Christian Pulisic at AC Milan

Discussion in 'Yanks Abroad' started by Balerion, Jun 30, 2014.

  1. ebbro

    ebbro Member+

    Jun 10, 2005
    Sometimes you're standing on the foot you'd prefer to use. It's easy to say he should've used his left, but at the moment he had to use his right. Could've done better for sure though.
     
  2. FC Tallavana

    FC Tallavana Member+

    Jul 1, 2004
    La Quinta
    Has he said this about Werner? Has he been asked?
     
  3. FC Tallavana

    FC Tallavana Member+

    Jul 1, 2004
    La Quinta
    It was a bad miss. But I’ve seen as bad or worse from every single Chelsea attacker this season. These sorts of misses are part of the game. Unfortunately for Pulisic, this one happened at a pretty bad time for him.
     
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  4. nycfc919

    nycfc919 Member+

    Aug 17, 2015
    That's fair pushback, after looking at his xG to G record over the years. Very few players appear to significantly under or over perform xG, so it's a better skill to get in position to score more goals than actually being better at kicking the ball into the net.
     
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  5. ChicagoVT

    ChicagoVT Member

    United States
    Jun 26, 2019
    Says who? He is definitely not a diver. I can’t recall a time I have seen him dive. He may hang on to the ball too much and get hacked down for it but he doesn’t dive.
     
  6. RecLeague Super Sub

    Fulham
    United States
    Jun 5, 2019
    I don’t want to label him a diver, either. But to be fair and play devil’s advocate, he had a literal dive in this very match today. Go back and watch one of the free kicks he earned. He wasn’t touched and went flying to the ground.
    Look, I’m not hating, and it did not bother me. If the US is to succeed at a high level, we need players to be able to use the dark arts from time to time.
     
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  7. matabala

    matabala Member+

    Sep 25, 2002
    That's as good as saying he's not a very good finisher and certainly not at the level that a top club like Chelsea would expect.

    I've never rated his finishing. Yes, he scores some goals but he's not a goal poacher in the instinctive sense of the word.
     
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  8. MarioKempes

    MarioKempes Member+

    Real Madrid, DC United, anywhere Pulisic plays
    Aug 3, 2000
    Proxima Centauri
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    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    When the ball is coming across the goal right to left, you take the shot with the left foot. He took it with the right, but it was partly because his run was a little out of synch with the pass. He just needed to either let it come to his left foot or control it with the right and tap it lightly to his left foot. In the end, he rushed the shot. This just comes from being too eager and too impatient.
     
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  9. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    I didn't write he is a diver. I wrote he has a reputation as one. It's one of the points against him you see time and again with the rival fans, the Chelsea fans, and the media.

    Personally, I think he falls much too easily and exaggerates, so for me he checks the mark. It may be different for others. But what we think doesn't matter: he has the reputation in England of being one, and since the referees are Englishmen (except for the Aussie Gillett) living in England, well.
     
  10. Moishe

    Moishe Moderator
    Staff Member

    Boca Juniors
    Argentina
    Mar 6, 2005
    Here there and everywhere.
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    In fairness, I recall he has. The difference being that with Timo he used a scalpel while CP got the full machete.
     
  11. frankburgers

    frankburgers Member+

    May 31, 2016
    No you haven’t.
     
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  12. frankburgers

    frankburgers Member+

    May 31, 2016
    Yea. That might be it for Pulisic at Chelsea. Prefer if he left, went to a Roma/Lyon/Leverkusen level.
     
  13. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Just a reminder: Puli is the #4 most productive Chelsea player after Mount, Lukaku and Havertz, with 6G/2A, tied with Jorginho (ALL his goals are PKs) but in fewer minutes.
     
  14. An Unpaved Road

    An Unpaved Road Member+

    Mar 22, 2006
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    To me his reaction stood out more than the actual miss. A lot of guys look like they’re playing to the camera after a bad miss more so than actually being ticked off, put CP looked legitimately upset. Probably a good thing the season is ending and he’ll be with the NT bros soon.
     
  15. FC Tallavana

    FC Tallavana Member+

    Jul 1, 2004
    La Quinta
    Maybe you haven’t. But I have.
     
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  16. MarioKempes

    MarioKempes Member+

    Real Madrid, DC United, anywhere Pulisic plays
    Aug 3, 2000
    Proxima Centauri
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    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #55541 MarioKempes, May 20, 2022
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    Pulisic should relax and watch videos of Herman Crespo.
     
  17. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    Very different kind of player - much more physical and acrobatic.

     
  18. dspence2311

    dspence2311 Member+

    Oct 14, 2007
    3 days ago CP was great, now he’s terrible. Are all sports boards manic in this way?
     
  19. TimB4Last

    TimB4Last Member+

    May 5, 2006
    Dystopia
    CP is neither great nor terrible. He's good but frustratingly inconsistent, even allowing for Tuchel's system and its limitations.
     
  20. laxcoach

    laxcoach Member+

    United States
    Jul 29, 2017
    intermountain west
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    Yes
     
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  21. DCU1984

    DCU1984 Member+

    Jan 15, 2009
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    Yes.
     
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  22. stanger

    stanger BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 29, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    As a Chelsea fan, I wouldn't mind if Pulisic moved to another team. He's been good, with moments of greatness, here. Chelsea has a lot of players that fit that description.

    As a USMNT fan, I absolutely do not want Pulisic anywhere near a team that will start him every game. I want him to stay at Chelsea, play for hardware every year and have his minutes managed to limit injury.

    His style of play and his physical size make him injury prone and playing every game would absolutely get him injured more often.
     
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  23. twoolley

    twoolley Member+

    Jan 3, 2008
    Wouldn't mind as in you would be leaning towards preferring that he does or that you're not going to be torn up if it happens?

    I think not being torn up makes sense, he is a player who is definitely good, but that Chelsea could realistically replace and be just fine, so that makes sense.
     
  24. stanger

    stanger BigSoccer Supporter

    Nov 29, 2008
    Columbus
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
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    United States
    I wouldn't be disappointed if he left.
     
  25. comoesa

    comoesa Member+

    Aug 13, 2010
    Christen Press's armpit
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    Needs to work on finishing with EJ again.
     
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