Scoring is AZ: Jozy at Alkmaar

Take a bow son, I mean that.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4y9FeBzCpA&feature=related"]Michael Essien ~ Arsenal vs Chelsea ~ 06/05/2007 - YouTube[/ame]

 

Highlights from the AZ site:

http://www.az.nl/index.php?id=86&videoid=261536

 

That was a great goal, Jozy. Now keep doing it.

 

Damn just saw the goal. Looked exactly like the goal in the gold cup.

 

This one is way better IMO.

 

Absolutely agree. I watched this goal live and the whole time I was thinking what is he trying to do here? When he turned to shoot I expected him to either shank it or blast it over. Anybody that has played soccer could tell you a large majority of a time when you make a turn like that you are off-balance and likely to completely shank it. He was balanced, accurate, and the skill was immense. I guess he could have also just been lucky

 

Altidore sets AZ on road to Malmö victory

 

The guy is finally on a team that wants him, and that is playing against weaker competition. The only team that ever wanted him was Hull, and they were a horrible team in the Premier league. So combine the players around him being terrible, with going up against top class opposition at what was he, 20 or 21? Of course he would struggle. We all know what happened at Xerex, Villareal and the politics at Bursaspor. He is finally playing on a team that wants him, it's got his confidence up and obviously the results are showing.

 

What I liked about that goal was how effortless the shot looked for Jozy. That's the athleticism that had everyone salivating over him, that he still possesses, and that he is still learning to unleash.

 

And who were those guys standing around him wearing those red and white shirts while he was running and fighting for the ball? Oh yeah. Teammates. Amazing what you can do when you aren't the lone striker forced to fight through the entire defense alone.

Now, if they handed Jozy a bo staff and said "take out everyone in your path" then I wouldn't fear him playing alone. There aren't too many defenders big enough to withstand that onslaught.

 

I said it before in this thread and I'll say it again. Jozy very well could shatter MB's scoring record this season. I don't want to get too crazy, as we're still very early in the season, but 30 goals in all competitions seems pretty realistic at this point.

 

Fanboy!!!

 

That's my point. Many on here wanted to write him off by the age of 19 and ignore all outside factors.

As koko said, things have come together for him at AZ and the results are showing.

Ever since Hull City, I have always believed that his biggest (not only) issue was an apparent lack of confidence.

 

Altidore was bit unlucky not to score a few more more at Hull.

 

That is very true. He had a ton of chances but he just couldn't put them away. He didn't play as poorly as people think. I watched as many games as I could when he was at Hull and he at least looked like a threat but with the terrible service he was receiving, it was just a match made in hell.

 

You clearly haven't followed Jozy's career very closely. He's always had that ability. The quality of his chances is making a big difference in his scoring. At Hull for instance, he was down in the trenches every game trying to scrap for a sniff at goal. There's lots of plonkers that might have scored more goals with Hull; but none of them can score one like he did yesterday.

 

Agree very much with both of these comments above. The Malmo defender gave him a little space, but he had to hit that with a great deal of control to hit the net given the positioning of the defender. Very nice strike.

In addition, it was good to see him create this opportunity pretty much on his own. That's one of the areas of his game that, if improved, will help push him to a higher level.

 

This was precisely the type of shot he made against Brazil in the U-20s which impressed me so much back then. That one wasn't from as far out, but it was also with hardly any windup, and then suddenly, like a bullet. That could be one of his greatest weapons of his career if he learns to harness it.

 

Nope. Still part of what the one writer called the misleading situation of him scoring "too many goals".

 

Ahem on the 14th:

It's really true, he has a great shot and has that ability to really get it on goal, in my experience playing low level and watching all levels, that's just rare.

 

Where's video of this goal????

 

Here you go

 

When he was with the Red Bulls, he had an incredible near post shot that beat more than one keeper. Never saw it for Hull, villa or in Turkey.

During the youth WC he had a wicked 18 yard across the body shot. Absolute rocket.

I have been wondering for the last 3 years where this damn thing went. Now I guess he found it again.

Spectacular goal.