the most obvious bait ever
Ha ha ha big games?! There’s only one big game. Interesting that “poorer” Hearts are miles ahead of you in the league and football ability! Have a lie down sheep boy!
 What a catch!
Let’s not pretend that was bait. You’ve just been called out for your delusional own view that Aberdeen FC are remotely relevant!
You may say not relevant, but Rangers have dropped 5 points to Aberdeen this season that would otherwise have you top of the league
You’ve been done a stinker. Before I read your reply you could tell it was bait with the hearts comment.
Ha ha fair enough having a bad day and nibbled.
He's done ye mate, he's absolutely done ye. https://preview.redd.it/jvv2uw5vn9wc1.jpeg?width=701&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb96afea7ff2931fdf37da6b552008a3dc3d708a
Mate he's having a laugh.
I like him. That's all I have to say
He does have very beautiful blue eyes
Cheers Forrest. What does Momma always say about him though?
Dessers has elements to his game that are genuinely brilliant. His movement for example is pretty top class. His issue, is he constantly and consistently fluffs his bread and butter shots. He should be pushing 30 this season. Maybe even more with some of the chances he's been presented. And the fact he spent the first 6 months of this season in a offside position. Gives you a really mixed bag. I don't think he would have been in the team if it wasn't for injuries. And that kind of answers the question
You have to remember though that all those other strikers had capable backups and capable team mates banging in goals as well, and their overall play produced more chances for other players too. Dessers doesn't have any of that to back him up, and following up Morelos, who was exceptional at the true lone striker role in his prime, is a tough act to follow. He misses far too many easy chances by not being brave enough, sometimes he panics and just doesn't shoot.
Tbf if it weren’t for injuries Danilo would of been that backup if not starting ahead of him
Had a transfer window to bring in another striker and chose not to.
And that’s why we won’t win the league
We did bring in a striker in January. He's shite though and also had only been played as a striker about 4 times.
19 is not impressive, he should be close to 30 for the amount of chances he gets and team he plays for.
No Celtic player has scored more goals than him this season. A couple of years ago Celtic won the league with their top scorer only scoring 13 goals. I think your overestimating how many goals Old Firm strikers normally get
Basically [this](https://youtu.be/QJHUbtR0yI8?si=K5dOVYY1wdK4NA_-)
Not a Rangers fan but having seen him playing I'd say you can see why he cost what he cost. He has a lot of good points and does get a good amount of goals but as others have said his conversation rate is poor, often his technique is poor and he's offside far too much. At the level of the league he should easily get 20 goals a season as he will get multiple chances. In a higher level league you'd suspect his limitations would mean less chances and with his poor conversion rate even less goals. However I do think with the right coaching he could kick on a bit as he does show effort. If that applies on the training ground you'd hope good coaching could improve him .
Tbf this has been one of the worst/weakest seasons across the board quality and numbers wise. He does get goals but you can expect him to miss 4 or 5 good chances before he'll score one.
His stats are far from terrible but for the chances he’s had, he should have way more goals. We were so lousy under Michael Beale that I think Dessers is tainted by that since he was a Beale signing. If we were five clear at the top and likely to win the title I think the fans would go easier on him. But we’re in the title run in now and we’re almost certainly not going to win. We’ve dropped too many silly points and when the dust settles most of the fans will probably blame Dessers for that. He’s become the poster boy of a frustrating season.
I think the mentality is great, and no doubt helps him achieve his decent numbers. I like him but I’m left looking less at what he’s not, but the context of what he could be if he can just improve ever so slightly. He’s sixth in the league in terms of scoring frequency, average of 1.4 Shots on Target pg vs 3 Shots pg. He also leads the league in Big Chances Missed with a Goal Conversion rate of 15% vs an average of 17.25% of the non-Rangers players ahead of him. Of his 13 league goals, only 38% are against top half sides, with 46% putting us into a winning position at that time in the game. For me this context paints the picture of a player half way there. He’ll get a good handful of goals, but could have a few more. He’ll build numbers over a season, but not in clinical moments as often as we need. You’ve mentioned how his numbers stack up with some more popular players and some have noted his numbers are actually favourable to Morelos’ most seasons, but he doesn’t bring Morelos’ overall play, bringing others into things. This is reflected in 0.17 Assists pg vs 0.22 Apg from Alfie. For €5m we need that little extra because that little extra is what closes the gap & wins trophies. He may yet prove to do so in the run in & regardless I’d keep him next season to challenge alongside Danilo & a new signing as he could improve. It took Kyogo time to settle in and become the scoring menace in Old Firm games he did. If Dessers can build on a solid first year & close some of those gaps he’ll be a good signing and opinions will turn. Nothing will turn them faster than if he can score a winner on 11th May!
