Altidore, Rossi: Villarreal v Dnepr Transmash, Europa League (R) 8/19 4 PM EST

so? i tire of the Jozy is young defence, plenty of players his age and younger who can finish better.

 

Looks like as.com says Jozy should have done better with his clear chance today...

Will have to see highlights.......of Jo-Si and match to determine why as.com reporter said that..

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I find it funny how no one ever gives credit to keepers when discussing strikers. By all accounts, Jozy's shot brought out the save of the match. His second scoring opportunity was incorrectly adjudged to be off-sides. I would hardly conclude from that analysis that Jozy needs to work on his finishing.

 

Altidore just played about twice as much in the Europa League as Eddie Johnson (of course Eric Lichaj has them both beat).

 

speaking of not finishing what heappened to Rossi play twice as much as Jozy..No wonder he didn't amke the Italian NT.

 

A 20 year old Buddle and a 20 year old Gomez would have scored.

 

*HIGHLIGHTS
http://todayfoot.com/Football/?p=17440

 

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i tried to put it on this thread i forgot how

 

Jozy really should have done better on the chance in the video. He could have easily faked out the keeper or done a fake shot then put it to the keepers right, but hitting it so predictibly with no pump fake really hurt him. He needs more 'calm' in front of goal.

 

Wow, that was a massacre. What a shot by Nilmar.

And yeah, Jozy could have taken a better shot, but it was still barely saved.

 

Hmmm, poor finish, should have faked far post and gone near as the keeper was obviously expecting the shot that he took. Oh well, just has to read the keeper a little better, either that or hit it with real conviction and beat the keeper's reflexes.

Meh.

 

LOL When did he get chances like that at Hull? He probably hasnt gotten chances like this since he was in the MLS.

I think with more playing time, he'll get sharper in front of goal and more confident. Thats all it is. Im not worried... although he could have done better.

 

Agreed. Service really is everything, but seriously its in matches like that that he needs to finish those since everyone else was finishing.

 

One of them the defender got a yellow for taking him down and the other the keeper apparently made the save of the night, how does this indicate poor finishing again?

Edit: I hadn't seen the highlights before I posted this. Maybe he could have done better but the keeper had a very nice reaction save with his feet. None of the other goals the keeper had any chance on, so it's not really fair to penalize Jozy for not putting that one away imo.

 

Move Villarreal.

I feel good about Jozy staying and I think with the service he will see he will eventually get more comfortable and hopefully start putting his chances away.

 

He definitely could have done better with that chance. Not sure I would call that the save of the match...unless it was the only ball the keeper stopped all game. Jozy was probably shocked that he made the run into space behind the defense and someone actually passed it to him...didn't happen at Hull and rarely for USMNT.

 

If you read my (very short) post you'll see I said this happens "too often" to him. It's part of the larger pattern that is his career- he's in a rut with his finishing and he needs to take it up a level. Once (if) he does that, I think he's got the best shot of any American that's not a goal-keeper of being considered a world-class player. He's only 20 (Drogba was shyte at this age), so I think he can do it. Can't wait for him to put it all together, but let's not kid ourselves that he's any kind of finished product. To do so would sell him short by a wide margin.

 

thats a good point. i think jozy fans might be putting to much pressure on him. im not using the " he's to young" BUT, he played in the united states as a teen. Fans treated him like freddy. but the youngsters overseas, dont have the pressure to score a goal EVERY game they play just because there's so many of them. its just because jozy is 1 of the few strikers from the US that actually has a future in europe

 

Finishing is just the latest aspect of his play that has dipped off since the summer of 2009. He's basically gone through an evolution over the last 12 months. When he was with the Red Bulls, he was big, fast, raw, strong, confident, and actually a good passer. After the Olympics, he rode that confidence into Villareal. In his little bit of playing time he was running at defenders and being aggressive. Even after he went to Xerez he was still able to step up with the Nats including the first goal against El Salvador, the hat trick, and then "the turn" against Spain. After that, he settled down, and seems to have become a student of the game, no matter how much noise his doubters make.

When he got to Hull City, he wanted to play the same way. The problem was that Hull's attack sucked and to get playing time he had to become a "target" striker. Movement, finishing, and passing went by the wayside and he was basically only playing to keep possession. Despite never being a target forward before, he was able to take up that responsibility as a 20 year old in the Premier League. As he played more with Vennegoor of Hesselink, we saw his passing come back out and he started to make runs off of him like he did when he played with Ching in limited time. Toward the end of the EPL season and through the World Cup, we saw better movement and his willingness to get the ball and run at defenders, though he doesn't seem to be as good on the ball as he used to be.

We're just waiting on his finishing to come back around. During the 2009/2010 season he devoted himself to improving the weaker aspects of his game, but at the expense of the aspects that he was already good at. Movement, aggressiveness, and finishing were his strengths when he burst onto the scene with the Red Bulls and the US. Now he's trying to get those parts of his game back as he's added to it, especially being able to be successful as a target striker now.

Personally I feel that neither the "he's a bad finisher" nor the "he's only 20" arguments hold much merit.

 

Altidore is amazing. 20 year old American with a top Spanish side would be amazing.

I pray they keep him.

 

Well, finally saw the highlights.....and have to say AS.com was more accurate than the Yanks Abroad report on Jozy Chance.

IMO it was a so-so effort and o.k to good reactionary save....
La Liga has some good G.Ks, so hopefully w/playing time his finishing improves........

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Your whole post says that he's a work in progress. He was the only 20 year old starting striker at the World Cup. And Americans develop late. I'm not going to stop saying "he's only" until sometime after the 2014 WC.