A Finisher imo is a player that you class as a real natural goalscorer. The kind of players commentators will say you would put your mortgage on him scoring when hes in on goal
. And the kind of player that when he gets in on goal it is alot more likely he will put the ball in the net than miss and it only takes him a single chance to put the ball in, someone who rarely misses chances that are gifted to him.
I agree fernando is unique and cant be categorised in the way other strikers are, he is a combination of what other strikers are and this is what makes him so good.
Finishers to me are Owen and Fowler, both were players who when you saw a chance come to them you were already celebrating a goal for them inside before they had even shot. Another players who strikes me as that type is eduardo who before his injury whenever i saw him in on goal he seemed to have a knack for passing the ball into the net rather than hammering it, kind of in the way Xabi does but as a striker obviously. He picks his spot and stick to it, then just slides the ball there shifting his body in a way that will leave the keeper not knowing which way he's going to shoot.
Its kind of like he's taking a penalty when he shoots and letting the goalkeeper commit himself before he strikes the ball. Fernando however i prefer his style, Although it may take him more chances to get the ball in the back of the net he does whatever it takes to get the ball there before 90 minutes are up and finishers tend not to carve out their own chances THAT much. Fernando does and is constantly thinking of ways he can do it, hes always on defenders cases and defends from the front.
The thing that is amazing is, this is Fernando's first season here and he is on 21 already, if you look at his main competitor (striker wise) for the golden boot it is adebayor. Now look back to last season, no-one expected him to be where he is now and that was due to the amount of goalscoring chances he squandered. It took him alot of chances to put the ball in the net and sometimes it was easier for him to score than miss and he missed, players like that can always improve and are always looking to, now when you see him play you think of it as he will score this whereas it used to be he will miss.
If you look at the change in adebayors finishing and then look at how well fernando takes his chances now although he may miss 2 or 3 each game now, just think of the prospect of when he has properly settled, has a strike partner who knows his game and he knows theirs and he isnt missing those 2 or 3 chances, pretty daunting thought for the opposition isnt it?
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