Diogo Jota Player Thread (F)

Biggest miss on his first season's form....but even before his injury, it's not like was really doing much.

Yes his first season for me just what too much better than my expectation. True it's big miss.

Obviously he’s been injured, but come April will have been a year since his last goal for the club.

Obviously he’s been injured, but come April will have been a year since his last goal for the club.

How many full matches has he had without a goal?

His goals are the only reason the quad stayed an option because he kept us afloat when Mo went into his post afcon slump which he's never come out of.

They way I look at it ... not scored since April ... basically no football in May June July ... missed the start of the season and only returned in October ... rangers i think and man city where he played great and got injured and hasn't been seen since.

So time wise quite a while but in terms of full matches played not so much.

The thing with Jota is his speed and hid work rate and his threat ... we've missed all of those. Hope he can make the bench for the derby.

How many full matches has he had without a goal?

His goals are the only reason the quad stayed an option because he kept us afloat when Mo went into his post afcon slump which he's never come out of.

They way I look at it ... not scored since April ... basically no football in May June July ... missed the start of the season and only returned in October ... rangers i think and man city where he played great and got injured and hasn't been seen since.

So time wise quite a while but in terms of full matches played not so much.

The thing with Jota is his speed and hid work rate and his threat ... we've missed all of those. Hope he can make the bench for the derby.

You’re reading too much into my post. I’m well aware of the mitigating circumstances, my post was more the fact that despite all those factors it’s quite a surprising stat.

You’re reading too much into my post. I’m well aware of the mitigating circumstances, my post was more the fact that despite all those factors it’s quite a surprising stat.

Did score a couple of amazing pens in pressure situations so I’ll let him off.

Did score a couple of amazing pens in pressure situations so I’ll let him off.

Don’t get me wrong, not having a dig at him. More just surprised it would’ve been that long come April because seemed like he was scoring on a weekly basis at one point.

You’re reading too much into my post. I’m well aware of the mitigating circumstances, my post was more the fact that despite all those factors it’s quite a surprising stat.

Yeah I know that mate. It just sounded like a line sky would churn out 🤣

I really like Diogo. I like his attitude and what he brings either from the left or through the middle. It's fantastic to see him back.

City was our best game of the season and it was his last game. Hopefully he can find some rhythm quickly.

Don’t get me wrong, not having a dig at him. More just surprised it would’ve been that long come April because seemed like he was scoring on a weekly basis at one point.

He’s such a good player mate, I think once he gets his first goal he’ll be back.

I love him

Yeah I know that mate. It just sounded like a line sky would churn out 🤣

I really like Diogo. I like his attitude and what he brings either from the left or through the middle. It's fantastic to see him back.

City was our best game of the season and it was his last game. Hopefully he can find some rhythm quickly.

No not at all, sorry if it came across that way. I’m not alone in saying Diogo is one of my favourite players. IMO even when he’s not at his best he’s still such a threat because for me, he’s the best ball carrier we have, he can drift past 3, 4 players with ease and he’s surprisingly good in the air too.
It just surprised me that for a player who got over 20 goals last season, it will have that length of time without him being on the score sheet for us.

he put in a shift when Mo and Sadio left for the AFCON and he works like a demon for the team done really well when he got game time and there is a lot more to come. Nunez,Gkapo and Jota why couldnt they be our new strike force.

I like Diogo too, but I've read more times than I can count that a forward's job is to score goals (ask Bobby about that) and he hasn't scored a goal in a long time and now he'll have the weight of an injury on his mind. I hope he can turn things around for us, but that might be a big ask considering the circumstances. I'm thinking he may need a good bit of time to get his mojo back.

Great to see a cameo role from Diogo tonight, hopefully he can kick on and help us move steadily up the table.

Seeing some report that we might listen to offers for Jota at 62 million.
Would hope that it's not true, but with these owners, and the need to strengthen in the middle come summer, wouldn't put anything past them.

Seeing some report that we might listen to offers for Jota at 62 million.
Would hope that it's not true, but with these owners, and the need to strengthen in the middle come summer, wouldn't put anything past them.

If you can manage to put your agenda aside, perhaps you will realize that we are not that well balanced up front.

We have 3 players who can play LW -> Jota, Diaz, Nunez
We have 3 players who can play CF -> Jota, Gakpo, Nunez
We have 1 player who can play RW -> Salah

It would not be a bad thing to turn Jota into a proper backup to Salah. The drop off in that position from Salah to anyone available at this point is significant.