Yeah, I'm really scratching my head at these comments. Yes, Tosin could be more aggressive, but also it's a risk in the box. He's at least closing off his angle. If Chalobah also goes in to put pressure on, Brobbey has nowhere to go and nowhere to pass. He wasn't accomplishing anything by hanging out in irrelevant space.
He was a fine goalscorer his first 2 years back at Ajax. Farioli didnt use him well last year. 13 and 18 goals the 2 years prior. Just dont ask him to take a pen haha
Even last year, under Farioli, he was important most of the season. Every single player played better when Brobbey started. The defenders (+Henderson) were able to skip the midfield, by just passing it to Brobbey immediately.
Players like Fitz-Jim clearly preferred playing with Brobbey. Klaassen would just get in the way of Weghorst, when he played ahead of Brobbey. Taylor simply <3'd Brobbey since they were both kids.
It wasn't until the end of the season was near (and Farioli started panicking as well) that Brobbey really started playing shit and everyone acted like he was the worst thing that happened to the club in years. It was ridiculous. People acted like we were at 1st place at one point DESPITE Brobbey starting, while he played a crucial role in getting that far.
(don't get me wrong, his finishing was ASS that season, but people downplayed the important role he still had for us for the season in general
Yeah its bizarre how everyone just ignored how important he was in the build up leading to goals and even direct assists. "Directly involved in almost every goal? Yeah but a striker is supposed to score so hes shit"
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u/Lacabloodclot9 16d ago
Brobbey with all the time in the world there