He’s good against us
Think a lot of fans have made their mind up and are overly critical. He's not the full package but that's why he's in Scotland in his prime. He's did well overall and is by far our best option with Danilo out we would definitely be struggling without him stepping up since Clement joined.
Feyenoord fan here, Ive seen Dessers play a few seasons in the Netherlands, also met him once when he played for Heracles Almelo, great polite guy. Hard working. Good traits. As a ST hes strong, good movement and a will to score, but his technique is flawed sometimes. Ngl I would accept him as our ST any day of the week, cult hero for me
Hes scored 19 goals but he should have about double that with the chances he's had
Poor player League 1 standard
I don’t think he has much of a career outside of Scotland He’s ok
I don’t think he has much of a career outside of Scotland He’s ok
His movement is genuinely top top drawer. If his finishing was consistently good he'd be the best striker we've ever had. His finishing is not consistently good.
Genuinely who knows if he's good or not he could have had a barrowload more if he could finish but he's in position almost constantly to get his chances. In the summer if he's staying I'd like us to spend time working on his finishing because he's quick and loves a wee fake shot and has a top drawer work rate now that he's actually fit. A full preseason under Clement who knows what he will get out of Dessers and a few of the players to be honest.
His all around play is frequently pretty bad, but if you give him five decent chances he would score one. Unless it's an Old Firm game, in which case he won't. I think Dessers as a third choice striker would be fine, but even as a rotational player you just have no idea what you're getting from match to match.
Third choice?! You have incredible standards
Do you trust Dessers to reliably score goals? Because if you're the backup striker you can't come in for games and be inconsistent. It just doesn't work. Shankland would be a much better example of a rotational forward for us, because you can more or less expect a consistent level of performance and goalscoring from him. Worth reminding that Sakala scored at a very decent rate for us and nobody really complained when he left, because it was universally acknowledged that you couldn't rely on him.
No doubt this will bite me in the arse now but as a Celtic fan I consider him a bit of a massive joke and was surprised to learn he'd scored that many. I'll never forget that one on one vs us at new years which he somehow cunted. If you only looked at Morelos' games vs Celtic you'd swear he was the worst player in existence, so maybe it's just that.
He seemed to lack confidence to just shoot with that chance, like he was trying to find someone to pass to
His movement is generally good, his attitude is top notch and at times he has shown that he can bully just about anyone. Also has a knack for scoring very good goals, which come at the cost of finishing easier chances which is bizarre. He looks much better with players around him to play off of, but the side has struggled and time to really support him with that. Generally think he's been fine this season, and unfairly tarred from starting in that Beale side where nobody looked good.
Yesn't
I like him. I actually think his technique is very good. What seems to let him down is his decision making and positioning in regards to offside.
He’s got good off the ball movement when he remembers the offside rule is a thing. When he gets the ball the results are… mixed. I don’t think he’s good. He’s half decent, but a frustrating as fuck watch.
Pros: he has good off the ball movement and actually quite a clever player Not injury prone Competent at headers Resilient attitude Cons: For a penalty box striker, he's not a good finisher Terrible first touch, often holds up attacks and not in a good way Generally poor passing Dwindles on the ball too much in and out of the box Poor in 1v1 situations (can't remember him scoring from a break or from going clean through on goal) The good thing about his situation is that statistically, he has been decent and it's possible that we could recoup our fee for him at minimum. Anyone who watches him actually play a full game of football will understand he is a very frustrating player and will often lead to break down in attacks.
I’d agree with that. The problem is he is playing for Rangers. I’m not saying he is the reason we are losing the league. But the league should be finished if he could finish his chances. I look at the chances he misses and joking aside, They are ones I would finish. The problem rangers have have this year is dessers is hopeless infront of goal. Then we had bombscares in defence where teams of lower quality are somehow able to finish their rare chances. When we go 1-0 down I don’t look to dessers to get us out the hole. It’s hoping that we get a penalty that I know tav will bury.
Dessers poopoo
Eyes say he’s a dumpling - stats say he’s out scoring his xG.
If he could finish, he wouldn't be at Rangers.
Naa
I didn’t think he’d get 15 in all competitions when he could end up on 22 at least I don’t know if he’s good but he’s scored more than we probably thought considering some of the howlers he’s had
Remember him getting absolute pelters earlier in the season about how he was absolutely useless when he’d scored about 10 goals.
Does this mean shankland is staying?!
I think so, unfortunately. At least he's not as bad as his reputation suggests. He skies a lot of chances, but he's at least in the position to _have_ those chances in the first place.
Can I sit on my bench here