What Russian girl? What are you talking about?
I defend him because of what I see from him on the pitch myself not because of what some analysts or media (who for a good part are as clueless about the game as many fans) may say.
Here's the deal, a striker is only as good as the opportunities he is provided by his teammates. When our team has no real play makers or the system to constantly and effectively feed the the striker you can't expect any striker, including Azmoon to pull goals out of his ass.
You can't expect Sardar to constantly run the length of the field back to help the defense in our own penalty box and at the same time be as fast and accurate on the attack as he is in his club where for the most part he stands in the opponents half waiting for an opportunity to just strike.
If this team had provided Azmoon with even 3 (that's THREE) opportunities to score a goal and he had missed them then I may have given your or the "Russian media's" opinion about Azmoon some credence. But when he hasn't been given even three scoring opportunities in 90 minutes and his coach and clueless fans expect a natural striker like him to pull back and help with defense I can't and I won't fault the guy.
It's as if when Real Madrid concedes a goal instead of blaming Ramos one were to blame Ronaldo for not coming back to help with defense or if the coach told Ronaldo to play in their own penalty box and help Ramos then blaming Ronaldo for not being as effective in scoring a goal as offense! Why don't you first define the role you want a player to play then judge his performance for that role.
I defend him because of what I see from him on the pitch myself not because of what some analysts or media (who for a good part are as clueless about the game as many fans) may say.
Here's the deal, a striker is only as good as the opportunities he is provided by his teammates. When our team has no real play makers or the system to constantly and effectively feed the the striker you can't expect any striker, including Azmoon to pull goals out of his ass.
You can't expect Sardar to constantly run the length of the field back to help the defense in our own penalty box and at the same time be as fast and accurate on the attack as he is in his club where for the most part he stands in the opponents half waiting for an opportunity to just strike.
If this team had provided Azmoon with even 3 (that's THREE) opportunities to score a goal and he had missed them then I may have given your or the "Russian media's" opinion about Azmoon some credence. But when he hasn't been given even three scoring opportunities in 90 minutes and his coach and clueless fans expect a natural striker like him to pull back and help with defense I can't and I won't fault the guy.
It's as if when Real Madrid concedes a goal instead of blaming Ramos one were to blame Ronaldo for not coming back to help with defense or if the coach told Ronaldo to play in their own penalty box and help Ramos then blaming Ronaldo for not being as effective in scoring a goal as offense! Why don't you first define the role you want a player to play then judge his performance for that role.
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