[Albion] Joao Pedro Brazilian Maestro

[Hugo Rune]

This guy is the real deal. Great finish after Georginio's shot and an incredible assist for Mitoma's goal. Could end up Brazilian number 9 he really is that good. World class.

No exaggeration here.

His first goal demonstrated outstanding No.9 abilities. We’ve seen supreme 6 yard sniffer qualities with players like Murray and Undav during our Premier League journey.

But it’s his assist that blew my mind yesterday. Perhaps he could play No.10 for Brazil too?

This is from the NSC FB page, I can’t find the image on NSC but it’s probably somewhere…

The genius of this is profound.

NO ONE IS LOOKING AT MITOMA!!!

Why?

Look at Pedro’s eyes.

Pedro is looking at Welbz, possibly checking out the intelligent run by Estupiñán. Every plucky player is absolutely DONE by this. They are all ready to press Pedro or intercept a pass to Welbz or Estupiñán, especially Smith (No.15) who has no idea what sneaky Kaoru is up to! The Bournemouth players clear a path for Pedro to thread a perfectly weighted pass to his team mate.

That is how an elite world class No.10 plays.

 

[Smirko]

another season with us at best, sadly

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

It looks even better from behind the goal. JP gives everyone the eyes with that glance to his left, the number 15 thinks he has read the pass and moves to his right and JP plays it through the gap he has vacated.

 

[JBizzle]

another season with us at best, sadly

Depends, you don't spend £30m on a player on a five-year contract, improve him and sell him cheap. If someone is willing to spend £100m+ on him, fine, but I suspect that end of the market is dying in the PSR world.

 

[GoldstoneVintage]

Reminds me a bit of Thierry Henry. I think he started as a winger then just got better and better at making and scoring goals. JPs going to be world class before long.

 

[ChickenDipper]

No exaggeration here.

His first goal demonstrated outstanding No.9 abilities. We’ve seen supreme 6 yard sniffer qualities with players like Murray and Undav during our Premier League journey.

But it’s his assist that blew my mind yesterday. Perhaps he could play No.10 for Brazil too?

This is from the NSC FB page, I can’t find the image on NSC but it’s probably somewhere…
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The genius of this is profound.

NO ONE IS LOOKING AT MITOMA!!!

Why?

Look at Pedro’s eyes.

Pedro is looking at Welbz, possibly checking out the intelligent run by Estupiñán. Every plucky player is absolutely DONE by this. They are all ready to press Pedro or intercept a pass to Welbz or Estupiñán, especially Smith (No.15) who has no idea what sneaky Kaoru is up to! The Bournemouth players clear a path for Pedro to thread a perfectly weighted pass to his team mate.

That is how an elite world class No.10 plays.

Sorry but like Roy Keane I hate this ‘no9’ etc phrasing that’s keeps in. What do you mean by a 9 and a 10? Is 9 off the striker and 10 the striker?

 

[aolstudios]

No exaggeration here.

His first goal demonstrated outstanding No.9 abilities. We’ve seen supreme 6 yard sniffer qualities with players like Murray and Undav during our Premier League journey.

But it’s his assist that blew my mind yesterday. Perhaps he could play No.10 for Brazil too?

This is from the NSC FB page, I can’t find the image on NSC but it’s probably somewhere…
View attachment 192829

The genius of this is profound.

NO ONE IS LOOKING AT MITOMA!!!

Why?

Look at Pedro’s eyes.

Pedro is looking at Welbz, possibly checking out the intelligent run by Estupiñán. Every plucky player is absolutely DONE by this. They are all ready to press Pedro or intercept a pass to Welbz or Estupiñán, especially Smith (No.15) who has no idea what sneaky Kaoru is up to! The Bournemouth players clear a path for Pedro to thread a perfectly weighted pass to his team mate.

That is how an elite world class No.10 plays.

He said a few weeks ago that someone (Milner?) had told him to follow the action near goal & be ready to pounce.
He said it again yesterday, without the name

 

[raymondo]

Sorry but like Roy Keane I hate this ‘no9’ etc phrasing that’s keeps in. What do you mean by a 9 and a 10? Is 9 off the striker and 10 the striker?

I think 9 is the main striker, 10 is the playmaker guy that sits behind him...but our guys rotated positions so much yesterday that that description seems pretty meaningless

 

[pigmanovich]

I think 9 is the main striker, 10 is the playmaker guy that sits behind him...but our guys rotated positions so much yesterday that that description seems pretty meaningless

Which thoroughly bamboozled the Bournemouth defense and led to Pedro's goal

 

[Hugo Rune]

Sorry but like Roy Keane I hate this ‘no9’ etc phrasing that’s keeps in. What do you mean by a 9 and a 10? Is 9 off the striker and 10 the striker?

