I thought he'd kick on with games under his belt, but for whatever reason, he just hasn't taken his opportunity.
One huge concern for me is his sluggish body movement, it feels as if he has the agility of a target man. Can was similar in terms of sluggishness, but with a good run of games he has shaken that off and looks quicker and sharper, something I had hope Origi would follow.
I don't get it at all mate because he is really tall yet can't judge headers, he's really strong but takes about 4 or 5 times getting bullied and almost smiling back at defenders before he starts to get angry. His touches seem to be like watching the second hand on a clock go around as he slowly rotates in either direction.
Above all this it's his anticipation and movement that have wound me up more and more as the games go on. I've come to the conclusion that Origi's movement is just that "I decide to move now" is all that goes in his head, there's no thought process before that, no consideration where his team-mates are and absolutely no forethought of what will happen if he receives the ball on the end of his run. So it's either him standing central and drawing defenders to the middle of the goal therefore putting them in the perfect place to block runs or block shots or he'll run so far wide that he becomes irrelevant, of course these runs aren't timed to when one of our players wants to run beyond him either.
I thought when he first arrived that he wouldn't make a striker for as long as any of us have a hole in our arse and right now I'm almost down to that level again. There was a small time where he banged in a few goals and looked a bit sharper where he had me questioning my initial opinion of him but no he's firmly on my sh*t list as I'm sure everyone is far too well aware of right now, you especially, but he's infuriating me.
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