keithwright1977 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:36 pm
Antonio is our best player, yes Antonio, a player who gives everything he has but lacks vital qualities to be a top premier league player, his finishing is often wayward as is his passing. He’s a player that would struggle to get in most premier league teams yet he is our best player. Sign of the times
I mentioned it earlier, but I don't think he's our best player, I think Fornals probably is (Anderson was earlier in the year).
What Antonio is however is our most important player.
He's the only player we have who has the pace to truly disrupt a defense, and that unique skillset opens up space for our good, but not pacy MFs (Anderson, Fornals) and takes pressure off our just plain slow MFs (noble, Rice, Snodgrass). Without any pace the field shrinks because defenses know that all we can do is heave it up to Haller who has a good chance to win the header, but has no support, and isn't going to beat the defenders with pace. Antonio makes the long ball or through ball dangerous, makes players sit back a bit farther.