THIS IS LEADERSHIP. When the manager or club organizes a team dinner, players attend because it's cumpulsory. But when a player hosts a team dinner and everyone shows up - now you know who everyone will SHOW UP for.
You need to compare them in context to players that play their position, not each other, by the way. It's like comparing a CB pass percentage to a winger, when the CBs mostly play safe transitional passes and come to the conclusion that Rudiger is a better passer than Guler.
Mbappe defends less than the average CF, but he's also used less in dead ball situations. A lot of traditional CFs become defensive header options in defense, with Mbappé we often use him as a slingshot counter initiator. I think people just look at the press numbers and it's a completely ineffective comparison. For example if you look at other teams, often the left and right wing player have vastly lopsided defensive duties, either because sometimes a winger is a serious offensive output provider, or because one flank has a defender that attacks a lot so the player in front of him drops back more often. Numbers are pointless without context especially in the third to fourth level with the first level being goals and assists in offense, stops, clearances and interceptions in defense. If you don't deliver production, I don't care how good you look under the surface, it's like a kitchen that constantly smells great but doesn't deliver any meals. I was looking at a prediction model somebody made the other day that predicts on whether a player is a a peachy form or actually improving based on comparing thousands of shot placement metrics over multiple years. Football is still creating all those systems that are already in place in other sports.
For Vinicius the comparison is with the rest of the team which is criminally lazy and for Mbappe the comparison is with Messi at Barcelona. Keep them statistical manipulations coming Lyra. Eventually people will see the light. As long as you compare the terrible with the utterly terrible, there is a chance
They were screaming they both stroll defensively. The moment data shows Vini actually works, suddenly the problem becomes the comparison and not the number. The only light anyone needs to see here is the one coming off the heatmaps they pretend not to read. If your model is 9 conserves energy, wide man does the donkey work, then stop painting Vini as this lazy passenger. You can not hammer him for effort nd then the second a stat torpedoes that narrative, invent a VIP clause for the guy who scores a goal a game.
Since he's this incredible assett and hard worker, i am sure clubs will be lining up to throw ungodly amounts of money at the club to secure his services.
It's crazy how people idolise a player who has given us nothing so far and disrupted the team play and yet continually hate on a guy who gave us two champions league titles and two ligas and the rest of it. A guy who we created as a Madridista and even played at Castilla, meanwhile a guy who rejected us for more monies and power time and time again.
Penalty goals..i wouldnt be to excited..he needs to earn new contract or Flo will transfer him in summer after WC
Goals are goals man. Doesn't matter if they come from the spot or open play. He's trending upward, and we desperately need that.
Definitely one of his better games this season. Workrate has been very good, and his form is looking solid. No hero-ball, just great teamwork. Let's see how long this lasts.
One of his best halves. His decision-making, judgement and combining with the forwards were weak in 2H.