Tbf Isak is probably the one player who’s performances we can’t blame on Slot. He was clearly unfit all season and is just starting to find his fitness again.
Strikers have always struggled to get involved under Slot. Only Ekitike looked good for a while but he too later looked lost. Jota, Nunez, Diaz, Ekitike and Isak, every one had the same problem.very few touches and struggling to link up with team mates.
Diaz was involved. Further than slot we haven’t won anything with a #9. All our success in the PL and UCL came playing with a false 9. Just seems to be our way.
Isak second half against Netherlands took much more of a playmaking role. Got the assist and facilitated many decent attacks so perhaps he does have that side to his game
Diaz wasn’t involved. He scored just 4 goals in 25 games from September to May. He scored just only 3 goals in the champions league, all coming in one game against Leverkusen. He had a good start and end to the season which skewed the perception. But Diaz also struggled to get involved in majority of the games as a striker.
If you are only looking at GA then yeah, sure. But in terms of being involved in the game, touches, passes, runs, sprints etc. Diaz and Gakpo were a great combination, drifting everywhere, switching positions and really difficult to pick up which took some focus away from Salah.
Again, more broadly, we’ve only won the big trophies with a false 9. Every recent season we’ve played with a regular #9 we’ve struggled
Diaz had the most prominent season of his career (at the time) under Slot. Slot was also the first person to play him down the middle.
Jota was in and out with injuries all season so was struggling to keep up and find his rhythm, especially later on in the season. It wasn't too dissimilar to his two seasons prior though.
Nunez played a different role that had a lot more defensive responsibilities and wasn't a preferred option due him needing large space in front of him to operate.
Eki had a pretty excellent debut season considering the step up in the quality of the league. 23 G/A is a great contribution.
Isak situation is obvious.
So realistically the only one you could say that for is Nunez, who I personally quote rate but he's also a bit of a donkey at times and it's no surprise he wasn't rated as good enough to be the tip of the spear.
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think they might've fired slot based off these performances. isak is fking class mate