Explain the two seasons in Holland, explain why his non-scoring production does not jump from his Sunderland/Hull numbers to his first season with Toronto. Jozy's form and confidence tanked, his health/fitness was not great. Now both things have improved and he's playing better (even if his goal/90 rate is slightly lower, for the time being). Losing marginal muscle mass doesn't make a player more talented, getting healthier and fitter allows a player to apply those talents more consistently.
I am referring to Jozy's improvement between the 2015 MLS season and the 2016 MLS season. dribble success/failure ratio per 90 min = 25% improvement aerial win percentage = 44% goal creation per 90 = 54% tackles = 13% interceptions = 400% fouled = 50% fouls = 30% clearances = 300% unsuccessful touches = 0% dispossession = 0% He is far more active yet his poor touches and possession loss have not increased. He lost weight and improved between the 2015 MLS season and the 2016 MLS season. The reasons for struggles at Hull City, Villareal, and Sunderland and his successes in the Eredivisie and MLS should be pretty evident. But those reasons aren't directly related to my posting on the improvements he has made during his current MLS stint. Jozy lost significant weight on an already lean, athletic body. There is nothing marginal about that. Also, he was fitter last season. He has significantly fewer starts due to injury this season.
So is the argument that prior to this weight loss, Jozy was not capable of doing what he is doing this season in MLS? I just want to know what the parameters of the argument are. My argument is that Jozy has shown this 2016 level of performance before his weight loss. That the weight loss combined with the work to solve his hamstring issues has helped him regain that form (by being fitter, not carrying a knock, and not being afraid to push due to chronic injury issues) but it did not cause his ability to reach it. That there are other mental, social, and peer factors that also helped. That his first season with TFC was part of a Sunderland hangover. That absent this weight loss he could be doing the vast majority of what he has been doing because it happened in the past at a higher level. I possibly could have chosen a simpler word than "marginal", Of, relating to, or situated at the edge or margin of something. but I thought it would convey more information.
“The biggest part there is that [Jozy] trusts himself, that he trusts his own body, his own situation; because over the years when you have those issues they’re kind of implemented in the back of your mind,” Klinsmann said. Dear Herr. Klinsmann, The big word you are looking for is "implanted".
Haven't dropped by here in a while. Happy to see the Jenny Craig of BS is still working the floor. Just wanted to point out that Jozy's 2016 stats: .61 goals every 90 mins. 22.5 scoring % are much better than his 2015 .65 goals every 90 mins, 35.1 scoring %... Wait. They are worse? But... Nevermind.
21 Goals, 1 Assist, in 40 Appearances (34 starts) in 2015 11 Goals, 2 Assists, in 24 Appearances (17 starts) in 2016 Yup, pretty similar. I imagine Jozy had injuries LY, right? He had some this year of course.
Jozy's activity stats are much higher than last season's. No amount of chuckle-headed selective use of data can alter this.
selective data like goal per 90 minutes? Or % of shots that go in? Luckily, he's winning the all important activity stats. His fitbit will thank him.
Well goals per 90 minutes means the number of goals a player score for every 90 minutes they play. And % of shots mean what percentage of shots a player takes goes in for a goal. You are welcome. Love, freisland
http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/...cademic-toronto-fc-analysts-den?autoplay=true Video with analysis from Matt Doyle shows Jozy's goal and assist from last night. He also won the ball, and made the long pass to put Giovinco in space to make his own goal, he was creator and finisher on the play and on the night. As long as he is healthy and playing like this, Jozy is the first name on the team sheet for me right now.
His improvement has been pretty comprehensive. From over a month ago which was the last time I checked: dribble success/failure ratio per 90 min = 25% improvement aerial win percentage = 44% goal creation per 90 = 54% tackles = 13% interceptions = 400% fouled = 50% fouls = 30% clearances = 300% unsuccessful touches = 0% dispossession = 0% He was 7/7 on aerials today and 10/10 for the playoffs. That is another example of his outstanding improvement with the weight loss.
All Jozy needs to do to make it in England is run over a gypsy and be cursed by their elderly relative.
Jozy is on the right path to being effective against good international squads. No idiotic snark needed.
Every day Bobby Wood has gotten a red card for elbowing someone in the stomach Jozy has scored and won 100% of his aerial duals, coincidence, I think not.
“The biggest part there is that [Jozy] trusts himself, that he trusts his own body, his own situation; because over the years when you have those issues they’re kind of implemented in the back of your mind,” Klinsmann said. “Hopefully he can have the ability to delete all these thoughts and then become just a very consistent performer for his club team, but also does well for the national team.”
He has only come to 'trust himself' this year. Not in the Eredivisie. Not with the MetroStars. Certainly not in England. Trust. Trust. Trust. It'll make you cover considerably more ground. Jump higher. Create more chances for others. Trust. That's decades of exercise science out the window there.
GPG = -6% Scoring % = -34% PK scoring % = 3/3 in 2015, 0/1 in 2016 And he played less minutes this year... He may play different, but he has not been demonstrably more effective. Jozy is a good player. He was a good player at AZ. He has been a good player for the USMNT. He was a good player at Toronto in 2015. He was a good player at Toronto this year. I don't know what is so complicated about that.