The Roy Keane camp is not a great place to reside!

I suspect he refuses to acknowledge the conventional positions associated with shirt numbers because he is a contrarian twat.

If you want to understand what so many people are banging on about, dip into this. Best of cluck.

“Traditionally, the No.10 shirt is given to the team's playmaker or star attacking midfielder………Notable No.10s include Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Eden Hazard, Johann Cruyff (though he wore 14 for the Netherlands) and Pele.”

Football squad numbers explained: How positions are traditionally numbered & player roles | Goal.com UK

Here's what you need to know about the significance of squad numbers, from numbers slated for defenders to the more attention-grabbing number seven

www.goal.com

 

[ChickenDipper]

The Roy Keane camp is not a great place to reside!

I suspect he refuses to acknowledge the conventional positions associated with shirt numbers because he is a contrarian twat.

If you want to understand what so many people are banging on about, dip into this. Best of cluck.

“Traditionally, the No.10 shirt is given to the team's playmaker or star attacking midfielder………Notable No.10s include Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Eden Hazard, Johann Cruyff (though he wore 14 for the Netherlands) and Pele.”

Football squad numbers explained: How positions are traditionally numbered & player roles | Goal.com UK

Here's what you need to know about the significance of squad numbers, from numbers slated for defenders to the more attention-grabbing number seven

www.goal.com

No - I don’t want to know! I don’t want to lose old football language - well not all of it!

 

[JBizzle]

I think 9 is the main striker, 10 is the playmaker guy that sits behind him...but our guys rotated positions so much yesterday that that description seems pretty meaningless

I always look at us like this in our system:

9.
11. 10. 7.
8. 6.
3. 5. 4. 2.
1.

However, all of our players rotate so it's more descriptions of positions on the pitch, rather than the actual players themselves.

Pedro is a fantastic no. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11

 

[HCxUK]

He is going straight to the very top. I think we'll need to get Champions League football to stand any chance of keeping him any longer than this season.

4 goals & 2 assists in 369 minutes of PL football this season, i.e a goal involvement every 60 odd minutes.

You hear a lot about 'aura' in football at the moment but he has something unlike I've seen in any of our players before. You just know he's going to deliver... penalties, big moments, big games. He just always seems to come through. If we keep him fit for the rest of the season top four/five is so on

 

[Safe.]

I like how responsible he feels to produce. He said he's one of the leaders in this group, you can see his ambition. Everything he tries to do has purpose. For me now it's basically down to how consistent can he be. If he stays at his current level all season we will get a European spot and we will most likely receive a huge bid in the summer.

 

[SeagullinExile]

another season with us at best, sadly

That’s the spirit

 

[Bakero]

No - I don’t want to know! I don’t want to lose old football language - well not all of it!

These terms don't seem particularly new. In fact, if anything, they're a bit dated. How many teams play with a classic no.10 these days?

As football evolves, new terminology will always come in and out of fashion. Maybe the WW will be back soon with half backs and inside forwards; Hürzeler's St Pauli actually was pretty close to it now I think about it.

 

[raymondo]

These terms don't seem particularly new. In fact, if anything, they're a bit dated. How many teams play with a classic no.10 these days?

As football evolves, new terminology will always come in and out of fashion. Maybe the WW will be back soon with half backs and inside forwards; Hürzeler's St Pauli actually was pretty close to it now I think about it.

In fact when he brought Matt O'R on against City, Matt said that Fabian asked him to play in the number 8 pocket (basically Inside Right) from which he scored his goal.

 

[raymondo]

No - I don’t want to know! I don’t want to lose old football language - well not all of it!

Some of it is still there

 

[dazzer6666]

No exaggeration here.

His first goal demonstrated outstanding No.9 abilities. We’ve seen supreme 6 yard sniffer qualities with players like Murray and Undav during our Premier League journey.

But it’s his assist that blew my mind yesterday. Perhaps he could play No.10 for Brazil too?

This is from the NSC FB page, I can’t find the image on NSC but it’s probably somewhere…
View attachment 192829

The genius of this is profound.

NO ONE IS LOOKING AT MITOMA!!!

Why?

Look at Pedro’s eyes.

Pedro is looking at Welbz, possibly checking out the intelligent run by Estupiñán. Every plucky player is absolutely DONE by this. They are all ready to press Pedro or intercept a pass to Welbz or Estupiñán, especially Smith (No.15) who has no idea what sneaky Kaoru is up to! The Bournemouth players clear a path for Pedro to thread a perfectly weighted pass to his team mate.

That is how an elite world class No.10 plays.

It’s also as much about the developing understanding between the forward players - in the lead up to both goals it’s looks as though they have some kind of ESP. Rapid, one-touch passing and fast movement yet they find each other’s feet. Joao alluded to it in his post-match interview