Goalscoring winger (right-wing) and a set-pieces specialist

CroJack

CroJack

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You all know I am a huge fan of goalscoring wingers :).

Here is 22 years old FC Copenhagen winger Robert Skov. Transfermarkt value £1,2 m. Scored 18 goals this season in 17 appearances from start.

He is also a set-pieces specialist.



And yesterday he scored a hat-trick:

 
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Behindthegoal

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He's totally left footed. So he scores goals because he can't cross with his right foot. His dead ball kicking is sublime.
He'd fit in well here (as sub to Nathan 😀😀).
 
Yankee_Jack

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If he can play #9 then fine, because we are not short of wingers. What we are really short of is a #9 that can be in the right place at the right time with the right touch or create his own opportunities. Oli, who I am a big fan of, is struggling to be what he was in this league last season. Either we're not servicing him right, or not using him right, or he's gone completely off the boil.
 
CroJack

CroJack

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Yankee_Jack said:
If he can play #9 then fine, because we are not short of wingers.
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We are short of wingers who can score 15+ goals per season. Remember Sinclair? If this young lad continues to score at this rate, and he's already scored 18 goals in half season, he'll score 30+ goals, which is extraordinary for a winger. Danish league is similar to Championship in terms of quality.

When you add to this that he is a free-kick specialist (scored some stunnimg goals from 35-40 yards), then it's a big plus.


Yankee_Jack said:
Oli, who I am a big fan of, is struggling to be what he was in this league last season. Either we're not servicing him right, or not using him right, or he's gone completely off t
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Disagree with you on this one. Olie has already scored 8 goals and has 3 assists. His work rate is excellent. I am against one dimensional styles of play where the whole burden of scoring goals is on strikers' shoulders. I want both our striker, wingers and midfielders to share that burden. Olie is excellent at build-up play and high pressing, and to me that's as important as scoring goals. I don't want us to go back to what got us relegated - a big lump up front and wingers who only can cross.

Firmino at Liverpool is a good example. He is not scoring many goals, but what he does is extremely important for what they do.

Not only that Olie is our top scorer, he is also the player who contributed to most Swansea goals this season.

Our @jackodiamonds has an excellent Regressive assists index on his site and there you can see how many first and second assists each Swansea player has. For players who have played significant number of minutes this season Olie tops the list. He has been involved in 17 goals this season either by scoring or providing first and second assists. That's excellent.

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This table has to be updated, Celina scored and assisted against Sheffield Wednesday.
 
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jackodiamonds

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Thanks for the props @CroJack

I've since updated the RAI tables for those who are interested: http://www.maxwellhicks.com/2018/12/21/rai-swansea-city-2018-19/

To echo what CJ already stated - Oli is hugely effective in this team. He's the leading goal scorer with 8, but he's also joint top with 1st assists (4, with McKay and James), and joint top with 2nd assists (5, with Celina). He also came pretty close to scoring v Wednesday at least twice.

Quick defence of McKay -- I've always rated him because I track assists in the way I do, and he's a real creator, 2nd to McBurnie among players with more than 4 games of action. CJ will fairly say he doesn't score enough, but I feel his goals will come. The biggest knock on him seems to be he doesn't make enough effort (it has to be, because there's no way you can argue he's not effective statistically).

I'd ask this question - what would you rather? A player who is all huff and puff and no end product? Or a player who is no huff and no puff but has been directly involved in producing 8 goals in what amounts to 11 games of playing time? He's an out-and-out offensive player, and he admitted as much in his first Swans interview. He's not here to grind, he's here to help the team rack up goals, and he's doing that better than anyone outside Oli McB.
 
CroJack

CroJack

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Behindthegoal said:
His dead ball kicking is sublime.
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He added three goals to his account today, 2 from free-kicks outside the box and one from the penalty spot. I think @ivoralljack will be delighted to see how Skov scored from the penalty spot. Already scored 21 goals, 7 of them are goals from free-kicks outside the box, and the second half of season started today. People here are joking that FC Copenhagen don't need penalties as long as they get fouled 30 yards from goal.

We should scout more in Scandinavia. There are some quality players here, they are cheap, they are hard workers, they don't complain about the weather...

 
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ivoralljack

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CroJack said:
He added three goals to his account today, 2 from free-kicks outside the box and one from the penalty spot. I think @ivoralljack will be delighted to see how Skov scored from the penalty spot.
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Yep, that's how to take a pen! The keeper guessed correctly and went the right way but at the end of his dive he was on the deck whilst the ball was rising above him into the net. There were a couple of high profile penalty misses in the PL this week, Vardy being one of them - meat and drink for today's keepers. And I totally agree that we should be scouting the Scandies more. There's some real talent in the cold climes.
 
KVetch

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Looks real good. I hope we're buying someone like this over the summer. Someone to get excited about. What is he going to cost, £2 million?
 
CroJack

CroJack

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KVetch said:
Looks real good. I hope we're buying someone like this over the summer. Someone to get excited about. What is he going to cost, £2 million?
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I'm afraid it's too late now. He's already scored 23 goals this season and he is a winger. And the second part of the seson has just started !!! He'll bag over thirty goals at this rate, and I am sure the scouts from all big clubs have his videos in their computers. Danish Superliga is of the Championship quality, they play pretty good football over here. Teemu Pukki, who came from Superliga to Norwich last summer is the Championship top scorer this season.
 
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