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Long ball where he’s a target man?? Nope
His strengths at Udinese came in playing in a 2, and running towards goals and using his pace and power. He wants to be in a foot race with the defender.
But not here, he’s bought to play in system whereby he’s isolated and is used to try and hold play up. The weakest part of his game.
It’s just poor scouting. And that’s on either Thelwell not knowing or understanding what Dyche wants, or Thelwell buying players because the data supports it
The same with Chermiti, Danjuma. These players simply don’t fit how the Dyche plays.
And Chermiti has wasted an entire year of his development here. Getting 5-10 minutes is absolutely horrific management from the entire club
Chermitti would probably have got more minutes if we weren't in a relegation scrap and the strikers were scoring (resting etc).
Beto wins most of his arial duals and he also presses from the front. His teamwork stats are also comparable to Dom's. Height from crosses, power, strength.
Hold up play may not be his "strength" but he's shown he's not alien to the job. He's also there to hound defenders. There's been plenty of times he's gotten behind the defence from long balls too
He definitely fits the style of play. Pretty much everyone said the same when he started. It's his accuracy in front of goal (an issue at Udinese) that's the issue and generally premier league quality. He's had chances. Golden ones.